Relaxing weekend

Josh and I wanted {needed} a relaxing weekend just the two of us.

Friday the sun was shining so Josh wanted to play golf.

I don't mind riding along to drive the golf cart, help find lost balls,

 and I also can take pictures.

After nine holes it was starting to get dark and cold.

We called it a game and headed home to change.

We grabbed dinner at Bob's.

Then a few food items for the Glen.

We slept in Saturday until noon.

Made brunch together.

  We spent the day relaxing, talking, going on a walk, playing scrabble, attempted a fire, 

and ended the day with a movie.

The fire didn't work out as planned.

The wood was to wet.

We gave it a good effort and had it going for about 10 minutes.

Sunday we again slept in until noon.

Made brunch and cleaned up before heading home.

The weather was beautiful today so spent time outside.

In the evening I went to a craft night at my friend's house

and made a very cute canvas for my wall.

I just need to add pictures.

I love having the one on one time with Josh.

I think every couple needs to make the time to spend one on one time together.

It really brings us closer together again.

a HUGE thank you to my mom for having the kids all weekend!

You can read all about their fun weekend here!

oh Thursday

This week I have been feeling blah.

I think it is the weather.

Funny how if the sun out I have so much energy to clean, go on walks, exercise, ect.

When it is grey and rainy I just kind of shut down and no motivation for anything.

I have to force myself to do the dishes, get the laundry put away, work out, and all the usual stuff.

I have also been SUPER tired this week.

I have been getting my  6 to 8 hours each night.

I need a lot of sleep.

I think 10 hours would be perfect for me but then I would have to go to bed when the kids do.

lame.

I try to be in bed by 10.

Of course that is usually when Josh wants to watch a show then it ends up being 11:30.

I get up most mornings before 6:30 am.

If I get kept up I am dragging the next day 

and I am noticing my morning coffee isn't even helping.

I am trying to find things to look forward to like SUMMER!

The kids birthdays!

Cohen's first birthday!

Taking pictures of special events and the day to day life.

Anyhoo.

Michelle has her Spring concert tonight at school!

Tomorrow is Friday!

{this picture was taken last Tuesday after preschool}

Busy, Busy

This weekend was a lot of fun!

I really LOVE the weekends.

I wish they could be a little longer and the time could slow down too.

Friday night I went over to Jana's to for a diaper party!

We cut,sewed, and ironed  itty bitty diapers for local hospitals.

Jana wrote all about our night on her blog Keeping up with the Kimmels!

I actually for once didn't take a ton of pictures because I was busy playing with cute babies

and cutting out diapers.

Michelle came with me and she was the photographer for the night with Jana's camera.

We got around 120 diapers done!

Saturday we  headed out fairly early to head down to Everett to watch

Josh play in an one day softball tournament.

The kids did amazingly well.

They went to the park together and Michelle was loving taking pictures.

Michelle was awesome with Jordan and even gave him piggy back ride back from the park.

{told Michelle she better take a picture of the phone because you won't see them much longer}

 We had breaks between each game.

So we went to the car to eat and chill out.

They ended up losing their 2nd and 3rd game.

The 3rd game went in to extra innings due to a tie but the other team scored once to end the game.

After the tournament we went to Applebee's in Bellingham for dinner.

Jordan had a meltdown when we first got there.

He pulled his fingernail off which resulted in it bleeding.

Add on top of that a long day.

He was a crying mess.

But once our waiter came and it was time to order he was fine.

Towards the end the kids were being super cute 

and whisper back and forth.

In a while we found out what they were talking about.

They were trying to get each other to ask us to go to ice cream after.

Sunday we were planning to to go to church.

But after a long day and staying up a little to late 

two nights in a row we ended up over sleeping.

But we still had a big day!

Josh and Jordan mowed the lawn.

Jordan LOVES helping with yard work.

Usually he follows Josh around with his Little Tikes lawn mower.

Today he got to help push the mower for the first time!

Afterwards he wanted to go play with the neighbor boys who had come outside.

Later Josh took the training wheels off his bike so he could ride.

He rode all by himself no problems.

Well...one problem is stubborn attitude help him back a little.

He doesn't like doing new things unless it is something he wants to do.

But we told him we were not putting the training wheels back on.

He then started crying and was done.

So we moved on and trimmed bushes.

He got out his gator to fill up with branches to take to the yard waste.

The rest of the day was spent with the guys playing outside until bed time.

They did come in for dinner!

The last couple of weekends the weather has been great!

I just being able to spend them outdoors and doing things as a family.

I love this time of year and am excited for the next few months leading into summer!

Ten on Ten

once a month on the tenth taking a photo an hour for ten consecutive hours. 

Finding much life and beauty among the ordinary things of our day!

7:30 am

Jordan playing angry birds

8:20 am

Michelle walking to school with her friend

Josh taking Jordan to preschool

9:25am 

Laundry Time!  

Load into the washer and folding the load in the dryer

10:40am

Getting my Hawaii pictures into my project life book.

11:30am

Still trying to get pictures in the book.

Can take me a while because I want to get every picture in

 and have to find the right page layouts to make it work!

12:30pm

Went to the store to get a few things for dinner.

Jordan was a huge help!

He pushed a little shopping cart around, he helped pick out the veggies, 

and helped carry the groceries to the car!

1:20pm 

Watching Biggest Loser and enjoying a salad for lunch.

2:30pm

Jordan taking a nap after a busy morning
10 minutes after this the UPS man rang the doorbell and woke him up :(

3:30 pm

Michelle enjoy a ham sandwich on a bun for an after school snack.

4:30pm 
Playing guns with the neighbor boys.
He said that his gun shot duct tape!

5:30pm
Pinterest inspired dinner!
P.F. Chang's Lettuce wraps remade healthy
I loved them and so did Josh & the kids!