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You know how sometimes you go for a while without blogging because there's nothing going on worth blogging about? These last weeks have been exactly the opposite. I have been so incredibly busy and there's so much going on worth blogging about that I just haven't had the time! So instead of writing big long detailed posts about things, I again have to do a 'catch up' bullet type list. So here we go!

*Last Saturday the girls turned 2. Yes, I know. 2. We had a little party over the weekend for them. It was fun. They wore cute dresses and they totally adored all the attention. They finally 'got' the whole present opening thing and it was so fun to see them figure out that if they pulled the paper off or out of the bag there were fun things inside for them. It has been such a hard thing for me emotionally to see them turn two. They're my babies! And they're getting so big! And so mobile...and so destructive...and have learned to unscrew things...waaaaa!

*I am currently working on a project for my church. We are opening up a coffee shop inside of our church and I have volunteered to run it. I know that I have 2 year old triplets and how can I think of doing something like this? Well, I'll answer that. First and foremost, I feel totally called to this ministry. Ever since a couple years ago when they first mentioned that they were putting a coffee shop in, God told me that this was for me. I didn't know in what capacity he wanted me here, I just knew He did. So that's the first thing. Second, I need a break! Having a good reason to get out of the house on a regular basis and do some good interacting with other adults has been very good for me. And it's going to continue to be a good thing for me. I'm totally excited. The coffee shop opens in about 2 weeks and this is going to be the busiest 2 weeks for me.

*On kind of a whim and as spontaneous as a family with 5 kids can be, we decided on Friday night to go on a 'last hoorah' overnight to the beach last night. (Sunday into Monday) It was totally fun. I don't believe that we've ever been on an overnight trip with our kids...certainly not since we've had the girls and if we'd done it with the boys...it's been a long time. Anyway, we went to church on Sunday and then headed straight out. We stayed overnight in a hotel ( which Bryce was totally over the moon about) with 2 queen beds and a little kitchenette so we could bring some of our own meals. Definitely not the nicest place I've ever slept, but passable. All today we spent walking around Seaside and playing on the beach and the girls LOVED it! So did the boys. All in all it was a great weekend and great family memories. Tomorrow I will post some pictures.

*Tonight is a very sad night for me. For weeks now I've been struggling with the fact that soon Jayden will be leaving me during the day and going away to Kindergarten. As the time has drawn near, the sadness has grown. Even just now as I'm thinking about it, I'm getting teary. No longer will there be anyone here during the day to have a conversation with, or tell me what the girls are up to, or help me with anything, or make me laugh because of funny things he says. There are pros to them being gone during the day..a little less work, less whining and fighting and arguing. But mostly, I'm just going to miss them. Tonight as we were tucking the boys in to bed, Josh started talking about going to school and I started crying. Jayden also started tearing up, but I couldn't tell if he was because of things he was scared/worried about with starting school or if it was because he knew I was sad about him going. I think it was mostly because of me. He has such a tender heart about him. He was sad because I was sad. He said he would miss me. Oh how I will miss him. His life is about to change. He's about to grow up and I can't stop it. He's no longer my baby boy. He's a big boy who goes to school now. Man, this is hard.

Well, these are the big things going on right now. I will try and keep updated as much as I can...there are definitely things to blog about!