It's been another busy week here. We spent this last weekend cleaning the basement in hopes of cutting the hole and putting the window in Austin's new room this coming weekend. We just got home from buying the window so hopefully it will happen this weekend. However, it will be a busy weekend since the fair is in town. We are going to take the kids to go on rides Friday night. Monday night Roland is driving Phil's old car in the derby, so we are going to watch him. Tuesday will be busy with the parade and fireworks.

I don't know if I have already metioned that Nessa is crawling now or not. She has been doing the army crawl for a couple weeks now, but in the last couple of days she has been getting up on all fours! The picture here is one that I took last night of her. She is wearing her Easter dress. I know I am a little behind, but what can I say...I got busy!

We have spent every waking moment outside it seems. The kids go out and play shortly after breakfast, then they come in and have lunch and a nap and then head back out until supper time. After supper we throw the 3 youngest in strollers and go for a walk. Austin rides his bike and we push the strollers. We have been walking almost 3 miles. It is almost time to push harder because we are not feeling so tired when we get home. It is a thought that we will stop at the high school and jog the track a couple of times before we head back home. We will see, sometimes it sounds easier than it actually is. And I sprained my ankle the other night so for now our walking is on hold. I am hoping a couple of more days then we can start up again.

Well, Phil should be home soon then it is time for supper so I better get going, I will post again as soon as I get a chance. Maybe with some fair pictures!

Okay, since it has been forever since I last posted I will apologize. We have been so busy doing nothing that there has been little time to catch our breath. And now that summer is in full swing we are chasing Austin to soccer and baseball on Mondays and Thursdays. He is also going to the athletic field every morning from 9-12. It is the greatest thing ever. It only costs me $1.50 per day and they play baseball, dodgeball, and do crafts. He loves it and it keeps the fighting in the mornings to a minimum:)

Belle was the flower girl in Mark's wedding a couple of weeks ago. She loved it. We got her hair done and she got a crown. I did her nails and she even got to wear make up. She loved all the attention that she got from everyone telling her how pretty she was and what a good job she did.

Carson, well what can I say, he is just a hamm! He is always saying something that just makes us laugh. He has that twinkle in his eyes that you just can't help but love. He is managing to stay busy following Belle around and riding his tricycle. We even went for a walk tonight and let the kids ride thier bikes. Usually they are contained in strollers(except for Austin). Anyway he got the trike going so fast a few times that his legs couldnt keep up with the peddles.

Nessa is now crawling, she doesnt stay in one place for long. She follows me to the kitchen whining behind me if she happens to see me leave. She even follows me to the bathroom just like the rest of the kids...Will there ever be a day that I can pee in peace? Anyway, she got her second tooth a couple of weeks ago and is now working on the top two. I had to take her to the doctor today she has an ear infection. She slept for maybe an hour all day long. I was ready to pull my hair out by the end of the day. But she got drugs and I doped her up with Motrin so hopefully she will sleep well tonight and we can all get some rest before she wakes at the crack of dawn.

As for other things...My kitchen is finally finished. After 9 VERY long months everything is done. Now I just have to dust off a few shelves and the mess can be a distant memory. Phil now has his eyes set on building a room in the basement for Austin. Then we will move Nessa to his room so that maybe she will sleep better.

I better go stuff to do before we can call it a day. The chores in this house are never ending. If you should ever come and see how we really live in a mess, please dont call social services on us. Most of the mess is really just clutter. The toilet is the only thing that I would be leary of. If anyone has any good advice on training 3 boys how to aim please let me know. I think that if we had a toilet the size of the bathtub they would still manage to pee on the wall behind it:) I will try to post again soon.

Belle graduated from her 2nd year of preschool on the 24th of May. This is a picture of her with her teacher: Miss Joy. She has loved school this year. I hope that the rest of her school days she will enjoy as well. Now that summer has come she is anxious to start swimming lessons again. We have our pool out which is like 2 feet maybe 2 1/2 feet deep. But they keep asking if we can go to the "BIG" pool. The public pool opens next week and I am sure they will want to go everyday, however I am not sure that I can handle all of them at the pool on my own. We might just have to go in the evenings when Phil is home from work.