Too Many Words....

Not enough pictures. But alas, I forgot to take my camera along on the 4th so I'm bound to Heidi's expert photography skills. We had a great time on the 4th. Chris and I invited Heidia nd Jim along with their 4 kids to the cabin at Big Sandy. It was the first time we've had guests out there and it was lots of fun showing them around, and playing lake games with our friends. Addie and Ella had a great weekend together, very little fighting, lots of playing. They both skied:

Chased and caught toads endlessly:

And finally stopped long enough to sleep:

Matthew and Mia did like they usually do and played happily so long as they got to be a part of the party:

Chris weight loss contest "ended." As can be expected the "bet" part of the whole thing fizzled out, but lots of boys lost lots of weight. Frosty can proudly say he's no longer obese! As can Chris and Seth, and Giff seems to have moved off the almost obese edge. Theres are millions of fat cells out there screaming for nourishment and these dedicated boys refuse to feed them! Chris and Seth both lots somewhere between 55 and 60 pounds, Giff nearly 30 and Frosty over 10 I think. I am so very grateful for the life change this has spurred in Chris. He's so much healthier now, and says he feels better now. He's looking forward to living an active lifestyl, not just workouts, but playing ball with the kids, family walks, canoeing, anything that requires effort and that he may not have been terribly comfortable at his prior weight. Sounds like lots of fun to me!

You can imagine we've not slowed much since returning from the lake. The remodling project was supposed to be completed on Wednesday, but when Shawn called down to the flooring company to pick up the remaning pallett of floor he found out it had been used for another job and was being reordered. Bummer. So we're left with a half floored bedroom, and no trim in either the bedroom or closet. The rest is complete though, and while I was hoping it would be done for our company and Ella's party this weekend it's not that big of a deal.

On Wednesday evening Addie and Delaiey both came to play with our mini water park in the backyard. Most fun was the slip-n-slide. Which the 3 year olds can't seem to figure out how to properly use so I pick them up and basically throw them down the thing! After Delainey went home we walked Addie back and shared some pizza before we left her there but Mia to bed and did some closet work. Ella fell asleep watching movies on Heidi's bed. I pawned the girls off to a Bailey Tesdahl yesterday and did some major cleaning and redecorating. I have no idea where we would be with that family.

Leah and Emma are coming to visit today, they should be here by noon. We have plans to swim until the girls are wrinkly and go to open gym at Ella's gymnastics club tonight. They should be plenty worn out to sleep until the party in the morning. Cartoons and pancakes in comfies for 5 three year olds! Sounds like fun to me!

Have a good weekend everyone. I'll try to ge party pics up as soon as I can. More importanly I'll try and be sure and TAKE party pics!