Susan sent me a couple of pictures of the lakehouse, but they really have not worked there much since Christmas. They did get a few little things done, like the border around the tub and the ceiling fans hung in the pavilion area.
I have been helping the kids do Spring cleaning in their rooms on Saturday's, because I got a new vacuum cleaner and also because it needs to be done and I don't want to waste the spring cleaning. They think its crazy to do spring cleaning in January. They think its crazy anytime on the year, probably. Kyle let me know he could handle it without my help and he was right, so I spent last Saturday cooking a couple recipe's I wanted to try. Chicken tortilla soup and ham, sausage and bean soup. Both were good, but I prefer home made vegetable soup still.
The kids are taking on a little more of the household responsibilities, I took it easy on them the 1st semester of school because I was in the outage til November and then the holidays were upon us. They have all been good to do anything I ask them to do but if I am at work they don;t think to do things and we all know the men just don't think about it either. I will say Pat is great to do things here but he is not very good at asking for help. The kids are each cooking supper a night each week and they clean the kitchen every night. The boys grades were not to expectation so they are both grounded, I will never understand why they let them grades drop knowing they will be starring at 4 walls until they are better. Brooke's were A's and B's so I guess she has the xbox all to herself for now. Kyle, Blake and Brooke have really grown close with her living here, she really fits in well with Tyler and Tanner too. I posted a few pictures of the kids, pay attention to the one of Kyle, Blake and Brooke taken at Christmas and their heights then compare that to the one of Kyle and Blake taken this past week. I can't believe that Blake has grown that much in such a short time.
Blake and Brooke are very close to the same height here.
As you can see Blake is now taller than Kyle, I knew he had been hard to fill up so I guess there was a reason.
Blake's hands are bigger than Kyle's and Chris's too.
Brooke was dodging a picture being taken and Kyle was making a hand gesture that he knew I would not snap a picture of, Brooke jumped down beside him just as he put his hand down and I snapped, lol. I think they all hung out in Kyle's room all day Sunday, made me wonder if they were plotting against me. Brooke's hair looks much better to me than the dark brown, I think you will all agree.
This is Tyler doing what he does best, and texting while he is resting.
Tanner looks pretty cool here, but probably not many more days of this.
