Today we were supposed to have our last soccer games and end of season party but it ended up getting rained out.  It has been rescheduled for tomorrow so Andre is a little upset because he wants to do what he wants instead of going to a soccer party.  Quentin is flying tomorrow and that is making Andre sad because daddy has missed 7 out of 9 of his birthdays and he is completely aware if that.  Hopefully he lands early and we still have the night ahead of us.  We are managing on just one van it is going ok. We are trying to figure out who drives who and who gets the van but we will work it out.  

This is the start of our scavenger hunt we had about 6 weeks ago.  The boys get to stay up late and Quentin and I get to enjoy being with the boys and Lina with out having to be at a store or having to load them into a van, it is just running around the neighborhood having fun.
This was their victory posing at the end of the hunt. Fun was had by all.
Andre had his birthday party last night. It was his first official sleepover and yes Quentin and I barely survived but at least Andre had fun. We hope he did anyway he is sooooo tired today so it is hard to judge because he is so cranky. I think they fell asleep around 1 am and woke up around 6 in the morning.  Today we went to the store and when we were there we saw a tent set up and they were giving away free bicycle helmets and hotdogs and free meals to Village Inn and free ice cream. The boys were so excited about there helmets that by the time we came home they had to get their bikes and scooters and play for at least 2 hours and even Lina got in the action I think she was a little too bossy but the boys keep giving in to her.  They love her but we need to try and limit her control but unfortunately she is soo darn cute it is at times hard.

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Ok well I tried to post a whole album of sorts but i could not figure it out nor could i figure out how to add cool backgrounds or headers so maybe later i will get it who knows. Well it is official our lease is up on our van so it goes tomorrow and we are going to try to make it with one car so that we can conserve and  save money I am a little scared and it is sad to see my lovely van go but oh well is just a thing i still have my family and every one is healthy and life will go and besides Quentin leaves the very beginning of November so it is not like we need one car to just sit in the driveway for almost 4 months so we will survive.  My lovely Andre will be 9 on Monday a pretty scary thought just thinking how nine years ago June 8 I named my first of 5 sons ATM and how he started out "normal" size weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz and now almost as tall as me at 4 ft 10 in and 88 lbs crazy that boy and I are now wearing the same size shoes I asked him if he wanted to get a couple of pink sandals and we could share and he very politely declined my offer.  Some times I wonder what life would be like in 5 years and how different life would be because just 5 years ago we were just getting accustomed to NE and pregnant again with Devin and struggling to figure out what on earth I was going to do with 4 boys my goodness back then that was a pretty scary thought how many toilet seats will i have to keep down how we were going to feed all of them now I am thinking  how cool it is that when we go out in public which is alot people always stare and then come up and comment on how they never thought that many boys could behave as well as mine and how I do it all have to say is alot prayer and how no matter what Jesus will get me through whatever He sends my way even if it is all at once.  Speaking of Devin had his first day of summer school Monday (they have fabulous summer programs in our school district )  and on Tuesday he packed his teacher a snack because he said that the silly teacher forgot hers the day before and he was concerned that she would be hungry.  That afternoon the teacher came up to me and said she loves my little D D and hopes she has him this up coming school year how compassionate and considerate he is I of course loved every minute of her fabulous comments it makes me feel like hey at least one is turning out great JK  ok wow this has been a long rant sorry

This is my little Lina playing peek a boo while in the hospital during Easter she was so spoiled during her week long stay

this is the day she started getting sick I should have known something was wrong because she is not much of a cuddler Miss Independent
This is Andre's girl friend JK she made the first move poor Andre was completely clueless her little love letter to him said that he is one of her best friends and that she was wondering if they could be something more I asked Andre what that meant and he said "I don't know but sure"
What a stud

OK well here goes I am not very good at this writing thing but I am going to try.  On Saturday we had two baseball games and two soccer games and one showing for the house and hoping Sunday would be better but with 2 soccer games and me still pretty cranky the headache came rushing in.  I am trying to figure out how to get out of this rut I am in and keep thinking well gee when i can walk normal again everything will be OK but that day seems so far away.  The kids are doing great and are enjoying summer school and I am enjoying the time I get with just two kids it is kind of weird only having two.  we finally only have one in diapers and even she is toying with the idea of the potty it is still weird having a girl as far as that goes.  I have potty trained all 5 boys alone due to some deployment or tdy or some other reason they would take my fab husband away from me so this training some one without a penis is kind of odd .   On Wednesday June 10 I am hoping to hear that i can walk without crutches and get back to some normalcy . OK well we will see how this post thing goes I am actually hoping to be able to just rant on this thing quite often now hopefully