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

February

This 10/10 was fun for me because the things I captured are normal things that I routinely do.

"We love the things we love for what they are." Robert Frost

 I love where I live! It is absolutely gorgeous! I run 3-4 times a week {last year I ran 500 miles! 500! that's crazy!}at an unquestionably early hour and the great thing about that is that I get to see the sunrise so often and it is never the same and always makes me appreciate this Earth and all that I have to be thankful for. I love how I feel when I run.  Alive.  I also love the friendships and bond I have with the girls that I run and have done races with.  Each one of them is amazing and I am lucky to have so many great friends who are incredible people.

Start of our run

End of our run

Good morning sunshine! He loves his ba (ball)

Carpool to school {100th day of kindergarten!}

This little miss is turning 3 this month and when I was taking her to a friends for a play date so that I could go into Carson's class and volunteer, I pulled over for an impromptu photo because she is too dang cute!

 

Carson is such a happy boy and always has been.  He always humming or singing and I love seeing him in his element.  I often wonder what he is thinking. hmm.

When Carson saw that I was there to volunteer he ran up to me...I think my heart melted right then!

I love how much he loves learning and his teacher says that he is a good listener and student.

Searching for the perfect spot

We brought home a rocket from Montana a few summers ago and for one reason or another never used it.  After much insistence and reminders I built the rocket.  I was pretty impressed with myself and what better way to finish off his 100th day of school than with a fun memory!

After the rocket went up and came down, Carson ran over to it and found this ignitor.  It was still warm and smelled like sulfur-he thought it was pretty cool!

Check out Aimee Confer from CePennsylvania Photographer:
http://www.aimeeconfer.com/2013/02/10/10-on-10-february/