A Fresh Start, Please!

I've been busy......that's what everyone says, right?!  But we do get busy, bogged down with the day to day business of chores, and school, and sports, and play, and, well.....everything.  The problem is, when you get "busy," you lose your focus.  You're so intent on getting through your daily to-do list, that you lose sight of what's even on the list!  And that's okay!  Sometimes life is like that- just sort of struggling to stay afloat, and doing the best you can.  But that's not exactly giving an accurate picture of what's happening with us.  Sure, we're keeping all of our balls delicately balancing in the air, but we're also have a lot of fun doing it.  We're growing, and learning, and thriving.  And I don't want to just be along for the ride.... I want to keenly and intentionally live it, and embrace it, and enjoy it, and be thankful!  I'm, therefore, giving myself a break here.  I'm just allowing myself a restart and beginning anew today.  I've missed (on this blog) birthdays, and holidays, and many, many special moments.  Missed only in recording them though, because they were fully enjoyed in the moment when we lived them.  Instead of trying to play a never ending game of catch up, I'm letting those things go and starting over today.  I'll do my best to keep up here, because I do treasure these moments and times together.  They are the invaluable fabric of our life.

So here we are then, the first day of the new year!  2015!  We started it out with a bang.  Instead of just snuggling in and laying around like a bunch of bugs on a log, we zipped out of bed, got dressed quickly, and did what we do best.  We hit a museum and enjoyed a day of adventure.  We have never been to the Laurence Hall of Science before in Berkeley, and boy was it well worth a visit!  Today was sunny, but super chilly.  We drove through the Berkeley hills and finally found the museum.  The view was breathtaking!  The kids loved getting to run all around, and explore, and create.  Everything was hands on, and they loved getting to check out all the exhibits.  What fun, and what a great way to kick off our new year!  I hope we're in for many more days of adventure and fun.