Life as We Know It

With school in full swing, we are adjusting to life and I just had to document what our everyday life is like right now. Since I had Benson two years ago, I've taken a step back and pulled my kids out of many of their extra curricular activities. It has been so good for us in so many ways and I've really grown to love our quiet life. I discovered that sometimes less is more. 

So here is small glimpse into our lives right now.

The three bigger kids are in elementary school full time. They all have fantastic teachers this year and they are all loving school. Recently Tanner spent all his hard earned award points to read a story to Tucker's class. He picked a book from home and took it to school so he could read to Tucker and his class. I got this picture from Tucker's teacher and I love it. I am so proud of Tanner and I just love these cute brothers.

Family dinners are a priority. We eat dinner together every night with Daddy. It's a time when we can talk about our days and just spend some time together.

One night, shortly after school had started, we were having spaghetti and I looked over to see that Tuck had used his noodles to spell his name. I couldn't help but laugh. He's learning so much at Kindergarten. 

When Bailey saw what Tucker had done, she wanted to do the same.
We were cracking up at her use of the meatball to dot her "i". So funny.
They may not have the best table manners but we sure love these kiddos. 

While the kids are gone to school all day, Benson and I spend all our time together.
Occasionally Benson will go to a little preschool program, but otherwise we are always together.
I love this buddy of mine. We watch shows together, eat snacks together, run errands together, read books, play, snuggle and sometimes when I'm really lucky he falls asleep on my chest. 

This boy keeps me on my toes and I often find it hard to tell him no.
Like when he asks for a huge tub of disgusting cheese balls by saying "please Mom".
Yeah- we bought them. He's too cute to say no to. 

Chris is staying busy too. Between working on the fixer upper house, working at the temple, guard duty and his day job- he's very busy. But we are so appreciative of all his hard work.
As for me, my party business is growing and I've been staying busy as well.
Life is great. We are very blessed and I just need to document our everyday life so I don't forget about the little things.