I have thought about starting a journal for my kids throughout the years. I always wondered where am I going to put all these important things in their lives and remember them. I picked up our blog every couple of years in the hope that I will maintain it and continue to journal the going on's in our busy lives. Today is an odd day, it's not a milestone in anyone's lives, it's not a day that I had to really jut anything down, but I thought it is perfect day to continue our blog. 

Levi is now 15 months old, and Elliana is 6. Our kids have grown so much for the last several years since I stopped writing. It's been quite a journey and everyone has been so busy but well worth it. Levi is just now starting to walk a lot more. He still does what we call hi zombie crawl, where one leg is under him and the right leg it up 90 degrees and he pushes off with his right hand. We think it's funny but love every bit of this little guy. 

Elliana on the other hand is graduating Kindergarten this year. We have 2 weeks left of school and she has learned so much. She is starting to read on her own. Counts to 100 and counts backwards. She currently loves anything art. We embrace this aspect of her life by encouraging her to draw more pictures, use as much colors as we wants. The next big craze in her life at these things call "Shopkins". I have never heard of it before either, but I would describe is as poly pockets in my kid days. They are small little things that are shaped like what you would find in the grocery store. 

Casey is currently a stay at home daddy for our two littles. I love it, since he takes care of the daily grind of keeping our kids safe, making sure things at home are maintained and we don't have to deal with sending our kids to day care and worrying about how things are going throughout the day. I know my kids are safe and will have a parent around to care for them. I think he enjoys the aspect of being able to be there for our kids, but I do think that he might feel he needs to go to work sometimes. But I see it as a period of our lives were we can sacrifice and provide what we hope is best for our life at this time. 

I for one have now transitioned to working day shift. After 10 years of the night shift I have recently moved to days and love every bit of it. I no longer have to worry about having to take a nap during the day, and feel so out of it when I have a day off. My day off begins the day before when I get hope at night and I feel so much rested. I have recently been toying with the idea of going back to school. It scares me to no end to think about going through school again, but I keep telling myself, if I don't do it now, when? There is never a good time I guess so here I am jumping back in. 

We recently as a family wanted to spend more time together and went on our first family road trip to Canyon, Tx. Amazing canyons in the the dessert land of Texas. The drive itself was not as bad as we thought it would be. The kids handled it well and we might be driving more soon. Here's to more adventures to come