It's been awhile...

Life has been busy just trying to catch up since the holidays. We have all but one of our windows in and now we have about 300 feet of trim to paint and put in the interior both around the windows and the baseboards and closets. Oh, also all the painting of walls and ceilings in the halls and dining room. Also hanging our new chandelier too. It seems never ending but the end result will be beautiful. So my house is a complete mess with saw horses, paint and trim everywhere...oh well...it just makes me that much more in a hurry to get it all done!

Lachlan lost his other top tooth. I kept telling him I could pull it for him but he refused to let me until finally he came to me with "I just can't get it out" I yanked once and out it came! He looks so cute with both missing that I had to snap that toothless grin!


Cohen had a little visit to the ER this morning. You know the morning is not going well when your oldest child comes in screaming "Mom, Cohen fell off the ladder"...your heart drops and you start running. Well, he fell quite a distance onto the cement. He has a large gash on his chin but what I worried the most about was the side of his face where he landed. He would not stop crying and shaking so off we went. By the time we got to our ER his face wasn't hurting so bad. They said he needed stitches but ended up being able to just use steri-strips...much easier on Coco. He was very brave at the ER I might add!

After his fall we managed to salvage this beautiful day and do what we planned. Hiking to Fragrance Lake with my sis and her kids. We had a blast. Cohen was totally fine and did not complain once (is he a great kiddo or what?). The lake was a little frozen and the boys had a ball trying to break the ice with the largest sticks they could find. Mack had a ball riding along in his pack watching all the kids and dog.
Me and my riding partner
5 of the 6 kids
Kaar and Mack
Madi and Mack
Puppy kisses from Marley