I know it has been a long time since I have posted on this blog, between school being closed and party after party I really have not had much time to actually sit down and gather a ounce of thought. My summer has been exciting to say the least. We have had many fun days swimming in the pool, sliding on the slip and slide or just riding bikes, sitting around the campfire making smores, caught a turtle, we named him Raphael,attempted to grow a garden, Going out with friends, Yard sales and doing fun stuff inside. We have had a lot of family time this summer which is really nice. I suppose that is due to all the birthdays we have in the summer. The kids have gone crabbing with Melissa & Josh and attempted to catch some with Daddy! We went to a Ducks game for Brendan's 7th birthday. Not sure if they won or not because the lightening started getting so bad we had to leave, besides the fact 3 hours into the game and we were still in the 7th inning. Regardless we had a great time. The construction on our house has finally finished and we are pretty much done with everything that had to be done on our end...Painting, Painting, Painting. If I never see another paint brush again it will be to soon. As the summer seems to come to an end to fast, I am trying to get the boys back into a routine to get them ready for school. Lots of reading and routine! I have to admit that I will be a little happy to see those buses pull up at the corner. It will be the 1st time that I will actually get to spend some alone time with just Shawn & Emily. Something I miss doing and am looking forward to it 100%. To end this, I just am so happy to have had a great summer with all my friends and family and feel so blessed to be able to have done the things we did this summer. Cheers to a great summer.

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Let Them Be Little by Billy Dean - Rhapsody Player

Let Them Be Little by Billy Dean - Rhapsody Player

Alright kids, this is it coming down to the final weeks of American Idol. I am so looking forward to my big AI party at my house...A girls night IN! I am still pulling for little David Archuleta, He is my fav.




My sister really loves Jason, but I think he will be heading home this week...Sorry, the dreads need to go. We will see who takes the crown this year!!!

THE BASEBALL SEASON HAS BEGUN. BRENDAN & THOMAS ARE REALLY ENJOYING IT SINCE MOST OF THEIR FRIENDS ARE ON THEIR TEAM AND DADDY IS THE COACH!GO MARLINS.

AFTER A LONG DAY OF CONSTRUCTION THE KIDS WERE EXHAUSTED...

Some Pictures of the kids helping with demoing the walls downstairs...

Well Thomas just had his Spring Picture taken at school. He is really loving school and making a lot of friends. He is getting so big, so fast.

Hello everyone. To start I would like to wish everyone a Happy St. Patricks Day. We celebrated St. Pattys Day at my brother Gary & Debbys house yesterday. Lots of beef & cabbage, with some delicious Irish Soda bread that my brother baked himself... The kids all got to play a little baseball with Uncle Bill, hope he is not to sore today! LOL!!

Over that past week a lot has been going on. We celebrated Ben & Justins Birthday...

Happy Birthday to them both.

Here is a picture of Emily. What an adorable Cowgirl she would make!

Thomas had his Pre-K Parent Participation.

We had a lot of fun while he put stickers on the page he would tell me a little story and I would have to write it down. Here is his picture...He is really enjoying Pre-K and Making a lot of nice friends. This is one of his Best Friends, Ryan!

Well we are moving right along with our construction. Today is Monday March, 17th 2008. The spacklers are here today applying the first coat of spackle. They seem to be taking a lot of coffee breaks!! A quick update...The bathroom is totally functional as of Friday and we have heat upstairs. I am hoping to have this job complete within the next 2 weeks. I had posted some pictures so you can see the house. Talk to you all soon.

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