Crazy Life!!

So, I know I haven't posted for a really long time. I just feel overwhelmed with life itself. Lots has happened since my last post. Seth turned 4 and is now in his second year of preschool. Gideon turned 1 year old and started walking, Jacob started 2nd grade, Aaron started 4th grade (WHAT THE HECK!!), and Mary started Kindergarten. Seems like they are all growing so fast. Too fast!
In April we made our way to California for a family vacation, and it was surely one for the books! Aaron was at Catalina Island for Scuba certification, so I drove with 6 kids by myself. That was an adventure in and of itself, but after traveling for almost 12 hours (potty breaks and snacks were all too frequent) and putting $80 of gas in the Tahoe in Barstow, CA. the car decided that it was going to die. It did so right after I had gotten back on the freeway after filling up. I only had about an hour to go before meeting Aaron, and it DIED! The trip that we once had payed for in full was now going to get much more expensive then we were prepared for. The tow cost $500 for 100 miles, and then we lost the use of our vehicle for 2 days while it was being fixed. That ended up costing about $1500. We had some fun going to a pirate dinner, Universal Studios, and then we went to California Adventure. Boy was it an adventure.... Aaron, little Aaron, and Seth all got food poisoning from the lovely hotel food that wasn't kept hot enough. We hadn't even been at the park for an hour before one by one they started to drop like flies. Ironic thing was that we took the hotel shuttle to save the $14 in parking (since we just spent 2 grand more than we anticipated), and then the shuttle couldn't come get us. We ended up spending $23 for a taxi to take our sorry butts back to the hotel so that the boys could poop and puke in the privacy of our room instead of Downtown Disney. Enough said. We ended up having a great day at Disneyland the next day and then driving to San Francisco before heading home, and had some fun there. Golden gate Bridge, the Piers, Etc. SO, that is that in a nutshell. Life is crazy and busy. We have been so blessed with life that we can't even keep up.

I have the CUTEST baby in the World!!

I just have to say that I don't know of any baby that is cuter than my Itty Bitty Giddy Libby! He is just so fun and lively. He loves me and makes me feel like the most important person on earth. I am so thankful to have this little bit of heaven. Oh, I could just eat him up!!

So... How did we get to February already?

I guess I just don't know what happened to January. It all seem to fly by really quick. My little Jake turned 7 years old and had his first late over with some of his buddies. We couldn't have all of his friends because there are just too many. We ended up having about 20 kids there with his cousins included. It was a blast! So much fun.


Then I turned 30!!! I still can't believe that it actually happened. I remember when I was younger, and I used to think that 30 was so old. Now here I am. The old one, but I feel just as young as I did years ago. My body has just been through alot. Like six pregnancies, births, beatings from my kids, etc. Basically, I think I would still feel 16 if it weren't for the kids, but I still wouldn't trade it for anything.




Also, my Giddy turned 7 months old!! What the heck. It just isn't fair how fast it goes. He is so dang cute though. I love it!