Joys of a basement...

Juliet's having a nap and Jack and Maxine decided to play in the basement. I seriously don't know what they do down there because there's just plaster powder all over the floors and empty space. They seem to like it though.

I went to Costco today and saw an old friend from high school, Alison Heaton now...what's her married name...I think it's Shuck. Something like that, anyhoo, she has 5 kids! A set of twin boys and 2 girls and another boy. I was like, "Holy crap, are all these yours???" She and her husband got married after high school so they've been married for about 10 years. So I left Costco feeling rather sane because I didn't have 2 extra kids to look after!

Other than that, we took the boat to the lake on Tuesday and it was so nice! The water's even warming up. (I only know because I rode the jetski and totally ate it twice.) Here's some of the highlights.

Jacky was cold after we washed the sand off him so he wanted to lay on the warm boat seats.

Juliet was playing with a cup of mud.

Then she wanted me to hold her. (Yah right babe.)

Maxine is practicing her posing for pictures I guess. I asked her to smile and she pulled a whole stance out of her pocket.

Merril's playing on the jetski. Stunt guys can get them to stand straight up and spin in the water. We keep practicing but end up with this.

Jacky decided to drive the boat after he warmed up.

Juliet totally took off for the water until the water hit her hands. Then she whined a bit and leaned back like she wasn't quite sure she wanted to dive right in.

And lastly, Merril wanted to practice his swimming for an upcoming triathlon but left his goggles at home. He instead borrowed Maxine's 'crab' goggles.

Now I'm just thinking, "Man, where was I in these pictures?" My little sister asked for a picture of my whole family and I had to search back to the pictures I snapped to send out with Christmas cards. So there isn't a single picture of my whole family since December 2007. I'm making a note to set the timer on my camera more often.

Also, every time I post, the formatting gets messed up and blogger tries to squash everthing up together. Any tips?