My 3 Eskimos

The boys can't wait to get their homework done everyday so that they can go outside and play. After it snows, they actually take snow shovels and scoop the snow off the tramp!! We have huge piles of snow in front of our house because Dennis uses his skid steer to clean up all the snow that the snow plows leave behind. I caught the boys the other day pushing their bikes up to the top of the hills and then riding them down. I wish I had their energy.

The Crew

This picture was taken about a year and a half ago. I didn't like the family picture we took for our Christmas cards so I guess this one will have to do for a while until we can get around to trying again. It's hard to get all those stinky boys cleaned up and looking acceptable for a family photo!!! Nevertheless, stink or no stink, I love them all. Not only are they family, but they are the 4 best friends I could ever ask for.

Me & Den

Not exactly the setting we were wanting for these pictures but it had snowed the night before and we didn't have many choices.

We have been keeping pretty busy with Dennis' company although recently we have slowed down a little because of the weather. Have I mentioned how sick of the snow I am?

I usually have so much to do that the day flies by and the kids are home before I know it.

We don't get out much without the kids but we try to sneak away now and then for lunch while the kids are in school. Later this month we will be going to Vegas for the Nascar race so we are pretty excited. Especially seeing as how we will be in the suite and not the grand stand!!

The "Eddies".....

If you know Dennis at all then you know that he calls everyone "Eddie", including our children. Speaking of children, here are the 3 reasons for my gray hair. If it isn't one thing it's another all the time. It is so hard to keep up with them. I always thought that it would be easier when they got older but obviously I was wrong. I feel like I should be painting "Mom's Taxi Service" on the side of my truck. They all have somewhere that they need to go and it is never at the same time or in the same direction!!

They are all pretty good kids though. They get themselves up and ready for school every morning and have been doing good with their chores... although I still have to sneak in later and scrub their bathrooms again!! Their version of clean and mine are slightly different.

Trips to the store with them have permanently ceased unless it is an emergency. My nerves can't take it!! Their favorite thing to do is pick one color on the tile floor and refuse to step on any other color even if that means Garrett is left stranded in the middle of an aisle and refuses to move forward because there are no more "gray" tiles!! Every time I turn around one of them has gone off to look at something without telling me and Weston and Garrett still insist on having to try out every bathroom in every store we go into to. Aren't they supposed to outgrow that?

Putting that all aside, we still feel pretty lucky with what we have. I thank God everyday for their health and happiness.