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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Great Wolf Lodge

Mid-winter break. What is this? We have winter break and spring break and, apparently, we need a whole week break in between those! I've always wondered why this school district does this. I would much rather have those days at the end of the year. Regardless, we used the time to take the kids to the Great Wolf Lodge and had a great time. It was VERY pricey but we stayed just one night and had two days to play...and play we did. The kids had a blast!! There was a lot to do but we stuck with the indoor water park. We really did have a good time.



Cooper and Porter loved the water!!


I hardly even saw the other kids. They were from one thing to the next.



And we definately knew when it was time to go...




Sunday, January 11, 2009

It's Been a While!!

Wow time can sure get away from me! I just looked at how long it's been since my last post and I couldn't believe it! Crazy weather, missed school, Christmas, and New Years Eve has all come and gone. Now the kids are back in school and things are back to "normal"...sick kids, piano lessons, basketball games...just normal busyness.


I'm posting here a picture that Eva sent me that she took of Cooper back in October.





That's my cool cooper with grandpa Frank's car. He wasn't even posing--he was just caught checking out grandpa's car!

Well I'm now officially a facebooker. I signed up a week ago and amazed at how many people are on there that I knew from high school. It has been really fun to catch up with some old friends. So if you happen to be on facebook please look me up!

Monday, December 8, 2008

Safety First!!!

Boy things get busy around here. I have just realized that my last post was on Nov. 17th. Wow time does fly. When we got home from LA we definitely hit the ground running and haven't stopped since.


I wish I had a picture to describe this latest incident with the twins. But, as you will agree, there is a time when you have to drop the camera and run for the children to save their lives!


I was doing laundry downstairs where the boys were playing in the laundry room with me (I told you they rarely are out of my sight--it's where they love to be). I took a load of clothes upstairs and, of course, was followed by the boys. They stayed upstairs and I came back down to fold another load. When I went back up I thought they were still upstairs and even had the thought that they were being awfully quiet and they must be into something. So I started to head upstairs but before I was out of my room I heard a noise coming from my open window. OK. They are outside my window on their bikes. I'll just peek out and make sure they're ok. When I looked out my window I couldn't see them. A little more searching found a big yellow football helmet on a little head out at the end of the driveway and in the middle of the road! Cooper was indeed on his bike but he was out in the road and Porter was right at the end of the driveway ready to follow his brother (both with their older brother's football helmets on). I'm not sure where they were headed, but I chose to leave the camera and RUN out the door and coax them back toward the house. I think if I had let them they might have headed over to Aaron and Lori's!!


That was a scary one! There are not many cars out on this road but enough to know that we were watched over that day.

I was thinking about getting them on the bikes and reenacting the scene for a good blog picture. This one seemed a lot safer.

Monday, November 17, 2008

AMAZINGLY...WICKED!!


I just had another day to add to the list of "very best days of my life". On Saturday Frank and I got to see Wicked. WOW! What an amazing show! We left Seattle on Friday morning and have been down here in sunny/smokey SoCal having a very nice, relaxing, kid-free weekend. A weekend absolutely not possible but for wonderful family members. Andy and Aaron are holding down the fort. (I hope they still want kids after this weekend!) What a blessing to be able to leave the kids with loved ones who you trust and to not have to worry at all about how they are doing. Thank you so much to Andy and Aaron. We love you. I hope you still love us.

I'll post more when I get home but I had to put this picture out there.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Finally, A Win!!

Frank's football team--Trey's team--finally won a game. This weekend we drove to Sequim for a night game under the lights called the Toy Bowl (called that because they do a toy drive for toys for tots). It was so nice to watch the boys doing well and really having a great time. I know they have been having fun all season, but there is nothing like winning when it doesn't happen very often. Good job Hornets!!





Sam also played on Saturday--the league championship game. The outcome there wasn't as good. They lost. Sam did cause a fumble and recover it! He was so sad after the game. He put his whole heart out there, and you can't ask for more than that. He left it all on the field! And walking out he was wiping a few tears.

Needless to say, the 2nd place trophy wasn't thrilling him.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Trey is 12 today




Trey turned 12 today. He's getting so big. He said he had a good day and they sang to him at school. We had a little party for him tonight here at home and had a good time. Trey is really a cool kid. He's pretty independent, likes to do his own thing. When he gets home from school he, first, does his homework (without being reminded--he's kind of a freak of nature in that sense) and then heads outside. I'm not sure what he does out there except that when I look out the window he is walking around the property with either a stick or a football in his hand. He is getting great grades and really is pretty pleasant--for a twelve year old boy. I couldn't pass this day up without writing about my Trey. Happy Birthday Buddy. Mom loves you. We all love you.





We also went to Grandma Donna's work today (Cooper, Porter,Olivia and I). Grandma likes to take the kids around to whomever will indulge her and show off the grandkids. The kids...they just like to look at the fish.



Thursday, November 6, 2008

Who Runs This Joint?

I come to the realization, everyday, that I am not in charge around here. Let me show you what I mean.


Yes. That is my dining table. And yes. My twins are marching around on the table top. Again, I ask you, who is in charge around here?

Now. Let me explain. See the smile on Porter's face? After a night like tonight, I (obviously) would let him do anything he wanted. Here is just minutes earlier.


Take a close look at the writing on the front of his PJs(If I'm Not Happy Nobody's Happy). Nothing could speak more truth tonight than that PJ shirt. So when the option of the table came into the picture, it was a no brainer. Let the kid march! Keep him happy...then everybody's happy. And that's where we stand tonight. Happy.