Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Slave Driving Parents


More Easter Pics for your viewing pleasure!!
Isn't he getting so big??? I can't believe my baby is 9!

Always the sweetheart...she loves to pose!

Savannah helped this little one pose, but it took 3 tries to get her to listen to big sister!

The little man...what a bundle of love he is! No smiles this morning though.

After 3 days of intense yard work we accumulated 42 bags of leaves & a giant pile of dead branches. The dead branches are partly from our trees and partly from our little neighbor girl who has been vandalizing things around our home, including the pretty maple in our front yard. I caught her with hedge trimmers but not before she had trimmed off every branch up to her height and was starting to climb to get more. Poor little maple didn't hurt anybody. Anyways, we have really been getting the yard cleaned up.

We thought we were so great, I was feeling good in Nov so we got our grass & flower beds all cleaned off from leaves falling. Then Thanksgiving hit and we had a big windstorm and our flower beds and grass were completely covered again. We decided to bag the efforts and wait until spring to clean it. SOOOO...we have been driving our kids mercilessly with rewards of popsicles, treats and even an evening at the local burger joint-Five Guys Burgers & Fries. 42 bags of leaves, that doesn't include the ones we did in the fall...we thought we were going to have to take the seats out of the van to get it all to the dump!


Thank heaven, we went to drop Dave's car off to be fixed today from his little hit & run accident (not his fault) and instead of bringing us a tiny little economy car they brought us a big giant pickup! YEAH! Savannah said "this is the funnest car we've ever had". So we made two pickup load full trips to the dump to get rid of all the yard debris, but as you can see from the Easter pictures, there are still leaves in the grass & flowers, but it is as good as it is going to get. And tomorrow we are taking the kids to Busch Gardens to celebrate & relax. Yeah for Spring break. Well this is a longer post than I thought it would be. Oh well...for those who are interested-10 days until we leave VA & 18 days until we are home!!

8 comments:

The Anthony Family said...

Could Baby Benjamin be any more adorable? He is soooo cute!

anna said...

adorable easter photos! your kids are precious! i was showing isla her cousins and she said, "oh cute dresses!"

Rebecca said...

Ben is changing. He doesn't look so much like a newborn anymore. I can't wait to squeeze him!

Kailey said...

I'm loving the matching outfits!! Good luck with the move! Yay for Washington!

Douglas said...

What a bunch of cute kids! Ben-jamin' is getting so big too. We can't wait to see you soon. Have a safe drive! - Doug

Anonymous said...

I love your blog, it is so fun to hear about all the things you do and see the pictures even though we talk on the phone.

Kjrsten said...

Wow, that's a lot of work! Good job Keller kids! But I was wondering, who is your neighbor, dennis the menice?! yikes!

funny how some things seem like road blocks but turn out in your favor (the accidnet & truck) Good luck with your move, sounds stressful... are you stressing? Let's get together after you get settled and all your ducks are in a row!

Dents said...

Cute Easter outfits, and kids! I love the big pink bows.