and tonight we ended the night with a little karaoke party.. and we all had a blast!

Noah's hair...  It is so beautiful.  There is hints of red in it and then it is so curly.

I sure hope that he gets to keep this nice looking hair, but if it does go away at least we will have this nice photo to look at and remember how totally awesome it was!

SPRINKLER TIME!!

abel still not sure about the whole idea....

And Halle totally sure of the how deal and love her life running through it!

We sure had a fun afternoon sitting in the front yard and enjoying the beautiful weather.

Summer is here... and we are LOVING IT!

Sibling love..

This four wheeler is the starter of many fights but it also produces sweet moments like this!

Thank you Alan for picking up this awesome toy on the side of the road and then supping it up with a lawn motor battery.. our kids sure do love it!

Naps can sometimes be hard for Halle lately.. even though most days this sweet girl still needs one.

so we sometimes just cuddle and watch movies, and I am totally OK with that!

PS... almost summer time!

These four make my heart so full of love each and every day.

I thank Heavenly Father for each and every one of you daily.

I am so thankful for the things that you teach me.

I am so thankful for that you are patient with me.

I am so thankful that you love me.

I am so thankful that I get to LOVE YOU!

Thank you for being my eternal family.. would not want to spend forever with anyone but you all!

We have moved forward and will be completing the basement in our home.  Alan and I are super excited for it to be DONE..  but not so excited to be living within a construction zone.  We feel very comfortable with the contractors that we choose and we are excited to add equity to our home!  The contractors that we choose work with my dad on many different projects up in the cities.  I was not sure if they would be willing to do a project done here in Rochester, but I sent them the specs of the project and they sent a bid back! and the bid was right in our price range!  YEA for all parties involved.  So now we wait for the permit to get approved...

I started grad school today... and I am totally nervous, scared, and excited.  I know that it is going to be a lot of work but I am totally excited to have this opportunity.  Here is to being a student, mother, wife, teacher, and lots of other things for the next 18 months... they the juggling begin!