Archive for the ‘365 Project’ Category

I’m still going strong with my photo a day (on my phone), but I haven’t shared any for awhile. Here are some of my favorites from the spring and summer. It’s so fun to look back on my busy days that go by in a blur, and remember what I thought was important enough to get my camera out for. The highlights are that I was spoiled on Mother’s Day, went on my last field trip with my 11 year old (boo hoo), hit up Yo Frutii with my girls, fixed countless meals for my toddler in his high chair, played blocks with the boys, Superman with the toddler, swimming with the girls, watched the sunset at the beach with Tim, went to Cub camp with my 8 year old, bike rides with the kids, and went on trips to Philadelphia, Intercourse, Gettysburg, and Hershey, PA. In Washington D.C. we saw the IRS building, the inside of the Capitol, the White House, Arlington National Cemetery, and the Lincoln Memorial (among other things). We took Molly for walks every day, enjoyed the beautiful dramatic skies that are so rare, visited the LA Temple, saw Les Miserables with my sisters, enjoyed free slurpies on my birthday, and we went to the beach once a week. We dressed Molly up in the pet store, traveled to many photo sessions, rode down to Sycamore Beach with my sisters on our bikes, decorated baseball cupcakes for my now 9 year old, played at the park, spent a day in Pismo, watched my cub scout get his Wolf, traveled to Griffith Observatory, grew sunflowers, and went to visit my newest nephew.

I’m still going strong taking a photo a day every day for a year. These are a few from March and April. Looking back at these I can see my life is a simple one. I don’t do anything big and flashy. I just do my best to raise 4 kids, train a puppy, be a good wife, grow my business, and try, but fail often to keep my house clean.

In the past 2 months I’ve gone on countless walks, spent lots of time bathing and feeding the baby, picked up toys, watched my boy play baseball, watched my nephew play basketball, and went to Disneyland. I took the kids to the park 2 or 3 times a week, took Emma to get her teeth extracted and then get a retainer. I ran a 10K with my sisters and our husbands, went to the zoo, got a new car, went to the beach, colored eggs, and enjoyed egg hunts at Grandma’s house. I watched my boy get 3rd place in the pine wood derby, read love notes from my daughter, tried on hats at Kohls, and enjoyed rainbows on my morning run. Yes, it’s a simple life, but it’s perfect for me.