Where the heck did summer go?

As I finish my second term in school summer is also coming to an end. Where has the time gone? I feel like it was only a few weeks ago I was pregnant with Haylie and when I see her I'm reminded that she is 9.5 yrs old. Yikes I'm getting old! School has been fairly good so far. I must admit it's not always easy but it's not always all that hard either. I sometimes I have a hard time prioritizing my time between work, school, and family. Somewhere in all that I have to fit in some time to sleep too and let me tell you it hasn't been enough.

We accomplished the Providence Bridge Pedal rise once again this year. This was the fourth year we have done it and it was fun again but after each time I have said next year I will prepare my body better and I have really not accomplished that portion. HMM Maybe this next year. Tyler and I have started jogging and are up to about 2.5 miles of a slow jog.

The kids and Tyler have been swimming off and on all summer having a ball. I must remember to thank Cora and Paul for the use of their pool and putting up with the 4 of them. LOL

We also went to the Rock of Ages Hot Air Balloon thing a couple weeks ago and Leslie, Brooke, Jason and Tyler all ended up going on a Balloon ride that must have been amazing just by listening to them talk about it non stop and seeing the pictures. I wasn't really into going because I'm afraid of heights but I think they have me convinced to try it at some point in the near future.

Not much else is going on. School is about to start for the kids and I will return to school for the 3rd term the 14th of Sept. WOOOHOOOO! I can't believe how fast it's going. Why didn't someone talk me into it a long time ago????

Oh and I almost forgot. Dylan can ride his bike without training wheels

What has happen to the last couple months?

Today I realized that it was already July and almost the middle. I'm in total disbelief because that means that I'm already starting the 3rd week of the second term of school!! Only 3 more after that and then I'm done with this leg of the journey. Tyler is really enjoying staying home with the kids and has found lots of activities to do with them. We have a massive garden going on right now and it produced it's first 2 tomatoes this weekend. They were nice and tasty!
The boys all made a trek up to Lebam, WA last week along with grandpa Gene to help buikd a church. They ended up coming home early because they all got a nasty stomach bug. Luckily it stayed away from me because I don't have time to be sick at this point.
Haylie, grandma and I made a trip to Olympia, WA this weekend for my Unlce's Memorial Service and a family reunion on the Friesen side. It was fun to see cousins and Aunts and Uncles that we don't see often some of the spouses I had never met. I also brought back 2 new family members. They are African Frogs. My sister was so nice to give them to the boys because she was tired of taking care of them. Hmm I wonder how long it's going to take for me to get tired of taking care of them??

Now this is a scary sight!! The girls thought they were so funny pretending to be pregnant. Let's just hope we can take this picture again in like 20 years and they are all prego at the same time!!

Bad mother award goes to................ ME

So I won a Bad Mother Award last week. Haylie lost a tooth and the Tooth Fairy forgot to make a visit. OMG you would have thought the world was coming to an end. She was over emotional because Tyler was gone last week and then the Tooth Fairy didn't stop by! Yikes!! Well I kept my cover and came up with a lovely little white lie! Yes I had to fib a little (I'm really sorry God) Luckily she bought it and the Tooth Fairy was able to visit the next day. Although I barely remembered that night too. When I awoke Friday morning at 6:05 I realized that I had forgotten again, but lucky me she is a very sound sleeper and I snuck in and placed the money under her pillow without her even stirring!

The sun is a shining!!

Just thought I would add a few pictures of our trip to the park on Monday. Tyler is out of town so it breaks up the day and gets the kids good and tired to run around and play!

The strange things I find on my camera!!

This morning I went to load some of the pics from my camera onto the computer and this is what I found! Now I asked Dylan about it and he runs from me laughing. First big clue that it was him. Plus he thinks my camera is his own and is constantly photographing something. I really should get him his own because I'm so afraid he is going to break mine one of these days. I'm just thankful there was nothing too gross in the toilet when he took a picture of it. Plus it actually looks pretty clean!!

So my mom is always telling me I need to write down the funny things my kids say because someday I won't remember. Well the time has come that I realized I have forgotten a LOT! Where has my brain gone? We were watching a home video the other day and it Christmas when Haylie was 2 and Parker was just a few weeks old. Haylie would open a present and yell "OH BALONEY!!" It was so random and funny I was laughing so hard I thought I might wet myself.
Wednesday night Dylan decided he needed to be up most of the night. He kept coming in and complaining his ear hurt. I gave him so Tylenol and put him back to bed only for him to come in again a hour later. I then gave him some tylenol cold and again put him back to bed. He slept a little better from that time on. When he awoke the next morning he was telling me about how his ear hurt last night when he proceeded to tell me that there were "Ants digging tunnels in there" What? "There are ants digging tunnels in there!" Really? "But I knocked them out this morning by smacking my head so it's all ok now"
The imagination of a 3 year amazes me daily!!