I sure do love summer!

Being outside has been glorious!  My kids just do well in wide open spaces.

So here are the recent happenings in our house.

We love to swim, but I was getting tired of all the packing and unpacking that entails.  So, we took a day off. And while Aunt Jamie was getting her nails done, we played at the mall!

Laney LOVES Jordyn.  Probably TOO much most times.  I am constantly yelling and reminding Laney that she can not carry Jordyn, or make her a bird in a nest.  A battle that I am losing.  But Jordyn loves her none the less!

Oh my word!  Aunt Ne-Ne sent us these belly tattoos.  We had a BLAST doing them!   I didn't get pictures, but she also got us finger puppet tattoos!  We did our best to have a puppet show.  But that was kind of disastrous.  Hence the lack of pictures.

Oh fat baby!  We love you so much!  Jordyn is now 6 months.  Sitting on her own and rolling everywhere.  I swear the child never cries.  She doesn't even cry when she wakes up in the morning!  Well, except the one time she got her leg stuck in the rails.  I think she thinks that if she stays quiet, no one will know she is there.  Then she will be safe!

Poor Jordyn!

I have been TRYING to come up with things to do with my kids.  Mostly to keep them from destroying things!  So here is what we have so far!

Lots of arts and craft.  Who knew this painters paper could be so fun!  With washable paint of course!

Feeding and taking care of Jordyn.

Owen came to visit while Aunt Katie took Ike and Laney to Despicable Me too.  They loved it.  Gabby and I loved on Owen.  Well, Gabby tried to smother him. I kept him alive!

My favorite treat.  Smores.  We haven't had a campfire, so stove it is!

Lastly, walks to the park.

And although these photos make me look super fun.  I lost my patience A LOT during every single one of these fun things.  Kids are hard.  4 is a lot!  I am just doing my best to keep them alive and not give them too much stuff to work through in therapy!

I think that this week has been especially tough with Ike finishing another round of chemo.  As I have shared with some of you, Ike has not been his wonderful self.  He spent an hour and a half screaming, sobbing, and telling me he hated me because I would not take him to Meijer to return the pop cans.  I didn't say "no", I just said "not right now".  Those moments leave me exhausted.  6 more months of treatment y'all.  I can't wait.

I do have a lot more on my mind, but for now, a fun post.  Lots of pictures.  Which I always love!

Adios!