Bad, Bad Blogger!

So it was March the last time I was on here and now it is September...I don't have that many excuses...ok I do, but they really aren't that good. I know some of you have mentioned that you haven't seen anything new on here in a long time so maybe we can get this rolling again.

So this was Easter.

So what has the family been up to since March...well we went on a family vacation to Washington DC and to Williamsburg VA. We got to go to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and Natural Sciences Museum while in DC. The boys totally dug looking at all the Airplanes and Dinosaur bones. A special treat was seeing R2D2 and C3PO were being housed at the Air and Space Museum while their normal space is being renovated. We then headed down to Historic Williamsburg and stayed 2 nights at the Great Wolf Lodge Water Park...a little pricey, but a very nice resort that has everything right there. We took the boys to the Water Park one day and on the final day we went to the Busch Gardens European Adventures. What a nice amusement park...lots of trees that gave us shade on the warm April day we were there. The boys started off on the small kiddie rides and by the end of the day they were doing BIG rollar-coasters and the giant swinging pirate ship. It was a long 8 hour drive back home to get M's big 5th Birthday Party underway...thank goodness the boys slept through the night on the way back and M went to school to have one less body floating around while we prepared for the Pirate Bash.

In other news...J has had some trips taking him away for parts of the spring and most of the summer so it will be good to have him back in less then a week. While he was away we ended up going back home for the second time, we were home earlier in June for my nephew Derek's graduation party, and had a good visit with family and I had extra hands to manage the boys. The boys had a good time out at my parents farm riding their little gators and the new little 4 wheelers. They also enjoyed eating fresh veggies straight out of Grandpa Rubens garden...stuff I would never get them to eat was wonderful and Delicious because Grandpa grew it.

A breathtaking view from one of J's trip...this one was to Alaska.

M is starting all day kindergarten on Thursday and we went to meet his teacher yesterday and say hello to his old teachers in the Cookie Monster class. He seems really excited and I am so nervous about getting him up and on the bus in the morning, making sure he eats at school, making sure he behaves and listens, etc, etc...you know all the typical stuff.

MOPS is starting another year and I am on the steering team this year and I have been busy the past week getting craft days figured and submitting my wish list to the chapel. I am excited about getting a little more involved with some base functions and getting the boys involved in some other outlets and meeting new kids to play with. In other news we are expecting a new little boy at the end of November...another reason it was great to have extra help with the boys this summer. I have been busy sorting and washing clothes and baby gear since getting back.

Well I hope that I will actually get back into the swing of things with blogging and you enjoyed our short little catch-up of the summer...I will upload some of the highlight photos in the next post...I PROMISE!