Babysitting

Owen 6 months and Roderick 19 months

Last weekend my sister (Annette) and her husband (Rod) celebrated their 10th anniversary. They have 4 children ages 10, 6, 19 months, and 6 months. This was the first time Annette and Rod have been out together alone in over a year. I dont get to see my nephews very often, so I jumped at the chance to watch them. WHEW!!!! What a night, I forgot how much work a toddler and an infant are. They are such sweet boys, but none the less BOYS. Roderick was in to everything and Owen always needed attention. This picture above is the only quiet 20min. I had. Dont they look like angels. I will definitely watch them again........ next year.

Weekend Vacation

Marissa, Gracie, and Austin
Marissa
Gracie and Haley
Joe doing a flip
Joe holding Austin up by his life jacket

We have soooo much fun at the lake. It is the one thing I know we will do together as a family. When we are at home the kids seem to run here and there playing with their friends, Joe has work outside to do and I have my stuff to do. So it is a great blessing to be able to go to the lake to get away. This trip my older sister brought up our nieces (our little sisters girls) and they love playing with Gracie and Austin. We stayed at the Dixie Haven Resort which is a 5 room building, somewhat like a hotel but with kitchenettes. We stayed for 2 days and docked our boat on the water. I forgot my camera so these pictures were taken by my sister and brother in law. We hope to be able to leave our boat docked up there next year so we don't have to take it back and forth. We had breakfast in the room, subway for lunch on the water, and to a restaurant for supper. Both evenings we (Joe) built a fire in the fire pit and sat for hours talking and laughing. Joe's parents came up Sat. and also found a room in Webster to stay for the night. The next day we took them for a boat ride and tried to teach Gracie to ski, but she needed help in the water and it was way to cold for Joe or I to get in the water, for some reason my kiddos don't care what the water temperature is. : ) We bought disposable camera's so as soon as I get them developed maybe I can post more pics.

1st day of Pre K

Today was the day. It went very well, he was so excited to go to school. School started at 12:30pm and he didn't want to be late so he was up by 7:30am. I tried to tell him there were many hours before school started but he was too excited. By 9:30am he was bathed, dressed, and backpack on. The 3rd picture of him is me telling him he still had 1 1/2 hrs before school started. He was not happy. When I picked him up I asked him if he liked it he said "yes" I said "do you want to go back again" he said "yeah, like right now."

I did well also, for those of you who were wondering. There was a bit of emptiness as I left his room, but I kept it together.

BANGS!

Gracie has not had bangs since she was 6 yrs old. Last night she said "I want bangs" and I said " ok, lets do it." Ta - Da!