April

I turned 30 last week and in reflecting on my last 30 years I have so much to be grateful for! I am happy with my life and consider myself to live a pretty charmed life thanks to the hard work of my wonderful husband.

With that said, no day is perfect; my house was clean until two little boys came over to play but that's what life is about right; making the most of each day and children have endless energy and sure know how to have fun!

This kid is a milk man. We like to joke that we should buy a cow!

For Easter the kids got chia pets and the seeds were sprouting! The kids were so excited!

 Owen is 100% not meant to be cooped up in a house! We are outside a lot and it's never enough! The good thing is that he's happy outside which keeps my sanity!

 These three boys have been friends since birth and have SO much fun together! They can play for hours and complain that they didn't get to play for very long.  I love how well they get along and their imaginations.

I had to laugh because I made cookies and they asked how many they could eat, I told them as many as you want! Their eyes got big and they polished them off! My Carson isn't a big eater and has THE best self control EVER; he only had 2 and I know the other boys ate at least 5 each---I hope they still had an appetite for their dinner!  Sorry!

 Mr. Knight was skeptical of my fort making skills so he gaurded from the couch.  

 My kids love pillow fights, even Owen.  He is our baby but he wants to be BIG.  

stop growing please!

Caitlin is missing from these pictures because she was at the beach partying it up without us! Our house just wasn't the same without our little princess.

To see what the other Bloom Girls have been up to check out Holly Bullock

March

Lately I have ran into many nannies {whom I assumed where the mom's} of young kids while at the park or the library and it surprised me and has made me realize how lucky I am!  I am so grateful to be able to stay at home with my kids.  Not everyday do I share this excitement but I truly am grateful for this privilege and try to make the most of our time! 

“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career. ” -C.S. Lewis

This month crept up quickly for me! It's March! Spring is in the air and we have been enjoying our time outside.  I love to be out and fresh air and space to move around is good for the kids.

 

  

Owen has been waking up at 5 for the past few days and getting up has not been fun!

 

My daily chore.  There used to be a time where the whole house would be sparkling clean all at once but now one job gets done a day. It's not ideal but it works!

  

Typically when it's just Owen I am trying to get stuff done whether that's straightening up or prepping dinner so I decided to take him for a walk to see the sheep-he loved it! What a beautiful day! I wasn't thinking photography so luckily I had my phone!

Caitlin loves to help but her endurance isn't great so we have been working on finishing what we start.  I also love her ingenuinty and creativity on putting the silverware away!

Waiting for Carson to get home--the kids are always thrilled to see him even though he is gone a total of 4 hours!

Home Sweet Home

Carson's 1st t-ball game! He was totally against me taking any pictures 

{he was covering his face with his mitt} but I was able to get these action shots without him knowing and I LOVE them!

"I sustain myself with the love of family." Maya Angelou

Check out Sabrina Wong and see what she captured for her 10 on 10!

10 on 10

I don't do well with change and as I reflect on the past year and look forward to the next, the topic of time and happiness keeps surfacing.  

Time.

In my stage of life, my children take up all of my time.  I often wish that I had more time to myself or that there was more time in a day.  I prefer to be on time. 

"Time is what we want the most, but what we use the worst." -William Penn

My excuses for not wanting to participate in this photo project where that I don't have enough time but then I remembered one of my favorite quotes;

"You will never find time for anything.  If you want time, you must make it." -Charles Buxton.

My children although time consuming make every minute of life worthwhile and meaningful and I think this photo project will be a great way to capture a moment and help me to appreciate how fragile and precious our time here on earth really is. 

Try to imagine life without time keeping...you probably can't.  “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”-Mother Teresa

Here are my 10ish shots in 1 day.  I am a total amateur so I have to admit I learned a lot by doing this project and found it more challenging than I had anticipated.

 

 

 Check out Shannon Steffens for another memorable day
 - http://www.mycandidmoments.com/everydaymoments/new-year-new-things/


Some great talks that I recently read that I found inspirational can be found here and here.