Miscellany...

If I was good, I'd break this down somewhat by topic and maybe even do separate posts. But. I'm feeling a little like if I don't post it all now, I'll forget and things will get missed. :) So...

Good Grief Blog. New challenge up today! Also, check out our mention in the May/June Creating Keepsakes magazine (page 20). 

Easter. Finished editing pictures. There weren't that many, honestly. We had a fairly low-key day, still recovering from our trip and starting the soccer season and all that. ;) Though we did see a few snowflakes early in the morning, the afternoon was perfect. We dyed eggs outside (yup, procrastinated on that one and didn't dye them until that day, lol). I get a kick out of the difference between when we started and when we finished:

Yeah. You try explaining to a four year old how to use a spoon for transferring eggs yet not spoon dye from one glass to another. ;) 

Soccer. Did I mention that spring soccer is fully underway? All three boys are preparing for their third games this coming weekend. We knew we lucked out last fall when we managed to somehow land game locations all in the same part of town and only a few weekends of overlap. We knew it. So. We weren't surprised this season when Noah's games end up being 20 minutes north and we have a single weekend without overlap. Most of the weekends, Noah and Asher's games are at exactly the same time. Lovely. But. The boys love it, so all's good.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science. We went to their bi-annual homeschool day on Monday and had a great time. The theme was "Bodies in Space" and the boys got to build rockets and launch them. They were stoked. And, their rockets definitely flew further than most. Fun times.

Clocks. Do you suppose that if I started collecting clocks I'd have more time? Yeah. I didn't think so either. Drat.

Homeschooling. This is the one that's really been taking most of my attention and time. I've recently adopted a new "schedule/routine" and it's going fabulously. It does, though, mean that my focus has really shifted of late to the boys and their schooling. Scrapbooking, for whatever it's worth, has taken a backseat. I haven't even finished more than a couple layouts this whole year. And I'm okay with that. Honestly, I've put so much energy into scrapbooking during the last few years that I haven't been able to do as much in the homeschooling area as I'd otherwise have liked. I don't regret it. Don't get me wrong! I've absolutely loved my experiences within the scrapbooking industry and know that the boys were still young enough that it didn't make a huge impact...they were able to mostly play and learn on their own and that worked. And I was able to learn more about myself and help support our family at the same time. So. It was awesome. 

But. Now I truly feel that it's time for me to shift gears. And I'm so excited. :) 

(Note: As I get this new routine more in place (and especially when soccer season ends and I regain those 10 hours of each week or so, lol), I do plan to do more scrapbooking again...so don't despair...I'll definitely be sharing more layouts. ;) I just wanted y'all to understand that my attention has changed.)

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Whew. Okay. I feel better for having gotten all of that off my chest. I felt like y'all weren't really getting what I am up to here based on what I've blogged lately. ;) Now you know.