there is more...

so....i am SO over the beach... that was SOOO last week.  but due to some blogger technical problems i have been out of the loop,.... i will admit... its been a little NICE!!!   I have had just enough, more time to get things together instead of blogging til last minute and bolting where i need to be.......  

 oh. how we love a boat... but i was informed, "this is NOT a fast one"

 Sam, do NOT climb over the fence, the sign reads NO children on stage..... And if this child knew what to do with his middle finger, i feel for sure i would have seen it!!!

 my littlest lamb LOVES to hold hands and walk... thats just it... the third baby is always swept away at a rapid pace with no time to just slowly walk and hold HANDS... its the little things in life and i will say it melts my heart to walk with him just holding hands and he smiles like its Christmas Day!!!

 all you need to enjoy your dinner is a "fountain of youth and some sand"!

 or a sister to love on....

 This is about par for our course.....

 this is really wanting to try and be still for skittles while i take a picture!

okay, lets ride some waves... WAIT! there are NO waves...  try and try again anyway...

 we don't go many places without tools & trucks? do you? oh and some snacks of course and juice...

 while they look so sweet and easy to sit down and shoot with a camera.... THEY ARE NOT!   they are 5 and UNDEr... i say NO more!

 wanting to get 18 mos. shots... too dark... not in the mood.... wanting to sit in the bright colored chair.... Another time another place, maybe?

 "didn't i do a great job, mimi?"

 how do you roll at the zoo?  TWO per wagon please.... in the wagon, out of the wagon & back in the wagon.

Dear wagon makers,

Did you put that cute little DOOR on the side to be a royal pain in my side?

just sayn', the kids WILL NOT stay in.

only concerned of their safety and my sanity, thats all.

 of course this one below is buckled up, DO YOU KNOW THIS MONKEY OF MINE?

 daddy? ddddaaaaddddyyyy?  D A D D Y?  hell, either one of you could answer and we would be much obliged....  THis is FAMILY time, enjoy it or ELSE!!!!

 carousel for 3 for SIX please.

Dear Corona Light inventors, 

THANK YOU.

Mimi loves to feed the birds, as much as she loves the babies....

 we read A LOT of books as usual.... and bless the third baby... he looked at a lot too!!!

AND we left feeling somewhat refreshed UNTIL

we pulled into our driveway at HOme and took a gander at our 

calendar....  Company on thursday, Family in on Friday plus birthday treat for my monkey (a.k.a. must be at his class with creative snack, candle, hat, lighter, two brothers, & daddyc at noon, no later!), race for the breast cancer cure on sat. EARLY, family party for my biggest baby on Saturday night....must cook, pick up cake and all the needed items, Sunday..... Sunday School teaching for my middle, AND A BIG COWBOY PARTY THAT AFTERNOON!!!!   

Can we get another vacation please?

FYI:  everyone got LOTS of shots yesterday and did gREAt!  5 year check up, 18 month check up, & some flu shots.....  

Today i think i am going on STRIKE!!!!

too much time

but SO stinkn' cute... birthday party, maybe??

one LAST time...

beach bound again for a last swim before winter.....  it was so very relaxing.... well, as relaxing as 6 children 5 and UNDER can be... Lets say it was WONDerFUL!!!  Relaxing may not have been a good word of choice.

there were for sure GROUNDS FOR PLAY....

we were so excited to be able to spend time with our girls... a princess and her twin sisters in training...  who are most precious princess' already if you ask me.... They, one esp., will let me just HOLD HER!  oh.  pure joy.  I long for a baby to JUST HOLD and ROCK....

THIS about sums up my stinky boy babies.

 Have ball.  WILL PLAY.

 NOTICE:  its perfectly SIMPLE....

 pure white soft sand + no seaweed + no jellyfish + NO waves + NO PEOPLE but us + cool weather = pure and total BLISS.
*its just a mere BONUS to us mamas to NOT have to hover over our precious cargo the whole time in fear someone may snatch them so the fact that we could see them for miles playing and laughing was just heaven*

 the pool was RATHER chilly.... the cooler weather + the shade did NOT help us out!

 but not a cloud in SIGHT... but a whole lotta bugs?  biting flies and GINORMOUS dragon flies???  Darn the north winds that brought them in?  so the beach goers said anyway.....

stay tuned... more fun to come!!!

trial & error

i had to get a bigger flash for my camera to shoot in my house and just in general so i decided to put off what NEEDED to be done and play with it for a minute.... It just so happened i was also bathing my little boys while my biggest baby played with a friend.... THEY ALL got snapped!  some were better about it than others and i was limited to the bathtub shots and the playroom.

 "mom, what in the world are you doing with that HUGE flash light thing?"  "just get me please"

the setting proved to be way too much for a bathroom but this bathroom is in fact VERY DARK so it did its job if i can just tone it down a bit!

 this is one of our precious neighbors who i claim all day long.  He and his brother are the sweetest boys and role models for my boys i could ever ask for and their parents are not half bad either. wink wink And i will miss them all dearly this week and may have to call and check in!!

 And you can SOOOOO tell who the baby is in our family.... "he is looking at his big brother like did you see me slide out from under my truck?"  "are you going to help me or should i just sit back up?"
Now, you know what they say about hind sight but i am feeling like "why did my little lamb not look towards ME?"  is that what brothers are for? And i am also noticing i did not brush this angel's hair..... failing on the job in more than one way!