Spring Flowers...

Here is Juliet showing off some of the beautiful Spring flowers...

Night frisbee...

We really like throwing a frisbee. Charles got me hooked on frisbees early in our marriage and consequently it is one of the few athletic, hand-eye coordination type things that I can do with some proficiency. Here is Charles holding up our night frisbee, which he is very proud of. He just got me to sneak behind our house and throw this for a little while. It is actually pretty fun in the dark. The kids like frisbee too, although they pretty much just run around excited while we throw and occasionally fetch it for us. They attempt throws which usually go about 1-3 feet.

Hey cutie-bambolootie...

Little Dragon...

I think this towel is supposed to be an alligator, but Juliet calls it her dragon towel.

Cole stuff...

Well, awhile ago I started a blog for Cole thinking that I would post on it often about the things we were doing with Cole and how he was doing, but I didn't post on it nearly as frequently as I had thought, so I wanted to put a post about Cole here. He has been doing very well lately. He seems very aware of what is going on around him, MUCH more than he has been in the past. His language is really improving, he is saying longer sentences and even better than his expressive language, his receptive language has been really awesome.

Here is an example, the other day I had just gotten to school and was getting ready to take Cole into school. As I was unbuckling Cole from his car seat I was talking to Juliet about how she had taken her shoes off on the way to school. How will you be able to come in if you took your shoes off. Once I had unbuckled Cole, he got out of his seat, got Juliet's shoes and put them on her. This is huge! He was listening to a conversation not even directed at him and was understanding what we were talking about. Plus, he helped Juliet, which I think is sweet. Also, that same day as we were walking in, Juliet was wandering off in the wrong direction. As I was calling to her, Cole left my side and went to Juliet. Taking her hand he pulled her back to me. Anyway, lots of good stuff like this happening and I'm finding it just thrilling!

My goals...

Well, some of you may know that last year (2006/2007) I was in nursing school working on becoming an RN. It was a VERY difficult year. After 4 quarters I was really worn down and felt like I wasn't succeeding in my life. After much pondering, I decided to take a year off of school.

I realized that a lot of the reason I felt so overwhelmed every day was that my life was very unorganized. I felt like I was buried under a pile of laundry and toys all over the ground and I never felt like I could accomplish anything that I needed to do. I just had too much going on. Well, it is my opinion that once things are in order, or a habit is established, it is much easier and takes less time to maintain it than it did to accomplish it. So, I decided that is what I would use this year for, getting organized and establishing routines.

Well, I have a little less than 6 months left now, so I really need to get going if I'm going to accomplish all of the things that I want to. I've decided to list my goals on a sidebar on this blog so I can keep track of how I am doing. I'm not putting them on the blog in order to brag or show everyone what I am accomplishing, but I visit this blog frequently and so I will constantly see them here. Also, it is a big motivator to me to be able to update the goal and say that it has been accomplished.

Juliet and Parker

Juliet really loves babies, here she is holding little Parker when my friend Lisa brought him over to our house.