last week was hard but it got better

 twenty eight weeks! third trimester (time to get ready for baby)

michael bought us a new van the day before this

and it's identical to our old van but has 8 seats and way more features, yay!

 spending time at the pool

 hazel is such a sweet second mom

 i was so tired after camp and the week felt never ending

sweet michael brought me flowers home on day and it helped

 fell asleep reading

 daredevil

 they didn't know i was taking a picture

but i love the teenager(y) looks hazel and noah gave me

 helping me prep the baby's room

 i took the kids to the park and splash pad at settler's and it was great

but we left when hazel and another girl closed their eyes and ran in the water and bonked

so hazel has a pretty nasty black eye

 taking a look at the baby things i've gathered for our sweet baby

 going to the pool in the evening when michael can come is way more fun

 the moody's came, too

extra fun

 olive's summer hair looks a lot like dreads...

 i took the kiddies to the science center

henry is a little scientist already

 the kids were making me CRAZY on the way home

but i love them anyway

 i gave hazel her first sewing lesson

 (we waited until she was eight, like noah was, so she could reach the pedal)

she loved it so much and wants to sew all the time now

 she made a little pillow and blanket for her dolls and stuffed animals

 did i mention the dishwasher broke while i was at camp

it did not help with my tired, long week last week having to wash dishes by hand

 unsuccessfully back to school shopping

i might have to take them out individually

 saturday we went to the farmer's market

(mostly for the treats)

 and costco

isn't michael the sweetest dad?

 that night we went to panda express for dinner

because noah's body has been really "needing" it

eleanor decided she was too cool to sit with us

she's really asserting her independence lately

 michael helped me color my hair

i got rid of the gray up top

and then covered the highlights with something a little darker

i like it a lot

 despite waking up after 8, we somehow got to 9 o'clock church a little early

so i got a cute picture of the kids before we went in

 eleanor designed her robot costume out of a wipe box thanks to her dad for helping

 love this little monkey

 we had our 15/16 year old sunday school class over for an ice cream party sunday night

they were so sweet to play with the kids and wash all the dishes for us

 olive-future roller derby girl

 more dishes by hand..but michael thinks he fixed it last night

after cleaning out the motor

fingers crossed!

 i took the kids to a new park yesterday and we had a lot of fun there

i love these kiddies so much

even if i feel inadequate to have so many kids sometimes

especially while tired and pregnant

i am so blessed to have them