{She will be loved}

Sweet little Kyler,
You have no idea what you have ahead of you.
Some would consider you very lucky, some might worry for you.
Me? I think you will be loved.
Tonight I watched some of the toughest guys I know look at you with a look I've never seen.
I watched my own two little boys stare at you with awe and love.
You little princess will be very well taken care of.
Maybe a little too good.
They may be over protective, but honey I promise it is because we asked them to be.
Please be patient with them, because I one day you will thank them from keeping all the creeps away from you!
You are so incredibly loved by all of us! Always remember that!

What is a friend?

It is so funny but I think about this a lot.
I'm not really sure why, but it is something my husband and I talk about often.
So here is what I have come up with.....
Facebook should be divided up between friends, and people I know.
I mean really I can tell you I probably look at 20 pages TOPS, and I can tell you why I look at those pages: a. They have kids around my kids age. This makes up for probably 15 of the 20 pages I actually keep up with. or B. They were someone who I was very close with at one point. (This being the other maybe 5 pages.)
I can tell you I NEVER look at my friends pages who I hang out with.
I mean really I don't need to look at pictures of Mo due to the fact I see her beautiful face every day. If she updates her status I was normally with her, or heard about it over the phone or text.
So with this in mind I sit here and think of my 390 "Friends" who are truly friends?
What is a friend?
Here is what I have come up with.
I have mommy friends.
These are the amazing people who I may not be friends with outside of this lovely circle of mommyhood.
We talk about our kids, and truly care what is going on with each others children.
I would also say that most of these friends are facebook friends.
We comment on funny status updates, pictures, and milestones.
I know I can ask any one of these ladies a question, and they will be quick with advice.

I have my back in the day friends.
These are the friends who I will always love and cherish, but will probably never have "that" relationship with.
These are both the male and female friends who know who I was, and why I am who I am now.
They are the friends who I go to lunch with when they are in town.
The ones I laugh with about "That one time in high school"
The ones I have endless pictures of.....

There are the Old friends that are new again.
These ones are very special to me at the moment.
I mean how wonderful is it to rekindle an old friendship.
They know your crazy stories, but you get to catch up on the past several years.

I have the "family" friends
These people know who they are.
These are the friends that would do anything for me, and I would do anything for them.
These are Krew and Kade's aunts and uncles, maybe not by blood, but by love.
These are the people who I miss when I don't see for a week.
The people who can walk into my house the day BEFORE the cleaner comes, and I don't care.
They know the me that stresses, cries, worries, fights, obsesses, and loves.
These are the few. The few who I trust with all I have.

Of all these friends I cherish what we have to offer each other. I mean that is the true meaning of friendship right?
Giving
Giving advice, a helping hand, a memory

Where has the summer gone???

I know it's only Aug., but if you are a teacher you know what this means.
Yeah we don't have to be back in our classroom until the 16th, but we all know if you wait until the 16th to start on your room your kids will come back to a disaster.
So the next few days I will go in for a couple of hours while the boys stay with their dad.
Our last month of summer has been filled with swimming lessons, fair, running through the sprinkler, and hiding from the heat.
My boys are both like me in the fact that we literally get ill if we are in the heat for a long time.
My sister used to joke and say I was the only person she knew who was allergic to the sun, but I think I really might be!
Krew's 2nd birthday party was a blast!
He had his two best buddies over, and let me tell you the girls better watch out in 16 years!
Our friends the Hills had their baby girl, we took a trip to Cheyenne for ZBB!!
It was so nice to get out with the husband without the kids, but I will be the first to admit that I missed them even though we were gone 28 hours.
And now here we are the 4th of August trying to plan a family vacation before I have to go back to work.
I'm sad that I really don't think it is going to happen.
But I will try to be better at keeping up on this so I don't get so far behind, and write so poorly!
I'll leave you today with Krew's 2 year old pictures. Our friend Janelle did these, and they are amazing!