where has the time gone

so i was looking back and saw that it has been 3 1/2 years...YEARS...since i last blogged

well, i guess time flies when you are having fun

the kids have all grown up

they are all involved in many different activities

i post a lot on facebook and instagram, but i should put it here

somethings i want to rant about i don't want to put on facebook

i just want to say my peace and not have any judgements

i know we are busy

i know we choose to be busy

my kids could do fewer things

but this is our life

we like our life

i know everyone is busy

i'm not trying to get a pat on the back or sympathy

sometimes i just want to say we had a busy day

that's it

nothing to read into it

we just had a busy day

for example this week we had a couple of busy days

and it's only wednesday

monday our day started out like this...7.30 get up, get ready 8.30 take alexis to gymnastics practice 9.00 come home and start laundry 10.20 random kid wanting me to buy some crap or magazine or something shows up at my door so i can help get him through college (not planned for the day - i sent him on his way) 10.30 pest control guy comes and sprays 10.45 the rest of us are all out the door to take brawn to his hitting lesson 11.00 hitting lesson 12.00 pick up alexis from practice and go pick up lunch 1.00 physical therapy appointment for alexis 2.00 head home 3.30 have abby and ethan get ready to take them to gymnastics practice 4.00 leave for practice 4.15 abby starts practice 5.00 i tell alexis to make sure at 5.30 ethan goes to practice in the gym next door from abby's practice and i head home to take brawn to baseball practice 5.25 pick up brawn and take him to practice 5.30 drop off brawn and go back to the gym and pick up the other kids 6.30 pick up ethan, abby, and alexis and go to the bank to get $ for all star shirts 7.00 get home and have dinner with valerie 7.25 leave to go pick up brawn from practice 8.30 get home after practice, brawn eats dinner, i water the garden and everyone is sent to bed

wednesday was like this...7.30 get up, get ready 8.30 take alexis to gymnastics practice 9.00 come home, get the other kids ready 11.20 order subway and go pick it up 11.45 drop brawn off at catching lesson and go pick up alexis 12.00 pick up alexis and head back to pick up brawn 12.15 have the kids eat lunch at america's pastime and wait for brawn to finish 12.40 leave and head to unm lobo baseball field for hitting practice with brawn's all star team 2.20 leave the batting cages and head home 2.45 get home and rest and cool down 3.30 have abby get ready for gymnastics practice 4.00 leave for practice 4.15 wait for 2 hours for her to finish practice (in the mean time valerie takes brawn to baseball practice at 5.30 thank you so much!!!!!) 6.15 leave practice and head home to pick up alexis 6.30 water garden and get ready to leave 6.45 pick up alexis and take her to activity days, they are swimming 7.00 drop off alexis and go pick up brawn to take him to scouts 7.15 pick brawn up early from practice and take him to tingley beach for scouts 7.45 drop brawn off and head back to pick up alexis 8.00 pick up alexis from swimming and go pick up dinner 8.20 pick up brawn from the church and head home to eat dinner 8.30 eat dinner and get ready for bed 9.15 send the kids to bed and sit down to write this blog

yes we are busy

yes we love it

we don't know how to not be busy

life is good