May 2017…so far

Y’all…I have so much to write about.  So many things I haven’t had a half-second to put down on paper {or type in a blank box} and I truly fear that I never will!!!  So much I want to say and tell y’all!

But…tonight I’m just going to give some updates because it’s been a couple of months.  In my favorite kind of fashion…here’s the latest with our Lucas clan.

Reading: Magnolia.  It’s seriously the greatest magazine {in my little opinion} since Real Simple came out. It doesn’t help that I, along with the rest of the ship-lap-loving-world, am completely infatuated with Chip and Jo.

Playing: What all of my motherly dreams were made of…playing baseball in the front yard with my kids.  Y’all!  I remember so very fondly playing ball in the yard with my mom and my dad that I have just been waiting {patiently?!} for this day.  And it happened just a week or so ago and has been a recurring thing since…and it’s just bliss.

Watching: Oh I could just watch these sweet babies for days and days, but apparently I’m not in reality!  If I take my eyes of Emory for a millisecond, he’s rolled himself under a chair!  But seriously…I love watching all three of these sweet kids.  They absolutely adore each other and it’s the best seat to the most wonderful show…

Trying: I’m really trying to run.  I don’t like running.  I will walk for miles…and that’s just how I want to do it.  In running there’s too much bouncing.  My ponytail whacks me in the face.  I get WAY too sweaty and I feel so gross afterwards.   But I’m trying.  I’m supposed to run a 5k on Saturday…we’ll see how that goes.

Cooking: OH!  This is fun.  And a future blog post to come…I have done a couple of Blue Apron meal orders! So I have a lot to say about that…and will leave you hanging here on this little cliff!

Eating:  {see above comment…and I will leave you waiting to hear all the yummy details!}

Drinking: Straw-Ber-Ritas!!! The perfect little something at the end of a hot day.

Texting: My friend Meredith and I both got our new Ban.do agendas today (YAY!!) so we were texting each other about how great they are and how fabulous we are for getting the same amazing stuff!

Pinning: I feel like I’ve been pinning a lot of plants and flowers recently.  I have been working on the shade bed in our back yard {it’s coming along quite lovely} and we recently had two trees and several dead azaleas taken out of the front yard so there’s a lot happening in the gardening department.

Tweeting: I think I like the idea of tweeting better than I do actually tweeting.  I’m not one to share my every thought like the Donald… so as much as I’d like to be a hip tweeter, I just don’t think I am…?

Going: I love to go.  I love to pack a bag and GO.  We are going…in just a couple of weeks.  We are going to the BEACH for a WEEK with ALL the KIDS.  Y’all.  Pray for us.  haha.  I’m kidding.  It will be great.  It will be fabulous.  I seriously cannot wait.

Loving: So much.  My husband.  My kids.  Amazing people who are just so incredibly self-less.  I want to be more like them.

Hating: I hate spiders.  I don’t like bugs.  And I loathe mosquitoes.  I’m starting to feel like I don’t really like summer because with warm weather comes all the things I don’t like.  I don’t like sweating either…oh I think I already said that…

Discovering: I can’t really say that I am discovering anything new…  But Emory is and it is SO fun to see and hear him figuring out these new things!!

Thinking: You know…it can be dangerous when you think…ha.

Hoping: I am hoping my husband reads this tonight and sees my hint about a quiet date night Friday night… yes, we have a sitter.

Listening: It’s actually quiet right now as I write this.  The dishwasher is running, the monitor echos the white noise playing in Emory’s room…  There’s nothing else causing a stir.  Now…just five minutes ago Eliza Jane was screaming like a banshee because “my want you” for the 37th time tonight… But I guess she’s finally given up.

Celebrating: There’s always something worthy of celebrating, right?  Last Friday Reynolds got his trophy for t-ball and last night Eliza Jane got her medal for completing a season of gymnastics!

And yes!  We just celebrated Mother’s Day…and all the moms and being a mom.  And I celebrated my sweet Momma in Heaven.  I miss her something terrible, but I trust she’s having a blast up there with Jesus.

Smelling: Have you stopped to smell the roses recently?  I did a walking meeting with a co-worker a few weeks ago and we found this amazing rose along our path…and of course we stopped and smelled it!  I wish I could have bottled up the scent and passed it out with this photo!

Ordering: I need to order a swimsuit!  Did you see the post I wrote for the Columbia SC Moms Blog?  So many options!  I’ve narrowed my choices and now I just need to swipe the card!  I also need to check to see if the kids need new suits…

Starting: Oh there’s nothing to start…and no time to start anything!

Finishing: There’s a lot to be finished.  Flower beds, laundry, ironing…all the things I’ve already shared including writing more blog posts!

I’ll save all of that for another day.  I’m off to bed while the littles are sleeping.

I hope you have had a joyful May so far.  If you haven’t celebrated anything today…look around and find something to be excited about.  I trust you won’t have to look very far…

Much love!