Happy Fall

I cant even begin to tell you how gorgeous the weather has been here. Not what I am used to at all! Normally I am getting out the coats and sweaters and the days of sundresses and flip flops are pretty much long gone. Here, not so much. I knew that living in the south it would be warmer, but I didn't realize that it would be  huge difference. I figured a few degrees. All week has been in the 70's and as I write this, its a fabulous 72 degrees and a slow and steady rain is coming down. I love it. I was also afraid that the trees would be much to look at when fall came around. To my surprise, they are also gorgeous. Of course they change WAY later here than they do back in STL. And its not all of them. Those huge live oaks are still just as green and gorgeous with their Spanish moss. I love it. You go to the Lowe's, and they still have all of their outdoor section open with all of their flowers still in full bloom. the farmers markets are still going on too. I was a bit nervous about leaving a real winter, but let me tell you, this is so much less depressing. I can actually get outside and let the kids go nuts. I'm just loving it here. No regrets.

lazy Sundays

I love Sundays! I love that we have found a fantastic church that is incredibly motivational and makes me want nothing more than to please God. A church that reminds me of the one we left. One that makes me want to be a better Christian. I am very thankful today for that!

Jason let the kids help him out a bit with the Nova today. Of course Noah was thrilled and always has a blast hanging out with his daddy talking cars. Nora just asked what everything was and told us that everything was pink. I just look at these two and cannot believe how big they are getting. Noah doesn't even look like a baby anymore. All of that is gone! I hate it so much and it tears me to pieces that my mom didn't get to watch that sweet face grow into a little boy. And Nora, I don't even know how that happened! She is hilarious and sweet and I want to freeze time more than anything. OK, I'm over my sappy mommy moment! ...Hope everyone has a fantastic week! xo

UPDATE!

Well, a little update on goal making. I feel like I did pretty good! I did not accomplish everything though. Running every night became a challenge because first of all it got cold! Also, Thursday I spent the entire afternoon walking around downtown Charleston which to me is a lot of walking! I did run three of the five nights I said I would..I guess that worked. Reading to my kids! DID it! OF course some of the books they handed me I may have slimmed down a bit after 10  minutes of them completely ignoring me. Made dinner every single night!! YAY! Pictures...not so much. Here is where that became an issue. Hospital bills started piling in. FUN. Got a bunch of room organized in the house though and I really think we are going to need to have  a garage sale. SO...a little extra Christmas money would be fantastic! Coming up with some new projects for the week! Desperately need to find a chair for the office, and found some adorable picture ideas! really enjoying the time at home with the kids and not feeling so incredibly overwhelmed with both work and family! Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Setting Goals!

Spent my evening with Jason talking about goals! I will be the first to admit that I am no good at making goals. I tell myself that I am going to do something and that I will start off slow....and I never make it. I get bored. I want a challenge. I had a LOT of goals when we first moved here. The problem is that it really does take awhile to get settled and lord knows that I had no plans to make a zillion trips to the hospital! SO, needless to say not much has been accomplished! You tell yourself that when you move into this new fantastic place that you are going g to be organized and make dinner EVERY night and only eat healthy for now on. Not so much. First of all, the food down here is fantastic. I just want to keep trying new places! So, when the weekend rolls around, my idea of fun is not spending time in the kitchen. So there goes that goal! Anywho, that's beside the point. The point is, I need to make some things happen. SO, I have ONE goal this week. That goal is to achieve all the other goals I have made. HA! My plan is to tell myself that I am going to blog about how this gets done so that way I actually need to do it! Okay, so here is my list!

1. Go run every night during the week. This shouldn't be too hard. 20 minutes all to myself 5 days a week ..yes please!
2. make dinner every night during the week. This one will be a challenge because I'm lazy!
3. Get one room organized every two days. I say this because sometimes my kids make it a bit difficult to go through things...Two days should do it!
4. Read to my kids every single day for 20 minutes. I'm bad! It was so easy with Noah but now that there are two, I have become a slacker. This needs to happen!
5. print out my pictures! I have so many stashed on cards and the computer its crazy! I will buy an album and make it beautiful!

Well, there you have it! I pray that I can make these things happen in the next couple weeks. I hope to update tomorrow with good news! Until then, enjoy some pictures I got today with the coolest tiny camera in the world! xo