Aaron's 16th Birthday

I thought Aaron's birthday pictures were on the cell phone but found them on the computer.  Here they are...all three of them.  :)  He did nothing special to celebrate and had no particular foods he requested this time.  I did make him a cheesecake cake, which is what he has wanted for the past several years.

Happy birthday!

Today is Mike's birthday.  I was asked how old he was and couldn't say without some figuring...  I did teach the older two kids that he was "ancient" 15 years ago though.  That's much easier to remember than a number.  :)

Fall Leaves

The kids had fun in the leaves this past fall. (2011)

Catching up???

I don't think I will ever get my calm, peaceful life back. Things have slowed down considerably now that swimming and soccer are done, and I for one, like it. The kids do not...they like going places, and it adds variety to our days.

I have pictures of Aaron's and David's birthdays I need to figure out and make posts, and then there are several things I'm hoping to blog about.

We'll see...no promises...

Did I really ask?

Did I really ask about what would be next? He has been into bookshelves, eggs (yes, cracking and playing with several,) and now got into the gentian violet. I don't know if I can take this anymore. I'll have to decide if I should post a purple picture or not...

We had a soccer practice tonight and will have a game on Thursday. The kids (I had six extras for a couple miles) were hyper so I sent them all to run with the seniors as they were finishing up their practice later than we finish.

Tomorrow Tracy has a dentist appointment so we have to leave at 7:00 am. Some of us don't even know what things look like at that hour so it should be an interesting trip. I suppose I should figure out some lunch for Mike to feed the kids. Emily thinks she wants to go to McDonald's so will probably go with us for the trip.

I think that's it for now. Some of our friends had a baby who is now 12 days old so I am working on some meal ideas for them.

Empty Cupboards

Well, I came home last night to find David had been playing with my pots.



This afternoon I came home to find he had emptied my pans cupboard.


Now he is busy playing with water and a squeezer with glasses on the kitchen floor.



What will be next???

Time Flies

Things have been busy, but I didn't realize it's been over a month since I last posted. One of these days I'll have to give a run-down of what has been happening, but at the moment we are getting ready to head to town. :)