Weekend is over

So Ryan's team lost their game. They came in #2. Not bad for his first season ever of football. We had a great day. We went to the Danish bazaar. And heard the Danish ambassador speak. Way cool. I got all the stuff I was looking for, for Christmas. The kids had face painting, and colored ginger bread men, and made horn baskets, and got balloon. Kirsten went nuts over the balloon. She wanted to play with one, and was the only kid that didn't get one. So everyone else got to share with her. Now I am working on a holiday party. We finally have all this free time again.

So I just found out all my siblings had blogs. So I checked them out. Now I feel like a slacker. So here is the run down of our crazy lives again. Ryan is at his last football practice, they have the championship game tomorrow. Hopefully he will win. Kathryn is still miss popularity. Lots of friends to hang out with all the time. Jonathan is really learning a lot these days he loves school. Brayden is enjoying playing with his friends and going to preschool. Kirsten has finally learned to walk. I of course, am working on the house. I just finished the toe kicks in the kitchen. I am currently working on reorganizing the house. Just the same ole stuff. Mike of course is still working so hard he doesn't know wether he is coming or going. Some day I will post pictures. We of course had Halloween. Ryan was Harry Potter, Kathryn was Bat Girl, Jonathan was Optimus Prime, Brayden was Spiderman, Kirsten was a lovely little Lion. We are now gearing up for Thanksgiving. I am still looking for people to come over and make our house crazy. I love having a big Thanksgiving.

Well, the school year is here.

So the kids headed off for their 1st day of school. Brayden even started preschool this year. I loved it. Kirsten and I headed off for some much needed grocery shopping. Now that every one is in school we are still working on the kitchen and moving rooms around. Basically we are fall cleaning and making the house a little more livable. Football is taking a bit of time out of our family life but it seems to be doing wonders for Ryan. Some day I will post pictures I just don't know when that someday will be. We are really enjoying life and waiting for things to settle down and the dust to clear.

So I forget everything sometimes.

Wow, are we crazy or what!

So since I last posted, the normal stuff has gone on and then the not so normal. So Sundays from now on will be tricky as I now lead the music in church, which means that my dear husband will be with all 5 kids alone. Should be interesting for me. We are also ripping apart our kitchen as I type. I just finished packing up all the lower cupboards so they can be ripped out. Then new floor, new counter, new cabinets. I am so excited, but I am thinking I should paint while I have a blank canvas. We have also had a few birthdays. Ryan is now 10 we celebrated his birthday in Arizona. Mommy is now 31. Need I say more. However my friends rock as they came and wished me Happy Birthday. As for the kidlets, hmmm, lets see..... Ryan is ready for school to end, he is enjoying swimming, and Tae kwando. We are also looking forward to football this summer, and scout camp. Kathryn is enjoying playing with all of her friends and the house is beginning to look like a revolving door of little girls. But we like it, now if her brothers would just leave them alone. Jonathan just graduated from speech as he can officially talk. So now he is looking forward to school being over. Brayden is still being a very good big brother and taking care of Kirsten. He is also being daddies helper and ripping off flooring with the best of them. Kirsten has learned to crawl and has taken on the official title of Mini- hoover as she believe she should eat anything that is one the ground, which now includes the entire contents of my kitchen. So as you can see the title of this post is perfect as we are running like crazies at our house.

Sickness

So we have had our bout of illness for the last 2 weeks. All the kids got sick with fevers and runny noses. They each took a turn and were better in 2 days. Then Mom caught it and was sick for 8 days and counting. Luckily I'm finally starting to get better. And then poor little Kirsten caught it. and she is so sad and pathetic. So we took her to the Doc's office. Turns out she has the flu which she caught from mom. So for the last 8 days mom has had the flu. No wonder I wanted someone to shoot me. But we are all on the mend now. So no need to worry, just lots of rest.

So much happening so little time.

So since it's been a while since I posted, here's the low down. Kirsten is scooting backwards she gets about 3 feet from her toys and then through an awful fit to be put back next to them. Brayden is completely potty trained. He is very proud of himself, now we are working on keeping clothes on. He also started Tae Kwando and is loving every minute of it. He wants to go punch and kick every day. Jonathan has hit some kinda slump. He doesn't want to do anything but watch TV or play the WII. Kathryn is still being miss social. She really wants to take violin or piano lessons as well as art classes. She is enjoying Activity Days and wishes it was every week. I like to keep her home with me cause she is so much fun. Ryan is reading "7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens". He likes what the book has to say. He is still working on Tae Kwando also. Mike is trying to decide which job he wants and if he wants to move or stay here. Chelle is treading water and wishing there was a magical house work fairy to come clean it all. We are currently working on puttin up a play ground in the back yard. Hopefully that will be an incentive for the kids to go play outside. SO there you have it. THe last month or so in a nut shell.