Feeling a little overwhelmed

It has been a busy few weeks here with appointments and events.

I had my other cataract removed in April and am doing well but had to juggle that.  Thank you to my brother Kevin for driving me there again.

I have also been saying yes too much to volunteer things.  It just snuck up on me but  I had many commitments with school and church in April and will try to do less going forward so we continue to focus on our family first before helping others.  I have a couple that are ongoing and am thinking of stopping one next year.  I am also on a committee to help plan the 8th Grade Grad party but that will be done soon as well.  It will be a fun event for them, many parents helping out and all I really have to do is bring popcorn and candy and chaperon an hour or so.  For my 8th Grade party, we were at T&C country club near the school for a dance.  I don't think there was much dancing though and I think I had a crush on a boy and waited for him to ask me to dance - silly me.

Ella has had school patrol the last 3 weeks and while that is not much of a chore for me, its one that stresses her out.  People don't listen to her while she is trying to keep them safe.  That is her opinion on it.  Mine is she is so focused on doing the right thing and following all the rules taught them, that she is worried too much about it.  I am glad she is done.

We also had Ella's Birthday Party early in April.  It was super fun with great kids but it added to the month of busy.  I don't have the pictures on this computer but it was a fun event with a local party coordinator that comes to your house and helps the kids paint fun things and do beads.  Ella choose painting a jewelry box and they all turned out great. Here are some photos from Crafted Art Parties FB page

March is Ella's Birthday and Elizabeth's Family Day so we celebrated those as a family. 

April was Ella's party with her friends as well as other fun events for me - I spent time with friends doing a painting project that turned out great and meeting others for breakfast and drinks with another group. 

Also in April was Elizabeth's Confirmation.  That was a beautiful service and it was so nice that Joanne and Kevin could come on a Thursday at 7 pm and it was also raining.  

April also marked the girls' school spring program.  It was a fun event and thank you to Reenie, Mary and Mike and Joanne for watching with us.  Its always fun to celebrate with DQ too.  Normally Kevin and Doreen would be there too but Kevin was working out of town and Doreen and Alissa had work commitments too.  They were with us in spirit.  Mary and I had flashbacks of being at St Marks together for all the K-8 events and had a couple laugh attacks.  It was fun.

Yesterday we went to the Twins game with Kevin, Doreen and most of their kids and grands... we were just missing one. We took the light rail there and back and then we all had dinner at Snuffy's for Elizabeth's birthday.  She turns 14 tomorrow.

 
When we got home, I feel asleep watching TV with the girls and then had a hard time sleeping.  Silly me.

But, I see the light at the end of the tunnel.  May and early June is busy with appointments and end of school stuff but gymnastics will be done 5/31, skating will be done 5/23 and school will be done 6/9.  Then its relaxing over the summer.  Whew