just thinking

Okay so we are now on day four of summer break, and currently my darlings are chasing each other around the house shooting bubbles at each other. Dawson is not even been dressed today, there is a big, okay huge orange cat on my lap, and the house is starting to look like the circus came by and forgot to take the animals back. The best part is we are all totally happy(maybe not the cat he is now digging his claws into my leg). So with that start I am going to tell you all a few of the little things that make me happy.
1. Five(5) crazy HEALTHY half dressed kids.
2. A great husband who flies his tail off so I can enjoy the above mentioned kids and cats and dogs, and yes even the goldfish.
3. Strange but true a wonderful Grandmother who keeps me full of free samples, no kidding last month she gave me a year supply of my favorite deodorant.
4. A great book.
5. CHOCOLATE
6.All of my great friends.
7. New beads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. The for sell sign ready to go out in front om my house.
9. Mikes limp that I now only notice when he is tired.
10. The above limper whose awesome dedication to physical therapy has left only a slight limp.
11. The family of his donor who gave of their loved one, so Mikes leg could be rebuilt.
12. did I mention new beads.
13. Cute new toe rings for summer
14. My new BBQ grill.
15. Snow in May.

SAY WHAT

Okay so today I was speechless(something that rarely happens) my very cute, very observant nine year old came up to me with a very interesting question "Mom whats reptile dysfunction?" Umm... hello does anyone want to help, it was only a few months ago he questioned us about where Viagra Falls was. Now my kids are pretty smart they know all the "correct" names for body parts(and some pretty strange ones too), but I am so not ready for these talks. Really is there any way to keep them small? By the way reptile dysfunction is when your "lizard" just can't get up and go anymore.

Spring pictures

Here are the latest pictures of the "School Kids" they are all out of school and making big plans for summer. Carsten is playing Baseball and all will be taking swim lessons. we will also be traveling to Utah for the get together at "The Compound" in July.

her first graduation

Last Tuesday Ardynn graduated from kindergarten, she is now an official first grader. Friday was our last day of school not only for the year but also our last day at Williams Elementary School, next school year if we are still living here the kids will be attending Liberty Tradional Charter School.

Oh how the mighty have fallen

Just for the record I am a very smug person, I always inwardly smile when ever some incapable person says "wow you have five kids, how do you do it?" So it is with great humility that I tell this horrible tale. Our weather has been awful: cold, wet, windy, even snowy so super mom that I am let my little darlings loose with all the extra birthday treats from the girls birthday parties.
We are talking bubbles, stickers, make-up even feather boas( the boys use these to tease the cats) and remember those fun little grow a sponges tons of those. I was thinking wow everyone played so cute, and the boys helped the girls hatch their fun little sponges, maybe we should do this more often, so pat pat on the back until alas two days later when I changed the babies bottom it was the worst dirty diaper ever my darling one year old the apple of my eye had s#*&
out a 747 bright yellow jumbo jet , apparently he had swallowed a small harmless sponge capsule, that had traveled through his little digestive tract that had dissolved leaving only a jumbo jet and a very clean one year old.