The Billingsley Brood: Long Overdue...

I know, I know. You all have been patiently waiting...or some rather impatiently.

As all of my fellow mommies can understand, at the end of the day...the only time I have to blog, I am so tired that I just want to veg out watching tv or doing nothing. I know keeping a blog isn't hard work, but for all of you complainers...you should really try it. Some weeks I find myself so motivated and with a lot to say....and then there are other times I keep trying to sit and blog and so many things come up that need taken care of. Well this delay is somewhere in between.

So I feel like we have been really busy. Van and Ava started recreation classes a few weeks back and are thoroughly enjoying them. Ava takes a little tumbling class that she has to be the little star of...I swear she is beyond her years...at least in this daring physical stuff. She just steps right up, in front of the boys or whomever is trying to go first, and throws herself down on the mat ready to try whatever the task may be...sometimes wheelbarrow walking, somersaults, log rolls, balance beam walking....she just goes right for it. I really think she is cut out for some sort of circus acrobatics or something...maybe one day we'll see her in the Cirque Du Soleil. Van goes to that class with her and has one before her that is more focused on doing crafts and stuff which is right up his alley. He's so quiet and reserved in public that he just likes to do the quiet activities. He has started soccer though and is starting to break out of his shell. Of course he is the shy one in the group so the teacher has taken a little liking to him which is nice because he usually needs just a bit of coaxing to join a big group that he is unsure of. But he has come home after both practices so excited with sunkissed cheeks ready to tell me all about it...so I know he really likes it.

Mike and I have been hanging in there too. We officially accepted an offer on our condo a few weeks back so once the short sale gets approved by our lender, we will be in escrow. Its all very bittersweet for us...but we have had to make some tough decisions just to get by lately. We know we are seeing some of the consequences from some bad decisions we made and are dealing with them the best we can. We are holding tight to our budget and haven't seen an overdraft charge now in almost 2 months...I know it sounds small but we were just being so lazy that it seemed like they kept racking up. Mike is actively looking for a band to play with since his new found talent on the drums. He is VERY good for only playing for around 4-5 months. He will be very modest about it, but he really is good. He is playing with a new one tonite and we're hopeful that this could be a good fit. I'm excited for him. Mike has and will always be my dreamer...he has so many goals and dreams in life and if possible, I'd like to see them all come true...especially if they are reasonable. He's young so why not go out and do all the things you've always wanted to do but never thought you really could, right? He's not sacrificing his family, his beliefs, or his morals for these little moments of happiness, so I'm all for it. I'm putting away working and just getting by. The days go by so fast I can't even believe another month has past. As our little ones get bigger, I feel like time goes even faster. We've even pondered the idea of "another" little one as of late...no this is not an announcement of any sort...we've just been talking. The rational side of me is like heck no....we don't have the money, the room, the car space, etc etc...but my husband tries to play to my emotional side....so who knows.

Well that's about all I can squeeze in right now, I'm hoping to get some reading time in tonite too. But, here are a few cute pics we just took when our little ones were having some fun in the sun. Enjoy!!