Kids, Kids, Kids!

These are pictures from our weekend at my parents' house. We all enjoyed getting to relax and just spend time with Minima and Bitiba. The kids loved being able to go outside and dig in the dirt and get as dirty as the wanted. Chloe loved on all the animals, whether they wanted her to or not.



The kids all love Bitiba's go kart, including Chloe. She's "driving" Brady in this picture. She had to have her turn too. (Notice that Chloe has more teeth than Brady!!)


Chloe loved helping take care of the animals.


Chloe finally gave out. She wasn't feeling good, plus she had been going nonstop. She only wanted her Minima all weekend.


Avery and Brady helped Bitiba dig and make a path in the backyard. They were so dirty! The picture doesn't show all the dirt, if you can believe that!


Brady came to show me his muscles and how they had grown after all the work he had done.



This is right next to my parents' house. The boys thought it was great to play in the wheat field. When they squatted down, they completely disappeared.



Minima taught Avery how to play jacks. He loved it, especially when he got to play by her rules, instead of the actual rules!! I love that he had fun playing something so simple instead of sitting in front of the tv or computer.

Happy Birthday baby girl!!

Today is Chloe's second birthday. It's so hard to believe that she's already two. I can still remember telling the boys that they were going to have a little sister or brother. They didn't believe us at first. I can remember life without her, but it seems like so long ago. She is such a little girl! She sings songs, takes care of her babies, gets her feelings hurt easily, loves aggravating her brothers, is incredibly loud for someone her size, loves animals(that sometimes means she carries kittens around by their neck), gives amazing hugs and kisses, and makes me smile. I can't believe we thought (for a time) that our family was complete without her. I feel so blessed that God has given her to us. Thank you Chloe for making our family complete. Happy Birthday!

(I have some pictures of today, but I won't be able to add those until next week.)

Outside Fun Day

This is how Brady came home from school earlier this week. I said, "Brady, what did you do today?" He replied, "It was outside fun day." Oh, that explains it, somewhat. I don't know if you can tell just how dirty he is, but it was quite a sight. He was covered in dirt. I almost just threw his clothes away. He was immediately sent to the shower. The picture of him with his hair sticking up is funny because he just ran his hands through his hair once and it stayed up. Now I know all I need to do for crazy hair day next year is send him out to play in the dirt.

blogging slump

I still really love this whole blog thing, but for some reason I'm in a slump when it comes to posting. I'm not tired of it, but I feel like I don't have anything to write about. This is amusing to me because we have more going on right now then ever. Just in case you don't know what's happening with us, here's a summary. We have moved out of our house and are living with friends until the new house is finished. That should be around the end of July, hopefully. (I believe in thinking positive.) The boys are out of school tomorrow for the summer. They have trips to grandparents' houses, camp and our trip to Keith's graduation this July to keep them busy. Now all I have to do is keep up with it all. So, this post is basically to say don't give up on me this summer. I can't promise I'll be better about posting, but I'm going to try.

House Update

Here's the latest on the house. The roof is finished, and the plumbing is almost done. The house plan we chose has a sink in the bonus room, but we put it in our contract that we don't want that. Well, the plumbing is there for the sink, so they'll have to come back and fix that. You would think that they might actually read our contract so they wouldn't have to come back and fix things, but apparently they would rather waste their money doing things twice. I guess it's their money, but I feel like the house would be done sooner if they did it right the first time. Well, anyway I'm glad to see progress on the house. Chloe's favorite thing was going up the stairs, which makes me nervous because they're not exactly safe yet. Every time she hears us talk about the house, she starts talking about her stairs, her room, her garage, etc. Everything is hers, which really applies not only to the house, but everything in life. Anyway, the picture of her is in her room. She loves to go in there and show it off. The boys already love the trees in the backyard. I just love to watch them play back there. They really have fun on the big piles of dirt, which they would love to keep when we move in.

Officially homeless

Well, we're all moved out of the house. It's no longer ours. We closed yesterday, so now we're homeless!! It's such a strange feeling knowing that someone else is in our house and it's theirs now. It makes it even more strange because I'll still see the house often, especially while the boys are in school. It feels good to be done with that part of the move. Now we just watch as the new house goes up ever so slowly!

I just have to say thank you to everyone that helped us move or watched the kids. We couldn't have done it without you. Words can't express how much I appreciate all the help. Thanks also for all the prayers on our behalf. God has blessed us with the most amazing family and friends in the world!

Too bad we have to make new friends to help us move in the new house!! :)

MOVING DAY!!

Well, ready or not it's here. Today is moving day. Wow. Please say a prayer that it all goes smoothly and no one gets hurt! Also say thank you to God that I'm feeling better. I can't say thank you enough for the prayers on our behalf. We love you!