So apparently the best I can do is a two month recap.
We froze our butts off on Easter but had an otherwise good day 
Chloe, Madi and Zach started soccer. Here is a great picture of Chloe getting scored on. 
We had Zach's 6th birthday yesterday, check out his birthday wish after his sisters blow out his candles for him, I love it!
So I am apparently not much of a blogger. Lots going on around here so far. The snow finally melted and it is warm and sunny out, yeah. Tommy moved out and is back in California, good for him but we miss him a bunch. Chloe turned 8 and we went to the Brookfield Zoo and dinner downtown Chicago. 
Waiting for a table we are kinda cold tiered and hungry (not the best pic but at least most of the family is in this one).
Madi turned 9 and we celebrated at Mega Play and then got Mexican food for dinner (hence the sombrero)...
Josh turned 30 and I surprised him by sneaking his mom out which was really fun. We had a good time with her and he was really happy. I am glad that I pulled it off I thought for sure he would figure it out before she got here. I also got him (regrettably) and xbox 360 so he was stoked. 
Krysten and Jonathan came out and visited. We had fun just hanging out w/them dragging them around in the snow. The girls went shopping one day while the boys played with the rocket launcher. Fun stuff. Here is a picture of my first niece due in July. Charlotte Steele (at 16 weeks). 
A couple of weeks ago Josh and I ditched the crew and we hooked up with our long lost friends Shane and Brandi in Vegas. We had so much fun it was a really good trip. Josh also surprised me one night and we drove down to Riverside and met up w/friends and family for dinner. I got to see some of my best friends, their kids and my cousins who are all like my favorite people in the world. That was so the best surprise (big points in the love bank for my husband) and lots of fun. If I had know that I was coming then I would have called more people but I will be back out in June for my cousin's wedding and I am planning to spend awhile so I can hit Sandals and catch up with everyone that I am missing. Thanks to my cousins who drove up to crappy Riverside and braved the 55 traffic just to see me, I felt very special. My favorite Vegas picture, I totally think it should be used on one of those ad billboards for the famous what happens in vegas stays in vegas slogan. I told them to do this and I love the look on the ladies faces in the foreground. Booze tattoos and love. 
And Krysten and I in Vegas...
So far a great 2007. I will try to blog more often now that I know that people are actually looking and reading. Stay tuned next week for soccer and spring break.
Gina is the first friend that I made when I moved to Indiana. We had a ton of fun together and became very close. Gina and I both have very different and busy lives so I started missing her before she even moved. She is the type of friend that would do anything for you. Gina is awesome because she has a huge heart and then on the other hand has the most severe case of road rage that I have ever seen in real life, I love driving with her the things she says are hillarious. She moved last week to New Jersey and I have been thinking about her all week so here's to Gina, an awesome friend. I miss and love you.
What is it all about? I have for the last three years been scaling back on presents, trying not to let the month fly by and suck our bank account dry and forget to focus on what is was really all about anyway. We are getting closer but still not quite where we want to be. Anyway, we have an older couple next door who are always wonderful to us, they buy little toys for the kids, talk to us and even our dogs all of the time, they help us fix things or at least offer to. They are great. So all I did was bake them some cookies for Christmas and I got the nicest thank you note and card from them, I just wanted to share it. 
You can click on it to make it large enough to read. Anyway, they helped inspire me to not only think of including people in our thoughts and lives at Christmas time, but all year. Our lives are so full, Josh and I seem to have no time for anyone else besides our kids and each other, but little things can be big to others.
A couple of days ago we had seven kids running around here playing. Two of them got "hurt" so I had them in the kitchen with me as I listened to their cried and assessed their wounds (they were fine) but Chloe stops playing and comes in and gives them love and not only does she sweetly make them ice packs and give them band aids, she also then proceeds to refill the ice cube trays and put them back in the freezer. I love that girl.
Chloe's birthday was yesterday she is now 8 years old, I don't know where the time goes, when Josh and I first started talking she was 4. Chloe has such a huge heart, she is the little mommy of the family and definitely the most loving sibling. The girl is amazing and I am so blessed to be her "other mom".
I really have nothing to blog about. Spent the last four days home w/the kids. Thanksgiving was very nice. But every five minutes someone would find me and let me know that they were bored. It is so annoying, we had friends over, they have a trampoline, the woods, a swing set, a go kart, bikes, video games, movies, toys, games, books, a closet full of art supplies, and they are bored? I am doing something wrong here. Here is a picture of me and the crew apple picking in September (which has nothing to do w/this blog but whatever, I will take some pics soon)...
