Somehow ten days got away from me without a post! I am going to have to give myself a schedule or things may get out of control! The kids are SUPER busy and the days are staying light later and the weather is warmer so we have lots less time inside.
Some highlights from the past ten days!
-Wil got his tooth fixed, again.
-Grandma and Grandpa Ohler came for a visit. The kids are always excited to see them.
-Wil made his first communion. I have pics that I need to post.
-Kristen went to her first boy/girl middle school mixer.
-ALL of Wil's baseball games have been rained out!
-We traded couches with Bushia and everyone loves laying on her couches!
-We helped with Bushia's garage sale, which was a big hit!
-We swam at Uncle David's for the first time this summer (well almost summer), I forgot what fishes I have for kids!
-We saw our cousins from out of town and Aunt Sara's baby should be coming any day now!
-Kristen went to the Taylor Swift concert! LOVED IT!
-Kate went to Memphis for her soccer tournament, tied one, won one and lost one! She has lots of stories to share.
-William went to Ram's Park for the NFL football draft and got to play on the field, be on the jumbo tron, ate, got autographs and tshirts.
-We helped Chutka put her house on the market to sell.
-All the kids had regular soccer games both weekends. Wil and Kristen won all their games. Wil scored the only goal in his game on Sunday and was very proud that the other team's coach specifically congratulated him and told him what a great game he played.
-The girls had piano lessons and have picked out their pieces for the spring recital. Kristen is also going to sing "Summertime"
-Kate is memorizing a poem for her poetry festival that is coming up soon.
-Kristen is skipping 7th grade math as her test scores are so good, we are excited for her and reviewing the 7th grade book at home to make sure she grasps the basic concepts.
UMMMMMM.....I am sure there is more, not to mention yardwork, housework, homework and just general every day stuff, but there has to be some time for sleep! No update on Chris' job situation for those of you who have been asking. He is staying positive and the kids are hanging in there. As I have said many times before...life just keeps on keeping on ;-)
He looks so ANGELIC! He took his first communion very seriously! He had a great party and his cards are still hanging in the kitchen and he reads them daily. I can't say we are the most religious family in the world, but I am very proud of the spiritual person he is becoming. He works hard on learning his prayers and thinking about WWJD (what would Jesus do?). We are very blessed to be a part of the St. Paul community.
Kristen went to her first boy-girl mixer. Here she is on the way to the dance and a picture of the mob outside when I dropped her off! She had a fabulous time dancing the night away!
Tuesday...The kids know that the teachers and the school board have not been agreeing on contract negotiations. Kristen and Wil went with me to the school board meeting. Kristen asked to speak and even though I was reluctant at first I let her. She was awesome and too the point, she said "if the adults can't get along and listen to each other, who are the students supposed to look up to, who are our role models." It was very moving and she got a standing ovation. I am VERY proud of her. The meeting was tough even for the adults, but she has been with me through this whole process, one of the curses of being a teacher's kid. The one thing I know my kids have learned through this whole thing is that you stand up for what you believe in.
Tonight Wil also had his practice for first communion. He was super nervous on the drive to the church. He kept asking what does he do if he forgets something. He was so well behaved listened to every direction to the T and then made sure his partner did the same, he was SO serious. In one of the pictures he is giving me a blessing, he looked up at me and gave me a wink...just enough to make me cry....
Sometimes I really think that he is going to be a boxer. He broke his front tooth for the third time, wrestling with a friend. Then he was head butted by the neighbors dog when they were playing. So he will look lovely for his first communion. He has been working on a poetry unit at school and here is the acrostic he did for his name, my only confusion is why the W says whale (although it is one of his favorite animals), it most definitely should have said wrestling!
Even Sonny had his own eggs, but he started chewing them to pieces as soon as he found them!
We all went to Bushia's for Easter and once again she out did herself in the food department. Breakfast pizza, turnovers, fruit pizza and then a full ham and potato lunch not to mention too many homemade sweets to count! Then the grandkids were spoiled once again with the huge egg hunt in her backyard.
We had a very blessed Easter!
Kristen had a choir competition. Here is picture of her at rehearsal. She sang a quartet and a duet. She scored a 2 on both pieces(scale 1-5 with 1 being the best). The judges were very impressed that she was only a sixth grader.
Kristen also went to her first sleepover camp. She went to Camp Wyman!! Where my brother and I both went when we were kids!!
And of course, all the kids had soccer games! Wil's baseball games were rained out, so that gave us a bit of free time. 
And spring has sprung in our little neck of the woods. Life just doesn't slow down and I suppose I wouldn't have it any other way!
