Weekly Update

Last Saturday we had a family reunion for my Mom's side of the family.

It was at the Rougemont Ruritan Club.

I didn't know a lot of the people there, but we had fun getting to know some of our family that we had never spent much time with.

I do know these folks!  I think Granny and Papa had a GREAT time!

Sunday I got to take the kids to a baby shower for Jason and Charity!

It was a neat experience.  It was also really fun to "see" Jason and Charity!

I bet Elton never thought he would go to a baby shower.....much less an international skype shower!

So cute!

We have also been busy with school this week:

In Geography we are learning about Delaware....so we are making a Popsicle suspension bridge as a family...

THE BOY was able to share his personal experience of the bridge with us, from his trip up to Boston, so that was cool!

Not as easy as it may sound....hopefully we will finally finish on Monday!  It takes a lot longer to dry then we realized!

The little ones are still busy playing a lot!

Wednesday THE BABY decided to take out the trash....and push it to the road!

So funny!

Stacy thank you for the cute pink trashcan....they have had more fun with that thing!

Our big fun for the week came on Friday!

We got to spend the day at the lake with Randy's parents.

THE TWINKIE BOY LOVED EVERY MOMENT....

from the moment he arrived and found a "gun" until we tucked him into the camper last night he was so happy!  That boy loves to be outside, moving, and playing!

The girl started out a little hesitant.  Didn't like not being able to see the bottom of the lake.  She was convinced she was swimming with snakes!  However....as you will see she got over her fear pretty quickly and had a good day.

The boy....went straight for the water!

The BABY had fun....but would not get in the water.  She liked the beach, the camper, the boat, and the jet ski....but NO WATER....except she did love the pool.

Twinkie Girl.....LOVED IT ALL!

We spent most of the day out on the lake.

Pepaw let all the kids drive the boat!

All the kids jumped in and swam, except THE BABY, she was the gate keeper and would open and close the gate as the kids climbed up the ladder.

She did like riding on the jet ski with Pepaw....but not Daddy.  Daddy was too fast!

However the big girls had fun with their CrAzY Daddy!

Twinkie Boys favorite part was driving the boat.  He drove the boat most of the day and he LOVED it!

Everyone was worn out by the end of the day.

Except Daddy was still hyper?!  and making strange animal sounds to the very end???

It was nice to get away for the day and unplug!

The 3 youngest stayed the night and camped out with Grammy and Peepaw and 2 oldest headed back home with us around 8:00 last night.

It was a good week!

Other highlights from the week:

The Twinkie Boy had a cavity filled on Tuesday and was very brave!

Randy and I got to go out on a lunch date on Wednesday to lunch and a movie, THE HELP (sooooo good!) to celebrate our 15th anniversary!  That was a lot of fun!  Mom kept the kiddos and they had a great time.

Randy's Job Hunt: Still going!  He did get referred for a job with the Fed. Government.  The job would be a great fit for him.  He REALLY wants this job.  So please pray!  So what does "he has been refered" mean?  It means that 354 people applied for one position.  He was chosen by a computer data base as being one of the top qualified for the position.  So the person doing the hiring entered the criteria he/she wanted in the candidate and it spit out Randy's application along with however many more he wanted to read.  So he may have said top 3, top 10, top 50....we don't know.  Now his application is in the hands of a real person who will look at it.  So we are praying this will work out.  He also has 2 good leads.  Hoping, Praying, Trusting.....and Knowing God has a plan!  Anxious to see what it is!

Love you guys!

Kim