Mothers Day, Crawling.....long update...

First, I would like to say Happy Mothers Day to all the mama's out there! We had a great day with Jared's family coming over for a BBQ this afternoon. Brats, burgers, salad and ice cream cake...yummmmmy, bocci ball, ladder ball, bubbles...we all had fun!

Doesn't Joleen look great for about 20 weeks pregnant? That is what I looked like at about 3 months...who's kidding who...my belly is bigger right now than hers!

I can't believe it has been this long since I have blogged. Sorry! Ok, let's get everyone up to date...

1. Kate has learned to crawl...sort of. She crawls EXACTLY like Jack did as a baby. We called him Lurch. She keeps one knee under her and pushes with her other leg...kind of hard to describe. She is going forward though and getting to where she wants to be, which is right under my feet :).

2. Kate is now 8 months old. Did I post her 7 month pics on the couch? If not I will get them on here. I always took Grace's picture in her rocking chair on the day she reached another month "birthday". It was so fun to see how she grew...and she grew fast! Kate isn't growing as fast but I can see her changing with each month.

3. Jack and Grace are almost done with school. I am looking forward to no more homework...3rd grade is grueling at their school. I love their school and feel very blessed to have them there, but I don't remember having to know all 50 states locations, their capitals and how to spell the state and capital. On May 22nd, Jack will take his final exam on all 50 states...prayers that week as we study and he takes the test would be much appreciated. Grace is sailing through Kindergarten with flying colors. Her teacher would like to keep her another year because she LOVES to clean the classroom. I keep telling her to play during free time but she would rather wash the tables and chalk board (it doesn't matter if other kids are using the chalk board..I have seen her at "work"). She is doing wonderful at reading and is now testing at 7o words per minute reading. She is closing in on Jared....jk. Math is very easy for both of them (thankfully they got Jared's DNA there). Below is a picture of Grace coming home from school. It was Charter School week so that day they got to wear crazy hair (wouldn't it be easier to carry your school papers IN your backpack?). Jack's picture is from when we got to stand in line and meet Greg Jennings from the Green Bay Packers...at the grocery store :). Jack was pretty excited!

4. The house is still for sale.

5. Since the beginning of 2009 we have read the Bible with the kids everyday. We decided to read it chronologically so we would know when events happened in what order and it is very interesting to read the Psalms that David wrote as he was going through different periods of his life. Sometimes joyful, sometimes sad, scared, confused, ect. (sounds very familar for my life right now).

We read through the story of Moses and how he lead the people out of Egypt and they personally saw the miracles that God performed through him and yet they doubted Him. We are trying very hard to keep our focus on God and trust that His plan for us is perfect. As much as we want to (and need to) sell our house, we know it is in His perfect timing. We just need to be faithful that He will protect us until it sells. Our kids may not understand every word that is read each day from the Bible, but they don't let us miss a day. Even when we think they aren't listening, they surprise us by stopping me from reading to ask a question about something they just heard. It is so amazing how this has brought our family together. It takes us between 20-30 minutes to read and it is so worth it. If anyone wants to know the website we used to find out the chronological order of the Bible I can email it to you. There is also a specific Bible that is in the chronological order that I can find out the name of.

So that concludes our monthly update...just kidding..I will try very hard to do some more updates. I have pictures from International Night at the kids school, Kate in her cute outfits, and her playdate with her friend Miss Erica :).