New (School-) Year Resolutions....

Zac starts school tomorrow. 2nd grade! Summer is over...sigh. No more lazy mornings...all effeciency and organization now. Yeah, right, as if that were my life!

I'm so not a morning person...but this year I'm determined to become one. Last year I was a slug, rolling out of bed after the kids got up (thanks to a sweet husband who wakes up bright eyed and bushy tailed before the crack of dawn...) This year my plan is to get my bottom outta bed by 5:45 so I can have a little me time to read, etc, shower and be all ready to go before the kids get up at 6:30...then be able to spend time with them in the morning instead of rushing around and swearing because we're all late getting out the door every day. This is my plan. Can I do it? Remains to be seen!

I hear that if you do something for 2 weeks, it becomes habit. Can I make getting up early a habit? Hope so! Never have yet! Well, that's not true, there was that 18 months when I was a missionary, I got up early every day then...and college, I actually did make it to early classes...but that was all pre-kid and pre-old age!!! In those days, sleep was an option...now it's a neccessity.

Now on to my whine of the day:

Am I the only one who HATES that school started this year in mid-August? Hello!!! It's still summer! Fall is WEEKS away, and the fact that I have to cover my son's west-facing window to darken his room so he can go to bed early enough is ridiculous!!!

Ok, enough whining. I am glad Zac will be heading back to school for one reason...no more "Mom, I'm BORED" on a daily basis.

Bye bye!

Bowls full of Bowls!

Hello blogging world...we're here.
It's the Bowles (that's BOWLS as in plates, cups, and bowls, not BOW-ELS, as in internal organs!) blog....me (Marie), husband Dave, Zachary (who turned 7 yesterday) and Karly who is 2.

I've kept a journal for over half my life (since I was 14)....and figure this is just a more visible way to record the who, what, why, when, where and how of my life...and my family.

Family is where it is AT. Jeremiah (Dave's oldest son, and big brother to my kids) and his wife Alida and their Kansas Clan are here this week...we've had so much fun just hanging out together. The house is a wreck (usually is anyway, I hate cleaning) and it's so noisy sometimes I want to lose my mind, but oh how I will miss them when they head back to Kansas tomorrow. Karly will miss Julianna (age 3) so much...I know that her lip that will come out when she finds out "Nana" had to go home. They are just best friends! And it's been so nice having kids around for Zac to play with...life on the farm is pretty isolated in the summertime, and it can be lonely for a kid. I remember as a child wishing for other kids to play with...and Zac feels that way now too.

Life is just good. I'm grateful for my family...I'm grateful to have knowledge and faith through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that my family is eternal. I'm now glad to have this blog (Thanks, Alida!) to share and record feelings and family fun.

Goodbye for now!
Marie