Summer List 2011

Underwood Farm

Underwood Farms with Cousins

Blake, Rhett, Halle, Addie and Lacie

Easter in Arizona

For Easter this year we headed to the Milford's house in Arizona. We spent the weekend playing . . the park, easter egg hunts (three of them!), bike ride, splash pad, swimming and family dinners.

Riding out front

Splash Pad

Easter Baskets (poor Em didn't feel good!)

Our Family

Rhett & Fallon on the way to church. Funny Kids!

Ezra Jonothan Fitts

My little sister Kylie and her husband Cody welcomed their first baby . . .
Ezra Jonathan Fitts


He is super cute! We can not wait to meet him at his blessing in June.
Congrats Kylie and Cody!

Snow Fun!

We went to Big Bear this weekend to play in the snow. Unfortunately there wasn't much snow. But that didn't stop us! We had a great time! Rhett had fun playing in the little bit of snow outside the cabin in the morning. Then we took him tubing! We had a blast!!! Rhett thought it was the greatest thing ever! We rode up the magic carpet to the top of the hill (can't beat that ride over hiking!) and tubed down the hill again and again. Rhett loved going fast, going over the bumps and riding with his Daddy.

Rhett and Sydney.

Dylan didn't feel well and isn't a big fan of the snow so he skipped out on tubing.

Things are looking up

We are starting our 4th week of the extra work and crazy schedule. I have been able to get some things taken care of and have most of the balls moving along in the right direction. Things are going to be up and down with this extra responsibility. I will still have meetings, days I need to cover when employees are out or the end of the month which for title and escrow is VERY busy etc. But we are managing and finding a new balance. Rhett and I were even able to escape to the park and the LA Zoo for a bit last week and enjoy this amazingly awesome weather! It was so nice to play with him.

Not my best day

Rhett is finally in bed and it is the end of a rough day. It was not my best day. I wasn't a good mommy today. Rhett had trouble listening today and I had trouble being patient today. He almost always takes a nap but today was dead set against it. I should know that means that he needs it more then ever but I wasn't up for a fight today so I let him not nap. That made it harder for me to work which made me even less patient. As much as I am glad today is over I wish I could do it again and do it better. I wish I would have played more with him and been in the moment with him. I did try, but wasn't very successful. I had too many other things on my brain . . . all those emails with people waiting for me to reply, for example.

A little background, I work a full time job from home. The position I hold is pretty flexible. I manage the database of outside vendors for a title and escrow company. Most of my job allows me to contact people via email, which means I can do it anytime of day or night. I do most of my phone calling during nap time. Occasionally I have a meeting or conference call that is during normal business hours and then Rhett has a play date or a sitter. Most of the time he and I are at home doing regular stay at home things. I work during the wee hours of the morning and during nap time and if I still have things to tie up, after bedtime. Recently, I have been given the responsibility of covering for someone while they are out for maternity leave. 12 weeks of maternity leave! That position is not so flexible. People need my attention during business hours, I need to answer phone calls and have meetings with people. This is MUCH harder with a 2 1/2 year old running around. Today he watched Toy Story while I had a 7am conference call with our sister company in India. This is our life for the next 10 1/2 weeks (but whose counting). It is quite a lot of juggling! None the less, I am grateful that my job is flexible, that I can work and financially contribute to my family as well as be at home with Rhett and play and watch him grow and develop. Some days are just better then others. Glad there is always a tomorrow to do better! Tomorrow we are calling in the re-enforcements (my mom)!:)

This is for me to reread at some point and remember just how crazy these days are. Hopefully one day I will be bored (it is seriously a dream of mine to be bored) and I can sit back, with my feet up (by a pool, on a hot summer day) and know that I earned it!