Candi

Day 105

I have tried many waxes to use in my Scentsy burner and these cheapy ones from Kroger make my house smell so good!

Day 106

Andrew is leaving for California tomorrow and he bought this tank to wear. Let’s hope Andrew doesn’t know how to party!

Day 107

Pretty darn excited that I get to turn this off for 10 days!! Happy Spring Break!

Day 108

Andrew left this morning for California with his two best buds. We pretty much told him to have fun, but not too much fun and stay out of jail, cuz we aren’t coming there to get you out!

Day 109

They don’t realize how lucky they are to have each other.

Day 110

Coloring eggs with Grandpa Frank.

Day 111

Easter mass…Missing Andrew :(

Day 98

Enjoying a dinner out with the kids…Karli and I shared some lasagna. This is all we could eat!

Day 99

I can not believe our front yard solar lights made it through the winter. Usually I pack them away, but before I knew it they were covered in snow so they stayed out all winter. Amazing.

Day 100

Blake is a confirmed Catholic..Andrew was his sponsor =)

Day 101

Happy Birthday to my Dad!!

Day 102

Darn tulips keep coming back! I thought I had pulled them all up last year when we got the new rocks. But nope, they are determined and came back.

Day 103

Chase is at Camp Storer this week. I hope he has fun and creates some lasting memories!

Day 104

Our dog..who thinks she is a cat.

Day 91

We got a new puppy!!! Ha,ha! April Fool’s! It’s baby Shaggy silly!

Day 92

Time for a new cut. Just another day in the never ending process of me growing my hair out and then cutting it off months later.

Day 93

Tori watching the rain. I just know she is thinking that it’s better than snow!

Day 94

You know it’s spring in our house when my car gets booted to the driveway to make room for the kids bikes and scooters.

Day 95

Karli got to meet Mari from Dance Moms (she danced with the Candy Apples last season I think it was). She thought it was the coolest thing EVER!!

Day 96

One thing that makes me feel great as a mom is to make special treats for the kids for no reason. I made them hot fudge brownie sundaes, YUM!

Day 97

I sometimes forget Andrew is 18 years old, especially when he can’t sit still in the doctors office without touching the medical equipment.

I’m thinking that people might begin to assume that the hashtag #365dog stands for 365 “DOGS” since I post so many pictures of my pups. But it’s not…It’s 365 Days of Gratitude for those who might be seeing this for the first time =) Every day I take a photo of something that makes me smile…something that I am grateful for.

Day 84

Pippa is telling Tori to sit still so she can clean her eyes!

Day 85

“Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”

Day 86

My daughter, the computer genius. Taking after her mother :) She created a mini movie for school with photos, music and captions. I was impressed!

Day 87

Just a typical evening of watching some tv…they don’t call it a loveseat for no reason.

Day 88

Chase competed at his first ever state competition. He took 4th, which is pretty amazing! When I took this photo he asked me to fix his ribs from showing. I was like…you gotta eat to fix that dude!

Day 89

It’s a heat wave here in Southern Michigan!!

Day 90

Andrew has been doing his own laundry for a few weeks now. I gave up on the battle of asking him to put the stuff away neatly after I did his laundry and later find it tossed on the floor, unfolded, etc. It was time for him to learn. Well, his method is even worse. He washes the clothes and then puts them back in a basket unfolded until he finds the time to fold them. Oh.MY.God. (Just gotta tell myself to walk away….)

Day 77

I love receiving free products via VoxBox!

Day 78

Little Miss Daisy lays around on her back like this all the time! It looks so uncomfortable to me.

Day 79

Thank goodness I got out of jury duty for next month. I sent in a letter stating a long list of things that I have going on that can’t be rescheduled. I was so stressed out over this. Phew!

Day 80

Karli and I caught the tail end of Eclipse on tv, so then she wanted to watch Twilight. I certainly wasn’t going to argue. Afterwards we watching Breaking Dawn 2. Nothing like going from the first movie to the last and skipping everything in between!

Day 81

The world of youth wrestling is insane. Some of these parents yell and scream and act so out of control I am embarrassed for them. But, hey, I guess they have heart right? You won’t find me doing that though. I practically hold my breath the whole time Chase wrestles.

Day 82

Andrew, Karli and I went to see Divergent today and it was amazing! Andrew decided to be our chauffeur, he had his dad’s Jeep for the week. Great day with my oldest and youngest!

Day 83

Happy Birthday to Grandma Rosemary!!

Day 70

Tori can be quite vicious at times. Mess with her whens he is in one of her moods and this is what you get.

Day 71

We had been debating whether or not to go to Vegas this spring, just Ken and I. It’s so hard with the kids busy schedules to get away for any amount of time. The last time we went somewhere just the two of us was in 2006. After waking up to this crap again, I booked the trip. Can’t wait for some adult time =)

Day 72

My favorite show for the past couple of years has been Parenthood. Guaranteed to make you cry. Every single time.

Day 73

Is it possible for a dog to be so cute and scraggly at the same time? Apparently so!

Day 74

Off to Karli’s second dance competition!

Day 75

Karli is always asking to take Tori with us everywhere we go. Of course she has to have clothes on first.

Day 76

I seriously can not believe that Andrew is going to be graduating in a little over 2 months!! Where has time gone?

Day 64

I love listening to Jason and Molly Mesnick’s Podcast when I’m driving in the car or waiting at Karli’s dance class. Lately they have been talking about this season of The Bachelor. Good stuff!

Day 65

It has become tradition these past few months for me to relax on Thursday evenings. So much that the kids will often remind me. I look forward to my quiet time each week.

Day 66

Meet my little penguin pillow pet that lights up. He was a birthday gift last year from Andrew. Chase constantly tried to steal him from me all the time so we bought him his own light up pillow pet for Christmas.

Day 67

Andrew will be spending Spring Break in San Diego! I won’t be worried at all. {lie!}

Day 68

Shaggy waiting for Blake to get home. He whines too…it’s quite adorable.

Day 69

My favorite Chinese food here lately…General Tso’s Chicken and Almond Boneless Chicken. Yum!

Day 57

Karli did so great at her first dance competition. They are supposed to take turns bringing the awards home and somehow she ended up with a whole bunch of them. Unfortunately they have to be taken to the dance studio except for all the pins they get for their jackets.

Day 58

My all time favorite fast food Tortilla Soup…from Chick-Fil-A. Yummy!

Day 59

Chase made the front page of our local newspaper. The 5th graders dissected hearts and lungs…eww! I teased him and called him future “Doctor Chase”.

Day 60

Blake is on his way to being a confirmed Catholic. He participated in the Rite of Enrollment for all of the soon to be Catholics.

Day 61

Karli and I loved the Shrek production we went to see at the high school. The lead roles were played by some great future actors. Shrek sounded just like the real Shrek and the guy who played Lord Farquaad was so hilarious and played the part perfectly (on his knees I might add!).

Day 62

Flappy Bird drives me crazy! Karli is amazing at it =) I can’t get past level 6.

Day 63

Can’t wait to dive into Lauren Oliver’s new book Panic. I can only hope they are half as good as the Delirium Series!