Well.....

Yeppers, totally a slacker!  I think this is my 2nd post for the month of April, i know, i know....slow down there Killer!  I didn't even add all the pictures for the last post which consisted of Jaida's bday and Ez's bday.  My goodness...i couldn't even give them their own post.  EPIC FAIL!

So, what can I squish all together in this post to cover the month of April?  Well, let's see....

Doug went a bit on the looney side and decided to get some chicks.  Seriously, we now have chickens living in our garage. (No, I will not post pictures of only chickens w/this post becuz, c'mon, how bad would that look that chickens have their own day, but I combined the celebration of Jaida and Ezeekai into one?  The truth would then come out...i am a totally lame mom!)

We celebrated Easter this past Sunday with a family photo shoot at Dickinson College after lunch.  It was a total success!  We got so-so pictures of incredibly

happy

miserable children who

thrive on

 dread this event.  Maggie's dress was too small and "itchy," Ezeekai attempted to throw a stick into the pond but instead threw it into Nate's face, and Doug offered no support whatsoever so we all walked away from this annual tradition  hand-in-hand and skipping through the tulips vowing never to do it again!

Our schedule has become incredibly full thanks to all these wonderful children and their sports schedules!  Actually, we enjoy this time of year.  I love seeing the kids learn new things, improve on the skills they already have, and just enjoy their time outside playing sports.  Corey is playing baseball, of course.  Fahnta is playing soccer.  Maggie and Jaida are playing softball.  Ezeekai was bat boy at Corey's last game...popular kid that boy is!  Nate is enjoying his time outside exploring and catching new life.  He just caught a painted turtle yesterday so he is all happy and skippy.  No more Debbie Downer for him!

The kids got to spend some time with the Denlinger's this past week during their visit for Easter.  A good time had by all!!!

Hopefully, I will post before the end of May.  I really need to learn to stick w/things!!!

beautiful

disaster

I told you so...

I knew it, i just knew it!!!  I was all gung-ho on this stinkin blog at the beginning and then, SPLAT!  I have not written anything for over 1 month.  totally skipped jaida's bday, ez's bday and probably countless other days that i had been given sooo much that i could have written about, ie...when ez told us that one of his friends at school said a girl in their class was "smokin hot" or when ez "whispered" in doug's ear a cus word that he was called by that same friend.  i totally skipped writing about my last minute trip to Haiti and when maggie got hit by her teacher, my dear friend, mrs. hallman!

man, what a slacker i am.  i apologize yet i don't, cuz I TOLD YOU SO!!!

so, here are a few pix from the last month so that i can at least say that i posted something about some of this stuff.

enjoy family!!!