Buchholz Family Homestead: goals

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Listed..and Ready...

The house is officially listed with Iowa Realty!!!

I am ready for it to be sold...ready to be on to our next adventure, and be able to celebrate.

The photos were taken today and that was the last thing to get it all listed....now we wait...some more...

While we've been waiting on the house to sell, we've done some looking, cost comparisons, debating, updating of the budget, and some more selling. We're technically not really waiting. We are believing our home is going to sell fast and we are planning for the future. As much as possible, that is.

We've sold our living room furniture. 1. We thought we wanted recliners. Now, we hardly use them because the kids are either trying to play under them, or are running around them and we don't want one of them to fall on the metal piece. 2. They are HEAVY and BULKY, also something we thought we wanted. 3. EVERYTHING goes under them because they recline and we have wood floors there is a larger gap on the bottom. Which means, every toy car or every small toy has at some point claimed it as their hiding spot. When you have more reasons to get rid of something than you do to keep it in our house...it goes...sell, donate or trash. Depending on the size of our next place we have two options/styles of furniture picked out and the color. Basically, we have made a profit selling our furniture and buying new furniture to go towards our next financial goal. Can I get a whoop, whoop...SCORE!

Meanwhile, Kenzlie decided she no longer wants to wear diapers. We've been working on potty training for about two weeks and she has it down. We haven't tried night time yet, we're still working on naps. However, I haven't bought diapers in two weeks and she has done awesome, especially this week, going in to the bathroom on her own. Ahh, the joys of no longer having to buy diapers. Another SCORE for the budget! She picked out her own undies and of course of all the different ones Target has she got Doc McStuffins. She loves her show and doesn't like when Kypton choses to watch something other than, "Doc."

Last night, being the house is cleaned and ready to go we didn't really want a mess, it worked perfect that my Brother and Sister-In-Law invited us to the ICubs game. It was a 1st time for the kids, they did great. It was puppy night so of course Kenzlie was in puppy heaven.

My Sister-in-Law is going to have her baby boy any time now, so I just keep hoping and praying! Kenzlie loves to say his name and Kypton told me last night, "Jenna already had the baby, remember? Paxton." I think he is going to be in for a rude awakening when he doesn't have his Yenna and Uncle G to himself anymore. Another waiting game to throw in the mix.

Do you ever feel like life is all hurry and wait? You can't do one thing until you know what yada, yada, is going to do/happen. It literally makes me crazy some days. I know, I have to let go and trust God. But, seriously, just seriously. Everything always works out the way it is suppose to. I honestly believe that. We may not like that we have to go thru the Valleys to get to the Mountain tops, but man it feels so good when we get there, right?

Hope everyone had a great Summer, and is ready for Football season to start soon..Yahhh Fallll!!!

Love,
The Buchholz's

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Right Around the Corner...

Fall is right around the corner which means we better enjoy these last few weeks of Summer....

With Fall comes birthdays, holidays....and more holidays...

Lucky for me the kids are getting on the same page when it comes to Mom needing some work time even if its just an hour in the middle of the day while their naps overlap. They are growing like weeds and I know that won't ever stop. It's fun to see them playing together these days and chasing each other around the house. With a few "big brother" moments in there if you will. We really can't complain as they are really good most of the time.

Kypton is starting to put more and more together--his imagination is great! He knows how to push buttons and talk back. He has the biggest heart though. Loves to share with his sister, especially food when were not looking so we have to be careful! Toys can be a different story though. He still likes to fall asleep in our bed but has done really well this last week not waking up and coming to our room. He has informed us that his room is too dark and he needs a really big TV for his room...right..noted! Crazy kid!

Kenzlie--ahh 10 months already. We have noticed she likes to do things at her own pace as not to be rushed...for ANYTHING! She has thought clapping for her was the greatest thing but won't do it for herself...until the other day...right at 10 months she thought it would be fun to clap when I was changing her diaper...she now loves it. Another thing she has decided she likes...SO BIG. She just does it out of the blue. We would work and work on it and she just pulls it out this week..along with standing on her own. She is quiet the little fire ball. We know between the two they will keep us young. She has two bottom teeth and loves to copy her brother. Getting big too fast and will be 1 before we know it!

Dan and I are keeping busy with work and Advocare. I also have been helping people with meal and workout plans on the side. Something I feel like was my calling. Dan has really jumped in on the Advocare side of life and we couldn't be happier with everything Advocare has done for us this year. We are excited to see where we are by this time next year. We have some ideas but are keeping mum on those for now :) Other than that we take pride in getting our priorities straight and knowing with out a doubt we have made the right choices/changes for our kids. I can't thank him enough for his support in my decision to try this out almost two years ago. Life is good not perfect but really good!

I will leave you with some recent photos as always--

Sleepy girl--

Cuddle time--

I'm too big to sit in this cart--

Stealing Mom's water--

One of the best things to wake up to

Tractor at the fair--not tall enough just yet--

Getting back on

Wants to go again--

Hot at the fair--

Always cheese'n

You said no, Im going anyway..

Loves to Splash in the bath

Someone (the only one) who loves the Celica-haha

Helping make breakfast-

He has work to do in this sweet get up

First time letting him pick his outfit before going in to public-

Business Cards :)

Kyptons work with the ice cubes

Packing for the gym

Getting my hair done--Kypton took my picture

Happy 10 Months!!

Love the Buchholz's

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Long(est) Post!

Ahh--Okay, Christmas has passed...but we have one more celebration this week, and it's also New Years!

The 1st part of this post will be about finishing up this year, and the second part will be about looking ahead to 2014!

Here we go--

Christmas was a lot of fun. We got to see family from out of state as well as family whom we don't see very often even though they live only a few minutes away. Kypton got to play with cousins. He loved Santa this year. He loved all the desserts that come with holiday eating. He of course enjoyed opening presents. We had a little set back with Santa this year. I "called" Santa on Sunday after talking with Kypton Saturday night and requested a change in his gift. I said it would need rushed in order to get here on time. Well, Santa must have lost the gift because Dan had to go "meet" with Santa on Christmas morning to pick it up. So, we didn't get to see the reaction on his face like we were hoping, but he LOVES his gift. It was a vacuum he asked for, and well there have been a couple nights of 4:00am wake up calls where he doesn't want to sleep any longer but wants to vacuum! I laugh now until the next night he does this! He was very blessed by Grandpa and Grandma, as well as Aunts and Uncles as well. We had birthday cake and sang for Baby Jesus--the start of new traditions--I love it! Dan and I decided that this year was really all about the kids and didn't do gifts for each other, other than the stockings "Santa" did. Nothing exciting in those I might add! We were given a double B.O.B from my parents though and we could not be more excited!!!

The day after Christmas Kenzlie was officially 2 Months old! Really?! I told Dan just tonight that I want a summer baby next go around! We have entirely too much going on at the end of the year starting in October. Our anniversary-October 23, Kenzlie's Birthday-Oct. 26, Kypton's Brithday-Nov 19, Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas, New Years! There is no stopping once October hits! Back to Kenzlie, she is smiling up a storm. She loves when her brother talks to her and gives her kisses. She hates when we take her bottle to burp her. She has been sleeping through the night for the last two weeks now. We missed her 2 month check up due to an ice storm but we rescheduled for January 14th. We can't wait to see how big she is. She is starting to get the hang of tummy time. I haven't been near as pushy about doing it as I was with Kypton. She still knows when she wants to be put down to be by herself, however, she is starting to get to the point where she actually wants to be held! I love it, I thought she would never get to that point. Cloth diapers are going awesome! I wish I would have done them with Kypton. We no longer have to buy diapers as Kypton is potty trained and we do full time cloth with Kenzlie! Kenzlie got her first dolly for Christmas! She is still really quiet and a very content, easy baby. We have been so blessed with both kids being pretty easy. We are so blessed we have this little Princess in our lives, we are excited to see her change in the next year!!

It has been a busy year to say the least. We had two weddings in my family, a niece born in each of our families, the birth of Kenzlie, 3 of our friends had babies, we started Advocare, and so much more. We are blessed beyond words. We have another year under the belt but we are excited for 2014 and all that it may bring.

So, what does 2014 have in store that we are aware of? Right now, we know Dan will be making the switch to a new position with the same company he works for. We will be working extra hard with our Advocare Business. Kypton will be starting the new year in a big boy bed and will end the year turning 3! Kenzlie will be changing monthly and end the year turning 1! Dan and I will be celebrating 5 years! We know as always there will be ups and downs that come with every year, but that's what keeps life interesting!

Instead of doing resolutions and/or a bucket list like most years I am going to focus more on goals. I will do weekly goals, monthly goals, and yearly goals. Things that I can measure, some easier than others, but all hopefully things that at the end of 2014 I can say I grew as a person. The list may grow as far as yearly goals or they may change if I hit a goal sooner than I thought. I'm really planning on this year being HUGH. In turning 28 this year I only have 2 years left in my 20's and I have a lot of things I want to do before I'm 30, so this is the year!!!

Yearly-(That I know of right now!)
Hit Advisor with Advocare!
Bikini Competition (June)

Monthly-(That I know of right now!)
Read two books a month-(1 personal growth, 1 business)
Make our budget

Weekly-(That is 52, I don't have that many yet, and these are in no particular order)
1. Organize closets/drawers
2. Budget binder
3. Finish living room decor/organization

More to come, I will add a page to our blog so you can follow/see what I have accomplished and what I have added to the list!

2014 is going to be a year of growth and we are excited to start it off celebrating with Dan's Family on Tuesday! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Happy New year, have fun and be safe!

Some of our photos from these past couple weeks--

Playing on the iPad with Dad