Time to smell the roses!

Take Time to Smell the Roses.....yeah yeah yeah....I've heard it all my life. It just doesn't seem like it's ever going to happen. There's just not enough hours in the day to do everything on the list. I know it's important to take a "time-out" and that's why I go to the gym but everything is still waiting when I get out of there and smelling the roses is not on my list of things to do!

Well this is what caught my eye minutes ago as I drove into the garage.

My beautiful roses are truly BEAUTIFUL. To look at them makes happy.....things actually do grow in the desert! Almost every time I look at them it brings me back to my childhood and our little backyard in Clondalkin, Dublin. We had rose bushes on almost every wall. I remember as a kid playing out there, picking the flowers and the nasty earwigs that we used to find in the roses once in a while....gross! Anyway back to pleasantries....something about roses takes me back to that backyard and good memories.

So on to current memories......here's some pictures of what we've been up to lately...........

THE MAKING OF THE 1st BAINNY BUNCH PINEWOOD DERBY CAR

2nd ANNUAL DONATION OF POP TABS TO THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
RYAN's AWARDED FOR GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

MOTHERS DAY TEA (ahem lemonade) PARTY AT KAMI's PRESCHOOL

RIDING AROUND THE STREET WITH FRIENDS ON BIKES & JEEPS

WISHING WE HAD LONGER HAIR

I think I'm realizing that the little things in life are actually the roses that we need to smell. Just enjoying your kids and your chores and living every moment to the fullest that you can. Enjoy each little moment you share with loved ones because for me, already they are passing so fast!