Remember back in the beginning of the year...that whole Simplifying thing? Yep, I stink at it. I blame it on my birthday and Christmas spending money, but I had a spurt where I just couldn't stop buying clothes. Seriously. I love clothes. Three new pairs of shoes, a handful of scarves, and many tops later... after my NYC trip, that spurt is officially over. I'm going to *try* to not buy any items of clothing for a while. I want to focus more energy on being creative. When summer comes, I naturally tend to do that, so I'm going to try to begin sooner - being a creator and not a consumer. I have a large stash of fabric I can dig into, some clothing that could be refashioned, and some Pinterest boards dying for some action. (And since I originally wrote this post, we can have a mini celebration that last night I walked out of Goodwill empty-handed and did a Darby Smart box in the same day!)



My Forty Days of Kindness has been going ok. I've missed a few days, but tried to make up for it on others. I haven't posted all of my giving on Instagram because I'm trying to be somewhat anonymous in some things I do, so I don't want to spoil it. I can sulk about not keeping it up every day, or celebrate that I have done a lot more than I would outside of these forty days. Any ray of sunshine I can share because of my Savior is worth it.

So, there's what's been bugging me. I don't usually use this blog as a brain dump, but today, it is.  Thanks for listening!

The feelings are all so raw right now, but we got word that our in home daycare is closing because they are moving. I've cried many tears over it (Sorry, Katie, if you're reading this...I don't want to make you feel bad...We LOVE you, that's why this is so hard!). If you've been around here for a while, you have heard how much we love our daycare. This next daycare will be Henry's 4th since birth. I guess that's the risk we take going in-home, but we just love the home environment for our children.



So, we're looking again.

Trying out Five Minute Friday again with Lisa-Jo. This week's word MIGHTY really hit me.


I'm nervous. Russ and I went to a meeting last night about a Master's program. Positives are that its held within our school district mostly. It's at a reduced cost. We can take it together. Share books.



But it comes at a hard time. We have two littles, 4 & 1. It will mean time away from them. Babysitters. Late nights. Writing papers. Possibly more loans. We already have another house payment in student loans.



There's never a perfect time to further education. We could end up having another kiddo while we're in the program. But we need to do it. The long-term financial benefit will be best. The short 2.5 years will be LONGGGG but will zoom by in the rearview.

There's never an ideal time for anything. Having kids. Going to school. Its going to require some mighty strength on our part. Working together. But that's the best part. Together. We can do it.



Mighty. Children who will see us as mighty - always learning, reading, trying. Trying to do better for our family. Trying to do better for ourselves. Walking through this journey of life.