In the afternoons when the "hour of insanity" approaches, I often turn on worship songs and we all sing and dance upstairs. Ally knows a lot of songs so I finally caught a small glimpse into her singing. This is just a small taste of what she does. The first few seconds are the best then she realizes what I'm actually doing! Anyway, I hope you enjoy! Oh, and as a side note, Ally and I clap a lot to the music and Rylee clapped with us for the first time! It was super sweet!

Lot's of Maui Pictures

We're home and it felt sooooo good to hold Rylee and hug the girls. Mike and I had a blast. It was really refreshing and they gave us a lot more free time this year. Mike and I also went a day early and left a day later so that was really nice. We went snuba diving, (no, I didn't spell that wrong). It's in between snorkeling and scuba diving. You use oxygen but it's attached to a 20 ft. tube that is attached to the oxygen that is floating on top of the water on a raft. Make sense? LOL! It was AWESOME! The ocean freaks me out but I wasn't scared when I was down there. I saw huge turtles and a pregnant white tip shark that was WAYYYY bigger than the lady made it sound, look above and I think you'll agree! There are a ton more snuba pictures so if we can bore you with some more, let us know!

It was nice not being pregnant this year. I'm posting a picture of each night we were at an event and as you'll see, most of them we are holding Mai Tai's or champagne. They had them waiting on trays to hand out when we walked in and sense we always tried to get a picture right away so we wouldn't forget, we look like heavy drinkers!

Mike and I also learned something on this trip. The ocean and kayaking don't mix with us. We signed up to do the kayaking and snorkeling with the turtles excursion. Mike and I were both so seasick we paddled back with a guide after the first stop. Not even being in the water helped. I think they lost at least a third of the group though, so we weren't alone. In fact some friends we met from last year were supposed to go and when we left they weren't on the bus. We wondered why until we found out that they had been tipped off about the seasickness so they opted to skip. It was a smart move! We did see a nice big turtle though, so it wasn't a total loss!

Mike is forwarding more pictures we downloaded onto his work computer so I'll post more later.
The Goo Goo Dolls also gave everyone a private concert and that was cool because most farmers agent's are, shall we say, getting up there in age, so it wasn't that large of a crowd by the stage. We were really close to the band

A Mother's Day Card

Emily made me her first mother's day card at school. It was really very cute, it's definitly going to go into the preschool file. I thought what she wrote, (or rather what the teacher wrote and she said), was really funny.
Thought you might enjoy it...

(From Emily): I drew you a heart and a rainbow. Happy Mother's Day. I want to go to Waterworks Park in the summer time. My mom loves me. To my mom Jamie. Emily

I guess since she figured she went to all that trouble to make a nice card she would just put in a request too!

9 Months

Rylee will be 9 months old on Thursday. As usual, it doesn't seem possible. Time truly is flying by. She is doing great. She is super happy and super easy. I couldn't ask for a better baby. Still sleeps great, eats great and loves her sisters, baths and her other baby friends. She gets so excited around other kids, it's so cute. She screams and flaps her arms and legs. She still isn't crawling but she is scooting herself wherever she wants to go. I need to get it on camera, she actually looks very dorky with what she does. Not even sure I could call it scooting. She looks really funny doing it next to Jackson who crawls like a pro!
She had a nine month checkup today. She looks really good other than the normal still not gaining weight fast. She's a whopping 13lbs 9oz.! Go Rylee! She is also 27 inches long. So since 9 months she's gained 1 lb. 9oz. but she has grown 1 and 3/4 inches, so at least we have that to hold on to! She's a total pig so the eating doesn't really match with the growth! She loves her food! I'm pretty sure she's going to turn into a cheerio any minute!

Call it what you want...

I recently I've been struggeling with where to read in the bible. Do I find another devotional, pick a book in the Bible to read, The Daily Bread devotion? I wasn't sure. But I've always wanted to read through the Bible and have started many time but never got too far. So, I think there are some of you out there that hopefully will want to join me. I'll be following the chapters that are laid out in this website http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/readingplans/comprehensive.php
So whether you want to do it to strengthen your relationship with God, as a personal challenge, or just as a starting point as you don't know where to begin...call it what you want but I would love to have you join me. It will be a great way to keep each other accountable. I know God speaks to us through his word so I'm excited to find out what he wants me to hear! I'll be posting often on what I'm learning and reading and struggeling with and hopefully we can figure things out together. The blog I created is on my friends and family list but you can also follow this...http://walkthruthebible.blogspot.com/.
I'll probably start this Monday to give you time to think and pray about whether this is right for you!