working hard or hardly working

I am afraid that most of my post will be done while I am at work and so the pictures will be few and far between. besides that I am putting the kids in charge of the pictures seeing as how they take them all and like to pick which ones are posted. See my kids are quite the characters and love to pose for the camera if it is in the pose that they select. so if they seem like a bunch of hoodlum gangstas it is not because they are bad kids they are just showing off what their imagination thinks they want to be. Lucky for me they all still have wild imaginations and they definately keep things going at my house. We are constantly laughing or yelling at someone to stop torturing one of the younger kids. It is definately not a place you go for peace and quiet even in the late hours. You know how teenagers can be or if you don't I am sure you will have your day sometime.
Dan has just started a new job and I am so excited for him. it will be good for him to get out of the house and associate with others above the age of 15. Hopefully he sees it as a good thing as well. We all have our fingers crossed for him that it will work out. only time will tell.
Any how I will get those kids on some pictures for you all to enjoy asap. until then...

up and running

Well this is our first posting and we are trying to get up and running and will soon be putting some pictures on our blog but as of now we are lucky to get this far. Our family consists of 8 of us. Dan, Polly, D.J., Alex. Nikieshia, Braxton, Tristen and Dakota. We are the typical family trying to get through the typical life. football. dance, mutual and Dan's new job.
Dan and I are about to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary. Can't believe how fast time flies. and how fast kids grow. DJ and Alex are both bigger than us and that is hard to accept but are grateful that they did exceed the height trial in our family. Dan and I are both pretty short at 5'4. We always hoped they would be taller than us and they have!
I will try and have the kids post some updates as well so you can see how things are going in our house from different perspectives. so look forward to further updates and follow us through our journey.