I had the best intentions today. Get up and get to the beach early before the crowd got there. We decided to go to Huntington instead of the baby beach so the kids could body surf and play in the waves. Got there, got my free parking, and bamm! came the wind. It was so gusty. The sand was flying everywhere. Gave a new meaning to a 'sand'wich at the beach! We tried hard, but could only stay for about an hour. The kids had fun anyways. They didn't hardly go into the water because about 2 feet into it, there was a big step down and the waves were crashing pretty hard. Luckily we sat next to a huge hole in the sand. They were playing in there and making it a pool! As much as I love this cool, rainy, sweat wearing weather, I am really excited for summer to start.

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful easter sunday. we were suppose to be in san diego, but long story short, the axlines ended up down here. my mom is in chicago helping kelsey move, so it was just us, my dad and candace and matt. candace and the kids came down yesterday and we spent the entrie day cleaning my house...literally all day! i feel like i do what she does, it just never comes out clean. well, it was clean yesterday:) we then had dinner and dyed eggs. got the kids to bed somewhat early for our 7:45 mass. the kids were all HORRIBLE. so horrible none of them got their easter baskets. they were talking, laughing, laying on the pews, fighting. i wanted to physically hurt my two. had we been alone, i would have pulled the plug on the egg hunt. that's how bad they were. our baskets are still sitting here ready to be opened. they keep staring at them. anyways...we ended the day at my parents swimming all day and then after a little miscommunication and NO food, we ate prime rib, mash potatoes, and matty's bacon wrapped asparagus. we ate early so candace could get home and after dinner my dad says "you know, i could go to be early enough today to be up by 1am" so true. we all got a good laugh out of that.

The Axlines and Ross' in age order

megsie in her coop

taking a picture with 3 kids is virtuously impossible. the big girls were fine, but meghan oh!

hannah's 3rd hunt. she is a super star egg hunter

kate and her loot

we did an on your mark, get set, go....meghan was left in the dust not knowing what was going on!

right before the go!

breakfast on easter morning

My poor bennett. these are the socks his mother put him in for church. i got mad at her and she proceeds to tell me that he had pants on. i got the lecture on what makes one happy, family, love, god...I don't care i told her. don't put your kids in mom's socks!

the graffiti picture happened sometime yesterday when candace and i were clean sweeping my house. the best thing about it was she couldn't blame anyone else. what is going through a kids mind when they do this? don't they realize it's not going away and they will get caught?

Egg Hunt

We had our annual Easter Egg Hunt at or city park today. It was so nice. As the girls get older, they have more and more fun. They got a lot of candy...to much!

Bragging a little.....

I have to brag a little. This little girl is the BEST little thing that there ever was. She is now pretty much sleeping through the night which was her only flaw. She still has about 2 rough nights a week, but I will take it. She goes with the flow everyday. Her nap schedule is crazy. I try to put her down, but it is at different times everyday because of her older sister's schedules. She loves to be outside. The minute the door opens, she darts for it. It is the funniest thing. Each day I wait, wait for the this to be the day she turns on me, but she doesn't. Whether it is home, in her car seat, in the stroller, at a softball game, or at gymnastics, she is perfect!

It's been a while. I've been good about putting my pictures on my computer, but just too tired to blog. Life continues to be crazy at our house. I am literally getting NO sleep. Meghan is still waking up during the night. We try and give her tough love. John will get her every once in awhile to give her a little love which ends up turning into a 2 hour love fest and of course our little Megsie Grace loves that. Last night she woke up at 2:17 and cried until at least 5. You don't believe me??? I would not lie. There were intermittent periods of silence, but not much! Hannah started softball this past month and Kate started gymnastics. They both love it! Well, Hannah we have to bribe a little. She got her first off the coach which earned her a trip to the snack bar, so she likes that.

On March 1, we lost my Grandma Polly. Those of you who know me, know what a role she played in my life and my sisters. She really was ready to go, but it's still sad to say good-bye. I'm looking to find some extra $$ around the backyard to hire her caregiver Thelma as a nanny:) My mom, dad, and uncle made sure she lived in her home and I know that is what had kept her alive the last few years. She would have been thrilled with her send off. It was nice to hang out with my sisters and see extended family that we don't often see.

Kelsey and Paige are here, so we are busy hanging out with them. It stinks that we are all so far away from each other, but when we are together it is so much fun. The girls love their cousins and are currently having a slumber party with Lauren and Kaelyn.

John reading to the girls

Hannah's first game

Tonight we celebrated John's 35th birthday! Poor John had to go get his cake at Dairy Queen and then had to stop by the pizza place and pick up pizza! We had a nice surprise visit from Candace, Mallory, and Braylee, and my mom. The girls were so excited to sing to John and are still wondering where the bounce house is for daddy's birthday!

my outside baby!

I know I said this with the other 2, but Meghan LOVES to be outside. We cannot open the door and leave it open because she will waddle her way over there. She likes the front yard, the back yard, the neighbor's yard, the street, you name it. I have recently started letting her go outside with Hannah and Kate in the backyard. The very first day, I looked outside to see the slide on top of the mini trampoline with Hannah holding onto Meghan on the top of the slide...OUCH!

They have settled into their outside routine now. The big girls kind of leave Meghan alone and she walks around all over. She pushes the cars, digs in the dirt, and gets into John's plants.