Congrats Matt

Matt I'm proud of you buddy. After a lot of hard work, Matt successfully completed his program. It was great to see you at the end of this road and at the start of another. Love you brother -

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The Sweetest Sound in My World Right Now

Turn up the volume - because its a little quiet.

Ashlee's Birthday

It was Ashlee's birthday yesterday and we met up at Mimi's Cafe for some breakfast/lunch. It was quite fun - we missed the rest of the fam that couldn't be there.

Last Minute Dinner

I'm (nate) so dang busy lately. And priorities have been all messed up. Because I've been so caught up in life and work I haven't been out to dinner with these friends in a long while - and with Tyler and Brit YEARS! So, it was pretty sweet to get together with the Harris and Hess Family. Strange we are knocking on the doors of our 10th high school reunion. Good times - and to many more good times to come.

Sweet Shades

I took the boys out for a walk since the weather has been so nice. As you can see they are not in their car seats. They are getting so big!
Eli cut his first two teeth recently. I love it when he smiles and you can see his little teeth.

Soap Box, Please.

Although life is a little busy, I needed to post this article that I came across today and express my feelings. I have recently been out of touch on Blogs and Facebook and even e-mails, although I have never really been good at checking e-mails. Before I had even read the article I linked to below, I was realizing I was starting to spend too much time online. I wouldn't call it an addiction by any means, but things were being neglected and I was staying up way too late for a Mom who doesn't get enough sleep anyway. I stopped getting on facebook and stopped checking everyones blog daily due to a very busy schedule and sick kids. Even though I knew it was not a necessity to be online, I still have had recent feelings of guilt for not staying in touch with everyone. It seems like everyone is online and staying in touch and I have kind of been out of the loop. I think it all started with Facebook. Finding several people you knew back in the day and feeling like you need to know their every update. I even have felt guilty about people I hardly even know or that I am not really that close to.
I am really grateful for a few very special people I have found online that I have missed dearly and I love blogs and definitely am glad we all have them, but a good thing in excess can really be bad. I really started feeling guilty that I wasn't commenting on this persons or that persons and they would think I didn't care about them. When you start feeling guilty about not posting or updating--DON'T! I realized, if I should be feeling guilty about anything it is spending time with my family or keeping my house clean. So, I want to say how much I love knowing what you are all up to and I definitely will try to update my blog as well, but I am going to try to get more balance in my life. If you don't hear from me as often I do love you and life is just not permitting an update because it is filled with other good things too, like my beautiful children who are growing up so fast, and a husband I love dearly.

If you have a minute, read the article below and ask yourself, "Am I spending too much time online?"

http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Work--Family/3-Reasons-Moms-Are-Addicted-to-the-Internet/1

Polaroid Camera

For Christmas Jill got a polaroid camera. -not just a cheap idea of a christmas present - it is actually cool the vintage pictures that it takes. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE