Update 2/16/17

 It's been a busy couple of weeks since I deleted my facebook and instagram accounts. Sometimes I miss being able to update my friends and family in a moment of what is going on in our world, but most of the time I am grateful for the relief from something that, despite its advantages, was mostly a waste of time for me. Anyway, a lot has been happening around here lately.

Timmy and Billy are in a bowling league, which they are really loving. Every Tuesday they bowl a game on their team with their cousin Gary. All three of them are very good, and have a blast doing it! Since starting, Timmy has earned his 75 pin game patch, and Billy has earned his 100 pin game patch, and been bowler of the week once.

The Busy B's

Billy is especially hysterical when he bowls. He uses the force often as the ball travels down the lane, and changes his position many times while he waits for it to reach the pins. If you know Billy, you know he won't remain still while he watches the ball.

The phases of Billy bowling

These two weeks have been pretty big for Billy, he also had his first eye exam, and we learned that he is farsighted and has an astigmatism in both of his eyes. I blame genetics, I and others in my family have the same eye problems. Dr. McManaway is fantastic, and his exam rooms are perfectly set up for kids. Both Billy and Lexi had a good time playing while we were there. The eye drops they put in Billy's eyes, he was not such a big fan of. Two of us had to hold him down while they put four sets of drops in. He did well though and he looks so handsome in his new glasses!

First eye test

Mini me!

At the eye doctor

 I got to spend some time one on one with Timmy recently as well, when I took him roller skating! We both had a blast! It was a little bit of a disaster at first, when he was gliding his feet forward and backward it made it hard for him to stay up, but by the time we were 30 minutes in, he was getting really good! He fell a few times but he got right back up and kept going! He's looking forward to doing it again, and plans to go with Daddy and play some laser tag for the first time as well!

Roller roost!

A couple of years ago I was given an idea for a project from my sister in law for our dining room window, and I'm glad I procrastinated because we have since then added our amazing Alexis to the brood. It is to take a photo of my kids in the window during each season of the year. We finally had some snow so I got a great winter photo. The magnolia tree tells all the seasons, in the spring it has flowers, summer it has green leaves, fall the leaves change and fall, so the tree will always tell the season. One photo down, three to go. 

Winter

As for what I've got going on, I'm powering through a semester of Anatomy & Physiology and Intermediate Algebra. I've been stressing out most of the time over the overwhelming amount of material there is to learn, which is why it took me so long to blog.Currently I am studying the bones and joints of the body, fortunately I have the help of a quiet, but extremely useful friend....

Agrashea

Billy determined she is a female, and named her Agrashea (ah-gray-she-ah) clever isn't he? Agrashea is an anatomically correct dis-articulated skeleton. She has all of the bones and bone markings of an actual skeleton, and I could not learn them without her, (there are more than 250) and that is just one of the 3 chapters I have to learn for my next exam in two weeks. Sometimes it's hard to push through and keep studying when I feel very overwhelmed. However, I surprised myself with my success on exam one, and it's a major motivator. Sometimes, I can't even believe I'm doing this so many years out of school and with so many young kids, but it's going well in general. Having a husband who is supportive of my goals helps, he's making a number of sacrifices so I can get in that extra hour of studying or waking up too early on a Friday so I can have a few extra days to prepare for an exam, and I'm grateful for it!

Stay tuned for more updates every couple of weeks!