things to remember

the crew

pool fun..

I dont know if anyone else deals with this or not but some weeks you just don"t notice the small things in life and life is just life...... This week i was enjoying the little things and wanted to write them down for a reminder for myself when i need it:):) things like seeing a little blonde head come running out when i'm outfor my run to ask if they can have snack, taking my 4 boys shopping and walkin into bath & body with them holding thier noses closed,looking at a Modest swimsuit and having my son tell me it wont cover enough:) haha i was like what do you want me to wear...listening to them do thier school in the morning,having my almost 1 yr old come up behind me in the kitchen grab onto my legs to stand up, my boys sit tight beside me and rub my arms to get on my nerves:) caminos mexican resturant after church sundays..most of all seeing the boys being baptized in the holy spirit and watching them grow in the Lord ..watching them overcome thier battles,and battle on...  anyway these are some of the things i want to remember and treasure...and no they are not perfect .. these are the things i want to remember i'm not perfect either i hope they will just remember the good someday to:)  anyway this week we started school, it was good we had a few issues but it was good.. today steve took the 3 boys to the falls hiking and swimming , Zach's taking a nap so i get some quiet time... sometimes we need to stop and count our blessings!! thank-you Jesus!!

boys,school,normal

campaigning:)



got a few pics before he gets his haircut...i like his hair long but its a little long:)



my babys growing:)



loves to pull himself up and stand up like a big boy:)

Well life is pretty much back to normal:)What is normal life anyway? I get ready to have a schedule to not always be packin and unpackin..but really normal does get boring after awhile to:) I dont mind traveling seeing new places new people, It is good to be home for now :) We did go to gatlinburg with a few families from church for a few days..we had 2 cabins and had a great time..we love our church family they truely are a blessing!!!   Ron lost in the senate race he came in second>>  It was a good experience for us and the boys loved to campaign:):)      We are planning on starting school on monday..The boys are excited to start, hope it says that way:):) We want to get a few more pool trips in,we tried today but a storm came up so it was cut short....  It has been a little cooler down here but we will have a few more weeks of warm weather....It makes it hard to believe its time for school and fall is around the corner......

pics

the allstar team!!

july 4th in the south involves lots of firework!!

the boys cant wait to see the firework tents

the lake in minnesota

the kids havin fun

JULY CRAZINESS

I know Julys not over yet, but if i wait my post will be to long:):) July has been crazy!! iknew it would be with 2 trips planned and then and unexpected trip to pa... The first week in July we finished up the baseball season, they won 2 and lost 2 in the allstar games..it was a great season!! that wknd we found out a friend of mine was killed in an accident, so we headed to pa..we came back thurs and i packed or repacked:) whatever you wanna call it:0 for minnesota, we headed out 4 saturday morning...most of our church went,our pastor Ron was preaching all week at a christian retreat..he preached in the morning from 9-11 and eve from 7-9 except 1 night we were there till 1:):) there was a lake there so afternoons were spent there..it was a time of cleansing , being pulled out of ur comfort zone, it was life changing! i will never forget that week! mabe sometime i'll blog about it...we got home saturday night,this week was busy catching up on laundry unpacking, repacking yup pa this wknd for steves familys annual 3 day vaca..gotta run we have a political ice cream social tonight..pray for Ron and the senate race, if you missed it Ron is running for state senator, we need Godly men in government!!!  i'll post pics later my computer keeps shutting off on me:(  bless ya'll

wedding

VT and my grandpa

gettin ready for the bridal shower

havin a sister moment

havin a cousin moment.. we helped with bridal shower food and decor

bridal shower food

cousins

bridal party

ready to walk

bride..she got her dress in thailand

sisters

me and my brother

me and my fav person in the world:)

the happy couple with VT

ok i'm back... when we were in pa last trip my cousin got married,  we grew up together she was a yr older than i was, they lived just down the road so we walked across the fields to eachothers houses...we were together all the time..her dad died when i was around 18 i think it was, after that she went to ywam and has been all around the world she has lived in wisconsin and then moved to californiawhere she met her now husband who is originally from germany, he is with ywam to and was living in california....anyway when she asked me to be her bridesmaid i was honored, i had never been a bridesmaid so it was fun:) She said i can pick the color and dress she was having every color in the rainbow, i finally found a dress,found out that i am not a dress person, give me jeans and a t shirt anyday:)but it was fun for a day....the wedding was beautiful, she loves color bright colors and it was colorful, so many diff cultures and people from so many diff states..VT a pastor from jamaca and longtime friend of my 94 yr old grandfather and her dad married them, my 94 yr old grandfather said the lords prayer in german,his family speaks german his dad doesnt understand english...i love when weddings reflect the person getting married when i can walk in and be like this is so them houses are the same way for me..not just whats in or cool... but when it reflects the person..this wedding did that..it was at the white chimneys in gap..beautiful place!! beautiful day !! and i got to hang out with my sister!!

Summertime

Finally taking time to update :) I got wedding pics but don't feel like taking the time to load them all so that will wait till next post:). Mabe tomm. It's been a little crazy the last 2 wks, closing ceremonies for baseball was last thurs. then mike got a call and said he was picked for the allstar team, he was excited!! So we are back to practices this morning was his first game, he was o excited he couldn't sleep last night:) steve finally came out and slept on the couch with him...they won 10-1, next game is tues night..Wednesday steve took the guys and their wives out on the lake for the day,we grilled burgers and were out most of the day, I came home with Zack around 6 he was tired of it,steve and Matt wanted to go on 1 more wake boarding run, I came home put Zack to bed and showered and got a call that steve had a pretty bad wipeout on the board and lost his memory of the day they were comin home, not a good feeling !! He came home and was pretty confused and didn't remember anything..matt & Ali stayed till 11:30, he wasn't puking and didn't have a headache so I thot it was prolly just a slight concussion.. We stayed up I'll 2:30 , he was starting to remember and was trying to piece the day together, finally went to bed he slept till 10 the next morning,woke up and was fine....PTL!!!! Thank you Jesus for your protection!!! Church tomm then no plans the rest of the day I look forward to relaxing with family:). Blessings!!