Almost ready to go!!

I had great visions of taking the last week and packing in an orderly fashion. Due to it actually getting hot out... we ended up swimming everyday instead. ;) So last night everything was pretty much thrown into suitcases and shoved in the back of the van. If you know me at all... this is soo against my Type A personality. lol But the sun was calling my name... and the sun won!

We have atleast a 15 hour drive ahead of us. We've NEVER driven that far! The new van will definitely help keep the fights to a minimum with the dual dvd's players, etc. But I know damn well it won't eliminate them all! The kids have assigned seats....basically Brooke has to sit by herself. lol She just irritates the hell out of the other 2 so she gets a row all to herself. ;) I have a HUGE basket of snacks and we'll have a cooler as well so they can just eat their way down to Florida. lol This also goes against my Type A personality.. because I cant stand my car dirty! But I'm taking one for the team. Matt and I are the type that just want to get from point A to point B with as little stopping as possible. We figure we'll have to stop 3 times for gas. And are planning on those 3 stops being no loner than 5 minutes each... the kids are going to kill us! haha

We'll be gone 17 days all together. 14 days at Disney and 3 days at a beach resort about an hour from Disney. I'm used to being with my kids all the time.... but not used to sharing a hotel room with 1 bathroom for that long! I much prefer the 4 bathrooms at home. lol Should be interesting to see how this goes.

I have planned this trip down to every little detail... remember Type A. ;) The notecards are ready, dining reservations are made, etc... now we'll see how much we follow them. We're down there for a long time and actually plan to RELAX some this trip... but Matt and I have never relaxed on a vacation. It's on the notecards though so we have to do it right?

Are you sure it's summer?

Usually by this point in June we are all a lovely shade of leather. ;) But not this year! The weather has been.... well complete crap! We've had so much rain my yard now is neon green.

I've always tolerated living in Ohio because a few months out of the year we can actually enjoy the weather. But we've been stuck inside day after day. I have a million projects I need to do but haven't done a single one of them. Instead I've just hung out with the kids, playing with them, watching movies with them... and of course keeping them from killing each other. ;) Hopefully this dreary weather will lift soon....otherwise I'm about to pitch a tent to whoever will take me in Cali. haha

We leave next Friday for Disney. It had better be sunny there!! My plan was to have all the suitcases out by now and packing started. Um yea... that hasn't quite happened yet. =P Instead I have a bunch of crap dumped in a corner of my room that needs to be packed. Being that I pack for all 5 of us I really need to get my ass in gear! It's the rain's fault... it's making me procrasinate!!

I'll be doing a pretrip report before we go. I'm sure it will involve plenty of cuss words as I get frustrated at the fact that I'm running around like a mad woman trying to shove everything in the van. ;) And I plan on doing a much better job in actually finishing the whole trip report... but I'm sure I'll slack on that too. ;)

Finally updating this thing!

Wow.. it's been a long time since I've posted on here. But now that the school year is over things are finally settling down a bit... well as settled down as you can get with 3 kids!

First things first! May 10 Madison Joanna made her appearance into the world. 8 lbs. 9 oz. and 20 inches long! And as expected TONS of red hair!! She loves to sleep... just like her mommy and daddy. ;) And she's a really good baby.... unlike my rotten little monsters. It's nice to sit and hold a baby that isn't screaming their heads off!

We had a visitor last week. My friend Tina came to stay the night with us before heading to Cincy for a wedding. She had never met the kids and they just adored her. We really wish her visit could've been longer! Although she's from sunny LA and would probably be bored to tears after more than a few days here. lol

The girls are both happy to be out of school for the summer! Hannah's break is a short one as marching band starts as soon as we get back from vacation. ALL day practices pretty much every day til school starts! She was voted freshman class president too so she'll have lots on her plate for next year. Not worried one bit though.. I know she can handle it all! Brooke won't start cheer until later in July. But I still don't see much of her. She has met so many kids in the neighbor hood and is constantly out playing! Drew is missing his preschool friends but not missing leaving me... he is still such a mama's boy. =P He claims he's going to live with me forever! He's also going through this phase of saying all those lovely bathroom words... ya know... poopy, butt, wiener, peepee,booby, etc. I got lucky and the girls never went through that phase. Should've known Drew would never pass up the opportunity to call me a weiner butt though. ;)