June 3 2012

It has been so long since I have written. The family has been sick off on and for nearly 3 weeks now. It was high fever, headaches, and aches, followed with pink eye.  We are very blessed that Isaac didn’t catch it because at one point Ben had a 105 fever and that could have been awful for Isaac. Luckily with Tylenol within minutes it dropped to 101.  Many things have happened in the past month.  Summer and her family came and visit. Jonathan was more than a trooper. With multiple surgeries on his throat he still traveled with the family. Poor baby bells ended up getting sick with the high fever and pink eye at our house. I hear it made a terrible trip home.  Poor baby.  We had so much fun while they were here though. We went to the park, went swimming at the hotel and roasted marshmallows. The kids got along great and I was excited to spend time with my sister.  I found a picture of Emily from a year ago. I think she looks a lot like Isaac. Emily has been a stinker lately. She got really mad at me one morning and threw her yogurt and in the process it landed on her head. I had to torment her by taking a picture first.  Joey has started a new fashion trend. He always wears ties on the back of his shirt. He is funny but now I am able to pick him out in a crowd of kids easier.  We went to the school carnival. The kids had a lot fun, my camera died so I only got a picture of Emily. Dan was visiting and he helped with the kids which made it nice. That evening we roasted marshmallows with our friends the Lawrences as well as Dan. The next morning we walked around the community yard sale and found a bike for Joey. He absolutely loves it! The kids have been chalk crazy lately. We traced their bodies and they colored them in.   I also showed them my coin collection. They were very interested in helping me.  My little Joey is so artsy. He even falls asleep coloring.  I really tried to help the kids celebrate memorial day. We did some crafts, they colored a chalk flag, we learned about what the day meant and the boys went golfing with their dad.  We went and got free bike helmets again this year. I got a picture of Emily wearing the helmet she wanted but didn’t get. It was too big. She was so mad she didn’t even want the other one, a bug one. She kept hitting it out of the way and cried.  She is all girl.  The ice cream truck has stated coming around again. It is a tradition we have had for three Summers now and I think the kids really like to wait at the end of the driveway.  I have decided I am going to Home School the kids. I have been researching what I need to do and I am really excited the benefits we will receive from doing so. Well I will talk to you later.