Slaker again....School started

It is now November 5th and I haven't posted since August...wow!!!   I tell you what life is so busy and just seems to get away from us, but I need to make sure and update this as I LOVE going back to see what I have posted in the past....as my little ones are getting so big so fast!!! 

I will update with as many pics on what has been happening the past few months and then continue to go forward :)  Miss Lizzie started 1st grade in August....amazing the pics from when she started Kindergarten and how much she looks so much older!! Not to mention that she grew a foot over the summer I think!   She has no pants!!   Love the beginning of school pictures...they look so sun kissed tan from lots of pool and lake days over the summer :) 

Love Bella and her fun hair....and her little sleepy eyes in the morning....she is 15 months here. 

Mommy & Lizzie...my twin....me and her stick out like a soar thumb in our blended family as all the others in our family are blonde as can be!!!

The shot I get each year now in front her of school



Next up Ava & Grace's big day of 1st day of school.....they started about a week after Lizzie did

Ava is in 3rd grade now

Grace is in 8th grade...she is the big fish now in school and is growing up each day

The family shot....love this pic!!!

Another one as I love to snap as many pics as possible....because the chance of getting all 4 girls to look with eyes open is no easy task.

The 3 big girls.....

I really can't believe how big they are getting.

I try to cherish as many days as possible b/c before I know they won't even be this size anymore :(

ENJOY EVERY DAY!!!

More Lake time....

Here was our second trip to the lake.....had a great time...with a few minor hiccups (girls mis behaving  caused us to cut this trip short)    I honestly felt like it was dejavu when I was little and I heard my mom and dad saying "That's it, we can't take it anymore....we are leaving!!"    I felt like good old Kim's voice was just spewing out of me!  Well when they say "Just wait till you have kids, you will know"  Well I am there and with a vengence!  Instead of 1 girl (me) and 3 boys in my family...it is the 4 girls I have now!
I pray everyday for strength to get through when they act up and I know they are kids...but oh my lord! 

So anyway we packed up on Friday (we were planning on staying till Sunday) and came home...no technology and pretty much a lot of silence on the way home. 

For the most part the girls had a blast as you can see by these pics, but had to write it out for two reasons...
1) It helps me to let it out (b/c I know that no family is perfect...and I have to accept that)
2) I want to be able to have the girls one day when they are older and have kids of their own and remember this event :)

My boating girls....(minus Grace - she was at home at basketball camp)

Classic Bella with spaghetti....loved just rubbing it all over her face!

This was her before the incident

This is a nice shot of them getting along :)

Anyway I hope we never have to do that again and that I hope we are not the only family that is a circus...after I type this out we are creating a chart of chores :) 

What the heck.....where was I??

All I have to say is WOW!!  Who doesn't write anything since May 28th!!   I mean summertime there are so many fun and busy things going on, but I could at least write a little here and there and post some pics so I can keep all the memories jotted down before they leave my mind!

Anyway I am going to try and get this going once again and keep it updated as often as possible!
So many fun things this summer...lots of trips to the lake (and that's what I have most pics of so that is what we will blog about)

It was a slow start to the lake other than Memorial Weekend...Wade and I had 2 weeks of vacation planned out but they didn't start until late July... so the first time we got to go down was the week of July 18th.

Bella hanging out in Aunt Stacie's condo exploring....I swear she never sits down...just walks into each room multiple times checking everything out.

 Bella and big sissy Grace on the porch looking for boats...Bella waves to each and everyone and says "HI"

These two are just clowns! 

 My poser Lizzie

 Girls building sandcastles at Frankie and Louie's...Bella just wanted to eat the sand.  Not good!

 As you can see on the bottom of her lip....sand which had been in her mouth about 2 minutes before!  Yuck!

Bella all tuckered out after a long day of boating!

This is the funiest pic of the trip!  Lizzie and Ava were playing camera with Bella and this shot was taken by Lizzie.   I think their facial expressions are hilarious!

Cute one out to lunch at Jolly Rogers!

Summer is flying by and as I write this Lizzie has 3 days left of summer vacation!  Crazy how time flies!