Nutcracker in May

Middle child

Being the middle child isn't always easy. Our little Joslyn is great at it! She is growing up to be such a beautiful little girl. She is the most shy of all our kids, but she is so kind and giving. She got the "bit o honey" award from preschool because she is so sweet. She loves to cuddle and she always finds her way into our room at night to sleep with me. Its a little hard for me to see her grow up since she is my little girl, but I am so proud of her. Andrew loves her too, he is always playing with her or bothering her, but she is so patient with him. Isn't she cute?

Sick house

I have been trying to post these pics for so long, and blogger is finally letting me! Taylor made me this sweet book for mother's day. It made me cry, cause I love being a mom so much! It is hard a lot of the time, it is exhausting a lot of the time, it is messy a lot of the time, but its worth it all of the time! Right now we are going through a time when it is all of these things. A yucky Strep bacteria has taken over our house! It gave Noah, Joslyn and Justin strep throat and Taylor scarlet fever! She is miserable, but hopefully everyone will feel better now that the antibiotics are in. Yesterday everyone was fine, but today was a long one. I am glad we know what it is and how to fix it. I am so thankful for modern medicine, doctors, antibiotics and my education. We were able to get everything taken care of quickly. Back in the day, this kind of infection could have been deadly to the kids. I am also grateful for prayers and I know God watches over his children. I know tomorrow will be a better day!!

I needed this today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=WbYLKVgwztY

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Easter morning

Here are some more pics from Easter morning. The kids woke up early to see what the Easter bunny had brought. We decided to take it easy this year with just some fun dollar store toys and a tiny bit of candy. I knew that the kids would get a ton from my mom! We also hid eggs around the house like we always do. It was a nice morning, quiet and peaceful. The kids had a great time.