Family pictures

Yesterday we had our family pictures taken by a wonderful photographer, Andrea Stovern. I didn't know exactly what I wanted, just that I didn't want run of the mill pictures. Andrea met us a local park by the river and she was amazing. She was able to get my 3 kids to smile every time!

She emailed me last night with a sneak peak. I will have the rest of them later this week. So now I am showing you a sneak peak. Let me know what you think.

Summer is Coming!

One of my favorite blogs 30 Days is having a summer of ideas for kids. She is calling it .

Every Tuesday and Thursday She is having guest bloggers on with a new and different blogs on fun things to do with your kids this summer.

I will be checking it out. You should too!

Mother of the Year

Yesterday we were at a BBQ at the park. The kids were off playing and the adults were hanging out. Little E was on the swings and got the bright 7 year old thought of jumping off the swing to get down.

Next thing I know he is crying and saying "ow". Ben and I checked him out and he was fine. He could move all of his fingers, he could move his arm. The rest of the time at the park he complained that his arm was hurting and me being the "mother of the year" kept telling him that it was fine.

After we got home and he was in the shower, he kept complaining that his arm hurt. I told him it would be fine. He went to bed and was still complaining about the pain. I started to get upset with him and told him that it was enough. He was fine and needed to go to sleep.

"Mother of the Year"

3 hours after he had fallen asleep he was crying out in his sleep that his arm hurt. I went into his room and he was still sleeping! I gently woke him up and asked him where it hurt. Little E told me his arm was hurting "really bad".

We went to the hospital.



It is a broken wrist.

"Mother of the Year"