The Crazy Life

Wow - who knew that life was going to be like this! What a crazy place my house is - I hope my kids survive!
Maggie is perfect and we are loving her. She is, however, a newborn and brings with her all of the fun challenges of a newborn - no sleep, many diapers, no sleep, feedings every 3-4 hours, no sleep, needing to be held, and of course - no sleep!
My kids have been so patient and love having Maggie here. It is fun to watch them talk to her, hold her, and occassionally try to lay on top of her (Grayce and Emma). All in all, we don't go anywhere anymore, and there are true moments of insanity. But, we are all surviving!! It is good to report to Nick when he gets home from work that everyone has been fed and is still alive!
Bryant and Tyler have been busy in basketball. It is so fun to watch. Bryant is a good little player. He loves to fast break and there are not many people that can even come close to keeping up with him. Tyler has been doing Itty Bitty basketball. He loves having his own thing to do that is just his. Abby is auditioning for a main part in their choir musical. She is so talented and I can't wait to see her perform again. Grayce and Emma are fulfilling their callings to keep me very busy - removing diapers frequently, pouring drinks on the floor so as to be able to fingerpaint, coloring every door in the house (wetwipes work wonders on crayon), pulling out all of their clothes and putting them on in layers over the clothes they have on, throwing diapers at the garage door until they burst open (wetwipes don't work on that), getting into the pantry and playing build with the canned food - which is all fine and good until the tower falls on someone's toe, and all of the other things that only the imagination of a 2-year-old could come up with! Nick is back full-swing into work again. It was so nice to have him working from home for a few weeks - oh how I miss him!! He had to speak in church a couple of weeks ago - he did great and enjoyed his time off while he sat on the stand. I am sure that we were quite a sight. We actually got some great help from the wife of one of the counselors in the bishopric - she took Maggie the whole time so I could focus on the other 5 (really just Grayce and Emma). We survived and so did the rest of our ward!
Okay - just got back from a break... Grayce came in to me and told me she needed a wetwipe (never good). So, after investigating, I found the wall upstairs had new art all over it. So, we all got busy cleaning it! Unfortunately now, the part that we cleaned looks different than the rest of the wall - maybe I need to do a better job keeping my house clean!
If any of you need a little entertainment, come on over!!! Now if there isn't a recent post for a while, or if all of my pictures look blurry - you'll know why!