Running Our Race

Here is a post dedicated to keeping it real... Each month Brett and I sit down to discuss our "family budget"...You see I am the type A , OCD freak , actually like doing things like this person.  I like crunching numbers...feeling like I know where every hard earned dollar goes...basically I am the nerd of the family.  Brett is definitely the opposite (they attract I've heard...).  Don't get me wrong, he is very financially responsible, but if he were in charge, every bill would be payed the day it is due, and the budget...."well...that's just no fun to have a budget".  And to top it off...he wouldn't be the least bit stressed about it.  He is just that laid back ...yes...I need more of that.  Me...on the other hand...I panic if I don't have a bill payed 10 days before it is due....but that is just how we fit together.  it works. I digress... So each month we have a tithe column and a giving column in our budget.  We feel as a family th...

Kate is playing soccer again!!! I think this is her 3rd or 4th season playing and she just loves it. This is the first year she is playing on a co-ed team. She had voiced some concerns about playing with boys, but at this age most of the girls are bigger! Ha! I told her to get in there and "mix it up"...be tough!!! They tied their first game last night 4-4. It was tough! Caroline loves watching her sissy! I have to watch her or she will run on the field after the game ball. And yes...she is in her PJs at the soccer game. How we roll!

What a fun weekend!  The older 3 are staying with their mom this weekend, and since EG had a cross country meet in Birmingham on Saturday, Brett and I decided to pack up and go stay the weekend with our dear friends The Kings.  You see....sad for us, good for them...a great job opportunity came up for Jeremy in Birmingham this summer.  And so, about 3 weeks ago they moved up there leaving us with a sad heart!  We cannot be more thrilled for them though - Claire is in a GREAT new school, Jeremy is happy at his new position, and Faith loves their new house and the much better shopping.  Ha!  I didn't even take pictures of their new house.  Crazy!!  It is wonderful!  Their backyard looks out onto beautiful trees, a lake, and great views of the hills in Birmingham.  Saturday morning, we got up and our amazing husbands took Caroline and Claire for the day and Faith and I got to run around shopping.  Such bliss!  Of course, the time ...

Well....the Scullen's have been busy. It is quite obvious since I haven't posted since...well...early May. Yikes. The summer has come and gone and school is back. We have had an exciting summer to say the least. Get ready for picture overload...I am going to try and catch us up...and these are just the highlights! Ha! Caroline and I kicked the summer off with the annual "Mother - Daughter" Trip in May.  It was fantastic.  Long gone are the days of  no babies, sleeping in, 3 cups of coffee, lots of late nights with yummy wine...No...this trip has evolved.  It is different, but just as refreshing.  I now come home from this trip utterly exhausted, but with my heart smiling, and my spirit revived!  I need my second moms and my best friends.  One year passes way too slow. This year we rented a home in Galveston, TX.  It was gorgeous.  Yup...could have moved in.  Loved it all. Daily walks by the "Grammies" and kiddos B.L.I.S.S...