School starts!

The boys started their new schools this year. They both had a great first day. I think Will's teacher will be great. She is fun, energetic, but also seems tough. Definitely a good fit for William. He is smart, but tries to do the mininum.

The second day of school had some drama. Zan missed his bus and thought he could just walk home. Great idea, except he didn't exactly know the way. He walked for a while and couldn't remember which was to turn so he headed back to the school. Unfortunately, since he had been gone for a while the office was closed and he couldn't find a phone to call me. Luckily we have a friend who works at his school and she was leaving and gave him a ride home. By the time he showed up at home I was stressed to the max and wondering if I should call someone or just try driving around. He doesn't have any new friends at the new place and the friends he does know are across town. I had no idea where to start! Thank goodness he made it home safely. God was definitely watching over him.

William, for some crazy reason, decided that he also wanted to walk home. When I asked him why he said, "I like walking on nice days." We had a chat about needing permission before he tries walking home again so hopefully he won't try again. It is actually a pretty long walk from his school to our house. He walked a long way...but it was in the wrong direction. He was about a mile from our house when I got a call from him. Luckily God had placed a nice lady jogger in his path. She let him use her phone and waited the few minutes with him until I came to pick him up. Things could have been really bad if someone with bad intentions came upon him.

Hopefully this will be the end of the drama for the year!

Wow...it has been a while!

So sorry I have been away so long. The summer has been busy! We took a trip to Montana in July and visited Joe's parents after the older kids went to camp with them. Here are a few pictures of our adventures:)

All moved in!

(This was written back in July...but somehow never got posted.)

I know I have been bad about updating this recently. We are all moved in to our new place (although there are still a few boxes laying around.) Quinn and William are enjoying being roommates and Zan is loving having his own space. Zan is in his second week of Orchestra Camp. He is having a blast. Thursday we leave for Montana to visit my best friend, Michelle and her family. I can't wait! On the way to and from Montana we are going to visit my sis-in-law and her family. That will be a ton of fun too. We haven't seen her since we went to visit when Quinn was only about a month old.

Please enjoy these two pics. As you can see, Quinn loves to listen to Zan play his violin.

Who said 11 year olds were logical?

Today I was taking Zan to the library and mentioned that it was getting warm. He agreed and said he was glad because he was cold. Being a mother, I suggested that he wear a coat if he was cold. His reply? "Only my arms are cold"

ummm...and where exactly do you think you wear a coat? Your feet???

Sickness...

This weekend all the boys decided to get sick. Will got sick originally on Thursday. Basically the stomach flu. Zan caught the bug Sunday morning. Quinn has something totally different. Saturday night he got a horrible cough and the on-call doctor said he has Croup. Poor little guy was up most of the night (and so was mommy.) Luckily Joe was home most of Sunday, so I was able to get some naps in between Quinn nursing. Joe had to leave for a training around 3, so hopefully Quinn has a better night tonight. Will is almost better now, but Zan is still in the beginnings of the illness. Will's lasted 4+ days, so I don't expect Zan to get totally better until Wednesday or Thursday. The doctor said Quinn should be better in about 5 days. Today Quinn also seemed like something else was wrong, so I might go into the doctor tomorrow to see if he has an ear infection or something. Better safe than sorry.

Twin time!

On Thursday I watch my friend's baby, Jaxon, who is just 2 weeks older than Quinn. They have a great time hanging out together and when I take them to Walmart the greeter always thinks they are twins. Here are some pics of our time together yesterday.

Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day with Joe's family. We had a great BBQ including roasting hot dogs and s'mores. We even enjoyed some swimming. Quinn's new swimsuit is SO cute!