First Blog

Hey everyone,

I thought it would be really cool to start my own blog! It will probably take some time for me to get the hang of this. Life has been pretty busy lately and the summer is flying by way too fast for me. I can't believe that the boys start school in a little over a month. I am not in the "school" mode at all.
The boys are staying busy at home with friends and I believe they are having a good summer. Patrick and Tyler are both working at Culver's and doing a great job. Patrick has moved into the kitchen and really enjoys that much better than working out front. He is practicing driving...not as often as he should...in preparation for his 16th birthday. He actually is driving extremely well. Tyler is still into building rockets and is a total outdoorsman! He is always outside without a shirt on...sawing limbs off trees or working on projects. He is working out front at Culver's and does a great job making Custard and taking orders. Ben is continuing with his guitar lessons..this is the start of his 4th year of lessons. He has also expressed an interest in drums...we will have to wait and see on that. He has been very busy with 2 boys in the neighborhood this summer. Ryan has been taking drum lessons for 9 months; he has a new teacher who is much "cooler" than his old one, hopefully his interest level will continue. We usually find Ryan with his "twin-Tanner" a neighborhood boy. Those to are together everyday, they are as close as brothers, fighting and all!!!
Emily is so into being "2". Everything that is hers' should not be "touched" by all people. She truly believes that she is in charge...rough times lie ahead for her!! She continues to go to "Kindergate" daycare and enjoys playing with children her age. She is truly a "girly-girly" but she does like to play in dirt as well. She is fascinated by bugs and then she freaks out if they get too close to her. She says, "eewy bug.....gross"...she is a one topic girl so we have to remove the bug or she can't move onto the next thing. I believe that she takes after my sister Karen, as one of her favorite things to eat is icee-ceam...she must have ice-cream several times a day!
Tom is recovering from his rotator-cuff surgery...slowly but surely. Neither of us was prepared for the length of recovery with this surgery. I remember helping in surgery for this procedure but I had no idea about the long recovery. He is finally down to visiting his Physical Therapist once a week and he has moved up to lifting a 2lb weight. He is wondering if he will ever get back to normal again?!

I hope you are all great...talk with you soon.
Kristin