Tired

It's been a challenging few days in our house and sometimes I just can't even believe how hard parenting is!  Especially parenting a toddler!  Eeek!  I feel so incredibly blessed that I have the opportunity to be a stay at home Mom.  I really honestly am so lucky.  But sometimes at the end of the day I look back and think...gosh...today was a battle and I am exhausted!  I guess no one said parenting is easy.  And the wonderful, rewarding moments always outweigh the moments when I want to cry...but phew, today I am wiped.  I always feel tired and hungry too...and then I remembered today that my body is working like crazy as I am still nursing Micah multiple times a day and night.

In the middle of a rough day with Camden yesterday there was an uncharacteristically quiet moment and I peeked around the corner and he was sitting on the couch by himself reading his little children's Bible.  It was such a good reminder for me to stop and remember to seek God all day, every day.  I've been praying daily that the fruits of the spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control - Galatians 5:22) will be more evident in my life.  Especially in how I raise my children.

I love my boys more than anything else in the entire world and I am SO blessed to be with them during these formative years...even when it's hard. Tonight after they both got out of the tubby they ran around the entire upstairs naked just cracking each other up.  When I put Micah's football jammies on, Camden asked if he could wear his matching pj's so he and Micah could be twins.  They love each other so much and they gave me a little gift there that I will treasure always.  I love my boys.

Catch Up...

We have been busy, busy, busy around here lately...but still finding plenty of time for fun and adventure!  Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately...

Playing with trucks in the yard...

 My new chalkboard that I made with materials and lots of help from my mother-in-law!  Chalkboard spray paint is amazing!

 My funny little almost-one-year-old!

 Wrestling in the kitchen!

 Matching jammies...

 Camden worked very hard helping Daddy spread woodchips on the area around our swingset!  These two boys LOVE projects!

 He makes the funniest faces...

 We had fun watching Daddy's first home soccer game on Wednesday.  Here's Camden hanging out with Tucker (who used to hang out at my soccer fields with his Dad who coached me in high school...funny how everything seems to come full circle!).

 Micah and Morgan (another girl I've known most of her life).  So fun that our boys have such great teenagers to grow up around!

 I'm telling you...this kid can dribble a soccer ball so well.  Watch out world!

 Resting in the shade of the Gator...

 We had Paigey and the twin boys over to play (with their mom's Amy and Kate) yesterday.  Even though this is a little blurry, I think it's so cute how Camden and Paige are taking such good care of little Leo.

Sometimes when I want to pull my hair out from the stress of raising two very high-energy boys, I look at these pictures and am reminded what a wonderful life we live.  I have so much to be thankful for.