Remember Me?

Hello, blog. Remember me? Yes, I'm still alive, and I'm so glad track season is only three months long. If your husband works 60+ hours a week year round, I don't know how you make it!?!? The kids miss Mark, I miss Mark, he misses us and we are all counting down the (13...woohoo) days until summer vacation!

So here's what we've been up to for the past month:

We had a family birthday party for Levi.

We made a quick trip to Erie when my brother was in town from NYC. We see him about once a year, so this is the first time he's met Levi!Soccer was fun this season. Ethan and Karis had so much fun running up and down the field as fast as they could and scoring goals left and right.
On Wednesdays I take Natalie and Levi to the Nature Center down the road for a mommy and me preschool class. Although I wasn't sure if she was ready to get anything out of it, she has seemed to really enjoy it. She loves the hiking and is always looking for a walking stick! Last Wednesday we got to hike down to the pond to pick up some tadpoles to bring home. Even after that hike, we went out and hiked for another 45 minutes with some friends. The girl is a trooper!

With four kids, there is always some element of chaos in our day, but I've been striving for more rest, peace, and enjoyment rather than the hurry and busyness that so often try to take over. For us that means reading books on the trampoline, playing in the sandbox for hours, enjoying the water table, "campfires" on the driveway, lap after lap around the yard in the truck, playing basketball, watching the baby birds that have hatched right outside the back door, following Levi as he wanders around the yard exploring, planting flowers,sipping fresh fruit smoothies, waiting for our strawberries to ripen...

LIFE IS GOOD!