Ashamed.

I can't believe myself. I havent blogged in almost 2 weeks.
Now, it's not that I haven't had things to say. When do I not? It's just that I've been too busy [slash] lazy to actually do it. I know, I know... shame on me.

School started last week and I was a little flustered to see that the teachers I wanted the kids to get weren't the actual ones they ended up with. I have this issue with having no control over certain things. Yeah, I don't really like it - but Kaylee and Layton both like who they have (so far) and are both excited about the new year. I plan on embracing every minute for the simple fact that my baby girl will be heading to middle school next year and I am so not ready for that event.

Football season for Layton is also in full swing. Practices started over a month ago but his first official game was last Saturday against Corvallis. Yep, they killed us.
I am more than excited for his upcoming games. There is nothing cuter than a bunch of little boys in miniature football gear out on the field running each other over. It's pretty adorable. I am also really happy with our new team and the families. We have some pretty awesome ones.

Kaylee and I attended our first concert together [Taylor Swift] with Grandma Karen, Steph and the girls last week. It was a great experience. I loved watching her reaction and excitement while she took it all in. It was a night I won't forget. (Although I do worry about her having super high expectations from now on when it comes to going to concerts with me - this show was like no other.) I can just see her now, bored out of her mind in the years to come. I tried to tell her that not all concerts come with fireworks, dancers, huge stages, costume changes, acrobats, and things flying out over the audience. Her response was: "Really? Oh, well why not?"

I made myself proud after pulling off my largest photo shoot to date. I delivered the finished product to my clients and have very happy customers. It was a huge achievement in my book since it was my biggest challenge so far. (I have this little problem with doughting my abilities. I wish I could beileve in my talent as much as my husband does.) Oh, well... maybe that just comes with time.

The 10 year anniversary of 9/11 came and went and brought up many emotions for me. It took me back to the actual day and all the feelings that I was feeling that morning. We spent some of the day talking about it with the kids, but I avoided the T.V. the entire day because it's just too depressing for me to watch all over. It's like I re-live it everytime I see a documentry and I don't like those feelings. I will never forget that day, the lives that were lost, or the lives we continue to lose. It will forever be one of the saddest days of my life.

I've been in the mood to clean, clean, clean in the last few weeks. With the kids back in school, I feel like I need to organize my house. I keep saying I will do an 'area a day' but haven't actually done anything yet. Due to being overly tired and out of energy as of lately, I am thinking it may have to wait a little longer. Laying on my couch during the day watching TLC is wayyyy more fun.

We ended the hot week with a little BBQ down at the pool last weekend. We had a few friends and some family join us to end off the summer right and it was nice. I even noticed today on the way home from the store that the leaves are starting to slowly change color on some of the trees. It got me kinda excited for Fall. I'm ready for cooler weather, cute sweaters, Halloween, and taking pictures... LOTS of pretty pictures of the new season.