Sunday Archives - Stories of Our Boys

My goal: Being CALM

2014-07-27 aprilmomoffour attitude, military life, moving, summer

As I’ve mentioned before, I have been a highly stressed and impatient version of myself lately. Last night I made a resolution for myself: Today I am going to be calm. I don’t care what happens. I am going to be calm, cool, and collected. I don’t care what the kids do. I will not freak out, panic, do the eyebrow thing, yell, or act irrationally. This is my goal for today. This morning, when I gathered the boys together […]

Touring the Smithsonian American History Museum with Alan’s Grandparents

2014-04-05 aprilmomoffour babies, grandparents, Joshua, vacation

Tonight everyone in this house is seriously exhausted. I am probably the only one that is still awake, and it’s only 10:40 pm!!! It’s been a busy, busy week. The biggest and most exciting news–and I have several bits of news!–was Joshua’s great success today!! Joshua ran his very first 5K race, and when I say that the boy ran to win, you’d better believe it. He took off like a shot, zipped through his first mile like it was […]