Just some updates

Riley likes to "help" me do laundry! Funny how he ends up buried in all the clothes!

Grandpa brought us 41 chicken eggs to put in my incubator for school. None of my chickens hatched at school this year, so we thought we would try it out at home to see if it really works. Out of 41 eggs, 4 of them hatched. I now know how to "control" the temperature. I actually learned how to candle the eggs as well! Thanks Dad!!! I will be a pro at this in April when I try it again with my kids!

Riley and Aiden were soooo excited when Daddy called them downstairs one day. He was cleaning the bathroom and heard some peeping. He asked if I still had chickens downstairs. The boys and I were sooo excited. Not only did they hatch early, but there were four of them and the boys LOVED watching them peck the shells off. We had to keep going downstairs to check on them. The boys actually took it pretty well when grandpa came to take them to the farm. They are being well cared for there! :)

They loved watching them come out and giggled when they were kind of flopping around...

We went to my dad's side of the family...family reunion. Uncle Dan read a book to the boys.

Aiden climbed the rock wall!!

The boys loved running and spinning each other on the Merry Go Round.

Well...we have been pretty busy lately. I'll start with Riley. He is getting ready for Kindergarten. Yesterday he asked for new pencils for school while we were at Sam's Club. The smallest box they had contained 72 pencils. We of course needed a pencil sharpener to sharpen them. He came home and had to sharpen ALL 72 of them! He is now doing his HOMEWORK to get ready for school. He is enjoying his final days of soccer and t-ball.

Aiden is trying to keep up with his brother. He wants to do everything that his brother does. He has become very demanding lately. When he has a wet or dirty diaper he wants it changed NOW! I told him if he didn't like the feeling, he should start to use the toilet. Well...today he has been dry ALL DAY! He has gone to the bathroom 4 times in the past half hour. Every time he goes he earns a quarter. Hmmm...I also earned a new cell phone through his potty training. We learned that cell phones don't float after falling in the toilet after doing the "Yeah" potty dance!!!

Jamma is doing great on losing weight! He has lost 67 pounds so far and has a check up next week.

I have been busy with summer school. Also taking Riley to his soccer and t-ball games is time consuming, but well worth it. Becca takes him on Thursdays when I have summer school. I also found out that I may have a hernia on the right side of my stomache. I have been having pains in my side and went in yesterday! The doctor told me to take it easy and just relax on the stomache crunchs and sit-ups. I'm not suppose to do any strenous exercise. I didn't know how to tell him that I DIDN't do any exercise, except walking. I guess this means I am suppose to just lay around for the next month....bummer. If it doesn't get better in a month I will have to go to see a surgeon. Jamma said that maybe they'd do a tummy tuck at the same time as hernia surgery since they are already in that area. Hmmm...always looking on the bright side...wouldn't that be nice???