Slowing things down

It has been a busy five months since I've been back to work. While I very much like working, occasionally things get busy around here. With sporting events, three kids, both parents working outside the home, and that general craziness that we all call life, things are just busy. I've been reading so many articles online about the "busy competition" among parents. Fact of the matter is, I don't want to be a competitor. It's a game that we are all forced to play, when you have one, two, three, or ten kids. Knowing how busy we've been, I consciously took one week off this June to slow things down a bit, and remove some of the busy.

While most days still have a lot going on, I get to soak up these sweet faces a little more fully.

More time in pajamas. Lots of time on the swing set. Driveway basketball. Pools and splash pads aplenty. And precious time with each of them individually, and together.

❤️ this week. 

Football Camp

We knew going into the summer we wanted to sign Emerson up for a few camps. One happened to be football camp with 2nd and Seven Foundation. With 400 other young boys from all over Columbus, Emerson spent 3 days with OSU football players and coaches. Emerson left Jason a little nervous Monday morning after drop off for the first day. It didn't take him long to warm up, literally and figuratively. After 9 days of consecutive rain this June, we had three great days for an outdoor camp. Emerson asked on our way home the first day if he could do another camp, or if this one could be longer. He loved it. He left super sweaty, excited to return the next day, and hungry. Like, really hungry. 

Here was Emerson on the last day getting his football signed by Coach Fickell. 

We will definitely be back for more next year! 

Emersonisms - June 2015

I haven't done a very good job of logging these lately. One that I jotted down the other night is certainly blog worthy, though. True to his profound nature, Emerson recently asked me...

"When the sun explodes, will heaven also explode?"

I told him the truth. I don't know the answer to that. Then I thought about it for the remainder of the night. Huh.