We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

We had some special visitors come to see us!  First was M'Lynn, my other daughter! She came for her birthday to visit us and some of her friends. She wanted it to be a complete surprise for the kids so first she surprised Madelyn at her dance class. . .     Then Rylan as he got off the bus and was walking home. . .   We celebrated her birthday...she is 18!   My nephew Jake is serving in the Indianapolis, Indiana Mission and he was recently transferred to at little tiny weeny town called Culver, which is in the north western part of his mission which only happens to be 2 hours away from us in Chicago!  With M'Lynn visiting we couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet up with him so his parents asked his mission president for permission, and he said YES, as long as he knew where and when we were meeting.  So M'Lynn, the kids and I (Scott had to work :( ) made the trek on a Saturday morning to meet him for lunch.  We wer...

As we looked at Rylan's spring break week and Scott's work calendar we realized that Scott had to be at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin for work on the same week!  We thought that spring break was ruined, but we realized that there was a hidden gem of a place just an hour away from where Scott had to work. The Great Wolf Lodge is a resort/hotel with a giant indoor water park,  an arcade, spa, ice cream shop, kids craft center, restaurant, and anything you need for a fun family vacation. This is the front lobby, where every night at 8 pm they had story time.                                                                      ...