Celebrating Eight Years!

I can't believe how fast the time has gone by! Because we knew Jerry would be working late tonight, we celebrated our anniversary on Saturday. It was the first time leaving everyone with a babysitter for an extended amount of time. I was really nervous, but everyone survived. Now I feel like we can do it again and it won't be a big deal. We went to the Cheesecake Factory, had a couple's massage, and did a little shopping. It was so nice to have some alone time. I love Jerry more than anything else and I am so grateful for him. He is the glue in our family. I couldn't ask for a better husband or dad for the kids. He makes us all happy! Happy Anniversary, Honey!

Samantha at Three Weeks

These last two beautiful pictures were taken by Tiffany - thanks!

Life with Four Kids: Things we've learned so far

1. Always, always make sure everyone has shoes before leaving (and keep a spare pair in the car!!!!!) My first outing with all four kids was to the library for story time. Darren forgot his shoes. Luckily, Claire offered to let him wear her pink flip flops because she had also brought her princess shoes. I don't know who I felt sorrier for - Claire's dress-up shoes are now at least two sizes too small for her, but she insisted on wearing them anyway!

2. Plan twice as much time for a family activity. For example, we had a movie night on Sunday. We had to stop the movie twice to change bad/leaky diapers, once for an emergency bath, once to start a load of laundry, once to stop a bloody nose, once to find gas relief medicine, and several times to get drinks and snacks!

3. Life isn't fair. Claire has discovered this recently. Life hit an all-time low for her when she realized that Samantha gets to keep her eyes open during the prayer but she doesn't, and on top of that, she never gets to have pretend birthday parties but Darren does!!! umm, Claire? seriously?!

4. I hate to admit this, but despite all the craziness, I'm loving it! I have the best husband and family a girl could ask for.