My 1st Day

First let me share a disclaimer...I never thought I would be in blogland. I have many friends who have blogs for various reasons and I just didn't think it would be something for me. However, I have 2 young boys and a wonderful husband and I am finding that moments are passing me by and I am forgetting the "little things" that really make up my life. So this blog is more for me than anything, kind of as a journal. I am not telling anyone about it and whoever finds me...well, so be it.

So, to introduce myself, I am Andrea. Like I said I have a great husband of 8+ years, James and 2 kiddos, my 7 year old is Colton and my 4 year old is Dawson. We live in Peoria, AZ where my hubby is a fireman and my kiddos will be in 2nd grade and preschool this year.

We just got home from a wonderful, yet always stressful, vacation. It was 12 days long! With our kids for 1900 miles and that many days has made me crazy. I mean even crazier than normal. Over the weekend, James asked what day the 4th of July fell on next year. My response after looking at the calendar was, "The 4th of July is on the 4th next year." He looked at me and said, "You are kidding, right." This trip has sucked all of my braincells dry. Our original destination was South Lake Tahoe, which we made it to after stopping through Hollywood and San Francisco. Then we came home through Las Vegas, which I can honestly say is not a place for children. I always swore I would never take my kids there, but the idea of a 14 hour drive home from Tahoe made it a possibility. Never again! The things they heard and saw were things I was not prepared to talk about for at least another 5 years.

So anyways, this is me. I will have lots of random posts I am sure, but I hope I can look back and remember something I may have otherwise forgotten along the way. For example, tonight I took my kids to Chick-fil-a for dinner (James was on-shift) and we got a shake to split. I specifically asked for 2 cherries so that my kids would not fight in the car on the way home. What happened though was that Dawson ate the cherry immediately while Colton decided to save his. So the entire 5 mile ride home was filled with begging, teasing and lots of noise until I finally turned around and said, "Eat the stupid cherry or I will throw it out the window!" Maybe next time I will be smarter and will order it with no cherries.