Sorry, soooo busy!

I feel really bad that i havent blogged in so long. i also apologize that my shift key isnt working and i am having issues capitalizing words!! Things here have been soooo hectic and crazy, and nothing really exciting enough to share with the world. Who knew it would be so crazy having 5 kids in 5 schools and trying to drop them all off at the appropriate times, not too early, not too late....and also pick them up at times where they arent the only kid left at school!!! Wow since school has started my life has been nuts. i feel like all i do is drive around town to all the schools! There hasnt been much extra going on..just normal stuff, so i havent felt like sharing. We are still alive and kicking....The kids are loving school and doing well so far. Troy is busy at work, well as busy as a job keeps him that he comes home at noon or so most days...love his job!!! i will post another when there is something else to share...

"Sis"'s first day of preschool!

Today was sis's first day of preschool! She was so cute and so excited! She has been waiting for this since the end of last year. She is going to the Trinity Lutheran Preschool here. This morning sis was talking to Papa and he said he thought he needed to go to Preschool too, and she said to him, "No, you might break the chairs!" It was so funny. When it was time to go to school this afternoon, she told me that I didnt need to take her in, that she could walk in by herself! Of course I took her anyway. She also said in the car, "I'm a little bit nervous, but its ok, its good to be nervous" She listened last night at "hunnies" baptism when Brother Kleinhenz said that same thing to hunnies! What a doll she is. I loved seeing her so independent and having such a good time at school. Her teacher said she had a great day and made alot of new friends. Oh, and before we left to go to school, she said to us, "I'm going to go upstairs to say a prayer before we go, about preschool" We are so blessed to have these wonderful children!!

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Baptism of "Hunnies"

Well, we finally got to have Hunnies baptism last night!!
Poor little guy
has been so patient waiting for us to find a good time to have him baptized! We had a small, but very well supported crowd show up last night at the church. We had a nice program and Hunnies was so cute. He was a little nervous, but was so hapy and smiley! After it was over, he kept telling me, "Mom, I feel so warm and I can feel the spirit". We were so grateful for the people who came to support him. We were happy to have my parents here to support hunnies as well. Here are some pics of the baptism.

Trip to Nauvoo

We got the opportunity this last weekend to take a trip up to Nauvoo again this weekend with my parents. They came to visit for "Hunnies" baptism..(will post on that next)..and so we took a wonderful trip up north over the holiday weekend. We left Friday morning and came home sunday evening. We got to see all the amazing church sights, spent alot of time at our hotel where we stayed swimming, bowling, etc. We spent sunday in carthage seeing the sights there, and then headed home. What an amazing time it was to spend time together with our kids teaching them more about Joseph Smith and helping their testimonies grow! We were priveledged to see the new Joseph Smith movie..wow what an experience that was!



We had one small unfortunate incident on our trip...We were going to Lowes Friday night to get a couple of items, and my mom tripped over a ledge on the sidewalk that was about 1 inch high...(We are very upset at that). She fell and hit her head and bruised it up pretty good. If you notice she has a black eye or other owies in any of the pics, thats why. Poor lady...but she was ok and she was an amazing trooper. She didnt let that slow her down at all, and was still able to enjoy all of the events, she just wore her sunglasses around. I love her so much and am so proud of how strong she was during that scary time! Also I am so grateful for my wonderful husband who was (thankfully) there and able to calmly take control of everything and take care of my mom at that scary time for me! I love that man so much and am so grateful for him.



So here is a slideshow of the trip..hope you all enjoy the pictures....We sure did!

"King Louis" poison ivy!

Well, this is actually out of order, but Sunday morning we woke up to finding KL in terrible shape..his face was all swollen and red rash all over! WE figured it was poison ivy...he had it in miscellaneous places on his body as well. We had a hard time relieving his itching and misery...everything stung him...we finally managed to get some relief from calamine lotion..so we took some pics.. I of course forgot to take more pics when the cream was off so we could see how bad he was.

This is when his swelling was down...his ears were all huge and his eye was all closed a little...poor guy! We hoped he would learn a lesson to stay out of the woods here, but no, the next day I had to go drag the kids out of the woods AGAIN! KL was still on the prednesone the dr gave him and was out again!!!! CRazy kids!

And we dont know when he is going to get those teeth in!! They have been out forever!!! what a silly boy he is.

Back to School!!

Well, the dreaded day came this Monday when our "Lee" started High School!! How can we be old enough to have a high schooler??? She was pretty nervous, but it all went well! What a great girl she is and is loving school already. She is almost to find her way to each class without getting lost! Its a huge school and taking some time! Unfortunately, we dont have early morning seminary here, so she is doing home study. We got up at 6:00 am this morning (Lee and mom) and had a little seminary program that we will do each morning. I am excited about this time we will have together and study and learn together. I love this girl!
So the other kids started school today, Friday! It was a long wait this week until their turns! Unfortunately again, it was POURING rain this morning, preventing any pics outside (where we love to take pics), so they are in the house without good lighting. Also, I couldnt take any pics of them going to school, as we were running in and out as fast as we could! king Louis is starting 4th grade, and is going to a new school. His teacher is Mrs. Brink. He says she is kind of mean and strict...so we hope this is a good year for him! Growing so tall and cant wait to get his "first chest hair" that he keeps talking about!! HEaven Help us!!

Hunnies is in 3rd grade, again going to the same school as last year. He is in Mrs. Petrie's class. She is really nice and hunnies is excited!! hunnies was up this morning, dressed, hair combed, teeth brushed and backpack on his back at 6:50 am...10 minutes before I went to wake him up!! What a cutie..so excited to start school. hunnies is so patient with us as he STILL isnt baptized!! But hope to do it in the next couple of weeks, as PApa and GRama are coming next week..so we will make sure and do it while we have some family here....
Here are all the kids this morning before we left home...what a cute bunch if I say so myself!

Well, sis doesnt get to start preschool until Sept 3....which has been VERY hard for her to understand why all the other kids are going and she cant!...but she got all prettied up this morning to take the kids, and wanted her pic taken as well...what an angel!
Poor KB as we will call her, is last on here....but KB is finishing off her Jr high years and is really excited for 8th grade! She made the cheer squad for this year and is excited for that! She is such a good student and such a beauty and doesnt even know. Thanks to Aunt Nicole for getting her and Lee all "grown up" with their cute hairdo's and highlights so they look so old! yikes...where did the little girls go???
Now the question is...What does mom do first? :)