With the crazy, busy time of life that we are currently in, I thought I would take a moment to document all that is done, week in and week out in our household so I can look back and remember how I got all these gray hairs:) The spring is a very busy time for us. There is the yard work that needs to be attended to, a garden to be planted, spring sports starting, and household projects to be done. Thankfully Jaron takes over the responsibility for all things outdoors...which takes a huge load off of me and adds some stress on to him! This spring, Jaron has also added a new job which adds much stress to him and the family as he learns the ins and outs of it. With this new job he has evening phone calls, which is new for our family so we are trying to survive the evenings without dad available. Also, my business has recently picked up, I met with a new client the other day and I am currently working on two of their business accounts. Although Jaron and I look at each other and think how can we fit this in, I am excited to have something different to do and Jaron is very supportive.
A typical week in our family includes the usual housework, laundry, food prep, grocery shopping, trips to the library, gas station, taking things forgotten to the school for the children, picking up children who need to stay after or missed the bus, errands to be run, etc. We now have 3 boys in scouts which thankfully is all on Tuesday afternoon/evening. Between the 3 boys and their sports, Braden does baseball and Tyson and Nathan do soccer, we have 6 practices a week and 4 games...add to that guitar lessons for Tyson and piano lessons for Braden (which is done before school since after school is just too hectic). Next Saturday Jaron will be running his first 1/2 marathon so there has been training for that and my weekly workouts and training for my sprint triathlon in May...most of this is done early morning since there is no other time. I also currently have a scout calling which takes me away from home an hour each week and adds to the craziness of scheduling! Oh and my kids do have homework and school projects and chores to complete each day. Did I cover it all??? Oh no I am leaving out the two cutest, but time sucking, things in our house right now, Justin and Jessica. Anything to do with these two takes time, feeding, changing, playing with, etc, though I won't complain too much if I have to sit and rock them or play outside with our cute twins. I know all the moms out there can relate to the craziness of life and I wanted to write it down so I can look back on this sometime and think...how did we manage to do it all! Thankfully all the "problems" in our lives are good problems, we are all healthy and strong and have a comfortable home to live in:)
Here we are at our second spot, about mile 9, and dad ran right past us. We didn't recognize him without his sweatshirt and beanie on:) 
And again at mile 10.5, still smiling!!
Here we are at the finish line with the signs Tyson and Braden made for dad...Grandpa came out to show his support. Grandpa was an avid runner back in the day and I think he likes to relive those days through Jaron!!
At the final stretch...run baby run
he is so excited to start cub scouts now and be more like his older brothers, he also gets to start his music lessons, he has picked the guitar. Nathan will soon be baptized and can't wait for that day to come. He loves to go to primary and learn all about Jesus. Nathan is smack in the middle of all the kids and has the ability to go either direction. One minute he will be outside playing one on one with Tyson on the bball court or playing army with Braden, another he will be entertaining babies on his bed! He also loves to watch Blues Clues with the babies, it was one of his favorites when he was little. Nathan is very special and we love him!!
