Happy Mother's Day

First of all - Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, soon-to-be mothers, and even those dads that do a mother's job. :) I would say Katie thought yesterday was Mother's Day - every hour or so she would say "Happy Mother's Day"...I've only gotten it once today, and that's enough. I was also told that I was the "bestest Mommy in the whole world." But that was after I caved in and let her take her new markers out to the garage to color on some cardboard. Still, it counts right? My mother's day gift comes tomorrow. John and I are going to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. (Yep, eat it up Shelley! :)) My mom is coming up to watch the kids and will be her first visit since March of last year when she came up to babysit so we could go see....Bruce Springsteen. Deja Vu. Thanks Mom.

Next, you may be asking "where the heck have you been?" Well I haven't been anywhere - just fell out of the loop. You'd think with wireless Internet in the house it would be easier to get posts up...well at least it isn't for me. And I have a LOT of pictures to get up and a lot of things to say so we'll try to get some on this week.

I have a garage sale coming up next weekend. We've been busy getting things sorted and cleaned for the occasion. Actually I've been doing that for the past 4 weeks. Seems every time I turn around there is something that we aren't using anymore. John is off to pick up a table and some saw horses (I keep wanting to say sea horses) from a friend of his, and I cleaned the garage yesterday. If nothing else, it's just nice to have a clean garage. Another mom and I are doing the sale together so hopefully it won't be a total bust. :)

We went to Waukon last weekend to visit family. We got to meet the new twins, Ethan and Emily. They are very cute and very tiny. It's so hard to remember what 5 pounds looks and feels like. Seems like things are going well - growing and all.

Now you can even tell which is which.

While we were there Katie and Will got to go for a ride in Uncle Jim's tractor. They loved every minute of it. Both attempted to steer, I am told, some better at it than others.

Will gazing out into the field..."I could SO do this."

This was during Katie's ride.