It's been awhile

Well it has been awhile. We have been really busy with the kids and work has been crazy. So my free time has been spent working and keeping the house organized. I know when I have been busy when my quilting is on hold. Nathan's poor quilt is still in pieces on our dining room table. I worked on it this weekend for about 30 minutes. So I keep plugging away but as my time is consumed with other priorities my sewing takes a back seat. That is OK because I am still doing things I like to do so I am not really complaining but sometimes I feel like I could use an entire week to catch up on everything that I want to do personally. As parents our hobbies and interests take a back seat to the everyday activities our kids lives take up. I know that at some point in the future I will have time to do the things I always wanted to have more time to do, like sewing, photography, house and lawn projects, walking the dogs, and develop other hobbies. For me it is worth it to have less time for me right now knowing that it will come at some point. Our choice to have four kids limits our free time for now and sometimes it is hard but most of the time I know it is worth it. So my point for going on and on is that the less free time I have less often my blog posts become. I would like to write more but like I said there are a lot of things I would rather be doing then cleaning up the kitchen for the 5th time today but it is all worth it.

We had a great Easter. The kids had fun and Julianne is still gung ho on participating. I noticed that our neighbor, who is the same age, was not participating in her families Easter egg hunt. So that is great. She did not even question it. She is definitely a late bloomer and is not afraid to be young.

We also had a great time skiing in Utah. We had a rough start getting there since our first plane ran into a bird and had to come down 5 minutes later but fortunately they still got us to Utah with all five of us traveling together. The kids enjoyed skiing and Nathan skied for the first time and loved it. He went down a few blue and we got stuck on a double blue but he still plowed through it. He only lasted a few hours but we took the girls and ended up skiing the rest of the day with them. We had fun doing the moguls and skiing through the trees. Lindsay was not too happy that she was spending the day at the local daycare. She was grouching before that so that did not help. She refused lunch and when she took a nap she wanted to stay in her bed and not go with the caretaker. So that was hard but I knew it was temporary and she would have been a grouch at home so I was kind of glad I did not have to deal with her. She is feeling much better now. I think her ear infection is gone and she is no longer screaming "die, die" at the top of her lungs. I did not take any pictures with my camera but I did have my iphone. So if I can figure out how to easily upload those I will share them soon.



Lindsay was not cooperating...



Mumm...lots of chocolate. I can't keep it in my mouth.




Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-being able to go skiing with the family
-making it to Utah after our plane adventure
-Having Lindsay back to her sweet self
-planting lettuce
-time to myself.