Oh boy- I know I've been horrible about blogging- trust me, my parents clued me in this last weekend :)

So- it's been really, really busy around here- Callista is the star of the month with violin concerts, a birthday that consists of about 6 separate parties- and of course her 5th grade graduation this Friday! Yay Calli Bug!! She so loved getting phone calls from her dear aunties yesterday- thanks girls :)

We had Marmee and GG up to visit this last week...hands down the best trip we've had so far.  We sure did fit a lot in over 4 days- Calli's concert, trips to Top This and Jamba Juice, Mom and Dad got to take a trip to Bonner's to see Carolyn Bateman, I got to work (woohoo), kids at school, movie trip to see The Avengers (pure awesomeness- even Mom got into it!)... what else?? oh yes- golfing for Kara and GG, shopping for the girls with Marmee, lunch for everyone, and we even got some culture in by taking the girls to a ballet performance of Midsummer's Night Dream...phew!  Are my parents the coolest or what??

So that was just the last few days- yesterday was Calli's home party- now tonight she heads off to the grandparents with Dad for cake and presents- and this Saturday is the big double slumber party for her and Maddie- swimming at the hotel, and then back to Karen's to unleash all 15 girls to the basement for video games and what have you...

Mother's Day was another highlight- I was woken up by the girls to presents and cards- and tears of happiness of course... then I surprised their little pants off by taking them to Silverwood for the day! I built them up all week saying they were going to clean the house spotless for me on Mother's Day- so they were pretty stoked. Silverwood is a great amusement park just 10 minutes north of us...we had so much fun!

Let's see- Teags is doing great as well- she is excited for summer vacation, but really is going to miss her friends and teachers from this year- she will be all alone in elementary next year while Calli goes off to middle school- holy moley!  Oh yes- Alyx had her graduation last week too! She wore her cap and gown and walked with about 100 other graduates from Bridge Academy- so proud of her! She is progressing well in her pregnancy and is having a girl- already named as Kiara Jane Bingham....(named for Calli and Teags' middle names) so sweet...

I am currently waiting for my server to come back up for work- so good thing I had a break-it's raining cats and dogs outside, so I'm making soup and hoping for sun soon... miss you all so much and love you! and here's some pics....