Where to begin..............

So it's been a ridiculously long time since I've updated this blog.... Our lives have been CRAZY for the past several months. Since I last updated... I started back to work after a lovely FIVE whole months off starting 1 month before Keeley was born. I'm working two ten-hour shifts which is wonderful and hard at the same time! I love only having to get up and out of the house two days a week/ only having Keeley and Isaac in "school"/ daycare 2 days a week.. but on the other hand 10 hour days are long when you have to come home and do homework/feed dinner/ get everyone cleaned up and ready for bed on time. Joe is nearing the end of his master's degree... YAY!!! He's been in classes two nights a week, + some weekends, + countless hours of homework for the past year! I'm very proud of him and his dedication but will be very happy to have my husband back... (so will the kids)!! Brennan started a new school after Christmas break, he's now attending Risen Savior Lutheran school (same place he went to pre-kindergarten). He is thriving there and we are thrilled with the small class size (15 other children/ half the size of his previous class) and his changed attitude about school! He's doing so well and I am amazed every night when he reads me his books.... It's awesome to watch him grow and learn. Isaacs doing very well in his preschool class, he loves to do artwork and any outside activities. He's also a great help for me at home... He loves to bake with me and helps me in the garden... particularly by eating the yummy strawberries that are growing! Keeley is somehow already 7 1/2 months old :( She's sitting up, rolling all over and just starting to get up on hands and knees and rock...she'll be crawling in no time... then watch out...things will be even nuttier around here! She is sooo sweet and she loves to talk/scream/babble :) Her brother's can make her laugh like no one else can and she absolutely loves Zeus... she gets excited when he comes anywhere near her (too bad he's not all that interested in her!).

We've been enjoying the wonderful Arizona spring weather and spending as much time outdoors as possible, in our own backyard, at the park... going on bike rides/runs/etc. Not looking forward to being stuck inside soon with the coming AZ HEAT.... But it will be nice to have Brennan off school for the summer and a more relaxed schedule.... I promise to try to update more frequently :O)