With that out of the way...

Monday...hope your weekends went as well as mine...having all the kids here for the whole weekend was a mad house...Crystal and I cleaned up at least three times a day and you would not be able to tell ten minutes later...We had a full weekend filled with laughter and love. Josh rearranged my snow to make a race track in the front yard and a snow fort in the back...the race track gave the neighbor lady many hours of laughter as she watched the older boys race first the remote snow machines then all the cars...Eric has enough of them that if you charge them up by the time your done killing all the batteries the first one has recharged.....so from snow machines to "mini" mico racers...the track was a success..... the fort??? Well this adventure started out as a 'snow fort" for the babies to play in...it turned into two snow walls and a war zone.....Snow balls the weapon of choice....Brittany and her friends against Josh and Donny....three hours of snow flying....my yard is almost bare....(this was actually and excuse to pass my snow off to my neighbors.) Since they sat and watched laughing at the continious snow cloud...they should not be too upset when my flowers are blooming and my lawn needs mowed while they are still under my snow...... So now I am guessing that any neighbors who saw the hord of kids here are getting worried....trying to find our exactly who bought the house....see we moved in and it snowed....I have never played in my back yard....Now it is well played in....and the neighbors broke in..... The weekend drew to an end with little Buddy sick...the ear ache and cold kept him up all night...that explains why my post is late this am..........Melissa went with the big kids to Wasilla and Donny will be off to work soon....in hopes that Buddy will nap most of the day...I may get some chores done....but will probably sleep..................................my reality