Good old back yard fun..

Our Saturday was pretty uneventful around here due to everyone not feeling real great. Ben had a golf tournament, so that took up most of the day for him. The kids and I just hung around the house. It was a beautiful day so we played outside. Jess rediscovered the sandbox this weekend. She hasn't played in it in ages but decided to practice cooking with the sand. She made up all kinds of make believe things to eat. Emma just loves her swing. Sometimes when shes grumpy all we have to do is take her outside and then she calms down and is happy again.
And here is big brother swinging along side her.
Also i thought I would introduce the other member of the family, Shelby, our Boston terrier. We have had her for about 4 years. She really is a good dog, the only problem with her is she likes to lick, and gets extremely excited when company comes so I usually end up having to put her up when we have visitors.
All in all it was a good day. Also just to let everyone know, the kids had a great day at school on Friday. They both liked their teachers and the people in thier classes. Believe it or not though they both had homework. I thought that was a little crazy for the first day of school and also a Friday. Oh well, they didn't mind. I am blessed with kids right now who love school. Lets hope they stay that way for a long time:)

First day of school

First day of school today for the big kids!!! Aren't they just the cutest things, they were very excited!

I never realized how much taller Jess was than Gary!! I hope their day is going well. I'm always so excited to hear about everything when they get home! Jess was a little nervous about her ouchies still from the "crash", at the campgrounds.

I told her everything would be fine and she will have an awesome story to tell everyone!

I am soooo tired today. Emma had me up all night last night. She has a stuffy nose, about 10:30pm, she started waking up crying, so I would get up and give her the Binky back and get her all situated, then lay back down in bed and 15 minutes later she would wake up again. This continued all night long. Bless her poor little heart, shes still smiley today, but her nose is all runny. I feel so bad for her, I hope she doesn't get to sick. There is just about nothing worse than when your babies are sick. You just want to make it all better, but you can't. I'm just trying to make her as comfy as possible, and trying to keep my eyes open:)

Look at my award!!

Thanks Shannon for this award. You made my day! My only problem is gonna be figuring out who to give it to because most of the blogs I read already have this award. But thanks again so much!

Dinner

Here was our dinner tonight. Totally not what was on the menu but this whole week has been messed up . It was sure good though. BBQed ham steak, green beans, sauteed zucchini, and corn bread! YUMMO....the best part is I made extra cornbread so I can have cornbread and milk later:)

Lack of posts..

Sorry for the lack of post lately. I have been trying to spend as much time as possible with the kids before they have to go back to school(which is tomorrow). It's going to be very weird around here. But I will start watching my sisters baby also when she substitutes(teaching), which should be a couple of days a week. That should be very interesting. 2 babies under the age of 9 months, plus a three year old. I think I will be fine, I did tell her though that I if it turned out I cant handle it I would be letting her know. I'm sure it will be okay,, now it just sounds like I'm trying to convince myself:) Anyways I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm still here. And will hopefully have some interesting posts to share soon!!

Wizards game

Well we had fun at the Wizards game last night. The kids enjoyed themselves. It was the first time any of us had ever been to a professional baseball game. Personally I enjoyed the extra things that they came out and did between endings the most. It was a good time and Emma did very well. There were so many people and distractions that she was entertained the whole time.

We would probably go back next year if we could get a good deal on tickets. Gary said he really wants to go again. They won 4-0 !

Happy Birthday to me and our crazy weekend!

Today is my birthday!! I'm 28 years young. And I feel the same as I did yesterday for all of you who would ask,,,,"So do you feel any older?". :)
We had an eventful weekend. Sat., I went with my mom, sisters, and daughter to Michigan City to the outlet malls. Its kind of a tradition to go shopping with my mom for my bday, we have done it for as long as I can remember. When I was younger my bday was always right before school started so we would go and buy school clothes. Now, she just gives me money and I go and get clothes or whatever I want. I didn't get very many clothes due to I am planning on getting my size back down..., its not quite working out how I'd like but that's a whole different post for another day. Anyways, it was fun to have a girls day out!!
Yesterday we went to a campground about an hour and a half away! My sis is staying there until Wed., and she wanted everyone to come hang out for the day. It was fun, we layed by the pool, the kids swam for a little bit but it was pretty chilly. So we went back to the campsite and hung out. The boys went fishing(surprise, surprise)..and Jess decided to try out grandmas electric scooter. THAT WAS A BAD IDEA!!!! She fell off. Majorly! Scraped up both knees, both elbows, tore the skin off of the inside of her hand, Scratched up everything else!! Oh, and scraped up her face pretty bad too, which she starts school this Friday so shes not to excited about all her friends seeing her face all torn up. Luckily she didn't need stitches or anything, so it could have been worse. She cried on and off for like an hour, but I thought she was pretty tough. My mom cleaned out all her wounds, and I know that it had to majorly hurt BAD! She's gonna be sore for a while.
Besides that it was a good day. We just probably wont be riding any scooters for a while. Tonight we are going to the Wizards baseball game. My sister got us tickets for free from her work!! So that will be fun for the kids. I am sure gonna be happy when life slows down again though. I am a stay at home kinda girl and all this running around is about to wear me out. There seems to always be so many things that need to be done at home, so when we are gone I feel like I get behind! Lots of work to do! Hope everyone reading this had a great weekend also.