Well June is here and gone! We didn't really do a whole lot this month. Hang at home mostly. The girls are out of school so I have taken advantage of them being home and have them help out during the day! It is nice to be able to do stuff and have them around to watch the kids or some of them anyway! It has been very hot and the air in the van isn't working.
The kids, Hannah and I did go to adventurland one day. That was lots of fun, we were just there a couple of hours, but that was enough!! Elliott and Owen did not like the rides, but the other 3 loved them and would of stayed all day. Coming home at nap time did not work well because the little kids slept all the way home and then after lunch they did not nap well at all. We just try and go with the flow though, otherwise we would not be able to do anything during the day! We did not go to the water park, although Hannah asked if we could. I told her we better wait for the other girls, because I could not handle 6 kids by myself there.
We have been playing outside at home. The kids love to swim in there pool, and play with all of the toys we have. We got a power wheels jeep that he loves to drive. The other kids love to ride it with him. We also have a little 4 wheeler, the babies love to get on it but don't really know how to make it go yet.
The Gruber Reunion was at the park in Runnells this month. We all went and took the swimming pool for the kids. Tracy was kind of against the idea at first, but after about 5 minutes he was glad we brought it. The kids stayed mostly in one place and were not climbing all over the equipement anyway.
Olivia has decided she will bite now. She has been in time out a few times, Ethan also continues to bite, he gets in time out too. He just looks at you like, "Ya I know I am not suppose to bite, but I don't really care". Ethan also got a hold of the phone and called 911 the other day. The phone rang and I answered it, the lady said, "this is 911 did you have a small child playing with the phone?" . I told her yes, I was sorry and she just asked that I keep it away from him. Then we were going on a walk, and the sherriff pulled up in front of the house, just to check it out. I was surprised when she didn't tell me on the phone someone would be out. Oh well, we will be sure the phone is put up always!
We hope to make it to adventureland a few more times and the farmers market this summer. All the kids love to get out and about, as do I. I go crazy if we stay home to many days in a row.
I almost forgot about father's day. Tracy just wanted to hang at home. So that is what we did during the day. In the eveing Duncan went to VBS at SS John and Paul (which he loved all week!). Mom came and watched the kids at night so we could go out to eat. We went to Bass Pro, Target, Goodwill and then to Iowa Beef Steakhouse with Abby and Rodney. For Father's Day Tracy got a new TV and a DVD player. Something he has been wanting for awhile so I saved for it. It is for his birthday too!
