So Far, So Good...

Goodness, the days just fly by. Life with twin toddlers certainly keeps me on my toes. I am exhausted at the end of most all days haha. We "cook" in Kenna's kitchen in the playroom, play with dinosaurs, build with blocks, race the new dump trucks, front loaders and fire trucks, go for tricycle rides, love on annoy the pups, camp out in their new tents, read lots of books, race cars on Eli's new speedway toy, attempt to do some crafts occasionally and play in the basement with their outside toys we moved indoors for the winter, just to name a few. That, as well as cooking, cleaning [on a side note: I CANNOT wait to call my cleaning lady and have her come back ASAP! Praise Jesus in Heaven for the sanity she brings to my house and my neat freak tendencies.], disciplining, laundry, attempting to begin potty training...oh yeah, and search for a job and do some freelance work in between. Sheesh, it's no wonder I get tired sometimes :).

2011 has been good to the Peryea's so far, though. Sure, we're just a  mere 12 days in so far, but we are having fun and creating memories we'll continue to cherish. I've even taken a small step back from obsessive cleaning to focus more on enjoying the small things and creating memories with them...living with purpose, you know?!? 

This post would get much too long to go into huge detail about everything we've done so far in addition to the day-to-day action, so I'll bullet a few and include some pictures. 

• Spent NYD at my parent's house and then paid a visit that evening to Gram & Papa's house to play, even got to pay a visit to the tractor.
• Living room day "camping" with the kids. Funniest evening with all the giggles from E & M. They had a blast with their new Christmas present and were so tired by bedtime.
• Went shopping with my mom and the kids at 125 Shops in Lewisburg; a country decorator's dream come tree. I got so many super cute things for around the house for a really reasonable price. You know, because I don't have a job and get really stressed about cash flow. It was so nice to get out of the house for the day.
• Spending time with friends in our Small Group we started in the fall of last year; this group has been a blessing to us all.
• E & M went to their friend Hailey's 3rd birthday party; they really had so much fun and cried the whole way to the car when it was time to leave.
• Took E & M to the PA Farm Show with my parents, Bradley, Seth, Danielle & Carter. It was so cute to see how excited the kids got seeing all the animals. They still get a glimmer in their eyes when you ask them about all the animals. LOVE it!
• Spent an evening with our friends Pam & Curtis & their boys eating some yummy food, watching football and playing.
• Enjoyed a girl's night out with my friends Pam & Kirsten; so good to get out with girlfriends and just have a great time. The guys watched the kids football while we were gone :).
• Continued on the job search journey - had a final interview this week; praying that I get it, but trusting God's will for the perfect position for this next chapter of my career.
• Went sledding with 3 or 4 inches of snow today. E & M kept staring out the windows basically begging us to take them outside. A lot of fun, but the wind was slightly brutal.

Hope you are having a great 2011 so far! 

XOXO