Life Lately

 We've gone through yet another schedule change...

This time not such a punch in the face, but still an adjustment!  Matt is now working nights, and Ashtyn is the one not dealing with it all that great this time around.  Bedtime is Matt and Ashtyn's "thing" so it's definitely been quite an adjustment for her, but I am trying my best to give the best baths and read the best bed time stories I possibly can, but I am sure I will never be as cool as her daddy is!  I on the other hand am not so upset with the schedule change - sure I miss having him home at night, but I might as well make the best out of it because this is the reality of our life.  Sundays nights are my favorite so far - I get the kids to bed, make a cup of coffee and some popcorn, snuggle up on the couch and watch Keeping Up with The Kardashians! 

Yes, I admit its my guilty pleasure and I enjoy all sixty minutes of it - uninterrupted!

The other great thing of our new schedule is Matt and I are home together on Mondays - all day and all night - Yay!  It's so nice having a normal day at home, so it makes the husband-less nights more manageable!  Until school starts we are making every Monday count with the kids, so we've been swimming and plan to take them bowling and 4-wheeling before the school bell rings!

While Matt's at work we stay busy going out to dinner with the family, hang out at the mall, go swimming - whatever wears them out!

Last Saturday night the kids and I went on a date!

We went to see Monster's University...the kids love Monster's Inc, so I knew they'd love a sequel!

This was Eli's first time to the Movie Theaters and he did fantastic.  He of course snuggled in my lap the whole time - no complaints - but made it through the whole movie with no whining or restlessness!

He was the cutest too when he walked out and kept repeating...

"That was really cool Mom!  The movie was so, so good!

And the screen was so, so Big.  I love the movies!

Everyone just looked at him with a big smile and laughed!

It was such a great evening with my kids - I love getting to take them on dates!

Next up is Airplanes - but this time Daddy is coming!

 Life lately has been pretty laid back...hanging around our home we love so much and soaking in as much summer as we possibly can before school starts in a few short weeks!

And of course taking naps on the floor on a pile of dirty clothes...

It's all good!