Spring Pictures

Wow! Since we've moved we have taken a lot of pictures, but for some reason, I haven't posted them. So here's a recap of our spring:

We've had lots of "weather". Can't complain, the yard looks great, and it is so nice to have plenty of water for the garden, etc. The hail was as big as I've ever seen!



Kittens (yes, and they are all gone now!)


Baseball

Unfortunately, it is not letting me post more pictures right now. More to come...

To dispel your belief that if your child is vaccinated they won't get sick, Stephen, Samuel and Lucy all have chicken pox now. Pox party anyone? Luckily, it is mild, and hopefully it will be resolved in a few days!
In other good news we got an offer on our home in Amarillo yesterday. What a relief! Looks like it will be all wrapped up by the middle of June! It's always nice to see your prayers answered, and to find out that the Lord's time isn't too off from your own!

No pictures this week!

We have all been sick, mostly with colds, then I got mastitis on Saturday night and Eric broke out with shingles on Sunday afternoon. Not really things we want to post pictures of. It is always good to have your kids get sicker than you are to quickly stop feeling bad, and take care of them. Even though the last couple days have been tiring, I am so thankful for many things. For Eric, especially, for being such a trooper, even though he has been in a lot of pain. He is so cute, and has such a great attitude. He has also found a new love, Oatmeal Baths!
I'm thankful for the rain that we got on Monday causing all baseball games to be postponed until the end of the week. Eric can't even sit, let alone run around the field, but would have been very sad at not being able to go.
I'm thankful for the chicken pox vaccine that allows all my other kids to be safe from this virus. Lucy we have to be careful with, but everyone else is immune. Eric got the chicken pox when he was about 9 months old, and that is how he was able to get them this second time.
I'm thankful that we live just one mile from Brad's work and that he can easily do all the drop offs, and pick ups from school when I can't. Not to mention run to the pharmacy, and other errands that I couldn't do this week.
I'm thankful for my sisters and nephews for calling and entertaining Eric with songs about Calamine Lotion. He is still giggling about them!
Finally, I am thankful for our amazing bodies that we have been given that can go through so much and come out healthy and strong again. And the reminders of just how lucky we are to have our bodies and be here on this earth having this amazing experience! Life is good.

Catching Up

Time flies when you are having fun! We have been enjoying our new home and getting settled so much that I haven't had time to update. I get on to do so, and it is just too much.
Brad is recovering well from surgery and it seems to have helped a lot.

The kids are busy with baseball. We signed up the 4 oldest this year and luckily we only have 3 teams to follow. Eric is in T-ball, Audrey is in coach pitch and Ben and Jacob are in Machine Pitch. They are having a lot of fun with it, and I learning to love the small town we live in. I love that we are just minutes from everywhere, and there are no sports played on Sundays or Wednesdays! All the games are scheduled on Mondays and Tuesdays and you can watch both games going at the same time if needed.

Also, the other thing I love about our small town is that the grocery store has great sales every week, and they put the groceries in the car while I load up the kids! I haven't been missing Walmart, which I am so happy about, because it has been love/hate relationship.

I will try to be more regular about posting, but that is the story of my life. I do the best I can, and sometimes that's not very good, but occasionally it's really awesome!