Its been way too long!

I can't believe it has been so long since I last blogged. A few things have happened since the last one. I decided to go back to school a couple semesters ago after years of debating it. I finally decided that I'm not getting any younger, my kids are getting older and soon I'll have two kids in school and I need something to do! I'm majoring in criminal justice which is right up my alley! My first semester I took a couple of bible classes and they kicked my butt. I love God, I enjoy learning new things in the bible, but these classes were so far above my head! If it weren't for the best husband ever, I couldn't have passed them! Speaking of that guy... he also decided to go back to school a few months ago. He wants to go to PA school after we're finished in Florida so he's finishing up the credits needed for that. In my seven plus years of being with Brent, he's always been a big dreamer and he usually has a plan A and B and C and D and E and F and G. It can be exhausting! This time he, surprisingly, just has a plan A and a good reason for it. After almost 11 years in the Army his body is pretty broken. He needs a job that isn't so physically demanding. Hopefully it works out for us! 

Ava starts kindergarten in about a week and a half. I woke up this morning with a ton of anxiety because I starting thinking, "What if she doesn't have a good teacher?" If she doesn't have a good teacher, she won't want to go to school. She's not going to be crazy about going to school in the first place because it starts at 7:20 in the morning and she rarely even sees that time of the day! I pray that she gets a wonderful teacher and that she loves kindergarten. I hate that she's going to be away from me, in a school with hundreds of other kids, for several hours a day. Is this normal? It's times like now that I wish I was a teacher so I could be close by.

Blake is.. Blake! I love that crazy kid more than words can explain and I feel like if I'm successful in raising him then there must be a special place for me in heaven! He's such a mess! Little boys are a different ballgame than I've ever experienced before!! He totally warms my heart though. He loves to sing (he gets that from Ava) and I love listening to them both sing! I always know it's going to be a good day if Blake wakes up singing! He likes to sing about his truck and trailer and most of his songs include the words, "mommy is beautiful." I loooooooove it! As much as they both drive me crazy sometimes, I am truly blessed to be their mom. Ava is turning into such a beautiful little person. She's has a huge giving heart and that makes me proud! She's been asking about what she can do in our community to help other people. What five year old even thinks that way? I found a couple of things for her to do and she's excited which makes me really excited!

My oven timer just went off so I should wrap this up! Thanks to Pinterest, we're having delicious broccoli and cheese mini omelets. I made a dozen a few days ago and they didn't last long.. they're so good! I think I'll be making these a lot during the school year since we can grab them and go. You should try them! Click here for the recipe!

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There have been so many times lately that I've thought about blogging, but thinking about it and actually sitting down to do it are two totally different things. While we were in Texas for Christmas my sweet daughter accidentally spilled water on my MacBook so I've been mainly been using my phone for everything since. Phones aren't ideal for blogging especially when you're like me and really can't even stand to send text messages. Most of what I type ends up being autocorrected into something way different than what it was supposed to be!! 

So this year my New Years Resolution was the finish every list that I make. Brent makes fun of me because I make a list for everything. Every morning when I wake up, I make a list of things that I want to accomplish that day. As of yesterday I've already failed my resolution! I think sometimes I put too much on my daily lists because I usually accomplish a lot, but never all of it. I don't know why I like to make lists, I normally don't actually stick to them. Like today, one of my tasks was to clean out Blake's closet and dresser drawers and then tomorrow I was going to do Ava's. After I finished Blake's I decided to just go ahead and do Ava's. They have really organized rooms right now, but I have an incomplete list!!

Earlier I took the kids to the beach. Yesterday afternoon after Brent woke up (he worked a 31 hour shift the day/night/part of the morning before) we told the kids that we would find something fun to do. With Brent's schedule right now we don't see a whole lot of  him. He goes to work around 5:30 in the morning one day then gets home the next morning or afternoon, sleeps a few hours, spends the rest of the day with us then starts it over the next day. So anyway, we were going to take the kids to the beach, but Ava fell asleep in the car. Instead of waking her up we decided she needed to rest so we ran a few errands and then went home. When she realized we were home, it was dark and we didn't do anything "fun" her heart was broken. So today we woke up, had breakfast, worked on my "list" then went to the beach. Ava insisted on wearing her swimsuit under her clothes. She really wanted to just wear her swimsuit, but since we had errands to run afterwards that wasn't a good idea! I was really surprised by how many people were at the beach. It's early January and there were lots of cars in the parking lot! I guess maybe I'm used to going during the week while other people are at work and school, but we're normally one of three or four cars in the parking lot. I could tell who the tourist were because they were IN the water! Ava and I walked close enough for a wave to hit our feet and it was FREEZING!  We had a lot of fun until I noticed that the kids were starting to get red and I didn't even consider taking sunscreen with us. Who thinks of taking sunscreen to the beach in January? Not me! I love living here! Pretty much every day I thank God for giving us the opportunity to live in such an awesome place.I'm sad that we only have 2.5 years left before we have to move again!

Gracie is SO whiny today! She seems very anxious about something. She whines to go outside, but when I open the door for her she changes her mind. I think she's getting ready to have puppies, I just hope it happens while Brent's home. I can't see myself handling that situation very well! I'm kind of concerned about what kind of puppies she might have. I was thinking full blooded lab, but her belly isn't as big as I imagined it would be. She's definitely MUCH bigger though... so big that she gets stuck underneath our bed!! She used to go under there to take a nap away from the kids, but last time she attempted it I had to pull her out! She's having a hard time jumping onto the bed too! I don't know what I'm going to do with puppies. What if I'm picky about who takes them and we end up with ten dogs? Ava thinks we should keep one to be "her" dog since Gracie is her daddy's dog. I really don't want to go through the house training/chewing stage again so she's probably going to end up disappointed!

I have a lot more I could blog about, but this dog is demanding my undivided attention!! Goodnight!