HELLO

Hi Everyone
I know it's been a while since I blogged.. been pretty busy.

Erica started Baseball and played her first game last sat. and scored a point for the team. she is gonna do great this year I can feel it. She is doing good in school, but struggles with Math, we may have to look into her staying after school to work with her teacher. Other then that I have her going to a church youth group on Wednesday called ReVerb, couple weeks ago they had reverb kick off and out in the high school field all the kids got to have a Jello Jam! It was a blast watching them slime each other, then the big fire truck came thru and sprayed them down. Erica had a blast. Erica is helping me on Tuesday teach a Tuesday "Sunday" school class of 4 year olds. She is a big help and the kids love her. Monday and Friday's are her only nights with nothing on the calendar and Friday's are usually taken up with a Friend.. I love to see her with so many friends...

Nicholas for the first time has tried out to be on a Hockey team. we usually just let them put him on the C team and he will be placed on any time. This year we had him try out for the B team. he made the B2 team. I don't get all that ABC crud... it's ridiculous I think... May as well have every letter in the alphabet team... He scored 4 times on one of his try outs it was pretty cool to see him so excited. Nicholas is doing much better in school now.

Michlyn doesn't want to be in anything... she is a nervous Nellie. her tummy will hurt before school, she feels sick before Tuesday school, she very content in just being home with me, or running other kids around... she says soccer is her thing.. but I bet when soccer comes she will say she doesn't want to do that again either... I hope to find something for her although I know it helps us to keep less busy.. but I think every kid should have one thing outside of school to do... I do have her going to Tuesday school too. had a hard time getting her to go yesterday but hoping it will become easier as time goes on.

Brooke is still the bossy queen that everyone must listen to or there will be hell to pay... I am hoping to get her into gymnastics next month, I want to put her on the tumbling floor class, rather the bars, hoarse and beam.. she is just a flipper... always doing summersaults, splits and back bends, I think she will do awesome.

Rick has been busy watching his sports, and even has been fortunate enough to get tickets to see the Twins win. He went last night to a play off... This weekend Rick will be very busy working out in the yard, we have had this place going on 4 years and want to be done with the land scapeing and start growing real grass, and I want to be able to plant perennials, without worrying they will get dug up... Rick will be getting a bobcat this weekend... so I am excited about that!

As for me, I am just trying to keep up... daycare is going fine, still need to get at least 2 more kids in here to live comfortably. so that I have a little money in my pocket and can buy kids close here and there... that's my favorite thing to do, is make my kids look nice... I signed my self up to teach Tuesday school for 6- 4 year olds... I only had 1 class now and i was very nervous, but found 4 year olds don't want to talk about Jesus... they just want to play and tell you there life story... so you just gotta make it fun and incorporate Jesus some how into the fun, my favorite thing about Tuesday is right after work, we leave we eat dinner at church! I don't have to cook!!! hip hip hooray!!! I VERY excited for the 24th, when I will be gone scrap booking for 12 hours straight! I am behind in all books, so I have some catching up to do. I sure hope Lisa will be able to come with me ... she is always such a hoot to scrap with.

O.k. this is probably very sloppy sorry.. but wanted to update I haven't in almost a month...