a few changes

A few changes will be coming to the blog.

My posts have been very limited lately.

I love blogging about my family life and sharing pics from

events in our life. The main reason I do so is for my own 

personal online family journal. 

It is hard for me to keep up with creating family

albums and getting pics printed so this is way for me

to get those memories documented somewhere to look back on.

Now that the kiddos are getting older especially Michelle

having their pics and stories out there for everyone to read

is becoming a problem. Friends of hers have stumbled across the

blog and will screen shot pics of her from when she was younger

to send to her or show others. She has asked me several times

to go private and I want to respect her not wanting her business out.

Not sure how I will handle this yet.

I need to look into the different privacy options

with blogger. I will for the time being now just sharing posts

about myself and my words. There will be pics of what I am up 

to and Jordan on occasion. 

I may switch to in order to view the blog I will need your e-mail

and then I can set you up to be able to see posts.

If you would like to keep following along if I do that email me 

your e-mail address to karebear5830@gmail.com.

Thanks for being a part of our journey.

The blog has been a great outlet for me and

hope to continue sharing our day to day life, 

my creative side and my thoughts with you. 

Cheers to new beginnings!

With each new year that comes it gives me a chance 

to start fresh with new goals and a new sense of I got this.

I usually make a list of things I want to work on in different areas

of my life. This year I am keeping it simple with one thing.

Time.

I feel that I am always saying where did that week, month or year go.

Time is slipping past me faster then I can keep up.

I want to grab a hold of time and be right there present with it.

I feel if I can use my time to make everyday a great day then

I can't have any regrets when I say where did the time go.

In the past few weeks I have set small goals and I am sticking to them.

I feel accomplished at the end of the day instead of beating myself up

with all the things I should have done but didn't. 

One thing that is helping me out in a huge way is my Erin Condren planner!

This planner is amazing! I look to it through out the day to see what needs

to be done and remind myself of the goals for the day!

Here is how I am making sure each day rocks!

Planning.

On Sunday I sit down and fill out my planner with where I need to be and when each day.

From there I can make my to do list based on if I will be home or not.

I also have a daily checklist of things that I can do most everyday 

whether I am super busy or not. 

Being active.

The next most important thing is my health goals for each day. 

I am making health/fitness a priority over everything else going

on each day! I now get up the same time each day, reach those 10,000 steps and get in 

a workout. 

Cooking.

Get this....I made dinner four nights last week!

That is a huge deal for me. I have let dinner go the last year.

Now I meal plan and prep ahead of time! I am taking time on Sunday

that I would normally veg out because well its Sunday. Not anymore.

I am not giving myself reasons anymore to be plain lazy.

And guess what...I feel so much better at the end of the day then when

I would sit on the couch all day watching football and playing on my phone.

duh...forehead slap.

Routine.

I thrive off a routine or schedule written out for the day.

That way when I am walking way off the path I can redirect myself back.

Less phone time.

I am can admit I am a iPhone junkie.

Pinterest, facebook, candy crush, instagram, aphabetty, ect.

I would constantly be picking up my phone to do the following.

I say real quick to myself but then you look up and guess what I would say

where did the time go. 

Me time.

What does me time look like or what I wish it did if I used it right.

Reading

taking a bath

project life

blogging

journaling

vacation smash book

taking pics

editing pics

basically being creative

Hoping to keep all this up through out the year!

Cheers to new beginnings!

Thanksgiving Day | 2015

Well the night is winding down and I just finished most of my Christmas shopping

online!! Just need a few more things here and there along with stocking stuffers.

Before I signed off I wanted to quickly blog our day! 

With the holiday season here I 

am excited to keep the blog up to date with our memories!

Jordan and Josh left about 9 to go play flag football at the high school.

While they were gone I cleaned house, got ready and prepped the

food we were taking. I always choose easy things since I am not much

of a cook. This year while I put together the turkey cheese plate I gave

the green bean casserole over to Michelle. It will now be here yearly

tradition to make it!

Once we were all showered and ready to go we headed to my parents.

We had a relaxing time visiting, watching football, the older kiddos

played great and I had my little buddy Ezzy by my side most of the day.

I am so incredibly thankful for my family.

That are pretty awesome!

Thanks mom and dad for hosting us all!

Bring on Christmas decorating tomorrow!

The post where I play catch up {October}

Thanks to my lap top slowly dying for months blogging went with it.

We recently got a new Mac computer so I am hoping to keep up

with the rest of the year and maybe even get around to some back post catch up.

We will start with October since it is the most recent. 

Highlights of October were flag football games,

apple picking, finally in a school groove, high school football games for Michelle, 

haunted house again for Michelle with her friends and Halloween!

I will leave you the few photos I took.

I have not been very good about taking day to day photos

on my camera or iPhone at all.

Hoping the holidays will help with that!

Lets start with flag football.

Josh coached Jordan's team for the 3rd year in row.

There team name was Navy Hawks.

This was the first year they could have a kid play quarterback.

Jordan took turns with a few other boys at quarterback.

He loved that spot!

He even scored several running touchdowns!

He also loves playing toss every morning with either

Josh or I as he waits for the bus.

In the middle of October they had an early release day so his buddy Tyler

got to come over and hang out. We met up with Jana and the boys to pick 

apples at Bellewoods and play. 

 And last was Halloween!

We actually waited until the last minute and 

carved our pumpkin on Halloween!