Ok, I'll be the first to admit that I have no patience and I hate surprises. I'm a planner and I like to have the details and info before making decisions. That's just the way I am. So needless to say it didn't suit me well when the baby didn't cooperate for the ultrasound. I've given in and scheduled an elective ultrasound on May 23rd. The cheapest and closest place I could find to get it done at is in Madison, WI so we'll be taking a little roadtrip. This place isn't a medical office and does these ultrasounds solely for the purpose of bonding with the baby and determining gender. Don't worry, these are certified ultrasound techs. It's just nice that it's not such a dr. office style setting. They encourage large groups of family to come and don't say no to having kids in the room like my doctor's office does. I think it will be neat for the kids to get to see the baby and to (hopefully) find out what we're having at the same time that Jason and I do. While we're in Madison we might as well find a few fun things for the kids to do. I found a zoo and an arboretum (sp?) that are free so that'll be fun. We originally thought we'd bring the camper and find a campground up there but OMG...all the campgrounds I found run $45 a night and several charge a per person fee on top of that! So instead we'll be spending one night at a cheap hotel somewhere and let the kids swim and hang out. Plus we'll save a bit on gas since we won't be pulling the camper. Hopefully we can make a nice, casual trip out of this since I have a feeling I'll be too hot and uncomfortable to go on a big summer vacation with the kids this year.

Jason and the kiddos are out mushroom hunting right now. Jason's been having pretty good luck finding them. Most of them are pretty small yet though. We got the rain, now we need some hot days to help them grow. Yesterday Jason and his brother went mushroom hunting for like 7 1/2 hours. I told them they had a nice long day to themselves yesterday so today they can take the kids with them. It's Jason and our two kids, Adam and his three kids and our neighbor Gus and his two kids. So 7 kids and 3 adults. Have fun boys! LOL Glad I'm home enjoying the quiet. :)

Next weekend we'll be camping for Kyle's birthday. May sure did sneak up on me! I can't believe his b-day is only a week away. This month is going to be crazy busy. Kyle's b-day next weekend, cub scout campout the following weekend and our trip to Madison the weekend after that. Plus the Memorial Day parade that Kyle will be in for Cub Scouts. I think the last weekend of this month will be Tim & Katie's weekend to have our kids so it'll be good to have one relaxing weekend this month. There's a big scrapbooking crop that I'd love to go to that weekend but I don't think I want to be gone on a weekend when we don't have kids and we could just hang out in peace and quiet.

I've been feeling the baby kick a lot lately. Jason was finally able to feel it too. I'm looking forward to it getting strong enough for the kids to feel. Although I'm not looking forward to it getting strong enough that the kicks hurt. lol

I haven't gotten nearly as much scrapping done lately as I usually do so I only have 2 layouts to share. Up first are some pics of Jenevieve from her class field trip to the pumpkin patch last fall.

And up next are some funny pics of Kyle workin' the camera. lol He's such a ham!