where is the sunshine

Okay I am officially ready for winter to be over and for spring to be here. However it has been warmer which can be a good thing except for the fact that it warmed up so fast that it all flooded my basement. I guess I should be careful for what I wish for. for those of you who have never seen water coming out of a wall be grateful. Luckily I was at work and Dan and Tristen wonderful guys that they are had it all cleaned up before I got home.
I have decided that if it can't be summer break yet I will settle for spring break. especially since my kids don't get the same break as me so I will actually get a break. Not so much for Dan he gets to deal with the kids on their spring break. but with work being as stressful as it has been this week I am definately ready for that break.
I do have a simple or not so simple question for you all... How do you make a child realize that school is important and getting through it is just something you have to do? It seems some of my kids haven't hit that realization, or don't want to. I heard slamming their head against a wall doesn't work and can just get you in trouble, so short of that I am open to suggestions.

off and ready to go

So I told you earlier about our trip to the grand canyon this summer. well it just got more exciting. We are not going to be staying in a hotel not even once on this trip and I will tell you why. We just bought a travel trailer. So we will be taking this along with us for our lodging. We are so excited, at least Dan and I are, the kids not so much but hopefully this will save us money and we can stop and sleep anytime anywhere. Now we get to actually camp in the park and spend more time exploring. this is actually turning into a real vacation. this may not seem like much to most of you but for us it is like christmas again. I am so tired of camping in a tent that I can't wait to actually camp this summer unless I am at the cabin of course. The tent life is definitely not for me I am more of a bed kinda person I have decided especially after our last camping trip last year. just imagine a bed a heater and comfort especially if it rains or snows in our case. so look out grand canyon here we come at least sometime in June anyway.

fun weekend

This past weekend was so much fun. it was great to see everyone and was wonderful to go somewhere where they had no snow. I loved seeing the grass even if it was brown. anything is better than white for a change. the baptism went great. Tristen swore he was sooo embarassed to have all those people there watching him. and the fact that the water was cold didn't help. apparantly the water heater wasn't working so the water was kinda cold. Poor dad and tristen. At least they will remember this experience. Brennan did a wonderful job on his talk sunday. I loved hearing him pray in french. it was amazing. Sadly our drive home wasn't as fun as the rest of the weekend. it snowed most of the way and was hard to see the road so we drove slowly and it took us a little while but we made it safely. now we are back to reality and the regular schedule of our life. Here are a couple of pictures of our fun weekend.