CrAzInEsS

What I am up to:

-packing
-taking care of 3 kids (and a husband)
-packing
-researching minivans
-feeding 3 kids (and a husband)
-packing
-trying to say goodbye to friends
-thinking about running
-thinking about showering
-waking up multiple times a night to a sick little girl (with tonsils soooo huge she can barely swallow)
-looking at the empty boxes wondering who is going to fill them
-spending 4 hours at the Honda dealership today, with 3 kids in tow
-staring at a house that needs to be packed up, but not getting there as fast as it needs to be
-preparing for in-laws coming tomorrow
-thinking about Nate's birthday on Saturday. Maybe something should be done about that?
-thinking about Father's day. Maybe something should be done about that too?
-trying to sell a van
-calling 12 different places to see if they will buy our van
-being sad that every place thinks our van is only worth $0-$200
-thinking of all the errands that need to be done before we move on Monday
-spending too much time packing one box so that everything will fit just right. Then emptying half the box and rotating things to fit better. Then taking everything out and starting over with a new box.
-looking at the piles of clothes lined up for the washer

And yet, here I am. Blogging.

3 things

1. The other night after I tucked Cassie into bed, I came out to the living room to get Dylan and found him like this. He was so tuckered out after a long day of playing outside, that he fell asleep while still kneeling from our family prayer. Silly kid.

2. I sure will miss these little curls! This picture isn't the greatest, but it shows how curly Cassie's hair can get after playing outside for 30 minutes. Her hair was straight before she went out. I don't think this will happen in the dry state of Utah.

3. Dylan has had so much fun playing with Madeline every day. She lives right beside us and it will be a very sad day when he has to say goodbye to her.

Mackinaw Island

A couple of weeks ago we had our last opportunity to explore Michigan and we chose to visit Mackinaw Island. What a fun place!


Highlights of the trip include:

• driving over Mackinaw bridge. It was so cool! This bridge connects the upper peninsula to the lower peninsula of Michigan. And, it is 5 miles long! How cool is that? A 5 mile long bridge. I thought it was pretty cool. And a little creepy.
  
  

• taking the jet boat/cruiser thing over to the island. Fun times. And cold on the way back, since we sat on top.

• just being on this cool island! There are no cars on the island, just bikes and horses EVERYWHERE. We got there pretty early in the day, so this picture doesn't show how crazy it got later. It was so funny to see business men in suits riding around on bikes. It really felt like we were living back in time, with cute little shops everywhere and no cars. I loved it!
  

• Claire took 4 naps while we were on the island. She loves this thing...
  

• renting bikes and riding around the whole island. It was an 8 mile ride. So pretty!
  

(notice where Claire is riding? we had maaaany comments about that. And about the size of our family. 3 kids is a big deal here, I guess. I Never hear the end of that.)

(notice the bridge in the background of the next picture. We are supposed to be posing with it.)

• So many historical things on the island that we wanted to see, but with kids it was kind of hard. So we just took pictures of the kids playing outside of them. This next one is a big Fort on the island. It also has a very loud cannon that goes off every once in a while and freaks everyone out.

Dylan being Dylan...

• eating fudge!!! I swear every other store was a fudge shop. And so good too. And a little expensive.
  
• eating ice cream. The kids had 3 ice cream cones in one day.
  
  

(the little city on the island is in the background below. Not a great picture of it.)

• looking at all the cool lighthouses.
  

• and just being with each other. Even if the kids wouldn't stop asking to go back to the hotel to swim every few minutes.

I am so happy that we have been able to see so many things while living here.

Sold!

We will miss you so much little blue house!!!!

But what a relief to have you sold before we move. Now, all we need to do is come up with $30,000 for the closing. Ridiculous. Seriously ridiculous. Gotta LOVE the economy!

Okay, so I could really go off right now, but I won't.