First time Fishing

The kids were able to go fishing for the first time a little while ago. Not sure if is was February or March... Our friends Tami and Caleb invited the kids and I to join them at a park by their house to fish with their boys. Caleb was running around putting minnows on all of the kids' hooks and releasing their fish. He did all the work. The kids all caught 1 to 3 fish each. They really enjoyed it. I was so worried they were going to fling their hook at someone or brake a fishing pole, but I think it was all okay. Addie didn't like it and kept saying she was "scared." She would let Tami hold her sometimes while I helped the kids. I think we were more work for them then fun! Ha ha. We had fun though. So thanks, Caleb, Tami, and boys!

Maybe this was during Spring Break...

"What do you do all day?"

I just had to post this because I think it is so funny and so true. Not that Daniel asks me what I do all day, he knows better. Ha ha. But, sometimes I wonder what I do all day. I feel like I go and go, but then I feel like nothing was done. On Monday the kids broke a jar of salsa all over the kitchen floor after grocery shopping. There were groceries spread across the floor because they were "helping" me put them away. There was also all of Mr. Potato head parts and cars spread all over the kitchen floor. And now there was pieces of glass and salsa all over the floor, the groceries, and the toys. It took a long time to clean up. And then it was time to get Staucie... Anyways, this little story just made me laugh...


A man came home from work and found his 3 children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn around garden, The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and no sign of the dog, walking in the door, he found ...an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, the throw rug was against one wall, In the front room the TV was on loudly with the cartoon channel, the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door. He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel... She looked up at him, smiled and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?' She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world do I do all day?...
''Yes," was his incredulous reply..
She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'

Spring Break

Spring Break was during the middle of March. I tried doing something fun every day with the kids.

The first day it was raining so we went to the mall to play on the indoor playground, visit the pet store, and

 Ride the Merry-go-round! Addie and I sat on the bench.

 Another day we went to the movie theater to watch The Lorax with some friends. It was the first time Addie had gone to the movies, the second for Bensen, and the third time for the other two. It was kinda hard towards the end.

 We went to a few parks.

We also had to take Addie to the doctor because her eye surgery was going to be the following week. Don't you just love waiting and waiting in the tiny exam room in the doctor office with all your kids while you all go crazy waiting and then want to just run screaming out the door?? :) I do like our pediatrician though.

 Another park. It's nice when there is room for four!

Spring break was fun. I hope we will enjoy the summer. I am looking forward to having no schedule!

Pictures, gymnastics, etc

I am really behind on my blogging. I think I have lost my mind also. My body is struggling and I have had some major fatigue on some days. I am tired of feeling tired. I was talking to Daniel last night about how I can't remember things sometimes and then he remembered a lupus sympton: "Headaches, confusion, memory loss." There are a lot of symptons and my lupus is active right now and when I looked this up I just laughed. At least, maybe, I am not just crazy!!! Ha ha. maybe.

(The first time I tried posting this 'post', I posted it on the wrong blog...)

Some pictures of my cute kids... I have no idea when some of them were taken. Not even sure what month, which is not like me...

No matter what we do at the table, Bensen always ends up sitting on top of the table. Here they are creating with Play Dough.

The weather is starting to warm up now, but this could have been in March or something. Or February... 

 The mall. The boys, most of the time, do a great job watching out for Addie.

 The kids are playing in a pile of sand on the grass at the neighbors.

 It entertained them for quite awhile.

 One time at a park there was another kid there playing and I thought it was pretty funny that my kids were on one side and he was on the other side. They sure stick together.

Staucie finally got to start gymnastics. I waited til she was finally not sick, after a couple months. She has been loving it so far. After the summer I will be moving her up to the more advanced class. This one is starting to drive me crazy, but she is having fun.

 Parker is jealous and wants to do it too. Not in the budget for now. So, this is him showing me his "gymnastics" while we were watching Staucie.

I have lots more pictures and I can't even think how to organize it all into posts...