Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Party Planning

Addison turns 2 at the end of this month :( Despite my sadness over this event I realized yesterday that her birthday is THIS month and I better get my butt into party planning mode. She is such a goofy little girl with a big personality and I want to have a party that reflects that. However, I have absolutely no clue what to do! I have lots of ideas but I can't seem to settle on just one.

Good grief.

Who knew party planning for a 2 year old could cause me so much anxiety, haha :) Hopefully by the end of this week I'll have picked a theme considering I should send out invitations soon. While in the midst of party planning madness I'll have to push away thoughts of planning Erin's 1st birthday in November, one thing at a time. I plan to post my grand party schemes later this week (fingers crossed).

Until later...

(why plan a party you ask? because, I say, my husband's immediate family has over a dozen people in it and when you add in four sets of grandparents things can be a little overwhelming. needless to say I cannot fit all of these people into my house and with the business of summer schedules we'd rather have a big party for everyone in one place like our church...or a barn...or something even bigger, haha)

Friday, July 1, 2011

So...

Obviously my dreams of becoming a blogger have fallen short so far :) If anyone is still checking back here every once in a while I appreciate your interest. I'm going to make a real effort to take just a few moments every few days (at least) to write something here. I figure I can make time for that, right? Time will tell :)

Things around the DeRuischer household remain busy as ever. I'm not taking classes over the summer but I'm working considerably more. We're getting ready to enjoy a long weekend, having Eric home extra is always such a treat. The girls are growing and growing, so hard to believe Addison will turn 2 this month and Erin is already 7 1/2 months old!

I'm trying to make some changes over here that I'll be sure to discuss more in future posts. Some of the biggest changes though are
  • not buying processed/pre-made food
  • no gluten, no dairy, no SUGAR (I'm finding that last one to be the hardest)
  • exercise, exercise, exercise
I will do my best to keep you updated on these lifestyle changes and adventures :)

Blessings.