My Brave little Girl

We have spent lots of time cuddling and spoiling this little girl this week. Here she is right before surgery

My Brave little girl
Savannah had her tonsils and adenoids removed on Tuesday. Everything went really well. She is recovering well at home. She has been keeping quiet (which is hard for her) by playing games, puzzles and doing a giant activity book that her good friends Jocelyn and Eli gave her. This picture I took of her right before surgery. She wasn't really nervous at all. I can't say the same for her Dad and I. However, I am glad we did it, because the Dr. said her adenoids were huge, and her tonsils were in the Dr's own words " falling apart, cryptic and necrotic" in other words "disgusting! I am hoping this will make a huge difference for her this school year. Thomas is scheduled to have his tonsils out in August. I am not so sure it will go as smoothly for him. Trying to explain things to a 3 year old isn't quite the same as explaining them to a 6 year old. .

Busy Weekend

We accomplished a lot this weekend. We moved Savannah into her own room. Savannah picked out a pretty blue color for her new room. Allen painted her room and painted the kids bathroom (finally after 5 years). I helped a little with the painting but he did all the cutting in which is the hard part. He also took down the twin beds in the girls room and moved them and then reset them up as bunk beds in Savannah's new room. Then he drove to my parents house, and picked up the queen bed which they had been storing for us for the past year and 1/2 and set that up in Addy's room. The Majority of this happened on Saturday. The rooms look great and both girls are happy. The boys will remain together in their room. Thomas has been sleeping in that room since Joseph was about 8wks old, we just finally moved all of his clothes in there this weekend.

On Friday night we attended a Free Friday night Concert. We picked up a pizza on the way, brought a few games to play and enjoyed music. We are going to do this again very soon, it was a lot of fun. Joseph danced and danced. The other 3 played washers and bean bag toss, and also threw the fribee around.

Sunday night I ended up taking Addy, Savannah and Thomas to the Tbones game, we met my parents there. Allen wasn't feeling well Sunday afternoon so he stayed home with Joseph. The kids had fun, but it was a lot hotter than we had anticipated and after a long, busy weekend the kids just were not in the mood, so we left about 1/2 way through the game. Before we left we all enjoyed hotdogs and the kids got cotton candy. We all received free Tbones hats and the kids were able to get their picture taken with the Culvers Ice Cream character and the Tbones mascot Sizzle.

Baby Ducks

Today we took a trip out to my friend Lesley's house. My kid's had a blast playing with her 3 kids (triplets) and the baby ducks. We also saw from a distance, the cows, and the horse. We will have to take another trip out there when we have more time so we can see the chickens and the ducks on the pond, and possibly ride the horse. My kids think this is the coolest house ever.

The Fourth of July

On the Fourth we had some of our neighbors over to grill out and let the kids play. We grilled hot dogs, the Men played a game of washers, the women actually got to sit and chat... the children ran wild! There were 8 adults and 10 children.

The Tree

This a great climbing tree we found at a nearby park. The kids have a great time climbing the tree and using their imagination.

Trip to the Lake

Daddy and the kids.

. Can you see the Lizard on Savannah's hair. They caught him the second day, and he hung around for a few days. He was very tame.

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Addy was our big fisherman. She caught the biggest fish.

We rented a boat two different afternoons. The kids had a blast tubing.

The boys loved helping Daddy drive the boat.

Thomas spent most of his time in the water, which is amazing since he had told us that he "would never swim in a lake"

Savannah caught lots of little fish.

Grandpa and Savannah on the wave runner.

Allen, Addy and Thomas on the wave runner.