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Josh on his first day of school

 The kids were sooooo excited!!!

It's been a long time........

Ok, so it's been a very long time since I updated our blog! Sorry to those few that read it. LOL. Anyway, the kids are great and growing faster than I would like. Joshua has started high school! I cannot believe it! My first born baby is a Freshman in high school! Time FLY'S!!!!! The babies, now almost 4, started preschool last month. There are so many emotions about that one! They love it. Especially Carley. And it is a good break during the day for me. But......there are still days that I don't know what to do with them not here. I don't have to even make lunch for them anymore! Only one day a week. It's good for them, and for me. I need some time now to figure out what I want to do and with school it gives me that time. Well, there's the quick update.....i'll be back to update some more. We're off to my Nephew's 1st birthday party today! Happy Birthday Lucas!!!

Freaking out Friday!!!!!

WOW!!! Today, or maybe I should say this week has been pretty rough with the babies. And josh too I guess. I'm ganged up on by 2yr olds all day and trying to raise a teenager in between. I need a vacation. I say that allot. "I need a break" but really what kind of break would it be? on the rare occasion that my husband an i get to go somewhere, i sit a think about the kids the whole time anyway! The curses of being a full time Mom. "What are they doing"? "Did they take a nap"? "How long was it"? "Did they eat ok"? "I hope Emma got her B and her blanket that she likes", I could go on and on. Nobody knows or takes care of your kids as well as you do....right???LOL

Anyway, the babies...I should say the toddlers are being very 2ish lately. They are all stubborn, loud, and whiny right now. If I say "use your words" one more time....well, nothing because I'm gonna say it a million more times! LOL I'm having to discipline more and more as the days go on! My sweet little babies changed to crazy out of their minds 2yr olds? I have to post some pics to remember truly how sweet they are even when their yelling and crying and destroying my ENTIRE house! You wouldn't believe how much damage 3 toddlers can do in the matter of minutes! I do love them with ALL my heart! They are worth every ounce of energy it takes to raise them!

I guess I just need to vent. I tend to ramble when i'm stressed. It's crazy how blogging your complaints can make you feel better. Either way, thanks for "listening" to whoever might read this.

These are old pics but they make my heart melt!

Brett in the ball pit, Carley posing, and Emma very excited!!!

New pictures....just because!

Daddy decided to take the babies to the ice cream truck for the first time. The idea is very sweet and i'm always excited about "firsts"...but, he got them THE worst kind he could. They had a great time eating it though. Needless to say they all melted. On the ground and all over them. When Emma's hit the dirt the dog came out of nowhere and snatched it up. Emma was so upset! She actually yelled at the dog for eating her melty dirty ice cream! I wish I had the video camera for that one!

Carley and Emma in thier favorite place....the pool! Emma is for sure the boss of the entire deck! She calls the shots. My friend Michele calls her "Deck Boss" LOL!

Pool time!

HAPPY EASTER!

What a great morning we had! The babies really don't know who the heck the Easter Bunny is but they sure do know that they LOVE candy! Especially in the morning. It's the only day that kids should be allowed to SAMPLE the candy when they get up.

We kept the baskets simple with just jelly beans and some M&M's. And Josh is officially too old to get a basket so he got a little gift bag FILLED with gum. He has a thing with gum??The babies liked the jelly beans allot. After they got done playing with the little toys the bunny brought them we had a normal breakfast. I made baked french toast. I have to say it's a really easy breakfast to make because you make it the night before. Just pop it in the oven in the morning and 40 min. later you have yummy french toast. Here's some pics from our morning.

AND THE TREE DRAMA NEVER STOPS!!! I HATE THIS TREE!

And here is that damn tree that is still laying in our yard. We're trying to save some money and do the removal ourselves....well, my husband is doing it. We all just watch! Today my brother in-law came over and helped out. They got most of it chopped up but it's all still there in a million pieces. Hopefully soon the pictures from the back yard will be tree free!