All is quite at home currently with the older ones on their last summer hur-rah. Jonny has missed them and can't wait for them to come home. School will be after the holiday with all 3 going at some point. Ashley will start 10th, Michael in 5th and Jonny in preschool 3 days a week. He is super excited. What will I do to fill my time....

We went to lake this past week and had a blast. Jonny went "skiing" for the first time behind the big boat. He did fall after a while and was alittle shocked to be in the water all alone...but then realized he could swim with his life jacket. Next Michael tried it and did very well. We also had a lot of fun in the tube going for great rides. Ashley went out with the "big" boys and and took several "tumbles" from the tube. She was sore for a couple days afterwards. We hope we can make it up there one more time this summer.

Fishing just hasn't been the same since we moved here. The boys have to fishing on the river for dirty catfish. We are on the catch and release program. But the boys love it fishing with Chris and going on the boat. If you click on the picture, you can see the whiskers on the fish..hehehe

In June I went to Colorado to see my family out there and attended my sisters wedding. I had a blast staying with family members and playing with a couple of my nieces' and newphews as pictured. They are such a hoot to be with and hope to send Ashley out there for awhile to visit and enjoy the beautiful mountains.

Thanks guys for the great time!

Now we will back up a little. In May Ashley was recognized with U.S. National Honor Student Award. The following is an excerpt from the paper:

" The United Staes Achievement Academy annouced today that Ashley Nero of___ has been recognized for academic achievement as a United States National Honor Student Award winner.

Nero, who attends ____ High School, will appear in the US Achievement Academy's Official yearbook which is published nationally."

It goes on to talk about her accomplishemtns and the benefits that will provided for her in the future such as scholarships and such. We are excited for her as she takes her studies seriously and is looking for the right college to attend. Hopefully the boys will foloow in her footsteps..hehehe

Okay, so I couldn't wait to post entries of june before I post this video of the 4th. We went to the lake for the 4th and took some time out for some tubing fun. Mike, Chris and Aaron took a turn in the tube.
I was able to catch alot of their fun on my camera. I trimmed off the first 40sec so you could just see the "30 year thrill".
We had fun visiting family and enjoying the beautiful weather.
Michael enjoyed anchoring off shore and swimming to his own beat. He had such a great time that he has decided to stay there an extra week and play with grandpa.
Ashley had to come back as she leaves for girls camp on monday.

In May we took the kids to see "Iron Man". After that jonny was iron man for several days. He started with just simple marker colors indicating his energy source then we found one of those self sticky battery operated lights in the drawer, you know that had to go on his chest. Then Chris bought one in red a few days later. Jonny wore this day and night. I think people thought there was something wrong as with the shirt over it it glowed through and there was a serious bump on his chest...what people must have thought....

In late Feb. my dad remarried and had a western theme. The grandchildren loved it and ever since then Jonny has wanted to be a cowboy(far right). He wears hi cowboy boots wherever he goes and wants a cowboy bedroom. Timeouts are currently ineffective so we take away the cowboy boots for 3 days. This really gets his horse up in tizzy.

Later that month, Ashley and Jonny used their down time to become birds of a feather.

Jonny sure loves his big sister and brother. They are the best he says and waits for them to get off the bus every afternoon. He can't wait to go to school like "Ash".

In March we tried lightening Michaels hair. With the sun hiding for 7 months of the year, it has gotten really dark. Well we didn't leave it on long enough and he had an orange cast. He loved it as orange was his favorite color, but his teacher and friends hard a hard time. We trimmed it and it eventually washed out. I don't think he will let me do that again. hehehe

Okay, so it has been a couple of hours since my first post and I am excited. So lets back up alittle and see what has happened so far this year.

Michael turned 11 in January. His cake of choice this year was carrot with cream cheese frosting. I am not sure he is looking forward to being 12.

Next, the boys headed north for some bonding time and spent a little ice fishing. Jonny loves times in the ice house as it is all free time.

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I have given into the pressure of peers and decided to start a BLOG instead of reading more romance novels. Hoping to share some family memories with those who are interrested and let the blog be my voice. Let the blogging begin...