After a long weekend of roller skating, beach day surfing for the girls, family over for Sunday BBQ I feel rejuvenated!!  Why, you may ask? Because this afternoon Marc took the girls and my brother Connor to Wild Rivers.  They were gone from 1:30 - 8:30pm.   He even fed them bathed them and put them to bed.  I arrived back home after 9 and they were asleep.   I was sooooo STOKED!  I really needed a day to catch up on bills, make phone calls, run tons of errands etc.  It was such a great feeling to get so much accomplished and spend some TLC time with little Vaughn.  He is my not so “little” bundle of joy!  He is the happiest most easy going baby!  I am very lucky.

I’m sure all mom’s with multiple children feel the same way I do about being worn down!  It is just impossible especially during the Summer break to get anything done, not to mention you are needed by everyone in the family at all times and it gets so overwhelming.  I am not one to sit back and just enjoy the day if my house is a wreck I get anxiety about cleaning up the mess and taking care of my children.  I really do wish it didn’t bother me so much and I could relax.  I am SO READY for school to start!  I do enjoy beach days and fun activities to hang out with my kids but sometimes I am totally drained and have run out of patience, energy, and ideas for entertaining!  I think I would be a HUGE fan of year round school!  That way you could actually plan vacations ahead of time and they may cost less because they would not take place during the busy season.  I also think I would look forward to time with no schedules and opportunity to just chill with my children in smaller time increments through out the year!  I know tomorrow will come and my list of thing to do will pile up once again but at least today I am feeling great about today!

The pictures

Maren did alright paddling out this time and standing up!

She chooses neither goofy or regular!  Both feet do the trick.

  Kaili is a bit hesitant

She feels most comfortable standing up the board hits the beach.

Uncle Connor is comfortable sitting and holding Vaughn

big boy cousins.  Ewan and Vaughn

Aunty Laura’s first time to see Vaughn.  Happy late birthday to you, Laura!

the girls settle down a bit in front of the T.V. They played really well together!

Maren’s buddy, cousin Alex

Kaili’s buddy, cousin Hannah

gathering to watch Jason’s pictures from Europe.

Maren’s melt down when Alex had to go!  Can this girl be any more dramatic, seriously!

We got a tiny bit of exercise this morning on a run/walk/bike to the park.