Life Lately

I will not let this blog updating get away from me! It's getting really hard to update a lot but I am determined to at least update twice a month. That's going to have to do for now.

Where do I begin? I last left off where we were outside enjoying and I guess we're still doing exactly that. Tball is winding down, the pool is opening this weekend and summer is almost here.

For Mother's Day this year we did something that made my heart super happy. We went to the batting cages! I honestly could sit there for an hour and hit balls. It was so much fun and Tyler got in there an took a few swings too. He was hesitant at first so we told him he didn't need to go in. The slowest cage is 40 mph so they come in pretty fast for a 5 year old. After I went once he decided he'd give it a try as long as I stood in there with him. Three swings later and he was asking how many more tokens we had because he wanted to go again and come back every weekend. And he actually hit a few balls. So proud of him! Zac desperately wanted to go in and brought his big orange bat with him but we told him next time he could try knowing that people might think we're crazy if we put our 3 year old in there. But he wants to do it so we'll let him try next time :)

We finished Mother's Day with a bike ride to go fishing for a bit, then came home to steak on the grill for dinner. Awesome day spent with my awesome boys ♥

Dave and I went away to a mountain bike festival last weekend and Gram watched the kids. We are super thankful for these Gram's and Pops who will let us get some time away. It was so great to get on a bike and ride and I demoed an $8500 bike yikes it rode really well though :)

We came home on Sunday and found a deer tick on Tyler's face and when we plucked it a piece of the tick was left in there. I spent 4 hours in the ER with him to get it removed and he was such a trooper. Tick removed and now we watch for a rash and call the doc if one appears...ugh :( Dave's phone broke because it got wet and Zac's fish died both minor things but Zac cried for days and we finally flushed Grover on Wednesday night. Dave jetted off to Montana for work at 5am Monday morning and it was a heck of a week.

We're all happy for this long weekend!

Go Play

Every winter, I panic about the amount of tv/movies/ipad the kids watch. It's more Tyler than Zac at this point, but I just don't like it. It's probably not even as much as some other kids watch but when I was little we played. Sure, I played video games and watched tv but most of my memories involve playing outside. As much as we try to get outside in the winter and find activities to keep us busy it's hard to avoid tv watching when it's freezing outside.

Then Spring comes. I look out at our yard, everything is starting to bloom, the sun hits the yard perfectly every morning, bird chirp from 4 am on and even though, at times, I wish the birds could wait a bit longer to start chirping (since I don't like to wake up at 4 am) I can't help but love this time of year. There's something about how fresh it feels after a long winter that makes you appreciate seasons so much.

And just like that it warms up for good. We have kids running all over the neighborhood, friends yelling loudly down the street for each other, screams heard, games of tag, ghost in the graveyard, sprinklers out, swing set playing, and running around any chance they get. They come inside for the night covered in dirt and you know it's a good day. This morning, Tyler ate breakfast on the patio and yelled for his buddy next door until he heard him and they played before we left for school. It's that time of year. The time when one minute you're sitting around and the next minute you find 15 people at your house having an impromptu cookout where neighbors pull whatever we have on hand together to enjoy drinks and dinner while kids play.

Almost 5 years ago Dave and I moved in to this house. We bought it blindly without knowing much about where we just spent a ton of money. I always wanted to give my kids the opportunity to grow up in a neighborhood like I did. We were free to roam, ran to each others houses, everyone gathered, talked at the curbs, waved to each other and welcomed kids running through backyards. Unknowingly, we found it. We found the place where we all play happily and it's glorious I tell ya and I wouldn't have it any other way. This village rocks!

Some spring news....Zac has been a maniac on his bike, riding steps, hills or whatever else gets in his way. He's obviously been watching Tyler and waiting for his moment to shine. I have vidoes I'll post when I get them from Dave's phone. The Tizer's returned from London as a family of four. We are so excited they're back and we have a lot of catching up since we missed two summers together :)

Can't wait to see what this summer holds and here's to making this summer the best one yet!