Taking it easy....

With the first full week of school behind us we are all doing surprisingly well... I was a little concerned about how everyone would do with early mornings but so far we are doing good. I was sad the first day when everyone was gone so early but now it is nice to have a good amount of time to myself in the morning before heading to work. We are currently taking a break from extra curricular activities which is a first in about 5 years for us. We usually have 2 kids doing 2 different activities, a husband coaching football, and mommy with her own social "activities" in the evenings. But this fall we decided to just "lay low" and get adjusted to school before we start playing sports again... i must say that might have been the smartest decision i have made in a long time. With Jackson being in second grade we have been warned that we were going to get hit hard with homework... so far we have only had to read for 20 minutes a night which feels like 2 hours... not b.c he can't read but b.c he watched the clock constantly and counts down the minutes... boys! And i knew brylee would have a hard time getting adjusted to getting up so early and having such a long day. She has been pretty good but some mornings she is harder to get up and some afternoons she is whiny and tired. We have actually cooked almost every night during the week and really the only week night activity we have is church. Now daddy is still having football practice everyday and doesn't get home until about 6:30 and they have games starting this week and we go if we too but it doesn't consume our life. Jackson loves to go to practice and games and we let him go sometimes but not every day and not the far away games. I am not going to lie and say when i see the youth football and cheer leading pictures that it doesn't make me sad...and when fall ball starts up and we are not out on field that i want be sad then too but i know this is a much needed break for our family and we are all benefiting from it. So all that to say... we don't have much blog material... not may pictures being taken... not a whole lot going on... But i would like to introduce you to my new favorite "toy"... however mine is pink... an external hard drive... i have wanted one of these for a long time and basically NEEDED one of these b.c i was "playing with fire" having all my digital pictures (which is about 5 years worth) on my computer (actually 3 different computers) and they were not backed up or burned onto CD's so i am so excited to have all my pictures on this cute little thing. I also got a steal of a deal on it too.... it was on sale for $47.00 and has 320GB and most of the time they are close to $100... which is another reason i have never purchased one. My computers are loving me too... i have freed up a TON of "space" on them they are running so much faster now! I am now in the process of "organizing" them all by years and events. I am having so much fun looking back at all the old pictures... stay tuned for a few "trip down memory lane" posts!