Hello - Anybody Out There?

After a 2 month absence, I've finally gotten back to the blog with an update. Things are going very, very well, and we are enjoying our family tremendously. We are extremely blessed and thankful to be at this point. All our children have been adjusting so well to all the changes and the progress of everyone has been amazing. Tomorrow is the last day of school, so come Friday, Kim will be more exhausted, and more in need of a break from the kids. But we have a plan to provide structure and eliminate some of the chaos. The kids will be in swimming lessons for 4 weeks which will help. But things are extremely busy! My business is doing well, which has added to the busy-ness, which is why it's been so difficult to sit down and blog. But my sincerest appologies to those of you who have faithfully checked, only to find the same old post. I'll try to recap the last 2 months briefly in pictures.

Showing off our pearly whites

Bath time is so much fun!

Sleeping Angel
Holding hands in our car seats

Posing with Grandma Maly


The whole Basten Family


On the shore of the Wolf River in Shawano watching the migration of Sturgeon

Joshua showing off his new glasses

6 kids has made me a little crazy


Love will make you do this


Posing with our Great Aunt Miriam (Kim's dad's sister) We visited family over Memorial Day weekend in Richland Center in the soutwest part of the state.

End of School Year field trips meant we visited the NEW Zoo more than once. Here Joshua is feeding one of the giraffes named Hodari

The before picture

Elizabeth got her hair cut so that she could donate her hair to Locks of Love