My newest hobby

Well as the kids have got a little older I have found that I can sneak a few hobbies back into my life. Definitely not as many as BC ( before children) but enough to make me realize I do have a life other than whinny, temper tantrums and all things that go along with this. So last summer after much coaxing from my neighbor Alicia I joined a golf league with her. Oh did I mention she and her husband OWN the golf course we play on. Needless to say she is an excellent golfer (and friend) but I on the other hand not so much a golfer I enjoyed the time by myself but golfer I was not. So I went out and got all things golf and struggled through my first year on league. I had a lot of fun I did improve, but was still awful. So this year came around. I was going to play again. Hubby even bought me new clubs for mothers day. Guess what! I am not the worst golfer on the league anymore! I must say I am proud of myself. I can now win points and have a better handicap than others. I must say when they tell you have to pay your dues as the newbie it is true. But in about 10 years I will be right up there. Never mid alot of the older better golfers will not be playing and I will be the older golfer. Hmm how does that happen.
I just want to encourage all of you ladies if you ever get a chance to play golf try it you may like it I never took myself as a golfer Who knew!

Memorial Weekend

Zach was sOOOOOO excited about what we are still wondering!

Did I mention we had chocolate cake to eat on Memorial Day?

Poppo (my dad) and Emily She does not look happy

Zach and Daddy All Smiles on Memorial Day

Well it has come and gone the offical start of summer in our neck of the woods. Hubby had a great weekend considering Michigans crappy economy. The kids and I survived the weekend alone and we are again relaxing in the peacefullness of West Michigan. We enjoyed the offical Memorial Day with a small town parade, a hot dog lunch with my parents and a fun afternoon trying to get thier pool. If you did not know my parents recently transplanted to MI from Ohio. They bought an adorable little house in our town and have been working over the past months to get it up to thier liking. Well the bonus of it all it came with a pretty decent sized in ground pool. The bad side is the house was a foreclosure so no one has taken care of the pool in quiet some time. SOOO we have been helping. We are to the point of filling it with water. I hope it is ready to go in a week and we get some warm weather. The kids were having a great time helping clean the pool this weekend. I think they will enjoy it when they can actually SWIM in in. Hubby had fun he has a collection of army trucks. Yes they are full sized Army trucks that he enjoys showing off in the local parades. They have become a hit in the parade for Memorial Day since the old veterns enjoy the ride. I often wonder if they followed with the ambulance before our trucks. Those old guys should not be walking that far. So needless to say he enjoys taking the trucks the kids rode this year and Zach loved it. He is such a ham. Emily not so much. There are a few pics below. Enjoy and Back to work tommorrow for me.

Memorial Day Weekend

Well it has arrived... The official opening weekend of tourist season here. I joked with the kids this morning that open season on tourists has arrived. Now granted we make our livelihood off of these people but it is amazing when you go to the bakery, grocery store or any where else in town between May and September and there are people who are just taking their own sweet time why??? they are on VACATION! Me on the other hand have just worked, need to get home to make dinner to two impatient three year olds and a husband, give baths, pick up toys and read bedtime stories so I can wake up and do it all over again. this is not my vacation spot, this is my home so if you see me in line at the grocery store rolling my eyes at the lady who says oh Johnnie run back and get another bag of chips for around the campfire you will know why! Ah yes Nicole don't forget they pay the bills! :)
On another note-
Happy Memorial Day. Thank you all who have served or are currently serving our great country!

Busy busy busy! ( with an exclamation point)

Wow this week is jam packed with work work and more work! Last evening I did not arrive home until 8:15 PM. The kids did not even say hello they were much to busy complaining how hungry they were. So after a snack I was able to move on and get hugs and kisses. Tonight will be another later night probably around 6:30. And my mother and father in law arrive from Florida. Tomorrow it will be a nice relaxing evening then off to Lansing for rally at the capitol for Early Childhood Education. I get the opportunity to speak with our legislature's on this one. Should be interesting never done anything like this before. Friday I have a vacation day and it is our last regular MOPS meeting. Wheww that is a whirlwind week. I hope I get to see the kids for at least a few moments. But I guess that is all in a working mom's normal day. Oh did I mention that this weekend is Hubby's busiest weekend of the year! Yippee bring on summer!

A dream of mine fulfilled

ME getting my book signed! :)



mom meeting Kate


Last evening while Dave was home with the kiddos. I had a rare night out with girl friends. No toys to pick up, no bedtime stories actual adult conversation. My friends Lisa, Mary and my mom attended the speaking engagement of Kate Gosselin from the Jon and Kate Plus 8 fame. I am a HUGE fan of the show. If you watch the show you may have noticed the name of my blog is taken from their show. So when Dave told me she was coming to Muskegon I had to go! I had said about a hundred times if she is ever in the area I would love to see her. So I had to go.


If you have looked at any gossip mag recently you have seen her or her husband on the cover claiming someone is having an affair. Well needless to say we bought these tickets way before any of these claims surfaced so these past few weeks leading up to last night made the evening more interesting.

I give her credit she addressed all the rumors. Something you could tell she was not comfortable doing. She handled it with grace and sincerity. After she addressed the rumors it was on to her story of getting pregnant, handling her pregnancy and then the immediate onslaught of handling 6 babies and 2 3 year olds. Honestly I dont know how they did it. Twins is crazy enough.

She spoke about how you must give it all to the hands of God and trust in the Lord that he will deliver. I know as a mom that is the most difficult thing to do. I see alot of myself in Kate so I am sure it is a struggle each day. I admit she has inspired me to do better and remember what ever you have is due to the grace of God.

So you may have been wondering what we have been up to this spring. Emily has just finished her gymnastics class. She loved it. She has informed that in the fall she would like to take Ballet. Needless to say this makes her mommy very happy! While Emily has been at gymnastics Zach has perfected his driving skills. Trust me the kids is better than many of the drivers I encounter on the highway! He has also mastered the I am so cool lean. He is such a boy. I am just starting golf and Dave is starting to pick up with the business. Spring has sprung!

They say the funniest things

Last evening as I was dressing Emily after their bath that they both willingly took with out prodding, yelling , threatening a success in my book. Emily looked at me and then at herself. With a smile on her face she said " Mommy when i get big like you will I have little boobies like you?" Hmm is she trying to tell me something. On another note tonight is the last gymnastic class for Emily. Zach refused to go mind you after I paid. Sorry Mrs. Schwarz no refunds. Thanks a lot! So I thought I was going to miss it since I normally golf on Tuesday but the scheduling gods have looked upon me and my partner can not golf tonight. So I get to take Emily to her last class. I cant wait to see her do her thing. Zach and Daddy will be at home looking at trucks and mowing the lawn. You know guy things!

Weekend in a nut shell

Well we made it through another weekend. Saturday after exercising which I must tell you is what Emily and Zach think I do at my job. I could only wish! We headed to Ludington. For Mothers Day I decided to treat myself to a Dairy Queen Ice cream cake. I had not had one for ever and it sounded so good. So yeah for Mothers Day an excuse to indulge in something that makes me think of Summer! No nap so not so good for the kids. We played outside. That pretty much ended the day! Oh except for the super fit Emily decided to throw at bed time. After 20 mins of I want to Read Fly away kite she passed out.

Sunday was Mothers Day. The kids got mommy one of her favorite movies Yes if you know me it is Dirty Dancing. I get told all the time I look like Jennifer Grey before the nose job. Is that good or bad?????? Then it was off to church. Where I had to watch other peoples kids. Happy Mothers Day to me! and my kids wanted to stay with me. I know they love their mommy! Lunch, Nap then the grandparents came to visit and I was able to take a few moments and complete a dress I was working on for myself. So I guess all in all it was a good day for mom, favorite movie, favorite Ice cream cake and and a few minutes to sew! Happy mothers day to all moms, to be moms and not moms. Hope you had a special day like me!

I have decided to start a blog to keep up with friends and family around the country. With two kids who are three and a husband who owns his own business and me who work 30+ hours a week my chance to keep in touch with eveyone is a struggle. So here born in the A Crazy Life but Life blog is born. I am sure that this will become a place to brag, vent and tell silly stories about my kids, family and life in general. So Welcome and let the blogging begin!