Pool is up!

Well we got the pool up this weekend. Nick brought home the skid loader, dug out the black dirt, hauled In the sand, put up the granite block border and finally set up the pool!
I am so thankful that I have a handy husband. He can be a perfectionist sometimes but everything always turns out so nice:-)
On Sunday it was a warm one here at 91* and even though the pool was only 66* the kids just had to go in. They played in most of the afternoon until the rain started. I am thankful that it cooled down a bit because the heat of the weekend was enough for this momma:) I felt a bit icky this weekend and I'm sure it had to do with the heat. I a definitely glad the pool is up especially for the upcoming summer months.
We started VBS this week and the kids are so excited to see there friend and learn some new songs! They had a great day and are already trying to figure out a way to spend some more time with their friends:)

Pool time!

It is officially pool season here! We will hopefully have the big pool up this weekend but for now the kiddy pool will do:)
The sun is shining and Audrey just can't get enough of the water even of it is freezing. She had the pool to herself for a little bit while the older kids were biking. Who needs a swimming suit when your this cute?:)

Our addition...continued

And here is the mostly finished product :)

We are still waiting on trim and currently just have rugs down as floor covering because of our basement door being in the floor.

Of course there is really no cleaning this room due to the amount of coats and shoes we have:)

I love it!

Our addition

This past Thanksgiving we added an addition to our house.... a mud room! I never did upload pictures so I just thought that I would.

Before we started

The walls are up

Yay!

The room is Tyveked and window and doors are in

and there is the hubby working hard:)

Somewhat done...

I will have to add the finished pictures later because I didn't realize that I didn't have them-oops!

Busy days

It has been crazy busy around here. I had my second delivery this weekend! It was very exciting!! I love birth! God is so amazing! I got the call on Saturday night at 12:22 am from the mother-to-be and by 1:48 pm her and her husband had a beautiful healthy baby boy:) Amazing!

We also were given almost new(5 year old windows) from a guy who decided not to remodel but build a new house. We had to go and take them out of the old farm house that they were in because it is being taken down this week. They are much newer than our 100 year old single pane windows. We are extremely grateful. Now I just can't wait to get them all put in:) He had exactly 13 windows and we need exactly 13 windows- God works in mysterious ways!

Only 5 more weeks of school!! Both I and the kids are excited. Summer is a long awaited break for us all :)

Anne and the other children in her First Communion class

Anne and her godparents

Anne also received her First Holy Communion on Saturday April 15th~ she was so excited to receive Jesus! It was a wonderful day with family and friend and she was beautiful!

My sister Angela has been living in Florida for the past 9 months and she is coming home to visit this week. The kids are all excited to see her, as am I :)

Got to love this face~ always getting into something:)

Any this usualy means some sort of trouble :)

The princess on her special day(couldn't get the picture to flip)

Rebecca always has her own sense of fashion

Charlotte hard at work :)

Well there is our little update :)

Happy belated Easter to all!

It has been a crazy month here. I haven't had much time to sit still. We had a wonderfully blessed Holy Week. I attended my first birth as a doula on Good Friday and it was amazing! The momma did a fabulous job and delivered a very healthy and beautiful baby!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Easter! We enjoyed the wonderful day with our families. The kids had multiple Easter egg hunts, too much candy, and lots of laughter.

We also were able to announce that we are expecting again!

We are so excite, as are the kids!

Wednesday

Oh what a crazy busy Wednesday and it's not even over yet!