what boys do

using stretchy head bands they snuck from their sister's room, and then scavenging the backyard for dropped birdseed, these boys of ours made slingshots and spent the better part of 2 hours trying to "swape" something out of the air. (their word, not mine!)

moments

one moment at a time.

that is how our june 20th turned into august 20th!

just as i was getting my "summer legs" about me, i glanced at our family calander to see school just around the bend!

these moments of morning rides through the neighborhood while still in jammies are quickly dissappearing.





our girls...don't look related, start and end our family, have five years and two boys between them.

i pray they find each other this facinating in five more years!




our boys...less than two years apart, often times at each others throats, thick as thieves.

dan captured this moment the other night. he went in their room after hearing a noise.
not being able to find samuel, dan tuned on the light to discover he had climbed down into miguel's bed to sleep on him!

some moments are so sweet.

dragnflies

i can spell.

seriously...well, mostly seriously.

ok, i rely heavily on that spell check thing within this glowing screen i sit in front of while i do this. and i love the little red line that quickly appears under my wrongly written words!
but this time, i was purposeful on my misspelling. :)


the days(the minutes!)...they seem to drag! at least while i am focused on the minute i am stuck in. (there is a great message on a blog i sometimes read(mycharmingkids.net) called focus...if i knew how to "link" you over to it from here, i would. but i don't. so, i guess you will just have to believe me!)

but, when i lose myself in the moment, and stop focusing on how stinking hard things can seem to be...time flies!

get it?

drag-n-flies!

time...sometimes it drags, sometimes it flies. just depends on where your focus is and how much you pay attention, i guess.

a few days ago(this can mean anything from "yesterday" to "last year"!) i was staring at the family calandar on our wall wondering how on earth i was going to get through all of the FIVE weeks in July with my wits still in tact.

Suddenly i looked at that same wall and saw August had replaced July.

so overjoyed i was, that i baked chocolate cupcakes(homemade even)! the kids spent the afternoon decorating/devouring our "happy July 31st cake".

it may become a new family tradition.








stuffing it in your face faster than lightning is an old family tradition!