dancin' fools...

there's only one more dance class before the big recital. surprisingly, carsyn did rather well today. logan always does well. they only pushed each other a few times today--it should be an interesting show. maren was extremely fussy durring their class. i think she's fed up with having to sit and watch them and not getting to do anything fun. she's asleep now. logan and carsyn both finished dinner and now logan is helping nana bake some cupcakes and carsyn is watching "curious george"--the monkey, not the president. what a disappointing race for tk yesterday. if i were him i'd be super-pissed at that no-talent, danica! she sucks. watching the race yesterday made me realize how very difficult it's going to be for me to miss the 500. i seriously can't imagine not being there and breaking my 23 year run. dude, you owe me big time! on a positive note: i'm feeling almost back to 100%. i was able to walk my normal 4.2 mile walk. i have no idea what was wrong with me, but it was NO fun!!! well, we love and miss you!

LOST night...

can you believe that we finally have a child who: brushes her teeth all by herself, gets in bed, reads a couple of books, turns off her light, and goes to sleep--in her own bed??? i'm so proud of her. unfortunately, carsyn is not following in her footsteps. she's still staying up a little later and annoying the crap out of us--especially mom. maren's fine as long as she can nurse herself to sleep. she will not allow me to watch tv in bed. all lights and tv have to be off or she roll around and giggle. i turn the lights out and she's out. funny kids. well, lost is getting ready to come on. the second half of this season has turned itself around--it's proving to be exciting again. we love you and miss you!

happy birthday...again!

now it's your birthday here. i think we'll go out to dinner to celebrate : ) that would be funny. everyone got up a little early this morning. i don't know why. but, it's raining and it looks like we might not be able to walk. that stinks. this place has the strangest weather. the high today is only in the low 60's, but early next week we're supposed to be in the mid 80's. hopefully this summer won't be as horribly hot, but i'm sure it will. it's global warming. everyone's climate is changing. it's pretty scary. and, you're on a gigantic, floating polluter! we still love you though!

Happy Birthday!

Hi. We just wanted to wish you a happy birthday (it is your birthday there already--isn't it?)! It's the big 30! Hahaha. That's so funny. Logan has really been acting like a big girl lately...going to bed in her own bed, cleaning up her room, and helping with her sisters. She also has made lots of friends in the neighborhood and wants to play outside with them everyday. Carsyn must have allergies. With all this wind, she's had an annoying runny nose and tickle in her throat making her cough at night. Maren is such a big girl now too. She's been sitting at the table with us eating and drinking water out of a sippy cup. She thinks she's a lot bigger than she is. She has gotten to the point where she doesn't really like being held. She'd rather be getting into things that aren't for her. We all love you and miss you! Enjoy your birthday!!!

Long time, No post...

Sorry, it's been way too long since I've updated this. We've all been really good. The girls had a terrific Easter. Of course it would have been better if you were here. We went to three different Easter egg hunts. So, the girls have accumulated way too much candy. We have eaten so much chocolate and sweets in the last few days, it's a wonder that we didn't go into sugar shock. The weather has been really nice, but extremely windy. We are all ready for a world series championship season for the Cubs, or at least an above .500 season. The girls looked so great in their pink Cubs stuff for the Cubs home opener. Too bad the Cubs didn't look that good. It was awfully cold up there. Remember how cold it was when we went in 2004? Logan goes back to school next week. It's been a nice little Spring Break for us even though we didn't get to spend much time at the beach. The girls still had fun. Maren put her feet in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The water was pretty cold and she didn't like the squishy sand in her toes. I'm sure she'll do better next time. We also did not get as much cleaning done as I had hoped. That's all for now. I'll try to keep this updated at least once a week. We love you.