Progress!!

Talin thought I was taking pics of him. So he is saying "cheese"


I can't believe how much got done in 3 days! Whoo-hoo

Men at work!

I am so excited! We have a room downstairs that we are trying to finish for Brienna. Then Damen and Talin will share and Aleena will have her own room. So this weekend my dad and brother-in-law Jim and David worked their tails off to get the room ready to be sheetrocked. Then Monday my Uncle Wayne and his friend sheetrocked and textured the ceiling. I don't know if it will be possible to get it done by Brienna's birthday but we are going to try.

Wasps and Homeade Brownies.

I am so dang sick of wasps!!!!!!! We spray and knock the nests down and spray some more. The never seem to go away. Talin was outside today and just started screaming. He had been stung 4 times. 3 on one wrist and once on the other. Poor kid! He hasn't got all swollen like Damen does. So that is good! I gave him some benadryl and put cortizone on the bites. Then he took a nap. He seems fine.
Tonight after dinner David took the kids over to his mom's. When they got home Brienna had brought Paula's recipe for brownies. They were so excited and going on & on about how good they are. So Damen says "I don't want the other kind anymore. I want you to buy the homemade ones."

3 Little Nardis Off to School

Damen 1st grade

Aleena 3rd grade

Brienna 6th grade. Last year of Elementry. :(

This summer has just gone by so fast. I have pics I will have to post later. Today was the first day of school. Everything went great. But then again it always does til the excitement wears off. Then I can barely drag them out of bed. Pay backs no fun for me huh mom! I guess I deserve it.

David is home today so Talin is loving life. He has us all to himself. It will be interesting to see if he misses the other kids. Maybe he will when it's just him and I.

Seven Peaks

On Tuesday we all went to Seven Peaks. It didn't start out too well. Right after we go there out tubes got stolen. Arrr that's annoying! David and I were so ticked that we were ready to pack it in! Seriously you spend $18 to rent 2 double tubes and some loser just takes them. Any way we lucked out cause I had been talking to a lady while I was watching Talin in the kiddie pool. She told me that the were leaving. So after we saw our tubes were gone I told her what had happened and asked if we could just give them the dollar return thing you get. So YEAH the day was saved. We all had a great time! Talin is a little water baby! He loves it. I had fun just watching him. Aleena is my little independent dare devil. While I was napping with Talin David let her go on the toilet bowl ride by herself. By the time we found her again she had gone it and Cave In. Luckily no one stole her. I forgot my camera so no pics... But who knows it might have got stolen too.

Fun day

Today Damen had reading like he does 4 days a week. Then we all tried hard to get some things done around the house. Our plan was to go swimming in the afternoon after Brienna and Damen's dentist apts. Aleena really wanted to go... I usually have to yell and threaten to get her to do anything. Today she was a busy little bee. I would love that to happen more often. So we went to the dentist and Damen did great. In the past he would be fine through the whole thing... shot...drilling. Then when they would start polishing he would freak out. I guess he has out grown that. YEAH! After the dentist we were going to swim but Talin was in quite a mood. So he took a nap. It all worked out for the best cause David came home and we all went together. Plus Brooklynn and Kelsie(Michelle's girls) met us there. We had a good time. Talin was a hoot! A little to brave for his mom. It was like he was just going to swim away from me! eeek! He also loved jumping to us. We had to be ready at all times cause he would just jump. I was excited cause they had some lanes set up to swim laps. So I swam a few.... Boy I am out of shape! Guess I'll have to do it more often. Everyone was pretty worn out when we got home, so we had a nice evening too.

Lucky me!!

I have already told half the people I know about this. So I guess now I'll try to tell the rest. Last Tuesday I was having one of those days... Just a dragin" all day long. At 6:00 pm Damen had a T-ball game and I hadn't even fed my kids. Hadn't even thought about dinner. So just before we left Talin fell asleep(lovely!) and Brienna stayed home with him. We went to the game. On the way home I was trying to think of something to make. But when I walked in the door I saw the table was set... HMMM Then I saw that my sweet 11 1/2 year old had made dinner. Whoo-hoo! Mac-a-roni and cheese with little fried cut up hot dogs. And some canned fruit too. That was about the best surprise ever!! I am so lucky to have such a sweet and thoughtful daughter!