Spring-Summer 2008: Where does the time go?

This spring has been fast, fun and furious. We've all turned another year older since our last post. Four birthday parties later, we're all still standing- though the last one was a bit much. Earlier this month Natalie celebrated #10, with a sleepover that was about 10 times too big....just kidding. Last weekend Nate stayed with Grandma Knuth because he had a birthday party he desperately wanted to attend on Sunday, and Kayla stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Mullendore because she's not the happiest traveler. The rest of us put on 1200 miles in a 3 day weekend. We stopped by Amery, WI to visit Andy's brother and family, just long enough for Natalie and Noah to decide we need a Wii. Then we continued our northern trek to Blackduck, MN for Mike and Sarah Zachow's wedding. Mike is one of Andy's friends from college who was in our wedding and still keeps in touch pretty regularly. It was an adventure for sure, but everyone handled the weekend just fine.

As we've rolled into summer, the kids have me running every which way. Currently Natalie is in gymnastics 5 times per week and piano. Nate is in basketball, karate and piano. Noah is doing t-ball and basketball right now. Kayla is not so patiently waiting for swim lessons to start, because she spends her days watching everyone else, since her gymnastics class time was moved to 1:30. Which is right in the middle of her nap, which is NOT to be messed with. So, I promised her that she can try it in the fall and we're also looking into a boogy babies dance class for her age, offered at our local Forte studios in town. Natalie heads to Girl Scout camp right after the 4th of July, and then we move into swimming lessons for all, rec soccer and soccer camp for Noah, a couple short trips around Wisconsin and Illinois and then in mid-August we are attending family bible camp at Sugar Creek for 4 days, near Ferryville, Wisconsin. Before we know it, we'll be turning around and heading right back to school. This summer is surely going to be a quick one!