it's all fun and games: we are alive!

i am SO far behind in my blogs!!! life has been so busy and full the last few weeks! we are all GOOD and alive! haha

i pulled my pics from my phone and as i old my friend a "if i didnt take pics, i would have NO memory of the last 5 yrs!" ha

ligit!

so the above pic, i spent the afternoon cleaning, chris was at the cabin, and i put the kids to bed. i remember i came down, tired. and saw this....and burst out laughing. after i cleaned the girls played. i snapped a pic. so fun!

i mark nates work every fri. this just made me giggle and laugh. LOVE this kid. im so proud of him!i get it. i loathe algebra!

i love the answers he gives me. i just love him

and i found this on my phone...cold much? ha

so after a miscommunication our cabin has been booked for the last month. which so far ALL the renters have been AWESOME! the last batch of girls left the cabin CLEANER than we left it AND added a NEW hammock! so im happy again. ha

but i decided to focus on the school room....so 2 wks ago, i tore the room a part. and mean TORE it a part!

its has taken me 2 WEEKS! to clean and organize it! now that im about 6 yrs into home school, i have a minor feeling of where to go with the girls, what books and curric will work with them and what will not. thats another reason why i LOVE home school. i can taper each kid to their OWN learning style. nothing is "better" than the other. its just for them

most of what i have, ill call them the foundational, haha... i have and will use with the girls, the rest? i tossed. i ended up having 2 totes but im going to hold on to them for another yr, then after joey's kinder yr, i can buy a table and sell my books...

yikes! the start! stay tuned. haha

one of the BIG things i ADORE about my girls is their simple love to play! its been such a horrible spring. so. much. rain....its rained the last 5 DAYS!!!!! and its been so cold! so i try to bring out "new' stuff to keep them busy....and its worked!

this is after 3 HOURS of play doh playing!

last sunday was mothers day. i decided to NOT have an attitude about not having the cabin. ha. and came up with a PLAN. i told my family we WERE ALL going to church

why?

sniff....so i could get a flower. haha and pat asked nate to help him pass the flowers out, so i was blessed with my oldest kid picking a flower and giving it to me on our way out the door. the flower is still alive!

after church we went for a MOM'S day! i picked a NEW place to visit, about 40 mins from our house. we drove and hiked....as much as we could because joey forgot her socks and got a blister...so we didnt make it to the falls...next yr! so we carried little joe to the van and hit up cape enrage