I am tired of doing homework!
I am tired of packing lunches!
I am tired of after school band stuff!
Basically I am just TIRED!!!!!
We are in the home stretch now though. It will be nice for the days to slow down and the evenings to be more family time tather than working on things for the next day.
Today we are having a yard sale. So I am sitting outside in the garage waiting to sell some stuff! And it is not going as well as I would like which is probably why I have time to blog! It is very chilly this morning so I think that is making people not get out. I am going to hold out hope that it will pick up as the morning progresses though.
So lets go back and review some things that have been going on around here! The last time I posted we were planning a family trip to the zoo for Good Friday. It was a fantastic day at the zoo. Probably one of the very best visits I have ever had in my life. The animals were so alert and active. The kids loved it! The weather was perfect! So here are a few pictures below...
Easter weekend was just gorgeous! We spent that Saturday before down at my mother-in-law's house. We had a good visit down there and the kids were able to play outside a good bit and enjoy egg hunting. We went to my mom's on Sunday after church. Again a very good visit and egg hunting for the kids! At both family gatherings it seems that many of the kids are getting too old for egg hunting. So next year it may just been our 2 hunting at Margaret's. At my mom's I think the competitive nature of all those boys will keep them in the hunt for another year or two!
Here are all of us in our Easter wear...
Here are just the boys...
Here are some shots of the egg hunting crew on Easter...
Egg hunting action...
Holly, mom's rather chubby yorky...
Nathan, caught red-handed taking the eggs that had been dropped on the ground for the babies to get!
JC was a great egg hunter this year. I am sure by next year he will be a lot more aggressive about getting them!
It is a little sad sitting here realizing we are getting rid of all the baby stuff. I am glad to get rid of things but it is a reminder of just how big they have gotten. Drew is actually down the street at a little boys house. This is the first time we have ever let him do this. There is a little boy next door to us now and some down the street. Jim did walk down and introduce himself to the mom before we let him go. We want him to find friends around here to play with and to have friends that he will see at school. It is also an opportunity to get to know some people and possible share the gospel in the future. It is a little scary though, letting your kids just kinda go out into the world. We want to make sure he knows the right things and makes the right choices, but we cannot shelter them from everything all the time. We just have to pray that he is getting it all and that he is understanding who God wants him to be and that he will let those things guide him.
JC does not like that his brother is down the street AT ALL!! He has been having a throw down fit for about 15 minutes. He has just now calmed down about it all, after getting a spanking and sitting in time out! He is also not the greatest at the yard sale. Like most kids, he wants to play with all the stuff out here. Over all though he has not been bad.
Well, it is still quite cool and things are still not really moving here. It is frustrating. The remaining baby stuff I will haul over to a second hand children's store that pays you for stuff. Hopefully I will get a little out of that. The rest of it will go tot he good will. I just don't think I will have the energy or time to do this again this spring/summer!
Well I better run, there is a sink full of dirty dishes to be cleaned up, laundry to be dried, and things to put away and get out of the attic around here. Bye for now!
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