It has been too long!!

So I am updating in pictures! Enjoy!!! This was our summer!

Some baby sitting Carter and enjoying every moment! We love spending time with family!

Kai played baseball and we enjoyed watching

 

 Some trips to the Zoo with cousins!!

 and Grandma. Love spending time with Grandma !!!

 Some princess time! Lots of time just hanging around home playing!!

 and super hero time!

 Some riding time learning how with cousin James!

 Some big guy riding time! Jack and Daddy

 growing way way tooo fast!!!

 and going way tooo fast!!

Toledo Zoo!

 sooo cute!

 racing with cousin Quintin

 My big guys!!! Love them!!!

 Kai did basket ball camp! and Dad and Jack were riding so...

 We did some girlie stuff

 Jack got hurt 6 stitches which turned into an infection and 2 ER visits 1 split 2 weeks after 6 DR visits and now packing the gaping hole 2 times a day  a few elbow wound talking videos(funny but i don't want to gross anyone out!) it is finally healing

 and a trip to the fair!

 and Wednesday was the first day of school!! 1 kindergarten 1 second grade 1 tenth grade

 It was sad for me but exciting for her!

She did great! Me not so much I missed them all like crazy!! I am one blessed mom who loves to hang with my awesome kids! I am hoping to get a schedule down and start posting more.We had a ok summer lots of medical stuff and illness and vacation never happened which is ok but it felt like we ended up not doing much of anything. We did lots of work around the house and Jack now has his own room which is very exciting for him but Dad and I miss him hanging with us in the evenings = ( He did hang with me last night and we played a little wii. Fall is coming and it is one of my favorite times of the year!!

VBS!!!!!

Build it and they will come!!! this years VBS theme was Pandamania. And I was so excited to help with the set!!!

 That is an 8ft. waterfall!!!!

Now all we need was the kids and they sure did come we had 146 the first night!!!! and was it fun!!!

 Jack also turned 15!!! well the end of May and I am just getting around to posting it...

I let the kids pick things jack likes at the store. Shamiao picked Nutella and Kai picked fire works (smoke bombs and snap pops)

Dad and I got him a guitar!

He is changing so much!!! He was always so small and skinny. Not any more!!! I am so grateful to have such a great son who is funny smart handsome and a hard worker!!! Oh yes he is working for the business now 3 days a week! It is so hard to believe he is getting so old!!! He is at Camp this week so we will be missing he! Hope to have a few little kid adventures this week, Cars movie and zoo are on my list!!!

Winner takes all!

Check out this Blog for details!!!
http://whereourtreasurewaits.blogspot.com/2011/05/raffle-winner-takes-all.html

Spring Break Road Trip!

On the road!!! All 12 of us!! 8 kids and 4 adults or should I say 4 bigger kids? Off to Kentucky! to the Creation Museum some swimming at the hotel and the Cincinnati Zoo. Driver and co pilot Tom and Mike. Row 2 Heather and my self ( not shown :0 )

3rd row Tommy, Shamiao and Julia. 4th row Brenna, Kai and Emma. 5th row Jack and Makala. And it was a great set up! No issue the whole trip!! We have the best kids ever!!!!

Where the side walk ends!

Flooded!!!

This was at the Creation Musium

Most of the are crashed... after a long day at the museum

THE ZOO!!!

Hard to get us all in one shot.

A little inch worm Shamiao carried around for a long time she loves to take care of things! it was the high light of the zoo for her!

Had to add a few animal shots...

I meant the gorilla not the kids!!

And these two were beautiful!

We had a GREAT time!!! Love the R family!!! Thank you for putting up with us! Love love loved playing cards till way late. and the miss Julia "I am crying and cant stop!" or throwing her self off the bed due to lack of sleep. Love your kids! Really look forward to doing it again! Blessed to have that many people in one van and 2 joined hotel rooms and no sleep and No issues and tons of fun!!!

Drawing tonight!!! for IPAD

One more chance for an IPad!!! Dont miss out on helping out!
http://k6comehome.blogspot.com/2011/05/another-matching-grant.html

Easter