October, seriously???

Here I am again talking about how pathetic I am for not blogging for so long.  I must do better.  I love to go back and look at the one blog book I have printed and read about what I typed.  Lot's of it I wouldn't remember otherwise.  So I must get better.  I pretty much have the worst memory ever and I know I will not remember any of my children's childhoods if I don't start journaling about it. 

I am really trying hard to get my personal progress done for YW.  I have been in YW for almost 5 years, yes, 5 years.  To say that I'm burned out would be an understatment but I'm having a good attitude until they release us.  :)  So it's pretty pathetic that I have been in almost 5 years and don't have my personal progress.  Anyway, one of my goals was to observe quite acts of service every day for two weeks and journal every night about that act of service.  I have been doing it for a week now and I'm actually really liking journaling every night. So I'm thinking that I could easily just pop on the blog each night and journal about our day right?  I am sure that none of you care about what we do each day but I do.  I follow a couple blogs that I really love.  Hungryrunnergirl is one of them.  She is hilarious and I love her writing style.  Anyway, i was thinking how awesome it was for her to have all of these blog posts about their life.  She blogs twice a day.  That's a bit much for me but I dont' have sponsors and get free stuff for my blog so I can see why she stays so on top of it.  My goal is to start taking more pictures of me and the kids and Dan, the food we eat, things we do, etc.  I KNOW for a fact that I will love looking back on these days when my kids get older.  I have already forgotten so much of when both Sam and Ellie were babies.  So, I might not start it for a week or so or I might surprise myself and start tomorrow but that is my goal.  I don't have to do it every day but every other day atleast.  I want to really remember stuff my kids did and what we did as a family.  Some will be longer then others I am sure but I really want to do this.  I'm going to try.  So here we go, to more blogging!! 

I think part of the problem is that I missed so much last summer and fall that I felt too behind to get caught up. Well, I'm going to just strart from tomorrow or Sunday and move forward.  And when I find some time (ha!) maybe I will throw in a couple updates from our life in 2012.  See how pathetic I am.  I dont' have anything for half of 2012.  This must end.  I'm getting anxiety about how much I have missed b/c i have been lazy with the journaling.  It is all about time management.  I know I need to get better at this.  Thought I would throw in a couple family pics my friend Kell took for us in the Fall.  To say the kids were terrible would be a huge understatement.  They started out okay but lost it after a good 10 minutes.  Ellie would not let me put her down and they were just not cooperative.  But she managed to get some really cute ones. 

Now tell me, who is excited to know the ins and out of the Simmons' every day life?  Don't act like you're not excited.  I know I am.