Taking Stock {1}

{My favorite picture lately}

A list of the happenings in this moment.

Making : Plans to get Ashton in Soccer...or something! He has got so much energy, I can't wait to waste it somehow once he's old enough!

Cooking : Coconut Rice Pudding with Mangos. The mangos were just so perfect looking at Sprout Market last week, I couldn't resist buying a few so I've been making coconut rice pudding to go with them all week. I may be obsessed.

Drinking : Coke Zero in one hand, water in the other, and Peppermint Tea in my third hand... I've got myself a little cold, so water and tea have made there way to my cup this week.

Reading: Blogs, blogs, blogs. I'm still not sure where to start my Summer Reading {recommendations welcome!} So lately I've been reading This cute blog which happens to be where I got the idea for a post like this. I'm also loving Gaby at This Little Port and Along Abbey Road  

Wanting : My DoTerra kit to get here faster so I can get over this cold!

Looking : forward to our next family splash pad day! We found the best, huge splash pad close to our house and I have a feeling we will be there a lot this summer!

Playing : Trains and Jenga. Ashton's favorites.

Wasting : Time until I can go home {currently at work}

Sewing : Chair covers for Primary. Intially when we thought up this idea to make cute chair covers, I thought it would be a sinch and take me no time at all! The covers themselves only take a few minutes to sew together but the lettering is another story. So I've been trying to get these done for about a month now.

Wishing : The time would both speed up and slow down simultaneously. Anyone in our walk of life can probably relate. I love this simple life, just our small family making it by day-by-day. Watching my sweet yet defiant toddler learn and grow. And yet wishing for a time when our paychecks don't come in and go out all within hours. We are both ready to not be starving students anymore.

Enjoying : Simple things. Like a full refridgerator. And clean laundry. {al beit unfolded and stroon about the couch}

Waiting : For the next big adventure! {Can Fall come faster?}

Liking : My freshly organized make-up box. It's beautiful thing.

Wondering : When I can see my sister and nieces again. I miss them.

Loving : Finding a team work rhythm of parenting with Kellen. I think we do quite well most of the time.

Hoping : Ashton will either grow out of this removing-his-diaper-every-chance-he-gets phase or potty train soon! Or both would be ideal. Too much to ask???

Marveling : At the will of an almost 3 year old. He often out-wills me. And I've always thought I was pretty strong. I guess he took some of mine with him on the way out!

Needing : More sleep.

Smelling : Nothing. Just sniffeling and running.

Wearing : A sweatshirt. {In the Vegas June} because the AC runs non-stop at work!

Following : I can watch videos at work between calls to pass the time, and lately I've started following some cute "vlogger" girls who do make-up tutorials. Passes the time and we all know I love make-up!

Noticing : How dirty my desk at work is...I need one of those little air blowing bottles or something...

Knowing : Someday, this time in my life will have felt so short. Even though I frequently wish for "better times" I'm trying to get over that state of mind, that the next year will be better than this year. I recently read a quote which paraphrased was: If you're always thinking happiness will be found somewhere else, it will never be where you are. Profound and striking.

Thinking : About lunch time. I'm hungry! And I brought leftover pulled chicken sandwich! Yum!

Feeling : Better than yesterday.

Opening : a new box of DayQuil...please go away cold.

Giggling : About the funny things Ashton says. I should be writing more of this down!

Feeling : Complicated. Tired and stressed yet happy and blessed. I often feel stretched in 20 different directions. Yet, I have so many good things going on and good people in my life, I can't feel ungrateful for that.