Okay, Can I tell you how much I love my Mac! I am not a computer wiz by any means. In fact, I am just a computer absentee. So when I get on the computer and I can do anything I want with pictures or videos in a flash, I LOVE IT! Recently my kids have discovered "Photo Booth" and they are hooked! I catch them laughing their heads off all the time over it. So, I thought I'd send out a few of the funnies! Such a blast!

Who says only birds can fly?

This is what Austin would look like as a chipmunk!

I just found this one on photo booth. Wow Charly! Looks like a photo from a movie or something.

Funny Meredith

Charly and Meredith were laughing so hard! What cute little buddies!

Our New Home!

Charly waving at the beautiful DMU grounds. We go there to have lunch with Austin on nice days, and one day I just started snapping pictures. The miracle is that I'm posting them ! :)
Ash, what a happy guy!
Meredith is so photogenic! Notice the sweat around her face? That's because beautiful green Iowa is also known as sweatville! Holy Humidity!
This is one of Kellen's favorite poses. He's ready to attack the bad guys!
Wow, are ALL of those kids mine?
This is Tate playing with his "wormies". He would go out every morning and collect them, because every night it would rain, and there were plenty of wormies to find!
Above is the little computer nook. I love having it in my kitchen! I actually check my email now! hurray!

This (below) is our dinning room. Carpet in my dining room with 5 kids around the table! haha, wish me luck!
This is my kitchen, and yes it always looks that clean! Never is there a crumb on the floor or any dishes on the counter... (Does it count as lying if it's written on a blog?)
Little Ash in our front yard, I'm not sure why he was upset, but he was awful cute at it!
This is one of my favorite views of the house! Let me out Mom, says little Tate!

This is the view down our street. I LOVE the big trees everywhere! And who knew Iowa was so green?
This is the a view from the back fence. Notice the garden off to the left! Yeah, it doesn't look that good anymore. I'm afraid I am a neglectful gardener! :)
This is just another view of the back yard! The yard is my favorite part about this house! Isn't the tire swing so cute! I love it!
This is the house from the front (to state the obvious!) Some day I would like to paint the siding and shutters another color...I just don't love khaki and country blue...
Such a quaint little house in a quaint little neighborhood! This house fits us perfectly for now!

A Family of 7? Are you kidding?

Little Baby Ash! Yeah, he's here, and he's already 5 1/2 months old! The kids absolutely love him! He is a pleasant little baby who laughs and smiles and rolls around and steals the heart of all who meet him! He's a lot like the rest of his brothers and sisters! Tate, little tough guy! His favorite things are ninjas, spiderman, batman, bad guys, and his swords! He has recently found an awesome growl that he shares with everyone! He chases his siblings around the house trying to get em!

Kellen, just one look at that mischevious grin tells you all you need to know about this kid! He is so cute, and never gets in trouble because he looks at me just like that and I can't be mad at him!

Loving little Meredith, 6 yrs, a little mother to everyone including me, she loves playing with her friends and siblings, loves that she can finally read and play some of her own songs on the piano!

Sweet Little Charly, lover of books, piano, her new violin, and her "favorite toy ever" a dollie that laughs and cries that she got for Christmas. She gets baptized in a month and a half and she can't wait!

So, a lot has happened since my last post! hahaha! Ya know, had a baby, 2nd child started school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve is tommorrow! Maybe some day I will become one of those organized people who post on their blog! Haha, I think it is far more likely that I will always be one of those unorganized people who admire those organized people who post on their blogs! HAHA! What can you do? I am who I am, and I'm loving the life I'm living! :)

Here are some fun family pictures taken right after Thanksgiving. It is so wierd to me that these are all my kids! 5 of them! Have I really been having kids that long? I love them all to pieces though!

We're Pregnant!

Surprise, Surprise! We're pregnant again! Our fifth child, and third little boy is due to come on July 19th. Don't be surprised by the picture. No, I am not nine months pregnant even though I look like it! I am 25 weeks and I am betting with another 15 weeks on me I'll resemble a whale even more! hehe. I am euphorically happy anyway though! I am loving this pregnancy so much. Not because of the wonderful vericose veins in my right calf, or because of the joy of stretched out ligaments that hurt when I walk, run, and move, but because I get to feel my little precious baby moving around all the time! I LOVE IT! I feel such a strong connection to this baby and I am so grateful for this special time of pregnancy. Maybe it is because I think this is my last and I'm savoring the moment, I don't know! Whatever it is, I am a happy girl!

HAPPY FAMILY!

Me and my Man!

8 1/2 years of happy marriage!

Tate,

The 1 1/2 year old darling