Summer Time Part 1

Well I have definitely been on a blogging hiatus for the last 3 months and thought since James has left me on my 5 year anniversary for 5 days I have more evening time to write. It was that or Netflix cheat on him. (What we and Bill Simmons call watching a show you watch with your spouse without them!) I swore I wouldn't "cheat" while he was gone and I suppose this is more productive anyway!

I cannot believe the summer is already over! It went by so fast and we are already fast approaching the holiday season. We had a fun summer though and I suppose I should recap these last few months and the latest things that are happening in the Bennett family!

We started off our summer by moving into our new home. We are loving it! The kids are finally adjusting and feeling more at home. Carlyle had the hardest time with the move. He would throw fit after fit anywhere and everywhere over anything and everything! I was losing my mind and seriously considering going back to work to make him someone else's problem! ( not joking/ joking) He slept in our bed every night for the first 6 weeks and if he did fall asleep in his own bed, sometime in the middle of the night he would find his way up to my quarter of the bed. -Needless to say my sleep was limited for the first little while! He is well adjusting now and has been on up and down behavior wise, but have recently seen a climb upwards! We are making strides with him and I lean strictly on inspiration regarding his needs, otherwise I may or may not just be screaming and spanking (and hiding) from my children all day! :)

After moving we went to spend a week in the Boise area for my family reunion. We had so much fun camping and eating and playing with cousins! We look forward to the next one in two years! Unfortunately I have no pics of my own from this reunion but here are some of the kids chillin this summer.

The last big event in my life (I say my life and not ours because it literally only effected me!) was Lenore getting her hair cut! It was so sad and if I could take it all back I wouldn't have done it. I am spontaneous and irrational sometimes and when I think of something for like a second I proceed to carry out the plan without giving it much thought at all! I cannot count the times I have literally gotten out of bed to order something on the internet I felt at that second I needed, or actually ran to the store to get it because seriously in the morning is when I will need to use it and it could not wait another day! (I am working on it). Well... Lenore's hair cut was the same way! I swore I would NEVER cut it until I absolutely had to and even then it would be a trim! Well this particular morning I was having a hard time doing her hair- I really am not great at girls hair!- and so I thought it would be easier to to if I cut it! So without so much as a second thought I made the decision and followed through... I have to admit she looks adorable and she LOVED it! (She was looking in the mirror and tossing her hair around all day) but I miss her long locks and the only way I don't lose sleep over it is knowing that hair always grows back! Whew! 

Long Hair

She doesn't smile for pictures so you know she is excited!

Finished product

Well I will wrap up for now but tune in later this week because there are some hum dingers you will want to hear about! Especially if you need a good boost to feel better about yourself!