Ahhh Summer

Ahhh Summer has finally arrived in Southern Illinois. We endured one of the looongest winters ever! Ok that might be an exaggeration but it was long. Spring was pretty pathetic temperature wise  but now hotness is back and I am one happy lady. Kids are out of school so I have been busy trying to keep them busy and I gotta say it has been more difficult then I thought. I thought I would be one of those cool moms who do crafts with the kids everyday but I just stink at crafts. And the girls want to do ALL the crafts in one day. I tell them we have all summer to paint, cut, glue, glitter and so on. They just can't get enough craft time. Grisham is playing baseball and seems to enjoy it for the most part. We are making trips to the library and hoping to get to the pool, if not I know where there is a great place to hook up a sprinkler. We have a couple trips planned for the summer. One weekend in June the kids and I are heading up to Iowa to plan a baby shower for my big sister. Yep she is pregnant and not just with one but two babies. Two baby boys!! She is due in September but hoping to carry them until August sometime. End of June the whole fam is heading south back to the beach. I can't wait for that trip. I love the ocean and the relaxed atmosphere of the beach. July will be busy too and before we know it we will be getting ready for another year of school. Grisham in 3rd, Genevieve in 1st and Carolyn in another year of preschool.  Scott signed up for another marathon. End of October he will be running for The Wounded Warrior project in Washington D.C. So incredibly proud of that man. Well the house is now quiet, all family members are asleep. That is until the loudest sound in the world happens...my head hitting the pillow.

Howdy Folks. So it has been a long time since my last post. So much has happened. Frankly I had given up on the blog because of Facebook. Just recently I have thought about my old blog and how much I enjoyed it so once again  I am going to give it another try. I love being able to go back and see pictures and read about what the kids were doing. It is a scrap book of sorts. So here we go...