Sometimes life is just a bit crazy--well more often than sometimes! It is usually crazy.

A few things we have been doing--

*dance competition for the girls--overall golds-team and studio!!!
*laundry
*funeral for Vonda
*Mr. Sweet Sugar Daddy's birthday
*laundry
*learning to eat sushi(very, very good)
*working out at the gym at 5:00 am
*trying to not fall asleep at 9:15 a.m.
*laundry
*cleaning out last years growth from the flower beds
*cleaning out last years growth from the flower beds
*cleaning out----oh, I said that all ready
(please remind me in the fall to cut things down!)
*grocery shopping--these people just keep eating
*braces for E
*laundry-same load seven times and still counting-can't get the stink out(petroleum smell--any suggestions)
*ordering my first Bountiful Basket of fresh produce
*dishes
*bathrooms
*reading books
*hugs and kisses
*refereeing the squabbles

I am certain that I have forgotten other things--oh, like cooking meals. I am busy, maybe someday I will not have dead things to pull up!!

Afternoon entertainment-teenage boy style!

(notice the knee pads!)

Having teenage boys is certainly a different adventure than the teenage girl!

M and his buddy decided to create their own "nitrus circus" . The found an

old trike on the junk pile, it's tire barely hanging on after fifteen years of use.

They hooked it to the back of the four wheeler and pulled it down the road.

It made it quite a ways before the support fork broke-not the faulty tire!

After the trike died they decided they needed something better. They went looking in the neighborhood junk yard--they found the chair!

THE CHAIR OF DEATH!

They found this old chair and a piece of old metal. They attached the metal to the bottom of the chair. They then pulled the chair-like a sled around the field. They made it most of the way around before the metal cut the rope.

Luckily they did have safety gear on!

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!

After almost 17 years as a Mom it still surprises me! How did that little

baby of mine get to be so big?

MissE turned ten yesterday--April 19, 2010! 10--that is a really big number.

Somehow there is something big about turning ten. It is like it is the official end of

being a little kid. You still are a little kid but there is just something different

once ten happens.

E helped me decorate her cake. I was happy because I got to use my cake stand.

Things just look prettier on a cake stand! I am so happy that they have come back

into fashion. They were out for a long time because they just weren't "practical."

Tupperware containers that transport things came into style. They did keep things from

drying out but they certainly weren't full of any style!

M is always teasing the little man. He always wants to dump him upside down--which J has hated since infancy. They are so so silly together.

The little man and his cousin"Jo" ---"Jo" just isn't quite up to speed on the silly game yet!

All in all I think that E had a happy birthday. I went to her class at school, played the crazy birthday song, got her class dancing and brought treats. She decorated with balloons and opened some fun gifts.

Here is to a great year! 10 is BIG!

Anyone want to come and do my dishes? Oh, and while you are at it would you finish up the laundry, clean up the mess on the floor downstairs, organize my pantry and closets. After that would you clean all the dead growth from last year out of my flower beds? My little crocus are trying just so hard but are struggling for some space!

20th Anniversary April 14, 2010

Happy 20th Anniversary!

I would do it all over again!

Easter 2010 Lake Mead Nevada

(painting tie die eggs)

The Easter Bunny seems to find us no matter where we are! This year we decided to take advantage of the long spring break(never happens around here) and head south. We went through a HORRIBLE blizzard trying to find some sunshine. Lucky for us Lake Mead, NV had plenty of beatiful weather for us to enjoy.

(j finding blue and orange eggs while holding leafy)

This year the kids forgot to put out their Easter baskets- Little J was very concerned. I told him to go look around perhaps the bunny hid a few things. They had a ball finding the eggs. J only wanted to pick up orange and blue eggs. The other kids would leave them for him and he would leave all the other colors.

(J and E after the easter egg hunt)
After finding all the Easter eggs J and E found little surprises left by the bunny! A fishing pole for J and a Princess and the Frog Barbie for E. The big kids got Nerf dart guns! What was the Easter bunny thinking?




After breakfast we went for a lovely drive and guess who we found? The Easter Bunny!!!!