Betsy King Photography

These two made me a mom and I feel so blessed I get to have them in my life. Here are a couple photos I took in my garage last weekend when I popped up an old, wrinkled backdrop for the fun of it. Just love these guys so much!

Miles is watching his dad juggle, hence his little crossed arms.

John made me feel so special this mother’s day weekend and he really got the kids into making it a wonderful day for me. Thank you John for all that you guys did for me and for staying up until 1 AM on Saturday night making me your amazing cinnamon rolls. Love being a team with you!!!

Happy Mother’s day everyone! Hope it was a blessed day for you. Much love!

Being a child of the 80′s (born in the, ahem, mid 70′s) I prefer my beverages to be fruit flavored. Plain water? I guess that’s what I had out of drinking fountains. Growing up, my BFF’s and I would drink pitchers of red, purple and green Kool-Aid, Capri-Sun’s (sucked down in seconds) and of course, my teen years were spent sucking down Mountian Dew’s by the jugfull to stay awake during long afternoons of lifeguarding shifts. Needless to say, my tastebuds grew accustomed to being entertained over the years.

These days, as a mom of two with her own biz, my beverage of choice is coffee. Yes, I’m making this confession that I’m pretty sure I’m drinking more coffee than water on some days. (That is SO BAD!) It’s like I’m getting negative hydration since caffeine is a diuretic. If I do drink something else, it’s juice, snuck secretly so the kids won’t ask for it. (Thankfully my kids are great water drinkers, though that’s because I hide sweet drinks from them.)

So I KNOW that water is the best choice, but I just stink at drinking it. I know that drinking more water is what I NEED to do to be healthier, have more energy and look better, but when it comes right down to it, coffee is what I’m reaching for. So I’m coming out with this confession in an attempt to better myself this summer and trade in the coffee for water.

Wish me luck guys! Anybody else out there a terrible water drinker? Anybody else think they might be drinking more coffee than water on most days?

This photo was taken on a particularly sleepy morning this past winter when my coffee maker was on the fritz. I appear to be personality plus without my coffee, don’t I?

We FINALLY got bikes. For years we have been saying we need to get bikes, but excuses blew around our house like tumble weeds: Our garage was too small, the kids were in a weird stage for the bike carrier, the pugs needed walked more than we needed to ride. we didn’t have the extra cash. Bla, bla, bla.

We FINALLY got our bikes, just in time for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day all rolled into one and it’s been LIFE CHANGING. Life changing I tell you! It feels so good to exercise with our whole family, chat and see the neighborhood at the same time. On our first bike ride with the family, the kids just laughed and laughed in the carrier. That memory is right up there with Disney World, as one of the sweetest in my heart. The kids ask for a bike ride every night, even little Joss who says, “ride! RIDE!” It’s been awesome. Last night we rolled around the neighborhood trolling garage sales and it was a beautiful way to spend the evening.

YAY for wishes finally coming true! Here are some quick snaps of us the week we got our bikes. (BTW, I got mine first and then John came home from work to his surprise of a bike in the garage for him. As you can see, he was ECSTATIC!)

Oh and of course there are garage sales, which I love, and having a bike just makes shopping even easier. Here’s our latest find for Miles:

Oh and by the way, if you are thinking of hitting the open road, we got all our bike stuff at Target. We still need to encourage Miles to ride his own bike and work on his comfort level, but for now he’s been enjoying riding in the trailer. With kindergarten coming up and all this growing up so fast business, I haven’t minded keeping him little for a bit longer. (Even if it does mean I’m pulling an extra 40 lbs. behind my bike!)