I am not sure who was more excited?!

Paul has taken his nephew Nathan turkey hunting the last two years. Last night he "bagged" his first turkey! Paul was over the moon happy... Nathan was excited, but I think trying to contained himself (to cool)! Paul wanted me to take all kinds of pics (so not like him to want his pic taken)... and even though the kids had bathed and were in pj's he wanted a few with them in the shot too (partial b/c he had one of Lauren when she was 1 yr old with him when he bought a turkey home and he wanted one of he and Mason like that-- except that Mason is gonna be 4- lol)!

Time flies!

I was just filling in my May schedule for daycare for Mason, and realized, we are heading into May-- May means the end of the school year! We are down to 4wks remaining. Makes me think, where did this time go???

I swear Lauren was just starting Kindergarten, now she is almost done with her first year and will be starting 1st grade! I am not sure I am ready to have a child who is going to be in 1st grade!

Mason has 2 kids who have RSVP'ed to his party! I invited 12. I did just send out the invites last Thursday, so hopefully more will RSVP... I want this to be a really great birthday party for him, he is so looking forward to it! It will be his first friends party! He seems so young to be having one, but Lauren was 4 when she had her first friends party.

Oh and 27 Dresses comes out today! We are having a viewing tonight at my neighboors home-theater! I have been itching to see this movie!

1. Do you like blue cheese? blue cheese dressing, does that count?
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? Nope.
3. Do you own a gun? My husband does, so in a way I guess I do... about 35-- all in safes-- 2 safes!
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? no sonic around here!
5. Do you get nervous before doctor's appointments? nope.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I don't think about hot dogs!
7. Favorite Christmas song? Merry Christmas St. Nick - Beach Boys or Mariah Carey's xmas cd... I am love xmas music so this is hard to pick!
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? water with lemon
9. Can you do push ups? sure can!
10. What do you order at Starbucks? I don't.
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My engagement ring or my dad's diamond ring that I where every day, both as equally special for different reasons!
12. Favorite hobby? Hobby??? Bible study... not really a hobby but how I spend my free time.
13. How do you eat your eggs?over easy-- able to dip toast!
14. Do you have A.D.D.? Nope.
15. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? Nothing I hate about myself.
16. Your eye color? Blue
17. Name three thoughts at this exact moment?a) I need to get cracking on my items to present to the kid coming for bring your children to work day, that is in 45 minutes, but instead I am doing this! b) ugh the yard will be a soaking wet mess, and Lauren is having a friend over afterschool to play on the new swing set c) I need to get Lauren signed up for GS camp.
18. Name three things you bought yesterday? gas, renewed tanning package and milk!
19. Three drinks you regularly drink?water with lemon, hot water with lemon and honey and a pepsi rarely
20. Current worry right now? getting all of Lauren's reading assignments done at night while allowing some play time for her! And what to do for mason's birthday party!
21. Current hate right now? no hates
22. Favorite place to be? outside sitting in the sun, watching my children play and play and play!
23. How did you bring in the New Years? With neighbors and kids banging pots and pans!
24. Where would you like to go? Tropical vacation alone with Paul!
25. Name three people who will complete this? I have no idea
26. Do you own slippers? yep! light pink chenille.
27.What shirt are you wearing? green v-neck hooded cable-knit (light weight) sweater from ON with a white tee underneath!
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? nope, I like my t-shirt sheets or flanel!
29. Can you whistle? Yep
30. Favorite color? Pink
31. Would you be a pirate? I don't think so
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? anything... I sing all the time!
33. Favorite girl’s name? Lauren
34. Favorite boy’s name? Mason
35. What’s in your pocket right now? my vitamins
36. Last thing that made you laugh? chelsey handler-- chelsey lately show
37. Most frequently dialed phone number? my mom's
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? broken ankle
39. Do you love where you live? I love it!
40. How many TVs do you have? 7
41. Who is your loudest friend? jan
42. How many dogs do you have?0
43. What are you thrilled about right now? that our home projects are just about done... only one left waiting for better weather and dry yard!
44. Do you have a crush on someone? I still get butterflies from my husband, so does that count?
.45. What is your favorite book?? Bible
46. What is your favorite candy? choc.covered almonds
47. Favorite Sports Team? none... not a sports fan!
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? I am not sure I want a funeral, I would prefer a celebration of my life! The song I think I would like would be What a Wonderful World... we played it at my Dad's service and it is awesome...
49. What were you doing at 12 AM last night? sleeping
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? what to wear!

bare minerals!

I just need to add, the bare minerals is the ticket! I know I had a ton of questions on what brand of minerals, etc, I bought the Bare Minerals, ID and LOVE IT!!!!!!! I think my skin looks glowing and great!

Bi-monthy update-- lol

Whew, twice in one month, what has gotten into me! lol!


We had a bit of a scare last Wednesday. At about 6pm Lauren complained that her belly hurt, so I decided no All Stars we'd just lay low... she wanted to eat dinner and we did, I kept it light, just in case! She tucked into bed around 7ish, belly still hurting, at 8 I was asking her how bad it hurt, like go to the Dr. bad, and she said yes! So I called the peds dept. and chatted with the nurse, as I was talking to her Lauren got sick (poor thing), so the nurse said skip food for 24hrs, limit liquids until she hasn't been ill for 2hr etc. So I had her come into my bed in case this went on throughout the night. She feel asleep, but woke at 10ish scratching and itching to the point I said you need to stop, I can rub your back instead... I went to rub her back and freaked, I turned the lights on to see this, but worse...





Her skin was all bumpy and broke out in hives! She has NEVER had them before... so I quickly call the help nurse... gave her some med's and watch her breathing etc for the next 3hrs... it was back and forth as to if we should run her into the emergency room, as by midnight no change to the hives, actually they were even more red and raised... and then finally at 1am they started to go down! So I finally went to sleep and in the morning we went to the Dr and found out she had a touch of pneumonia, which may have caused the hives! Ugh... and the camping troop was looming ahead! I was worried she might not be better in time to go, but she was! She went back to school on Friday-- whew!





So Friday (afterschool) I took Lauren and her GS troop camping! Even though it had rained most of the day (although it stopped by the time we got there) and was very muddy and wet out, we were able to have our campfire and hike! The girls were able to cook pizza tonka toasters and they also did banana boats (YUMMY) and smores! I feel like we ate most of Friday night! lol! The girls all did very well, staying involved in what we were doing, paying attention and listening, interacting well with each other. They especially loved the bunk beds! And went to bed surprisingly well! It was 10:30 going on 11pm so they were wiped out to-- that always helps!

This is the girls by the pond, on our hike!

Here are a few of the girls playing twister in the cabin!

Saturday we woke up early, made breakfast, again the girls helped cook, set-up and clean-up! Then we did a quick craft; making picture frames with nature items they found the night before on our hike. They made up and preformed a camping skit for all of us (each girl had a parent or grandparent with them) and then they headed out for a color hike. I quickly cleaned the cabin, and by the time they got back it was time for lunch, hot dogs over the fire! And guess what the sun popped out! It was a wonderful end to the camping trip!

Both Lauren and I were beat! I quickly ran everything through the wash and put things away-- got showers for both of us... and then we squeezed in a quick nap with Mason- while Paul headed to the farm to "catch" (always say catch, it is really shoot) a turkey.







Sunday was another beautiful day, Lauren went to neighbors to play at 8:30 in the morning and didn't come home till 8pm!!! She had a great day playing with her friend! Mason and I played outside doing bubbles, kicking the big ball around and he rode his big wheel a bit! It was a laid back, relaxing day!







And my last update... we bought a swing set from a friend and finally last night Paul was able to pick it up and "install" it. All of the rain has left the yard quite squishy, but yesterday afternoon was so beautiful out and the breeze really helped to dry up the yard, enough to allow him to move things around! So the kids got a chance to play on it last night and they thoroughly enjoyed it! It is kind of funny... Paul has talked about building a swing set for 2 years... and well it is the one thing he has dropped the ball on... so when my friend said she was selling hers I jumped on! Paul wasn't to keen on it, while he liked the set, he was thinking something more along the lines of fort with swings, and a structure built more with wood like our deck (4x4's etc). So we drew up some plans, and I faxed it to a local lumber yard for pricing and the thought was to move this swing set to my Mom's and he would finally build one for the kids... he decided last night to atleast get it to our house and set it up temporarily (since it wouldn't take to long to put back together) and let the kids play on it in the mean time... well he put it together and they had such a good time on it last night, I think we will keep it here atleast for this summer! By next summer they might be tired of it and then he can build more of a fort or enclosure for them! So here is the set. It looks really nice! Especially considering we only paid $100 for it! lol!

So there is my update! See ya in a few weeks-- lol!!!

happy Birthday to me!

I had a blog update a week ago, but it has vanished, so I am not going to try and rewrite all of that... I'll sum it up-- life is going along just great! School for the kids- great, House- deck is almost finished, Playset, will hopefully be going in next week sometime for the kiddo's... so life is good!

In other news, Happy Birthday to me (tomorrow)! I turn 34yrs old tomorrow... wow that time has snuck up on me!

People who share my bday are:

1940 Herbie Hancock (musician)1947 Tom Clancy (author)1956 Andy Garcia (actor)1971 Shannen Doherty (actress)!

Also happy birthday to Clint, my nefew-- who's bday is today!

And I just have to share this pic, it isn't the best one of the bunch, but it is the only one on my camera-- this is my sister's new dog, Sadie. Sadie is a great dane and very big! I am not sure if Mason knows what to make of Sadie. ("Do I ride her? Will she eat me?" I can only imagine are the thoughts running through his little head!)