Home Sweet Home

We have been in Ohio since Friday...and now we are home. Home sweet home. Tommy, Max and I flew and the others are driving. We definitely got the better deal, but certainly couldn't have taken Max in the car for 11-12 hour drive. It would take us days to get there. He nurses every 2 hours not to mention the car seat would have been old after about 1 feeding. Bless Scott's heart for being so willing to drive, and haul ALL of the stuff....the baby bed, the blow up bed, the suitcases, duffle bags and STUFF STUFF STUFF it takes. Max did great on the plane and is now a seasoned traveler.

He has the camera so not many pictures to share. But I will post when he gets home.

We had a good time in Ohio, always nice to see family and the boys LOVE the farm and the fresh air. Jack was able to ride the tractor and help Daddy and Gpa Shisler deliver seed, Drew loves playing in the barn and with the dog and Tommy shot some baskets on their hoop and enjoyed Grandma Shislers home cooking. She spoils us with her food. mmm....

Happy to be here...happy that most of the snow has melted and we can take down Christmas lights in the backyard, and the treetops out of the pots. I am hoping to get Jack's bunk bed down and the twin bed up with the crib set up this weekend...it's getting closer to the time where Max will be able to move in with Jack. We will officially have the "little guys' room"...Max hardly fits in his bassinet, but I will hold out until he hits the weight limit. :) I'm in no hurry to get him out of our room. But I would like to get their room organized....and ready. Max can start to nap in there some now...

Max 2 months

A few of my favorite of Max's 2 month photos...taken March 11, his 2 month bday. (taken by my friend Makila)

Jack's chapel

Yesterday 1st grade led chapel at school...

Jack closed chapel in prayer

Then they sang one of his very favorite praise songs ! Can you tell he LOVES it? ("Every Move I make I make in you...you make me move Jesus...)

Did you Know?

From the time a child is born until they graduate from high school you'll have 940 weekends...

If your child is in Kindergarten you have 637 left

-3rd grade 471 left

-5th grade 364 left

-9th grade 208 left

If you have a 12th grader, you know how few you have left.

What are you going to do this weekend?

You have a short window of time before your kids becomes a teenager...it happens fast.

reference http://www.252basics.com

Dear God,

"Dear God, Thank you for this day. Thank you for the food you have provided. Bless it to our bodies. Please be with me and my brudders and help us to get along. Help us be kind to on anoder. Thank you for Max, pray he grows up to love you and love the Buckeyes. Amen"

-Jack age 7

Go Lions

Drew had his last basketball tourney this weekend...and they won! I loved these pics and Drew's excitement. I wish they weren't so blurry but you get the idea.

Way to go Drew, we are proud of YOU!

Done with basketball...on to baseball.

Monkey slippers

Here are the cute little monkey jammies Mike and Cara gave to Max...my favorite part are the feet. Don't they look like he has slipped into a pair of monkey slippers? Makes me laugh every time I put them on him. They gave him puppy ones too, same thing, puppy slippers.

I took these tonight right before he cashed out for the night. He rarely smiles later in the day so it was fun to get a little smile, and a bent ear too. ;)

The last snowman

After the 64 or more inches of snow we have had this winter would you believe this is the FIRST snowman that has been made in our yard this season? Scott, Drew and Jack built him today. Thinking the snow will melt..or so we hope...at some point soon. SO they went out and built the big guy with all of the heavy and wet snow, not an easy task. But I think he turned out pretty great!

Basketball, Boys and Rambling

This is our last weekend of basketball...Drew is in a tournament. Last weekend both Tommy and Jack finished up. Here are a few photos from the weekend.

-Ah...then baseball tournaments begin, well that is only if the snow melts off the fields ever.

Jack talking Star Wars with the ladies

Max watching basketball with Daddy

Drew taking a shot

Tommy taking a shot

onto rambling....

-Had more meals brought in this week from friends. When I did make a meal, the first one I have made since Max was born, Scott asked "who made this meal?" and I said "me" and he was shocked...that's how long it has been.

-have 2 lasagna's in the fridge to eat now too. (Drew has a canker sore so it isn't so great to eat now, will move one to the freezer)

-made a fresh loaf of Rhodes bread today, forgotten how good that smells

-happy to have a week of sunshine for a change

-we leave for spring break next Friday, we are heading to Ohio. Max will get to go on his first airplane ride and head to the farm for the first time.

-why is it that I still crave root beer even though Max is now born?

-have pictures of Max up around the house now in frames, makes me feel good to see him all over with the other boys

-I am wondering why fridge has a "d" and refrigerator does not (thanks Makila)

-I love being a Mom

-I love being married to Scott

-my parents have been in Cabo, MX the past 2 weeks and for 1 more week...I miss talking to my Mom every day. Cell phones and MX don't mix well. (miss talking to you too Dad :) )

-We got a cell phone for the boys to all share, calling it the " Shisler bros" phone. It will be nice when one is at a tournament and one of us isn't with him, or if they are at the driving range, or at a practice, or get hurt somewhere we are not. They are excited. Although secretly, or not so secretly, wish they had their own.

-after 2 years our neighbors house sold this week, anxious to see who bought it.

-I'm so glad we don't have a dog (I hope the new neighbors don't have one especially one that barks)

-I need to go to bed...