WITL... Day 3 WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR

                                             for the sun that comes out early and for this boy

for Lucky who makes sure I get outside during the day

for having this connection with my kids on way to school

for slippers that keep my feet warm

for that sweet smile

for those little hands and even the drool

for when he takes half days

for lunch being made by my sweetie

for him loving to garden and having a green thumb

FOR US ALWAYS

for Sam having a good friend

for him loving to play basketball with the boys

for SHARPIES!!  ( new fave colors)

for this girl who I love and miss

for family dinners

for family fun and bubbles

for these printables from Ali

for another wonderful day

photos taken 178  photos deleted 29  dishwasher 1

laundry 0  let Lucky out 8

today was different then planned with Rich coming home early. I kept feeling thankful all day for what I have and wanted to remember this day that way. Thankful for my readers too and your comments that make me happy. Hope everyone is having a good week!!

WITL ...Day 2 A GREAT DAY

HELLO TUESDAY!!  HELLO DAY 2 OF WEEK IN THE LIFE.... it was a great day for me today, lots of photos and good everyday little things.  Today really showed me why I do these projects and how awesome it is and how worth all the time and effort it takes to do this.  If only Ali could have been around earlier in life to inspire my mom or even when I had my babies it would be so fun to look back on and see these times. So for now I will enjoy this week and treasure it always!!  One good thing that happened that isn't in the photos is my best friend came home from the hospital and called me, she had health issues that came up. Just hearing her voice and knowing she was home finally made me very happy and grateful she is ok. Here's some of the photos for the day, it is hard to select just some of them let me tell you....

# of photos on camera   200, yep surprised me and thrilled me, I like this number since it really showed our day so well. Harder though to pick just some to show and will be to put in album.

#of photos deleted  40 some doubles and some self timers that didn't work out

# loads of laundry  4 for my family and 1 for my grandma

# times let the dog outside  16, higher then yesterday and felt more right

# times run dishwasher   none  but will tomorrow

here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm taking one out the front door each morning

My favorite part of the day!!! PAINT TIME!!

Lots of yummy colors, love this

HAPPY COLORS

Outside with Lucky, LOVE THE SKY

it always inspires me even the clouds

More fun, stamps and TAGS TAGS TAGS!!!

my nieces stop over with Sam after school love this

Goofy girls and sunshine still shining, yea

My favorite wall at my grandmas house. All my aunts and uncles senior year

photos and gram/gramp right in the middle. I help her take showers 2x

a week now. She has alzhimers so I've been doing this for a year now.

Sam and I play bball, felt good to be outside

Sam asked if he could vacuum and clean mirrors to get extra money

Love that they went out together with Lucky, LOVE IT

I had to show this one of course, good night Tuesday

WEEK IN THE LIFE..... DAY ONE

It was finally here, first day of WITL..... I slept horrible last night, excited for today but weird dreams that kept me tossing all night. It felt as though I was behind on the time all day, it didn't stop till I went to bed. My plan was to post this last night but NO TIME!! I'm thinking of doing some pages using numbers so I kept track of a few numbers of things yesterday and will each day to see how much I have at the end of the week.
total pictures on camera today 85, I like that amount not too crazy and no panic of not having enough
totall pictures on my iphone 21, still working on how to download them but at least I got them
total times I let the dog out, 11 times, thought it would be a higher number, seem I do it all day
total laundry NONE ZERO !! SHOCKING YES!! Of course now I'm behind today
total times running dishwasher.... one time
total pictures I deleted out of the 85.... 20 of them so I have 65 to work with for today

I was a little lost on what to document today since I babysat again today, feels like I just did this so much last week about them but I did it again and added a few of my own kids and things. So here's a look at a few from my Monday.

I forgot to mention that I'm also playing around with a THEN AND NOW idea for this week. How our lives were in 2010 when I did WITL and how it is now. This is our one and only full bathroom. THe girls have taken it over, it's rare that I can keep this counter cleared off for one day. They have discovered all the make up and hair stuff and for some reason doesn't like to wipe the counter down when they are done making a mess, can you believe that. I keep wipes right under the sink and only I seem to use them. Have started wanting a masterbath just for me and me alone. It would be clean!!

I have started letting Sam text on my phone now to his big sister in Florida. This might be my big story of the day, have been meaning to do this in Pl and haven't. He loves doing this!!

This is what made the whole day worth it, a beautiful sunset. This is always my favorite and it seems to come when I need it, gives me strength and hope for the next day. So there it is my first day done and my second day already going and I'm behind already on the time, lol 

This is what REAL LIFE IS, just gotta keep going though, excited to see what today brings us.

What I'm most grateful for this day was Seinna telling me how much she loved me and how happy she was to see me in church yesterday and that she loved me being there. It was the way she said it and meant it from her little heart to my heart. She is amazing and so sweet!!