I love my husband !! I just wanted to share that with everyone that reads this. ( if anyone , lol )

We will celebrate our 5 yr ann. soon. It feels like we have been married forever. I cant remember my life with out him. Funny how when you meet someone sometimes , you feel like you have been connected with them all of your life but you havent.

I am just so happy that I have my sweet husband to share life with.

My kids love to dress up. I love to take pics of them enjoying it. They had a great day today. I started a great routine with them . From 7 am to 8 pm there is something planned out to do. They are less likely to argue with one another also because I am keeping them busy.
I am trying to figure out the best way to have a bible study with them that will get their attention . It seems like just reading to them is not doing it. I need something that will draw them into it all. I know that I will eventually get there. It takes lots of practice.
I am reading a great book called " The contemplative mom " by Ann Kroeker. It is a definite help for any mom that has young children and that are needing encouragment in having a closer relationship with God. I look foward to reading it every day and that is a big deal because I have a hard time getting interested in a book beside the bible.
Anyways, I am excited about tomorrow because I am going to the " Me and U " program again. I will be sad when it is over with . I am learning alot and love to hear other moms speak about their techniques at home with their family.
I am going to get reday for bed and anticipate a new day tomorrow !!

The kids got out in the kiddie pool in the back yard today and they had such a fun time. They stayed content out there for 2 hours. I shoulve taken a picture of them out there but I strangely didnt.
Grace is doing great with the potty. I am so proud of her. She is finelly getting the whole idea .
Me and my hubbys anniversary is coming up soon. 5 years! Woo hoo ! I watched our wedding on tape today and I was so close to tears. You forget so fast of how sweet and exciting that day was. That was such a beautiful day. I also watched Kristine after she was born. That was also a beautiful day ( all of the girls births) I would love to go through that whole process again......one day I will. I love looking at my new baby for the 1st time......no feeling like it!
Well, i have to go.......time for the kids to take baths !

Clean up day !!! I have finelly cleaned up my house from the weekend. Kristine was home and I let the house get wild and messy. The kids had fun together so it was worth it. My sweet Grace hit her head real hard on the corner of the kitchen counter yesterday. Poor thing. It sounded so loud when she hit it. She looks so cute with her band aid on her fore head though. I will post a picture.
My father in law is getting married this Saturday at my house. ( they are both widows ) I am excited about that. They dont want me to make a big deal out of it but I am going to decorate a little bit. I just have to find some decorations.
Well, I am about to make some lunch for the kids and for myself, I am hungry and it is only 11 am.

We went to the zoo today and had a great time. It wasnt busy At ALL and I am planning on going to the zoo ALOT during the evening ( or close to that ) The weather was torerable too. The polar bears were so much fun to watch. I wanted to stay for hours and watch them swim !! It was so interesting !!! Well......I am so tired from the day so I am going to get ready for bed now !!!

We had some friends over for dinner tonight (Ashley , Preston and their 18 month old daugher Katie). Jonathan made his wonderful home made pizza ! Ashley brought a delicious dessert. YUMMY !!!!! The picture i am posting is of Abby and Katie playing the piano. AwwW!
I enjoyed the food and socializing. My kids were BEYOND hyper though. Katie was sooo sweet and seemed to have fun. Abby ( my youngest) is not used to having younger kids around her so she thought that she could take toys away from Katie. I need to figure out a good way to prepare her for socializing at "her" house with "her" toys. She definetly needs to have some more learning experiences. Grace ran around like a chicken with its head cut off.....lol. But what do you expect with 2 and 3 yr olds? I dint expect that.....BUT we all learn from these things, dont we?
Tommorow will be a fun day. Kristine will be here and Jonathan is taking her to play some golf and then that evening we are taking her to the zoo. All the kids will enjoy that because they will have it all lit up. Sounds fun to me. We will see though.
wellllll.....I am going to get ready for bed....I am soooo sleepy. I feel so old !!

OK....hey whoever that reads this.....ha ! I had a great day today. Me Grace and Abby went to a program at church called Me & U and we loved it. The moms get to listen to a lecture on parenting and discuss issues, while the kids get taught also and do a craft to send home. We will do this every Thursay of this month , which is July. I am enjoying it.
One thing that made me laugh there ( but made sence ) is that so many mothers that only have one child are going nuts because that "one" child is just so hard to manage. Well....the lady there today said that she highly recommends that those mothers need to have a couple more and it would be so much easier. Its so true. The more you have, the more you are forced to get things in order and also the 2nd and 3rd kids just act better for some reason. Probably its because you have more experience for each new kid. Its funny because people will act sorry for me when they see that I have 3 kids but it really is not as difficult as they think it is. I get so happy when someone actually has a positive responce to how many I have. ( what planet did they come from?....ha ! )
Well.....ok.....I am going to end this now.....i just wanted to get in my 1st boring blog.