here comes the sun!!

Yay! After two weeks of no school and rain, we did a happy dance when the sun came out. At least I did. We did have some fun during the rain though. One day between storms Mike got out to take the kids golfing. They all had a great time, although I heard that Chase was a scary driver.He had orginally taken the day off so we could go swimming, but the weather didn't cooperate. We ran errands that morning. I have been looking for some bookcase headboards for my boys. I thought it would be nice for them, but the furniture stores were pretty much over what I wanted to spend. I had looked at some at Shopko, which were less expensive, but so cheaply made I didn't think it would be worth it. That Thursday with Mike, we stopped at D.I. to look for a bed frame, which we also needed. Celiac calls this the Wonder D.I. because she has had some terrific finds there, but I hadn't been so lucky. Anyway the bedframes were $20 bucks with missing wheels. You can buy new for $25 so that was a no way. However I got this awesome headboard for $8. It's even all wood, not cheapo board like the Shopko ones. Now, I need to find one more. We invited all the "cousins" up to visit last weekend. With my there were ten kids. They have a great time and play really well together, but I have a new appreciation for people who have that many kids. I don't know how they feed them. I felt like all I did was get food and try to think of things I could make that would stretch. Grandma, if you are reading this, once again I think you are incredible. By the way, how did you feed them?? This week during the rain, Chase built this great catapult (Mike just got called as a Webelos leader and we stole all the supplies from his stuff.) and Connor is working on a cross bow.