Summer is flying by!! And with these four kiddos at home all day, it can literally feel like I live in a friggin tornado half the time! I swear that neighbors can probably see our house pulsating from the outside at times. And if there IS such a thing as having too much fun...we are on the border!




Anyways, here's some updates on each of us. K-Rock is in a hip-hop dance class and LOVES it. He definitely has a knack for it too! He will be in two parades this summer, the Riverdale and Roy ones. (and yes, he's still crazy!)






Next here is The Bo-Myster. He is signing really good now (he is saying 'please' in this pic because he wants my camera!) and definitely preferes that over actually talking...which he can do, just won't! He got tubes in his ears about a month ago and everything is going fine with that. He is soooo happy and sweet! I just want to hug him till his head pops off!



Here they are at the Zoo with their cousins. Kessler in his rightful spot.













A-Man is just finishing off T-ball. They have two games left. He is a hard-core competitor. Here he is playing an intense game of Rock-Paper-Scissor while he anxiously awaits his turn to bat. Whew! Sometimes we have to say, "Calm down Aidan, It's just a game!"

K-Rock is OBSESSED with Rob Thomas! If we ever want him to wear something, all we have to say is "Rob Thomas has these shorts", and discussion is over. He is asking me here if he looks like Rob Thomas with that necklace-thing. Of course you do babe!!!

We just got back from Bear Lake where we had tons of fun. (So much that it took a whole day for me to recover!) Here is C-Dawg and Tyson (cousin) on a paddle boat. They were really good at it.

Bo-Bo-Myster---aaaaawwwwwww! So cute!!!! (growl when you say cute, for emphasis.)

A-Man at Bear Lake. We put 85 power sunblock on him every 45 min. And guess what!!!? We did it! Our first time taking him to Bear Lake and him not coming home with blisters!!!! Yay Us!!! I pretty much glued that had to his head and made him wear either a T-shirt or life jacket the whole time. Poor kiddo.

Well, I guess that's good for now. But I just want to get serious on your @$$ for just a minute. I recently have seen and heard some disheartening things about the joys of parenting and motherhood. It seems like nowdays it is so much easier to just opt out. I'm not gonna lie, it is super hard being a mom! In fact, at times it down right sucks! But nothing in life worth doing is easy. Being a mom is the most fulfilling and rewarding thing that exists. The joy it brings is impossible to articulate and unequalled by anything else. It may not be fancy, eloquent, or even popular; but it's real. It's how you leave your imprint on the future.

One day this season in my life will be over, and that will be a sad day. But until then, we will play!