We have a great weekend planned. Hannah and I are going to be going to Dallas with our bestest friends and I can't wait. We are going to be going to the American Girl Store for our "Annual" trip. Chloe and Hannah can't wait to do that. Isabelle is getting to go for the first time and she can't wait. The girls want to eat at the bistro again soooo bad. I hope that we get to do that for them.

We are also getting ready for Vacation Bible School in Bethany at my sister's church. I go every year and teach the 5th and 6th graders and we have a great time. It will be fun but it sure makes for a long week. We start at 5:15 every night and we don't get home until around 9:30. At the end of the week my kids are bears.

The week after that we start our swimming lessons and we can't wait. It will be so interesting to see how well Preston does his first year of lessons. This is our busiest month of the summer and I know it will all be worth it, but it is going to be stressful.

We are also waiting to hear about GM. I really hate waiting on them because while we wait on them to solve their problems Jacob will be out of job but we don't know how long they will be shut down this time. It is slightly stressful, not knowing where your next paycheck will come from, but I know that with trust in God we are going to be fine. We are hoping to take a vacation to Arkansas this summer to go camping at the Crater of Diamond state park. I think that we can do a trip for not much money if we do that and I know the kids will have a blast. It should be interesting because I am sooo not an outdoor person. Oh well I guess I will be now.

I remember going camping with one of my best friends growing up and it was fun. So hopefully the kids will enjoy it. They will be excited about sleeping in a tent because they are always asking to do that. It should be great.

Have a great weekend everyone.

What a great month this past month has been for our family. We have been super busy but have had a great time together. We had a great mother's day because we got to spend the day with my grandmother and my mother at my parent's house. I am so excited that God has blessed my parents with a wheelchair van so that we could bring my grandmother home for special occasion days.

The month of June is going to be extremely busy for us. We have 3 Vacation Bible Schools, Gymnastics for Hannah, swim lessons for both kids and Preston's birthday.

We are also losing some really great friends due to a job change in June so it will be a very difficult and busy month. I have been really proud of my daughter because she is doing really well. She took the news of her best friend moving ok. I think that it will hit her when they actually move, but right now she is spending as much time as she can with her and enjoying it.

My son has taken a huge step in growing up this weekend and I couldn't be prouder. He has decided to become potty trained (finally) and he started riding his bike with no training wheels. He will be 4 in June and I can't believe it. I am having a hard time because it does mean that my baby is growing up.

I hope that everyone has a great summer and really enjoys it. I know that we will.

I am finally getting around to updating. April was such a busy month for us. We had Easter, my grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary and my mom's 50th birthday party. We have not had a chance to even sit down and relax. We are now getting the chance to relax a little, but not for long.

Last weekend we built a huge cardboard box maze in our church gym and our kids in Awana's got to run through it on Sunday night. They had a blast. Kids of all ages loved it. It was so much fun building, but I am not looking forward to taking it down.

Jacob has been super busy mowing yards and so he has decided to hire a youth at the church to help him out beginning this Saturday. It will be good because he will get done mowing way earlier than normal. I am glad and so is Dustin (the kid that will be helping him).

My grandmother has been in the hospital, but is scheduled to go home today. I am hoping that she will be well enough to come to my parents house for mother's day lunch on Sunday. She really enjoys coming over and seeing all of the kids there. I think that we wear her out, but I know that she also loves seeing them so it doesn't bother her that much.

We are having a Cinco De Mayo party today at my house and will be busting a pinata soon. My kids are so excited about it. They can't wait to get candy. It is going to be an exciting week.