A Mish Mash of Life Lately

Life has been beyond crazy! My 2 girls are the loves of my life, but they're also a handful! I'm busy.... but a happy and fulfilled busy.

These pictures of my 2 beauties are from July. Photos were taken by my sister in law, Rachel. Aren't my girls just precious?!?!

Life in our new home is still crazy. I never could have guessed just how crazy it would be to get settled in a house that we are also fully renovating. And to do it with 2 little ones underfoot, it has simply been near to impossible to truly get everything done we have wanted to so far. I have a feeling our home will be a work in progress for a few years to come ;)

One thing that has been helping me not get too overwhelmed is the fact that I have my speakers set up in my kitchen now which makes it all the more important to press the reset button and stay in perspective! And having more time with my husband has been so refreshing and precious.

Fall seems to be just around the corner with crisper air, cooler nights and even some changing leaves. I love our famous falls in Vermont so I am looking forward to some bright color gracing the Green Mountains :)

And of course, fall fashion is always fun! I love warm sweaters, scarves, flats, boots, cardigans and cute hats!

Is it weird that I actually miss the back to school feeling from fall? I honestly do! I miss the sharpened pencils and the notebooks and new textbooks crisp and ready to be cracked! I was home schooled my whole life and I always looked forward to school. A lot of my schooling was pretty independent as I got older, and honestly I loved the challenge of pacing myself and working through my tasks as they came. I plan on homeschooling my kiddos when that time comes, so maybe I need to channel the whole missing back to school feeling so that I have motivation in 3-4 years when it's time to start school with the girls :) :)

Well, there's a quick update from my little corner! Lots of love to everyone!

Internet!

I'm almost embarrassed to say how much I missed having internet at home. It's kind of sad how dependent I feel on it! I wanted to take the kids to the library last week and realized I didn't know how to get there... I switched on my computer to use Google Maps and remembered that I didn't have any internet. Fail. Ha!

Well, we have internet again and I feel like I'm in the land of the living once more (heehee). We are making progress on unpacking boxes, hanging pictures and making our new space feel like home.

I realized that I never blogged much about this new house before so here's the backstory. We are renting our new home from Bryan's mom who bought the house as an investment. It was a true fixer upper, but since Bryan has a lot of experience in construction, he's been able to do most of the work himself. He put on a new roof and is still working on siding the house. We put in new carpets, a brand new kitchen, and have painted almost the whole place! It's been a lot of work but also a lot of fun. The house is 5 bedrooms, so it's quite a change from our 2 bedroom apartment! We have so much space to spread out and the kids have loved the room to stretch out! Peyton runs almost everywhere in the house and Britany is getting better at crawling every day :)

I do promise that I'll load pictures someday soon....but for now I'm overwhelmed and busy enough :)

I'm excited to get back to blogging when life feels a little more settled. I've missed reading from all of you as well! I'm hoping to set an afternoon or evening aside soon to get caught up.

Lots of Love!