Life Lately

Shane had an event Tuesday night, and I was home alone sitting at the counter chatting with my kiddos (as I do at nearly some point in every day) and I felt myself standing in the shoes of my own mother. (Photo kindly taken by my 4.5 year old budding photographer of a son!)She always tells us the 30 minutes after school was the best part of her day. It was the debrief. The mornings were always rushed and hustled getting everyone out the door, checklisting all of the day’s items, the hours in between were filled with a long list of “things” - some memorable, others not and more mundane-  but after school for 30 minutes we would all sit around, have a snack and chat. We would laugh about stories of the day, Pick on one another as siblings do, and just be. All before scampering off to our own rooms to get into the evening’s homework, practices, etc. and there I was relishing in the debrief time with my kids. I’m officially 100% immersed in motherhood and sometimes I can’t quite grasp how quickly it’s moving. 

Looking back on this month’s events and realizing how quickly time is passing has my heart in a bit of a knot today. That, and the events of last week has me feeling all sorts of hug everyone you know and CHERISH all of it! Last week’s events have me all emotional this week - but we’ll get into that in a minute Ute. 

Whew. Okay, switching gears .. a little less heaving and a little more here’s where we are in life at the moment. Taking it way back, Valentine’s Day came and went complete with fun exchanges at school and our tradition of homemade heart shaped pizzas 

Post Valentines brought us some nice weather and some much needed time OUTSIDE with trips to the zoo, practice swinging our baseball bats (season starts in two weeks!), and patio beers! AMEN!

We’ve had some fun adult times too. It’s the season of fundraiser and PTO events with trivia nights, auctions, birthday parties, plays, dinners, etc.

With all of the events mania and pedis were in order and bitty got her nails done for the first time! Be still my heart. 

And most importantly, we said goodbye to a very special lady last week. My grandmother passed away at 88 years old and she will be greatly missed. She truly left a legacy for our family. Funerals are always unexpected family time, and I hate they have to happen ... but I do love the extra time with family. We love you forever Motsy. And that’s a little bit of life lately. 

—Katie Marie