Swimmer's Hair

Well, I wish I could say that my long absence from making any new posts is because I've been busy doing exciting things...but, sadly, that's not it. We've gone swimming in the new pool nearby, and that's been REALLY nice. I've just been sick and tired. I know, I know...complain, complain! I think I'm still in denial, and sometimes I actually wonder why I'm so completely exhausted and without energy! Ha! I would have thought that after already having three kids I would be 'used' to this...but luckily, we somehow forget (no matter how good our memory is...) how NASTY we feel those first few months! I really am not that bad, though, so no worries! I am VERY grateful for my circumstances this time around--that I'm not tired, sick AND overwhelmed with all the cleaning I have to do! It is a GREAT blessing for which I am grateful a million times over every single day!!!!

We were supposed to go canoeing yesterday it fell through, and I admit that I was sad!! I was looking forward to another interesting jungle adventure! Oh well. We went to a dinner party instead. It was nice--we met some new people that just moved in. It's nice not to be the new people here anymore! :) And it's nice when the new people moving in have little kids, and the mom doesn't work! Yea! Friends!! :))

So, here are some pics of our swimming fun. I'll try to think of interesting things to post again so it isn't weeks and weeks between posts! :)

Isn't this the most beautiful vista? And there's little Andrew contemplating jumping into the pool without his floatie! He has no fear!


Here are my happy boys! :)


It was 8am on a Saturday--and a fantastically beautiful day!! :)

Claire had a bad hair night! :) I washed her hair using the bathwater, but since I also use Skin So Soft, it made her hair very oily. I was playing with it, and realized that it stayed in whatever position I happened to move it, so this was the funny result!




Claire's sad face...


This is the Mother's Day card that Devin and the kids made for me! I should have taken a pic of the back, too, because that's where the kids added their pictures! :) My favorite was Josh's comment: "See mom!? I drew a picture of me and dad, and I wrote, 'I love Dad the most! I love mom and Claire and Andrew, too, but I love dad the most!'" I had to laugh that he put that on my Mother's Day card! :)) (And no, I didn't feel bad!)