Project Sunday 2015 {April}

Happy Sunday friends!

I think this might be the first time I have ever posted on a Sunday.
Typically I keep the blog on a Monday-Friday schedule but things have been busy and I have clearly neglected my Sunday photo project. I never shared our April photos and May is wrapping up today! 
Let's do a little recap of the first three months.

 

Man this year is just flying by! Anyone else feeling this way?!

*As a side note I would just like to point out I will be putting up 5 Christmas trees in less than 6 months :).

Now for our April pictures

Week one was Easter. It was cold and windy and two little girls were NOT happy about a mom who wanted photos.

Pretty obvious to, huh?

With warmer weather they were much more cooperative.

Man I love these silly girls. I wish every week went this well.

The dress that Emily is wearing in this weeks photos was mine. Not only was it mine, my mama even made it. I just think it is the sweetest little dress. I am going to be very sad when she outgrows it. 

This was the week I was gone to OKC and Dad was in charge.
The sun is always shining when your cool.

That wraps up April and May will be coming soon.

Are you working on any photo projects this year?

Currently {April 2015}

Making //  I haven't been to creative lately but I did do a lot of baking over spring break. I also made a new pallet sign for the wall but it still is blank. I need some inspiration to stir up some creativity. 

Reading//  I bought this book over a year ago thinking I would start this training program, then I never did. I decided to run another half marathon in the fall and I put this on the shelf. With half marathon season right here I am trying to make plans for when it is over and I keep going back to this book. I'd really like to give this program a shot. 

Wishing //  I didn't have so much candy in my house. It is crazy guys, just plain crazy! Would someone please come to my house and eat all of my kids candy so I don't?!

Listening to//  I have still been listening to my All Sons & Daughters c.d. but I have also listened to this song more than once. It just doesn't feel like Easter without this song.

Watching //  I haven't really been watching anything other than the occasional episode of friends on Netflix and Wild Kratts with the girls. Random Beth fact, I am not a big t.v. watcher.  

Looking Forward To //  The OKC memorial half marathon at the end of the month. Road trip, quick over night get away and a race with one of my favorite gal pals Anna. I can not wait!

Wanting //  A little bit more warm sunshine and a few less April showers. Is that really to much to ask?

Wearing //  Yesterday I wore my Easter dress! I bought this dress for $4 on a JCP clearance in October and have been saving it for Easter weekend ever since. To bad it was pretty cold. 

Planning //  The rest of our school year. Only 5 more weeks and things will be over. Then I can start planning our next school year. There truly is always something to plan. 

Praying //  That God would help guide us to a new church to call home. In my heart I was hoping that we would know exactly where we were going to be by Easter and we just don't. Continued prayers for our family are very appreciated.
Missing //  Spring break...already. Last week was so refreshing. Can we just go back to that please?

How about you?

Monthly Goals {April 2015}

I started posting my monthly goals at the beginning of the year. At first it started out as an experiment, but I found that the motivation from publicly proclaiming my "to do's" has been a great source of motivation for me to keep going.
March Goal Recap:
 Blog- *Continue blogging about 4-5 days a week. *Grow my Instagram account to at least 400 followers. *Host a giveaway to celebrate my one year blogiversary (spoiler alert, it's tomorrow).
Done, Done and DONE!

Family-

*Do more crafts and art projects with the girls.
*Family game nights have at least 2 this month. *Have one movie night with the girls.
We honestly didn't do any big art projects. Marissa was hard at work on her project fair board most of the month and that sucked up a lot of craft time. Emily did do LOADS of schoolwork this month. The one month I didn't make it a goal. 

No official board game nights but we did work on pages and have computer game nights.

Movie night, check! Dad squeezed in two movie nights with the girls. I missed out but I know they had a blast.
Fitness- *Exercise at least 5 days a week including my 3 runs. Let's try this again... no promises.  The knee is still not 100% yet.
*Drink more water. I think I may try labeling a bottle by the hour. *Half training is in full swing now. This months long runs include some 9 & 10 mile runs.  My goal for that, survive. *Get the hubby running! His first 5K with me is in less than 5 weeks.
I crushed my fitness goals this month, drank my water and Russ is more than ready for our 5K on Saturday!

Spiritual-  *Pray more. *Start reading again. *Continue to listen to more Christ centered music.
Reading and praying... still not doing anything consistent or scheduled. Worship music I have listened to a lot this month, mostly my All Sons & Daughters c.d.

Home School- *Continue preparing for placement testing at the end of the month. *Celebrate only having one quarter (9 weeks) of school left. * Take a field trip or at least plan one.
Testing was prepped and is now over. We celebrated the last quarter of school with cupcakes and a field trip is on our radar for next Wednesday!

Random- *Finish my first photography course. *Continue garden planning and prep. *Make a new pallet sign. *Complete The Blogger Life Photo challenge on Instagram #BLphotochallenge
Still not finished. Things have just been "to busy". The garden planning is going great.
The pallet sign is assembled and hung but still blank. I need some inspiration. I also happened to finish our gallery wall! FAIL, total epic fail. I am really bummed about that too. I love a good photo challenge. 
So I missed the mark on some of my goals and others didn't end up looking exactly the way I thought they would. Overall I really feel like I accomplished a lot this month. Definitely a lot to be happy with. 

 Blog- *Continue blogging 4-5 days a week. *Grow my Instagram account to at least 500 followers. I feel this one isn't really possible... but who knows, I might as well try! *Write a Q&A post on homeschooling & my gallery wall, that is finally "complete."

Family-

*Work on completing our spring bucket list.
*Have at least 2 Family evening walks/bike rides. *Have one movie night with the girls.
Fitness- *Exercise at least 5 days a week including my 3 runs. *Finish my half training and complete my first of 2 half marathons this summer. *Run the Amazing Grace with Russell.
*Do a one mile fun run with Marissa and Emily. *Keep logging calories on My Fitness Pal
Spiritual-  *Pray more. For my girls, my husband and that God would help us to find a new church home. *Start reading again, again. Praying I would hunger for words of truth. *Listen to more worship music. Find some "kids" worship music for the girls. 
Home School- *Enjoy the rest of spring break! *Finish strong, May 7th is coming fast. *Have more fun.
Random- *Finish my first photography course... this IS the month *Continue garden planning and prep. *Make Finish a new pallet sign. *Have a girls night out with my BFF

Linking up with Andrea from Mitchael Journey

What is a goal that you have for this month?  Leave me a comment and tell me about it