Pep Talk, Project Life, and Sue Heck

If you are the memory keeper in your family, I'm sure you are familiar with the paralyzing feeling of being behind.  We have all been there (or present tense...there) and it stinks.  That is why I busted tail late 2013, and cranked out four months of digital layouts so I could feel "caught up" going into the new year.   

I actually did it.  I caught up. I felt it.  It was nice.  Then it was gone.

Cut to February 17 when I sat down with my computer to upload and organize my photos and realized that again, I was six weeks behind.  Now I KNOW what some of you are saying..."six weeks?  That's all?  I'm six months behind."  or maybe "six years behind".   So here's some good news.  It's not the end of the world!  Capturing memories and documenting them is an ongoing adventure.  There will always be work to do, but doing anything is better than doing nothing!  (wow, this post is not going in the direction I thought it would.  I'm starting to sound like Sue Heck.) 

Anyway, if you are feeling behind, or maybe haven't even started, I want to be your personal cheerleader in a rainbow sweater and tell you to keep going.  You can do it!  (insert cheese and thumbs up)  Would you like some inspirational reading?  Check out this post and then this one  and don't let the title of this one fool you, because it is a great perspective! 

I feel so blessed that I have had the ability to stay (mostly) on top of my scrapbooks each year.  It is important to me, so makes me so happy to see my kids look through these albums and light up when remembering all the little moments from the year. 

It really makes it seem worth all the work that was put into.  Time flies, so it is nice to be able to grab one of these albums off a shelf and see what happened in the blur. 

No go print your pictures and get moving.  You will be glad you did.

A month? Really??

Wow, almost an entire month and I have not blogged anything?  Not that our life is all that exciting...but I don't usually go that long without posting something?!?  Well, here's what we've been up to since Halloween:

I got the heck out of dodge and went to Florida for a few days with the McKee side of the family.

 

It really was SO much fun, even though I was only there for a hot second. 

...my check liver light definitely came on this weekend.  

Got home on Tuesday, then had to sit through Zac Brown Band on Thursday...poor me.  :) :) :)

We had amazing seats right on the floor, so it really was a great show!

 

Friday and Saturday was Beneath the Tree.  It was Ah.MAZ.ing.  I think I might talk Dan into letting me host our home next year.  It was THAT cool.

First snow...kids were pumped!

Bryce had his first solo play date with a kiddo from pre-school, so Syd and I went on a little date for lunch then Barnes & Noble.  

Sesame Street Live!

 Dan took me out on a date for my birthday so I picked Breaking Dawn Pt. 2...sooooooo good!  Dan LOVED it!  (ha ha ha)

Turned 32.  yippee. 

Decorated for Christmas outside...because it was almost SIXTY degrees in the middle of November!!!!

Busted my hump to try to catch up on Project Life before the end of the year!  More on that coming soon!

 

Got crafty with our Thankfulness!

 

Got a shout-out from THE Rhonna Farrer on Instagram Follow Friday #heyrhonna  If you don't follow her IG feed...you totally should.  She is beyond inspiring!

and finally, we went on our annual Christmas Tree adventure with the Spaniolos to find and cut down our tree.  

So that about sums it up.  That's what we've been up to the last few weeks!  Thanks for stopping by!

Random thoughts

{photo by: Bryce}

-Happy that it is Friday, Sad that both kids have nasty colds.

-Looking forward to Easter...hearing a great message, spending time with family, and eating lots of yummy food.

-Exhausted by temper tantrums, food strikes, meltdowns, selective hearing, whining, nap strikes, the word "no", dirty diapers, fighting, and children's shows.

-Wishing I could simplify certain things in my life, but discouraged by the amount of work it would take.

-Sore from Jillian yesterday, but happy that I actually did it.

-Wanting another cup of coffee, but too lazy to make it.

-Feeling bad about being so nasty to my kids the last few days and praying for lots and lots of patience.

-Feeling a little ba-humbug about not getting the kids Easter Baskets, but not sure I want them to get caught up in the hype of bunny/chick version of Easter.  (yes, I know I'm being a little dramatic since they are 3 and 18 months)  We'll see...I may cave.

-Am soooooooooo ready for the REAL spring to get here, not this FAKE tease spring where it's 85 one day, then snowing the next.

-ready to buy these that I saw blogged about here this morning.  (LOVE her PL ideas!)