day 120

my sweet levi who doesn't want to sleep dring the day lately. crazy and wired but sweet and happy and lovin his jump-a-roo.

day 119

naomi home sick with a fever and tummy ache but enjoying all day movies on the couch:)

day 118

jack and marlee. jack pushes the foot pedal while marlee steers the jeep. they are quite a pair...

day 117

daddy teaching the kids how to play hot box. they absolutely loved it!

day 116

marlee woke up with her arms full and paci in her mouth. daddy got her up and she wouldn't give up any of it.

day 115

grandma and grandpa over for the afternoon. grandma playing sorry with max and naomi. during the game while waiting for max to make his very well thought out move grandma and naomi are messing around with her cell phone. grandpa busy working on max's complicated frog puzzle. lazy days.

day 114

movie night. madagascar 2. earned by helping mommy clean up the house. always complete with popcorn and teddy grahams and lots of laughs...

day 113

last minute trip to the campground to play with Colling tonite. great way to ring in the campground fun

day 112

noah reading the lightning thief series and loving it outdoors in the quiet

day 111

marlee learning to swing on her belly because she does not like to swing the sitting way

day 110

fussy little Levi sleeping on mommy

day 109

you were sick from school today from throwing up all over the bathroom last nite. and you also had your yearly checkup at the doctor. i love making muffins with you. my dear noah, you are great company.

day 108

i can't seem to take a not blurry photo this week. or maybe it is the fact that i am scared of tackling these boxes of clothes for the kids and cleaning out closets and drawers. i am very thankful for the clothes but i do not like this job.

day 107

groceries with naomi. on the way she said "i wish we were going to chicago right now. just you and me." I love this little sweetheart. she so cherishes our girl time-even if it is just getting groceries.

day 106

me. sick. pretty useless today. i don't like being sick. mostly because i don't have time to rest.

day 105

twins. these two get me everytime. i love to see them together admiring the little things.

day 104

attempting pears. the face speaks for itself...

day 103

day 102

oldest-youngest

day 101

i finally got out in the garden to start the cleanup. i did not want to do it because of the cats using it as a liter box. these wonderful kids made it all worth it. they couldn't wait to help me trim the tree and check out what flowers are coming up. noah told me they were going to start a professional gardening business to trim trees and do gardens. they love it which makes the cat poop not so bad to me. now i can't wait to get out there and finish cleaning it out and teach the kids how to take care of a garden.

day 100

with daddy out of town and the boys at the grandparents we had fun at the park. that is until naomi wanted to put her arms around marlee for a photo and marlee wanted nothing to do with it. i still love this photo though. it so captures fiesty little marlee girl and loving sweet naomi.

day 99

naomi and i went out shopping and had dinner for a girls nite tonite. it was wonderful to spend time with this little beauty.

day 98

daddy went out last nite to get all the kids new soccer shoes and the boys tennis shoes. they grew alot over the winter

day 97

day 96

all the big kids plus jack watching the hail come down

day 95

day 94

our beautiful children

day 93

naomi teaching marlee about worms

day 92

static hair at the park

day 91

marlee thinking in her head "i can do it." gotta love her determined face.