hard but its life

     It's crazy to think about tomorrow's. Never know what it holds. And we all get delt our cards.... it's not what they are but more on how you react to them.

    Sometimes we take things for granted. Or maybe just dont take the time to realize the small things. It's what we pay attention to.  Will it be a positive thing that day or the worst? Train yourself to think positive. And always go into the day open minded. You never know.

       We all will deal with something hard in life. It will be different story for each of us..  but reality in the end our ending will all be the same. Have faith never know where you'll end up.

       With this being said I recently did a video of my mom getting older and nature taking over... it's hard concept to grasp to realize the person you looked up to, relied on, and where raised from... slowly look at you for the return help. Sucks. That's circle of life I guess

   My mom is forgetting stuff and having early signs of dementia. She's 69. It runs in my family and I hate to see this happen to her. Her dad ( my pap ) is 90 and almost feels guilty or just watch his daughter have worse off health than himself. I can't imagine his hard it is for my pap. Loosing his wife, slowly friends passing and now watching your daughter sick and unable to help. He lost his first daughter in a tragic accident when she was a teenager.

    If your going through this. It's hard I know. Keep smiling and give back even if they forget you still remember how much you relied on them without question. Lifes a journey we never know where we will end up. Stay humble.
    
       I have much respect to doctors, nurses, CNA, or anyone dealing with the elderly. Much respect I couldn't do it, I'm too emotional. But I'm so glad we have these people who can!

    Someone with Alzheimer's may teach us... to slow down it won't always be here, to pay attention to the small things. And who cares about yesterday or tomorrow focus on right now. Enjoy it. Treasure it. Soon you'll look back and hopefully you'll have a great memory.

Whatever you are going through, keep going you can make it, whatever you think about try to look for a positive. Be kind... someone you talk to rudely, they might be struggling with something you know nothing about... stay kind.

Take care of each other.... focus on your story, it will be a hard thing to go through...

Off to the zoo... I hope they don't want to keep us.

Well Aspins 2nd grade field trip was today! Another school year coming to a ending, wow time goes so fast. And aspin is growing into such a sweet thoughtful person. I love to be able to go on school trips with him! This year we went to the Pittsburgh zoo and aquarium.  it was a rainy day but nothing a poncho and a umbrella couldn't handle. Thankfully it wasn't cold.

We had a great time! Seeing these big aquariums make me miss our big fish tank. I could never keep the water right and had a hard time always lost fish and was a hot mess. But seeing these neat ones makes me almost want to try again ( my husband would never want me to! ) guess I  wasn't meant to have fish lol however the tunnel we walked under with the sharks was so cool! But that fish with the big teeth was Aspins favorite. ( picture below. If you know what kind it is let me know! ) 

We got to the polar bears and however there was a sign saying bears will not be out during mating season... they where and 2 where quite friendly. Lol some kids got a kick out of it , and as for me and the other chaperones we tried not to look or smile and change topic :) lol

Overall I'd say the kids loved the baby gorilla the most! He got a lot of awes and look it's a baby screams from all the kids. I must admit he was cute. Only if I could talk my husband into that being a new pet lol

Aspin stopped at the stores all throughout the zoo and after careful thinking and figuring out what he wanted. He picked out a sharks tooth necklace , bookmark and a leopard stuffed animal. Great choices if I say so myself :) we had a great day. And aspin was happy I went all that matters! We dried off on the drive home anyway. 

If your ever around Pittsburgh the zoo is for sure a fun place to stop. Prices are very reasonable.  Nice clean zoo.

Mothers day

I'm not one for over rated holiday's.  However any chance for a get together or cookout I love it. And i always teach the value of holidays and meanings behind them to my kids. And aspin honestly is always so sweet and thoughtdul ( most times unless your talking with his brother then verry few lol )

He wanted to do it all by himself he told dad what to get and what he needed. I must say this year was one of my best mothers day.

My mom and dad and my sister and her husband ended up stopping out on the bikes. We where having a cookout. They didn't stay too long but was real nice to show them what all we got done in our new house and catch up for a bit! They don't live close to me so I don't see them as much as I do jays family. But times like this I really miss my Nan. Not a day goes by I don't think of her. She inspired me to be half the mom she use to be to us.

Aspin made me some cards at school I won't rewrite them but the pictures are below. So cute <3 and going in scrap book for sure!

He had gotten a bike for Easter. And he was all concerned about me getting a new one so I can go riding with him too :) I did already have a bike, but not as special as the one he picked out for me. He had seen this bike when picking out his, never said a word to me. Told Jay there is a hello kitty bike at toys r us mom will love it. Then he wanted to make it extra special he said, so he asked Jay to take him to dollar store , where it took him 10 minutes to pick out the perfect and even ( he's really into math now ) am out of balloons ! He did great . He also had to tie all of them on.

He was so excited for his surprise.  Never once gave it away. Hard to believe when he's always the one who can't keep quite about something like this! He made me shut my eyes and I must say I was so surprised and I know he got more joy out of it then anyone. So cute ! And wow so thankful. 

We took the bike down to the willow tree. We planted this tree when aspin was born. Tree is getting bigger! Something to look back on.

And let's not forget about the bike. It's amazing right ;) hello kitty. I need to get a basket for owdie ( my chihuahua) he loves bike rides.

Aspin and I have had a few nice days here in PA and we used them peddling. Sure to get lots of use and sore legs this summer !

I did get aspin his stuffed animal he wanted after all I wouldn't have mothers day if it wasn't for him and Kevin <3

Kevin is too busy for mom most days, aspin and I always make jokes look at each other and say teenager at the same time. So much age difference between them only matter of time aspin will start to ignore me too lol but Kevin did make me this bank in art class. The story behind that is just too long for this blog lmao but I love it.

And thanks to my husband Jay for funding aspins ideas <3 times like this is why I am thankful to be the best mom to the best 2 boys I know and as much as I hate to admit it at times Jay is a pretty good guy too! Hope everyone had a great holiday !

Cub scout duty this week was ...

So aspin and I worked the lemonade stand for cub scouts today!  He did great and really loves to make them.. talking about making them here and for everyone and not telling them the top secrete recipe: ) soo cute.  He really is a sweetheart.  was a hot day but we had fun hot sticky mess: )