Need Energy?

I just love this time of year. Warm days, lovely nights, flowers blooming, tree's getting their leaves back, and the general fact that you can spend an entire day outside without freezing! Plus you know lake time is just around the corner!
So this is what our family has been doing on the weekends, spending time outdoors. One weekend we took a hike behind our house that leads to the lake... eventually. Very steep. It was so much fun that we went into Branson to continue hiking and take the kids to the hatchery...again. Last weekend Sam worked our a**es off in the yard. He borrowed dads chainsaw and decided he was a timber man. The yard looks so much better. It will be a long process, but one day we will have a landscaped yard. Take note though that while Sam was sawing down trees, me and the kids were the ones who had to haul the wood to the wood pile or burn pile. I sound like I'm complaining, but I actually really enjoy working outside! I remember growing up helping work outside a lot with my parents, and now I'm working on my own yard and love it. Very rewarding. Plus it's good to get the kids involved in outdoor activities instead of sitting on their butts watching TV or playing video games. It's funny to watch 4 different kids work in the yard. Devyn is all eager the first 10 minutes, then gets bored and "acts" like she is doing something. More like controlling what the other kids are doing. Sadey is a very hard worker, she doesn't stop until told! Like the energizer bunny...she keeps going and going and going! Luke is another hard worker! He had such a good time. It was fun to watch him be such a boy and try to pick up the biggest logs, he also didn't stop! Nate...well here we are again at Nate. Let's just say he got bored! He worked hard, and then came up to me and said "I wanna help, but not with wood anymore." He walked around with a stick pretending he was a knight most of the day.
Well this weekend was another busy one. To make a long story shorter I will just tell you what we did Saturday. First off we didn't go the hill Friday night, so we got to sleep in and I made us a big breakfast around 10ish. I encouraged the kids to eat a lot because we had a special day planned! This was hard for Sadey and Nate because they don't eat much of anything! We had decided to go to the zoo. The last time we went was when I was pregnant with Nate and Luke was under one. I went on the Internet to see how much it costs, and learned that St. Johns had a clinic going on at the zoo, and admission was free all day. What a deal...we were going! Sam called his mom to invite his sister Kelly, and she was very bored so was glad for the invite. Devyn and Kelly talked the entire way to Springfield without shutting up. This is actually the longest period I have heard Nate go without speaking for a long time. So in that way I am thankful because they were talking to one another and not asking me 20 questions about stuff I don't know how to answer! The zoo was nice. Busy but the kids had a blast.
We dropped Kelly off and went to the place we can never seem to stay away from...Walmart. While checking out Sam noticed the 5 hour energy drinks. And yes that seemed like the perfect answer to our lack of energy at the moment. It was not even 5pm and we were both ready to go to bed. 4 kids at a busy zoo, and the boys wore flip flops that hurt their feet, so Luke complained about his feet most of the time and I carried Nate around most of the zoo...so yes we were pretty tired! We got home and the kids had their gourmet meals of Kids Cuisine, while Sam and I downed our energy drinks.
Let me just say this. Now that I have 4 kids, and know it is impossible to sleep in, I go to bed early!! I was thinking 5 hour energy (comparable to one cup of coffee-that's what the bottle says) so take it at 5 go to bed at 10 or 11! HA HA! One cup of coffee my buttah! I was up past 2am and had to be up at 7 to get ready for church. This stuff is good. Gets the heart a pumpin'! I stayed up late enough to enjoy my husband outside of our children. It was so nice! I was tired Sunday, but I took a nap after church and felt much better. Good times! So if you are ever in need of a energy boost...try the drink.
Hope you all are enjoying your spring and are reminded of God's wonderful beauty!!

Ohh I have a new comment from Nate. On the way home from the zoo, he was telling everyone how he rides a bus. Devyn, "NO you don't!"
"I ride the church bus you FREAKS!" I guess he told them!