Memorial Day 2006

Good evening! Well it is almost 9pm on Monday night and I am tired. We spent the weekend in Des Moines and of course when we are away from home the kids just don't seem to sleep like they do here at home. It was great to see everyone, but it is always nice to get back home. My day started at 5 am when Carter decided he was not tired anymore and wanted to get up and watch toonies on TV. It was around 9 am when the rest of the family got up. Once we all got showered and ready for the day we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Warren bought lunch for all of us, so how could we pass it up? It was good food! After lunch we went back to the house and started packing up to come home. It sure does take alot of stuff to go spend three nights away from home! As we were packing up Carter was playing the piano, which he kept calling a pee-ann-ee-oo. It is so cute when he says it! Uncle Bill was here to visit from Hawaii and of course bought the kids presents and spoiled them! They really like him alot and we wish we could see him more often! I am going to post a video from the weekend for you to watch!

Tomorrow I will begin to do daycare for a friend of mine. Brennan will be spending Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with us. He is just over a month old and his mom is going back to work. I am really looking forward to it, and it will help us to get some extra income. It is temporary until the daycare provider in Algona gets an opening. So, I will have my hands full, and Maddie, my biggest helper, will be spending most of her summer going to daycamp at the YMCA. She will get to spend the summer doing things with other kids her age and not be tied down with her brothers and I. It is just really hard to take my two boys places by myself, so this will give Maddie the chance to swim, go on field trips, and meet new friends. She is really excited about it! Tomorrow is her first day to go and she can't wait!

Hope that you all had a nice and fun and safe weekend! Love, Steph

The kids playing outside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RPm0NeOrzM