Easter

We spent Easter Sunday with Matt’s sister Deanna in Atlanta Ga. We arrived on Saturday evening after our vacation at Disney World. Kendall was not in a picture mood as you can see.



The church service was short and very good. We headed home after lunch exhausted but this was a awesome ending to our vacation. Lots of pictures and stories to follow!

Haley’s Sweet Sixteen Party

The focus of this past weekend has been Haley’s birthday party. I spent most of the day Saturday decorating the fire station for the party. The party was from 7 till 11pm. We arrived home around midnight thanks to the help of some great friends who not only helped decorate but also helped clean up! I really enjoyed this party because I have seen most of these kids from the time she started school and it had been cool to watch them grow -up. Haley also a group from the youth group come. You hear alot about how bad the kids are but this group is definitely different. We had not one problem and everything we have heard is that EVERYONE had an awesome time. Sunday has been spent sleep and shopping. My plan over the next couple of days/post is to share Haley’s party in pictures and then to share about my awesome shopping day. We are also now shifting focus to start counting down the days until our trip to DISNEY!!!! I am so excited! But first Haley’s party pictures……the decorations……..

Random Kid Facts

-Zach has completed yet another round of testing to find out why he is not gaining weight. We think he is allergic to eggs and has gained almost 4 lbs in the past month.
-Zach is starting to talk a lot with some recognizable words like Bite, balloon, Cat, Mom, Dad, he also knows the sign for more
-Kendall is still working on potty training. She is at one or less accidents a day but still doesn’t get the concept of “poop in the potty.”
-Kendall knows her first and last name and her parents names as well.
-Lily is still working hard on learning to read with less than 20 lessons left
-Lily get to start a mini cheer leading squad this week.
-Haley has started to want to drive alot more and may get her license before next school year.
-Haley wants to be a junior volunteer at the hospital and gather all the information needed by herself!!!!
-Amanda is planning to find a full time job for the summer.

Where does time go?

Today is Saturday, it has been a full 5 days since I posted anything on my blog. In the past, I have always had a good reason, look how busy I have been, but today I have none… it was a normal week around here. So maybe I will just do a list of the regular things that happened this week.

  • Worked a total of 28 hours with a full day off on Thursday.
  • Lily and Kendall had eye appointments on Thursday. Lily’s weak eye is becoming stronger with patching. We have to kept patching probably another year. Kendall’s eyes are half as bad as Lily’s and both get new glasses.
  • Matt and I both have exercised at least 30 minutes the entire week.
  • The house is presentable not clean not dirty just managed.
  • Started moving the playroom around to get more room in it and finally move all toys out of our bedroom.
  • Matt, Lily and Haley went to church on Tuesday night
  • Superbowl party on Sunday
  • Ordered Haley’s class ring on Wednesday night

So this is what normal is?