Family Pics

 I was really excited to have our friend Posey Cowart take our pics this year. Orange, Turqoise, Dark Grey and Black were my colors of choice. With such adorable boys, it wasn't too hard to dress them up and to make them coordinate! Levi was uncomfortable and clingy during the pics, not sure if he even smiled once! The other three boys wrestled quite a bit, so that by the end they all kept going into time out. Isaac stole the show with his winning smile and sweet poses. Jared was a good sport and looked so handsome. I was concerned about keeping my hair styled and curled, while Wes and Austin kept rolling around in the grass! Family pics are always stressful, but at least ours are now over and I can look forward to seeing them up on our wall. I love my family!

Busy busy bee

Just want to jot down the kind of day I had last night:

4:30am woke up, too anxious to fall back asleep. Did pilates/yoga
6:30am ACA, teacher for Spanish II class
8:45am Baby CJ arrives
9:30am Fitkids
11:00 lunch, naps for kids
11-2pm Make 4 pot pies for dinner group
2-4pm: clean up, care for babies
4-5pm: Piano lessons/Spanish tutoring for Gavin
5:30pm Dinner and homework
7:00 (Jared finally gets home)
7:30 Jerry, Spanish class
9:00 vomiting from stomach flu

Nervous about how I am going to care for my neighbor's baby with all the other kids (nannying Mon to Thur 8 til 5pm). Lots of time taken away for all my piano students, and now I am doing Spanish tutoring too? Usually dinner group doesn't require 2.5 hours of on my feet cooking, or the early 5am wake up...but...it...still..was...busy.

Halloween

 What a pair Jared and I made! Mr and Mrs. Bubba Hillbilly. We had a fun Halloween season. Wesley was a vampire (insisting on putting on his own make up and loved his little fangs, dressing in street clothes), Austin was a skeleton in disguise, as well as a ninja, Isaac was Batman and Tranformers, and Levi was stuck with the big tiger outfit. We enjoyed the Souder's Annual party where Wesley won Fear Factor (eating dog food, snails, worms and tofu). The Ward Trunk or Treat was delicious as Glenn Wilson and I were taste testers for the chili and dessert cook off. Lovely warm weather and lots of candy to make my tummy sick. We later gave it away to the local orthodontist (for the soldiers) and the kids made $20!