forgive me...

but, I LOVE these movie thingies. I have so much fun putting the pics in order and matching up a song. Anyway... we went to the zoo yesterday, it was a lot of fun. I could almost go every day. The kids had a blast and I only spent like 15 bucks cause it was half off day!! WOO.. Ruby was pretty miserable without her nap. She threw sand in everyone's eyes at the sandbox, got a black eye when she fell running away from me, and threw a HUGE fit when the carosel ride was over. All in all though, I think it was an excellent day. I love to take them places.. especially outdoors with animals. I think one of the most important things to pass on to our children is a love of nature. It doesn't matter what creature, there is a place for them all in the universe. My kids are slowly learning a respect for nature and animals, we have had a huge assortment of pets. We also have rescued several sparrows and I taught them how to mix the baby food and how to hand feed them with the ends of q-tips. We have also felt he pangs of loss when an animal that is part of the family dies. I know in my heart that these lessons are the ones that really matter.

They just dont stay little

We love the lake

Why stay home? It's hot outside!!

Ava's true feelings

I love summer... I am totally admitting to the fact that my lack of posting has been due to the fact that I am hardly on the computer anymore. I just want to be outside outside outside. I don't even want to go to work anymore :D. Ava is turning into such an amazing little girl. Her speech gets better every day even though it is hard to understand it is great to finally see what makes her tick. I love hearing about her thoughts and what strange thing she is going to come up with yet. I bore everyone at work with my stories about my wild life with children. I don't think anyone is luckier than me.... No matter what the day was like... or what kind of rejection i recieve in the outside world... there will always be a house full of people who love me... I will walk in the door to be assaulted with MOM MOM MOM.... They overwhelm me with questions and requests... but I wouldn't trade it for anything... these people are mine.. my home is safe and we all accept each other faults and all. People at work are always saying "you got your hands full"... but they don't realize that the work involved... the time.... I am trading it for something that is so precious and amazing. I wouldn't give it up for all the wild nights they spend partying... all the trips to vegas... all the alone time in the world. They have NO idea what they are missing!