I know, I know, I know. I'm a slacker!

It has been a long time since I've updated here. I haven't been able to find much computer time except for talking to my JJJ's. I can't even think of everything that's happened since I posted.

• I've been on a mission to lose all the pregnancy weight that has piled up after having all these kids. In the past couple months I've lost 30 pounds and I'm crazy proud of myself. Big thanks go out to my JJJ girls for keeping me motivated.


• Add and Aiden started school a couple weeks ago and they are loving it. I'd never imagine they'd get so much homework in first grade and kindergarten, but they don't seem to mind.


• For Labor Day Weekend, we took the kids to Spring Mill State Park to have a fun day. We went to the Gus Grissom(astronaut)Memorial and nature center, had a picnic, played at the park, played in the creek, and walked through the old Pioneer Village where the early settlers of the area lived. I think the kids' favorite part was playing in the creek. It is a creek that runs out of the caves so the water was freezing cold, but they didn't seem to mind. I felt like my feet were gonna freeze and fall off for the first few minutes, but then I got used to it. Ellianna made a new friend while playing in the creek. His mom said he will be 2 years old next month. I guess she likes the older boys. He was sharing his water cups with her. I guess she wanted to tell him thank you, so she gave him a big wet kiss right on the lips. I dunno if he didn't like it, or if he was just playing around with her, but a minute later he dumped his water cup right on her head. She didn't care, but his mom freaked out about it. They played together for about 15 minutes and she cried when he had to leave. It was so sweet. By the time we left, we were all totally exhausted and the kids slept the whole way home. It was fun for me to bring my kids to Spring Mill State Park because I went there atleast twice a year when I was a kid. I'm hoping they'll grow up to love it as much as I always did. Here is a pic of Ellianna playing in the creek with her new friend. I'll upload more pics when I can.
  

Editing to add more pics:
This is a family pic I took by putting the camera on a wooden beam and setting the timer. It was a little off center, but oh well!