random thoughts on a sunday

1. tim took the big girls to church this morning. i stayed home to let the littles nap. ellie has a early afternoon soccer that falls right in the middle of nap time. with the bigs and littles it is always a balancing act between activities and naptimes. sometimes we push the littles to be more flexible and go without naps. sometimes we make changes to protect their naps. today we decided they needed naps. jake went to sleep right away as usual. we thought trying to get maggie to take a early nap would be tough. not the case. she took full advantage. she was asleep within 5 minutes. the house is quiet now. so i am blogging. then a shower. priorities.

2. soccer has been keeping us busy. so fun to watch the girls get after it on the soccer field.

3. tim and i played in a charity poker tournament last night benefiting the cyclone wrestling club. tim placed 5th and i placed 4th. i had never played before. honestly, i had no idea what i was doing. i won big a couple times and that was pretty fun!

4. lots of outdoor work going on around our house. this week we had a pallet of flower bed edgers delivered. we are going to edge all of our flower beds. i am guessing this will take several work days to get completed, but will be well worth the effort. we really want to clean up our flower beds. make a few places a bit bigger. as well as add some plantings. in the past we had some pretty awesome ornamental grasses, but then they did come back. i would like to try them again. just to see.

5. our garden is partially planted. zinnias, tomatoes, onions, and radishes went in last weekend with a lot of help! i am hopeful that i can get peppers, beans, peas, and cucumbers planted today. we also want to try some potatoes. and anything else we are going to plant should be able to get in this week.

6. we tried this parmesan chicken slider recipe a few weekends ago. go ahead give it a try. it was good.

7. we have 16 days left of school. in so many ways i am so excited for summer. and in a few big ways i am bummed the year is coming to an end. for years we have talked about ellie being at my school. and her 6th grade year is quickly coming to a close. half done in my building. it is absolutely crazy how fast time goes by. these moments. you have to gobble them up and enjoy. it just goes way to fast not too.