Playing in the Snow: A Glimpse of Us

The snow has arrived. The weather is pretty chilly. However, I am not sure you are going to hear any complaints from our crazy crew.

While I still rather dislike being cold, these boys we are raising are going to be full blown winter loving kids.

I mean, seriously?! This kid is laying face down in the snow. FACE DOWN!

They all just bundled up and stayed out there for awhile. Only to be joined by me for a quick photo session.

Even Bean got in on the action. This is the first year he is really big enough to go out there with just brother supervision. He loved it. We had to bribe him with hot cocoa to get him to come in. We pretty much had to bribe all of them with hot cocoa.

Pretty sure this snow shovel is three times his size. That didn't stop him from pushing it around the yard.
 

When they all came in with rosy cheeks and cold noses, they shed all of their winter gear into a giant heap on my kitchen floor. I stood their looking back and forth between the huge mess on my floor and their happy faces. I decided, who the heck cares about the mess. These kids are creating some pretty amazing memories. Memories of time together.

Memories of growing up where it snows.

As a momma, I couldn't ask for more than that.

First Day of School: A Glimpse of Us

A few weeks ago we joined the masses and went back to school. It was a glorious day.

Now that we are have settled into our new school and sports and piano lessons routine, I want to share some photos and give you A Glimpse of Us and our first day back to school.

The older two headed out the door early in the morning while the two littler ones slept in.

They were pretty handsome.

They were as excited as two boys could be who had to say goodbye to Summer and hello to school.

With the older boys off to school, this handsome Little woke up excited to get ready for his first day of Kindergarten. We started the morning with donuts, chocolate milk, and sweet smiles.

The sweet smiles continued all the way to school.

I did pretty well while watching him slowly shuffle into his classroom.

In a few short hours, all three of them came home off the bus. They didn't look to worse for the wear.

In fact, I think they had a pretty great day.

Three at school and one at home. Wow, how did I get here. That is crazy.

Family Camping: A Glimpse of Us

I have really slowed down blogging. Like a lot. Especially this Summer. Blogging and I are redefining our relationship a bit, but more on that another day. One of the reasons I have slowed to an agonizing pace this Summer is because of things like this little family camping trip we had a few weeks ago.

At the beginning of the Summer I admitted to myself that I personally wasn't enjoying the juggle of blogging and enjoying the Summer with my kids. I also was ashamed to find that my camera had a few more blog pictures on it than family time pictures. So the blog took a back seat and Summer took a front seat.

I just wanted share a bit of our Summer and to share A Glimpse of Us, which I may be doing more here and there in order to promote better documentation of our life on my part.

So we decided to go camping.

We packed up our camping gear. We drove a few hours away from home. We set up camp. We waited for the arrival of our friends who joined us.

We were out of cell phone range. It was glorious.

We enjoyed our outside home away from home.

There was getting along amongst siblings.

We didn't worry about doing hair or keeping our clothes clean.

Or washing our faces.

We ate. We ate some more. We hiked. We ate again.

We disturbed the peace of some bugs.

We took in all the sights and sounds.

We climbed. We laughed.

Did I mention we ate?

These campfire donuts were my crowning glory. They were amazing.

They were enjoyed by all.

Camping really is the best. This coming from a non-camper too. While I may not love dirt, bugs, and sleeping on the ground, I can't think of a better sacrifice. The time away from electronics, schedules, and all the crazy is one of the best things. I wouldn't say not to a pop up camper though. Ha.

I hope you enjoyed this Glimpse of Us.