Time Flies....sorta

Summer break has just started and school starts back in 10 weeks! Our summer is jammed packed with stuff...David/Girls on a mission trip, David/Noah Scout camp, my awesome niece-Caitlin coming for her annual visit, VA Beach, Hershey Park, Mackinac Island, baseball games, going to see new friends and old friends. My life is pretty freaking amazing! Without my fantastic husband and 5 unique kids, I would nothing.

Vita has been gone alot to her friends house...when she is home, I hear: I'm bored. I mention summer school and the boredom vanishes. Pretty cool trick, huh??? Yana is having a good summer so far...she has been more interested in friends and socializing. This has been quite a process, but she is definitely a child who needs to come to things in her own time. Stubborn? yes. Strong? yes. The day will come when those characteristics serve her well...today is not that day!! lol The easiest to please are the boys. Give them a water hose, some balloons, and a bucket and they are good for hours! The downside to this plan...we get an 80 pound wet puppy!

Jakob turned 10 a few weeks ago...amazing that we have had him for almost eight years! David and I have also been married 10 years! It has really flown by...for me anyway!! David may feel different, but he would never tell me! 23 days until Yana turns 15...she wants to have a party and I am all for that!! The benefits outweigh the torture! She changes her mind about 10 times/day as to what she wants for a gift. Her inability to commit comforts me...maybe she will not have serious boyfriends!! Noah and Levi tried out for the Children's Choir of SWMO and made it...I can hardly wait for them to start performing! Noah takes it all very seriously...Levi takes very little seriously and is a natural born performer!

Our life is crazy, and we wouldn't have it any other way! Sitting still and being bored have never really been my or David's thing...so we have taken care of any opportunity for boredom!

To quote David: The years fly by so quickly, but days drag on forever! (Amen!)