Twilight

I was a little disappointed with Breaking Dawn. It wasn't bad-but not great either. I need more Edward perspective. I am nervous for the movie. I want to love it-I'm just not sure I will. Who would think that we could be so obsesses with such things..... Just for the record I did not go out at midnight to buy the book. But for the record the only reason I didn't was because I was camping with my family. I might have to do that for the movie though.

Summer is ending--how sad!

We have had soooo much fun this summer. I am sad to see the children go back to school. Savannah is excited because she is the oldest in her school now. Abby is excited to start "real" school. Madeline is nervous to enter middle school, we are having difficulty getting the combination locker open. Jonah just plain out doesn't want to go back. He can't think of one reason he likes school-after much discussion he finnally admitted he likes recess. I am looking forward to my house staying clean for more than 10 minutes. Why is that? You clean it and then you leave the room and it is no longer clean. Do you think they purposefully mess it up?

Well here are some cute Lake Michigan photos. We went to Michigan Adventures theme park and then to Lake Michigan. We had soooooooooooooooo much fun.

I forgot the picture of our family wall. Oops! Also, the kids were sad I didn't include a picture of Crush, the cat. So here you go!

Fun in the summer time

We had some great fun so far this summer. We were able to go with friends to Lewiston for a great camping weekend. Then we went with David's mom to Utah, no we didn't take our van, and we kept every trucker very entertained with singing and dancing from the children. We even figured out how to use a gum wrapper to fix a blown fuse on the DVD player. Then we went to Traverse city to see fireworks and the Blue Angels air show. It was fun. Abby covered her ears most of the time but I think she had fun too. We are looking forward to playing at home for a while and trying to grow our grass from replacing our septic. I don't know if starring at it will help, but I think I am going to try. It looks so sad back there. I will update with some photos soon. I am still learning all this.

Well a lot has been going on in our household. We will attach some pictures for you to see. First, Jonah has glasses. I was so distraught to cover up those beautiful blue eyes-but the kid needs to see. Second, Madeline is leaving elementary school and Abigail is entering. They just approved all day Kindergarten for her next year. I am so happy for her and so sad for myself. Lastly, All three of the older children participated in the school talent show. They Rocked! We would show video but we accidently taped over it. We are waiting for the school video and then we will post it. It is great! It is very entertaining. Jonah's is a hoot! They all worked very hard and it showed.

I just love the fact that they love to be in a crowd and perform. They are so amazing!

Also, I will attach pictures of the physical changes to our house. We put all three girls in one room and built loft beds. They turned out great. We had from a great friend of ours and we couldn't be happier with the turnout. So, this means Jonah has his own room. Yes, I know this is unfair to the girls-I have heard it all. But that is the way it is for a single boy in a family of 4 girls.

In addition I created this fantastic family wall that I just love! The black piece of furniture is one of a kind. My friend and I create it and built it, ok she built it and I held-sanded-painted. I just think it finishes our room off. I am learning a lot about making furniture between the beds and this piece. I realize just how much work it is. It has been tons of fun though. I love the results!