8 is GREAT!

I want to start this blog with a disclaimer. I chose to be a mother. I enjoy being a mother. I chose to have a lot of kids and I'm glad that I have a big family. I am a stay at home mom by choice and believe that motherhood and strengthening the family is very important. That being said, I've been in a funk. A burned out mother funk. I hear people say that motherhood is difficult but so rewarding. Lately I've felt the difficult but not so much rewarding. Today my husband and I had a role reversal. I had to take a certification exam for Music Therapy and attend another certification class. And although my day was full of taking tests and training-- I loved it!! My husband took the day off and played Mr. Mom. Last night, I was excited for a day all by myself and Jason was excited to have a day at home where he could get some projects done. I knew it was going to be a good day when I walked out the door as Jason was waking up the kids and heard Kamary say "I'm ...

I'm so excited that I can post pictures again that I thought I'd do another one. We thought our trees were dead last summer, but after all the winter rains, when spring came... our tree filled out nicely. A mama bird decided it was a nice place to build her nest. We've been watching it for about a month now and are waiting for the eggs to hatch (we think it will be soon). It's been so fun having the Mama bird in our yard. Sometimes the daddy sits on the eggs while the mom finds food, she never strays far though. Mama Bird on her nest

Look! I posted a picture! After trying several pictures and trying to upload several different things to different places, we're thinking that our internet connection is really slow lately. It took forever for this one picture to upload. I know our provider is "making improvements" but I hope this isn't one of them. Anyway, Yesterday morning when I got Brynlie out of bed, this is what I found. I have no idea how she did it!

So after trying to upload my pictures for the past 2 hours, my frustration level is at a high. I even tried to upload my pictures on picasa web and that failed. So.... I have posted my Easter pictures on Facebook.

I am having a problem uploading my pictures on to blogger. Has anyone else had this problem? I upload and after 20-30 min it says that the page cannot be displayed. It doesn't matter how many pictures I've uploaded (one through five) it won't do it. And it's just from my camera like I've always done. Does anyone know what I can do? Otherwise my posts are going to get very boring!

I've posted several times today so make sure you scroll down. For some reason, my Easter pics wouldn't upload so I'll try to post them later. Enjoy!

I woke up one morning and this is what I found. So much for giving them nice comfortable beds!

The kids got Good Friday off of school and Jason only had 1/2 day of work so we all headed to the zoo. The weather was perfect! Playing at the splashpad! Let's go see some animals! The wildest animals of all! Spring is in full bloom! We had a good time!

Spring soccer has begun! This season, Kohler and Alyssa wanted to play. Kohler doesn't have a competitive bone in his body! He is so easy going. Getting ready for the game Here is the action! Kohler's getting there- eventually Lauren watching the game Go #2! For some reason, Alyssa's coach always plays her as a defender. She waits for the ball to come her way and gets pretty distracted. Waiting for the ball This is a common posistion Alyssa! Get the ball!! She likes being on a team and is a great runner!

Kamary's school class did a play called "Little Red Writing Hood". It's about Red Riding Hood who changed all of the fairy tales, giving Miss Muffet a prince, turning Goldilocks into a bear and more. Pretty soon everything was messed up and the FBI (Fairy-tale Believers Incorporated) had to come and set everything straight. Kamary had the lead role of Red. She was sooo excited! She had all her lines learned the first day she got the script (and she had the most lines). On the day of the performance, she woke me up telling me it was time to get ready for school! That never happens. She did a great job and was quite an actress! The Cast Red & Goldilocks Changing the fairy tales Trying to get things straight The one and only-- Red!

I've tried several times to upload more pictures of my kids and for some reason it isn't working. So I uploaded them to facebook! Take a look- they turned out so cute!

Here are some fun pictures my friend just took. LAUREN KOHLER BRYNLIE I'll post more later.