Another phase done!!!!

Well, our adventure didn't pan out this morning.  We are used to changing our plans at the last minute and we all go with the flow quite nicely. I'm so thankful for our children and their attitudes.  They woke at the crack of dawn prepared to go and when told Jensen might be sick they happily settled in to play with  Legos until the sun was fully up! Jensen had a fever and with us just all coming through the 24 hour flu (except Jensen) Tim and I did not want to chance going to the mountains and having Jensen start throwing up.  (Jensen turned out to be fine...just a small fever....Praise the Lord.)  So since the trip was off Tim decided to work on getting one of the arms of our play set installed.  This meant much digging had to be done and leveling on the playground we've been working on in back.

(Tim and Max getting the swing arm ready to attach to the tower!)

(The ground getting leveled and expanded for the swing arm to fit)

(Tim showing me how sturdy the new swing was!  Another phase done on the playset!)

 

Tim took all the kids outside with him leaving Morgan and I with some down time to work on blogs and such things. We had a nice time just chilling out, listening to music and working together.  She was able to get a lot of work finished on her blog and played around with some new things on it. 

  (Morgan working on her blog!)

 

The kids asked if they could have lunch outside at the tower.  We made them sandwiches, apples, and chips for them to picnic on!  Holland wanted to eat in her "Princess Tower"!  

(Lil Holly eating her lunch out at the tower!)

(Jensen, Johnston and Jameson were using the picnic table for the first time!)

 

All the kids worked so hard and it was so warm out that Morgan thought the kids would enjoy ice cream sandwiches.  She was completely right....they DID enjoy them!

(Becca sitting on the kids tire swing!)

(Holly was a huge mess after the dirt, lunch and an ice cream sandwich!)

(Davidson)

(Jensen and Jameson!)

(Johnston and Becca dressed as twins...camo shirts and blue shorts!)

Morgan and I got all the littles/middles in, showered (boy did they need them...yikes!), and fed them dinner while the older boys and Tim cleaned up outside.  We were done with the middles and littles showers and dinner by the time Tim got inside.  We even had time to watch a little bit of a new Thomas the Train movie before bed! While we were watching the movie I decided to trim this little mans wild locks!

(Wild Man Jensen!)

(He asked for a haircut where I could spike it on top...so off it came!)

(My Three Muskateers!)

After a long day of playing and working my middles and littles (Maxwell down to Holland) were ready to be in bed by 7pm.  They were tuckered out!!!!  Tim, Justice, Morgan and I are going to chill a little bit ourselves before we head to bed.  It's nice just being here together!  

~Blessings!