{Thankful thursday..a day late here's why...}

What more than to be thankful for time away as a family and with family{ my brothers fam went with us too with their four kids so that made 8 kids under 7 um yeah what were we thinking lol.
Even if it was short. It was fun.
You know not without the basic few whinings and crabbies, a few kid fights, some choppy weather for skiing but overall good times.
Can you believe how fast summer is flying by! Not very good weather either, oh well we make the best of it cause what can we do about it eh!
I'm thankful for friends especially this week some of our friends "made" us take their truck and trailer and I have to admit it was nice especially with a baby and easy clean up!
My kids did miss sleeping in a tent this time though but they'll get the chance soon.
I'm thankful to my in laws to for letting us take the boat!
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I am so so thankful for a certain little girl of mine that will be 5 tomorrow so hard to believe five years have gone by she is a riot a sassy frassy little misses!! She starts kindergarten soon and I honestly can't believe that my little baby girl is that old!!
She came feisty and she still is {she has to be with all the boys around here eh!}
We can't imagine life without her here are a few things that are so L::

• she makes us laugh
• she likes food everything just about except tomatoes and lettuce hates them
• she loves the water
• she hates to clean up her toys
  
• she loves playing with all her girl cousins
• she did an awesome job on her first primary talk last week!
  
• she loves tubing and being in the boat
  
• she likes to build forts and play with her brothers most of the time
• she hates getting her hair done everyday and hates to have it taken out! What little girl doesn't right!
  
• She loves to tell me I'm mean everyday but then says your the best mom ever.. hum I'll take the second because you already know about the first right!
  
• she loves to say I can't or I don't know how{we are working on it}
• she is still sad sometimes she doesn't have a sister and says she's just going to pray one here
  
• she rolls her eyes at people if she doesn't know them and they talk to her or she says ---mom---all nervous like--
  
• she hates compliments about how cute she is not sure why {although one day she told me she hates being pretty cause people always tell her that ha ha wish we all had that problem eh must suck.... I laughed and she got mad}
• she can't wait to read but won't learn anything from me kolten yes not me though
• she is sensitive if she thinks people are laughing at her or at something she did that was just funny she gets embarrassed
  
• she loves her dolls
• she loves pjs and would wear them everyday all day long if I let her!
  
• and she loves to play princess, house or mommy
• she loves to have story time
  
• she loves ballet, gymnastics and school!
• and We Love HER!!!! Happy Birthday Babe!

my brother is the king of breakfast making he is awesome!cute cousinsfive of the eight waiting for breakfast...just chillin..L tubingM helping dad...and big K and yours truly with 3 day camp face!I am SO thankful for my family. for memories. the making and creating them. for time spent together.

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.
~Erma Bombeck

Have a perfect weekend!!
Make a sunny day, brighter and rainy day, warmer whatever comes your way!