Back at home...

Well, the drive back home was wonderful! We took the kids to New York and did some sight seeing. We then drove to Philly, did some sightseeing and grabbed a philly cheese steak before getting on the road headed to MD. We spent the night in MD and spent the next day with my parents. The kids had a wonderful time with them. We hit up a fav restaurant of ours, took the kids by our colleges and then headed home. So, life has been quite hectic since we returned. We still have the usual football practices (Mon, Wed & Sat) and the kids have swim lessons Tues & Thurs. We just enrolled my baby girl into a preschool program starting in September and we've begun school shopping. There's just soooo much to do! I hope to enroll the girls into tennis in the coming months. Things will soon pick up with hubby's school and travel schedule too. We're just trying to make the most of our summer. I have no complaints though... life is good.

On the hair front... well, let's just say I did something to my hair that I have never done before. I finger detangled on dry hair. This turned my hair into a massive puff!!  I loved the fullness but the process was tiring. I will continue to show my hair some tlc by being patient with my hair and using my all natural products. I will include a few pics of my hair after finger detangling below.
~blessings to you

Vacationing... well sort of

So, hubby had to go on a business trip to Massachusetts for almost 2 weeks.  We never have the opportunity to travel with him because the kids were in school or we  had some sort of sport or church activity.  Hubby and I discussed driving up to MA but we decided that he should just fly and we'd see him when he got back.  Well, after 4 days the kids and I missed him terribly so I decided to pack up the van Friday night while the kids slept and I planned to get on the road as soon as my son finished football practice Saturday afternoon.  After practice we grabbed lunch and headed north for a 12hr 30 minute drive to MA. the kids questioned where we were going and I told them we were going to meet my best friend.  They wondered why they had never met my best friend before and why daddy wasn't coming with us.  They asked if daddy knew about this trip?  Who was this best friend?  Why daddy couldn't join us so that we could travel as a family and etc... One of them blurted out " Mom, this is just unfair! Dad should be here with us!  I feel bad that he has to miss all of this excitement! "  I assured them that Daddy knew all about our trip and that they should take plenty of pictures for him, sit back and enjoy the ride :).

After our loooooong road trip (760 miles) we finally arrived at the hotel at 1:30am and daddy was standing there in the parking garage waiting for us!  When the kids realized who he was there were screams, tears, hugs and kisses for him!  They were just overwhelmed with emotion!  I was a but teary eyed watching their reaction to seeing him.  I was told that I was the best mom in the world for making them so happy!

Well, we've been here for 5 days now and the kids have been having a blast!  They've been swimming every day (there's a beautiful indoor pool right outside our hotel room), we've been shopping at the outlets, dining out at new restaurants, driving to the top of Graylock Mountain, playing at nearby parks and just enjoying our time together. Today is the last day of hubby's meeting so we plan to take the kids to a Kids Funplex/Funpark this evening and do more outlet shopping. Later, we may hit the pool for 1 last time.  Tomorrow morning we will drive to New York City and spend the night there.  We plan to take a boat cruise of the city and see some sights such as the Empire State building, The Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Time Square, Central Park and do some shopping in Soho!  We'll be sure to try some New York pizza and stop in Philly to get a philly cheese steak and possibly see the Liberty Bell. Our next stop will be an overnight trip in Maryland so that we can say hello to the grandparents/family/friends and then we'll head home to NC.  This trip has been great so far and the kids are having the time of their lives experiencing everything along the way :)

Still here...

I know it's been quite some time since I posted a blog... i've just been so busy now that school is out. Hubby's travel schedule has him away from home 1-2 weeks a month and so the kids and I are always missing him :(. I'm alive and well and we're blessed so what more could we ask for? I've been busy doing videos for our daughter's hair blog/channel ( BlessedCurlyGurlz  &  BlessedCurlyGurlz YouTube Channel  ) as well as doing videos for my own channel ( TheBlessedMomOf3 ). I'll post the videos at the end of this blog for your viewing purposes. Church is good... Football practices have begun for my son and soon the kids will all be taking swimming lessons. Soon after they began those lessons I plan to sign them up for tennis lessons at the same place. I'm soooooo super excited about that.

As you know, i am a huge tennis fan so i've been keeping a close eye on Wimbledon! My girls Venus and Serena are back from injuries and they are hanging tough at Wimbledon. Both Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are hanging tough as well. Hopefully they can remain all the way to the finals next weekend. That would be absolutely wonderful! Well, the summer is definitely underway and the temps are quite high! We plan to get in a decent summer vacay in Orlando mid August. Hubby leaves for China at the end of August and of course the kids go back to school then. Well, that's all for now. I promise to do my best to update more often. I just need to find the time to do it within my day. Be blessed and enjoy the videos!

Just a quick message...

I know it's been a while since I last posted something but i've been extremely busy... I have some things that I will share with you all in the future. Today, I just want to Thank God for who he is in my life. He has blessed me with so many blessings that I cannot begin to thank him enough. Often times, he speaks to me through my children. Most of the time it's such a simply message but it is soooooo deep. Today, while doing my daughter's hair for school this is what she said: "Mom, last night I had trouble sleeping. So, I got on my knees and asked God to help me sleep. I finally fell asleep AND I had a good dream! God really does listen when we pray, huh?" I agreed and internally thanked God for speaking to me through my children once again :)

That really spoke to my heart this morning. It reminded me how God is ALWAYS there when we call. There's nothing too big or too small for him to handle. If we all had the heart of a child (pure, forgiving, open, non judgmental, honest) when we go to God with our issues we would be in awe by how quickly God would move on our behalf. I have no doubt that this simple message was meant for me as well as for all who read and meditate on this word.

~blessings to you

Easter 2011

This is just a quick post to add a few pics of my children from our Resurrection Weekend! It was quite hectic putting their outfits together, doing the girls' hair, attending play rehearsal (performing at church yesterday) and ripping and running during spring break. I will dish alllllll of the details and include a slideshow video of all of the "happs" from our wonderful weekend. I pray that your's was blessed. Here are a few pics for you to enjoy :)