An apparantly long overdue update!

Okay all you Bridge staff members (Kylee and Gabe) that are giving us a hard time - this update is for you. (Not that you don't see the kids regularly and know what is going on anyway!)
A lot has happened since Easter. We have definitely had our share of ups and downs and some rough spots during this adjustment phase. However I am going to use this update to focus on the good.
Jenavi has gotten very involved with her softball team. She has been playing on a team with her friend Emily. She has become quite the good little first basewoman. Her new nickname is "Hoover" because she sucks up all the balls that come anywhere near her. Her team has had two games and she has made some great plays and gotten several outs for her team. She has been practicing pitching and is doing well with that too. She hopes to get to pitch a little bit in one of the games soon.
Laci is little miss personality and seems to win hearts everywhere she goes. If you are near her don't be surprised if you end up carrying her around. She is good at getting people to do that for her. She is doing well in school and enjoys learning. As a matter of fact she loves her teacher so much that she told me she wants Ms. Crenshaw to be her mommy.
Yulissa has had the toughest adjustment period but we have had a good week so far. Saturday we had a mother/daughter day where just the two of us went shopping together. She loved getting to pickout a new outfit with all the accessories courtesy of a gift card from her new cousins, aunt and uncle. We also stopped at coldstone creamery for icecream on the way home. She had peanutbutter cup perfection ice cream and decided she wants a cake made out of that for her birthday.
Johnny is still all boy. He loves climbing trees (and falling out of them), throwing the football and getting dirty. We have learned that you can get him out of most bad moods by being goofy with him and chasing and tickling him. He can hardly resist it. School is a struggle for him but with the help of his teachers we are focusing on trying to get him to enjoy school so he won't dread it for next year.
Laci and Yulissa are starting gymnastics lessons tonight. Laci, aka pogo-stick Laci, is in heaven on the trampoline. We went to open gym night last Friday and that girl couldn't stop bouncing. Yulissa already flips all over the place and shows some real interest in it. We hope it will be good structure for her and help build her self-esteem. It should be fun!
I had a great first Mother's Day. The kids all made me cards with coupons to help with chores in them. Some of the coupons I got were for taking a walk with me and Charlie our dog, helping give Charlie a bath, vacuuming, cuddling, etc. Jenavi gave me a charm bracelet she made. I also got to pick out some great jewelery from the sale at church. The kids gave me a bouquet of flowers and then we went to Lowes and picked out flowers to plant. Grandma and Grandpa came over for a little bit to play in the yard and then we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.
Before church on Mother's Day Johnny was driving me nuts by refusing to clean up his room and the toys he left downstairs. Before we left I looked at him and said something about "Didn't I tell you 20 times to clean that up???" Well later when we got home from church I think Johnny was getting the concept of Mother's Day a little better. He came up to me and said "Mom you know I think I am going to go clean up those things you told me 20 times about!" It cracked me up!
Well, thats all for now. No more complaining Kylee and Gabe!!