Friends & the Circus

Our good college friends, the Lange's came to visit Sioux City and all of the old college buddies this weekend...WE had SOOOO much fun, we all have kids the same age, and it is just nice to be able to visit with them...We headed over to Mike and Melissa's on Friday night and bbq'd some steaks and the kids got to play outside...it was sooo nice, then on Saturday we went to the mall for the kids to play in the play area, since it was raining...then home for naps and then everyone came over to our house on Saturday night for some more bbqing...we had hot dogs, brats and hamburgers and great FRIENDS to enjoy the night....On Sunday, we decided to take the kids to the circus and Trent and Susie decided to stay and take their kids too, so it was a great big fun day...we met up with Mike, Melissa, Trent and Susie and all the kiddos at Famous Dave's before the circus to enjoy a "nice" lunch...well as nice as you can get with 7 kids!!~~~ crazy, huh??? then it was on to the circus...it was a nice show, the usual...it's a circus, right!! but the kids had a blast, Ashley and Elliott even got a little snooze in towards the end of the
1st half and through the intermission, then enjoyed the 2nd half...I thought Ayden was going to be out right away, but he ended up making it through the whole thing, then fell asleep on the car ride home:)

We had sooo much fun, like we always do when we get to see any of our college friends....now we can't wait to make a trip up to Minneapolis soon to visit them and hang out on their turf!!! Thanks for coming guys:) Miss ya already!!

Here are some pics of the weekend...on Saturday night we got one of all the kids together, minus Ben who was NOT having it at that point...we should have tried a little earlier in the night, but this was the best we could do!! the other pics are of famous dave's and the circus!!!

Easter 2009

Well, another successful Easter has come and gone...this year Chris had to work:( so the kids and I headed to my parent's house on Saturday morning to spend the weekend...we had so much fun playing, seeing the baby cows, riding & driving the tractors, and hunting for Easter eggs....I think that they and I were all exhausted from a fun weekend...

On Saturday after naps, we headed out to find Grandpa in the tractor...got rides, and then we went and saw baby cows...then we went in to wait for cousins Ellie and Malia to come join us for some Easter egg coloring...BOY THAT WAS FUN!!! We had a great time with them, always fun to play with cousins:)

Then on Sunday we went to Mass...Ms. Ashley left a little to be desired in the behavior department at church, she is just far to busy to sit still apparently!! Then after Mass, we headed to Great Grandpa and Grandma Lansink's...Grandpa Bernard had just gotten out of the hospital so we were grateful for him to be with us and for him to be feeling better!! We had a great brunch and "hunted" for eggs...the kids LOVED it, then visited for a while....

We headed back to G& G's for some naps...then we got a surprise from Uncle Keith & Aunt Deb who were out driving the Army Jeep, so they brought it out to the farm for the kids to take a spin...Ashley sat in it but didn't want to ride, but the boys and Grandpa took a spin and had a blast...then they had to ride the new 4-wheeler before we ate a bite to eat. Great Grandpa and Grandma Spotts and NEal and Janna stopped out too for a few mintues for some Easter Treats....Grandma too was in the hospital last week for her leg, so hopefully that is starting to feel better too!!! after we ate and visited it was time to HEAD HOME!!!

All in all it was a great weekend with lots of fun!!! We also got VERY COOL Easter cards in the mail from Grandpa and Grandma Schrunk...the kids loved getting those cards and headed straight for the piggy banks with their money!!! smart little savers we have!!!

Enjoy the Easter pictures:) We have some college friends in town this weeekend, so I am sure we will have much more to post about later!!!

Remodeling the....

KITCHEN!!! yes that is right everyone...surprise surpise (to us too)... we are supposed to be working on the boys' new room I know, but we are kind of at a stopping point right now for various reasons on that room, it will hopefully resume here probably in May I would guess, but anyway, we took a trip out to Lowe's last weekend and stumbled upon some ceramic tile that was discounted way down, that we really liked...We have known for a while that we have wanted to replace the floors in the kitchen, because we want to take our carpets up and put in hard wood floors (it will be soooo much easier with KIDS!) So anyway...we found this stuff and BOUGHT IT!!! crazy I know.... but it was such a good price we couldn't beat it and I am sure in a few months when we wanted to do it, we wouldn't have been able to find a deal like this....

So we got the tile home and our friends Tom and Randi recently had tile done in their new kitchen, so we asked them who put it in...not that Chris couldn't have done it, but we did get such a good deal on it, and it is the kitchen and Chris has never done a big tile job like this before, so we thought we might as well have a professional do it!!! so we called him on Monday and he said well actually I have time to do it this week, I can come tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW...that is fast, so we (and when I say we I mean Chris:) tore out the old floor and got the stove and fridge out of their and the guy has been working on the floor ever since...he started on Tuesday morning, and they finished up today about 11:30 with the grout!!!!!!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING:) We are soooo pleased with it, they did an awesome job....

So here are some pics of our surprise renovations!!! sometimes planning things is overrated huh:)

Life...

So since nothing much is new...I just thought I would show some everyday pictures of our "life"....Last Sunday G & G Lansink surprised us and stopped by with some ice cream treats...we were outside because it was nice, so we got to play with them and have fun outside...

So much for that this weekend, huh....can we say BLIZZARD!!! YUCK..... As of right now, it has not started snowing here YET, but we are in blizzard warnings, so ya know it is on the way!!! so we pretty much spent the day inside today...so there are some pics of the kids horsing around with the clothes baskets...I honestly don't think they need anything other than a laundry basket to play with...!!!! crazy kids...

Oh, Chris did get some work done in the boys' new room...the CEILING IS GONE!!! whoo hoo!!! there is a pic of that too...we are making progress! well, Chris is making progress, I don't think it would have been good for the baby if I would have helped and had to breath in that nasty ceiling dust...yuck:( good thing Chris had a mask on:) Thanks Honey!!!

Also note in the pics, Ashley is wearing an AWESOME Briar Cliff sweatshirt, in all of the pics, because that little stinker, once you put it on her, she WON'T let you take it off of her...talk about stubborn!!! but I guess she just loves her BCU Chargers!!! haha:) good thing we have two of them since they were Ayden and Elliott's!!! I can wash one and she can wear one, just another bonus to twins, huh:)

So other than that, NOTHING new:) Enjoy!!

Announcement!!!

Attention:) Ayden, Elliott and Ashley are so excited to share with you that they are going to be getting a new baby brother or sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that is right....Schrunk Baby #4 is due to arrive on Oct. 1:)

We are very excited about our new arrival and can hardly wait till he/she arrives....

AND YES IT IS ONLY ONE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For all of you wondering...I had an ultrasound today to make sure of the dating and such and it is for sure just one little baby in there...it is measuring about 3 ounces right now!!! so tiny:) and our due date of Oct 1 was right on, because it was measuring for a due date of Sept. 30!!! Any way you take it, I will probably have this baby the last week of Sept by scheduled c-section!!!!!

I have felt very good so far, just TIRED, but who isn't!!! Hopefully everything will continue well...13 weeks down, about 26 more to go:)

sleepy little girl

So we have been fighting a cough/cold thing here at our house AGAIN!!! will winter EVER end??? so it has been some not so good sleep around here...but Ashley decided to take advantage of the swing being out to climb in and get some zzzz's yesterday....I have a new baby for daycare so I have the swing out for him, and she thinks she needs to sit in it...just like the boys did when we got the swing out when we brought her home!!! oh goof balls....but Ashley has been tired because of the coughing, so she actually fell asleep in the swing...it was really too cute...of course she had her essentials with her, her milk and her phone...you never know when you will get thirsty or need to talk to someone:)

I didn't get any pics of the boys...I will have to do that this weekend...they got new haircuts the other night, they look pretty handsome!!! I will try to get them to sit still for 2 seconds and snap a pic for ya all:)

The new room!

So we have decided it is time to finish the "extra" room that is off of our living room, and make it a bedroom for Ayden & Elliott...well, not just a bedroom, but a Lightning Mcqueen bedroom...of course decor will come later, right now, it is just getting the room finsihed!!! Grandma Jane and Grandpa George came this weekend to help Chris get the room off to a very good start....we had to raise the floor to get it level with the living room, and next will be taking out the ceiling to give it some more height...they will also drywall the walls and put in a new floor, so even though it is still a ways from being done, I thought I would tell you all about the process now!!! The boys are SOOOOOO excited, and they kept saying all weekend, daddy and grandpa are working on my new bedroom!!! should be lots of fun...now, I will just keep my eye out for some Lightning Mcqueen deals and we will be good to go:)

While Daddy and Grandpa were busy working on the room...Grandma and I got to play with the kids...we hung out, had lunch at MCdonald's, got to play OUTSIDE because it was WONDERFUL out:), and had a very fun time!!!

It was a very productive weekend around the Schrunk house:)

Also in the pics is one of Ms. Jo Jo, who found a box of shoes that wonderful Aunt Kathy has sent that her girls used to wear, in it is some PINK cowgirl boots...they are too big, but of course, Ms. Independent wouldn't take no for an answer and had to strut her stuff in those boots!!! it is too funny!:)