Long Time, No Type

Ok, I am feeling the peer pressure to post. I do appreciate the urging and encouraging to get something out there. Thank you to my 6 devoted fans. I keep waiting for summer to slow down, but we are almost halfway through our summer and I still can't find time to do much besides cart kids her there and everywhere, work and play with kids. My projects list is still growing and so are my posts. So, for those of you who have asked, I will post a few pictures now and let you know I am alive. I will continue to keep my list of "things to post" handy and add to it daily and suprise you occasionally with words and pics. Here is a quick summary of what our summer has consisted of: the zoo(twice), Noah's camp at the Longmont Humane Society, Leah participating in the Miss CO pageant, movies, games, karate (even Jonah), working two days and watching 6 two other days, baseball 3 evenings a week (Noah), a day trip to Estes Park, a closet redo (great story) and various other activities. I currently have all 6 kids sleeping so that is why I am able to post. I am looking forward to a nice relaxing day at work tomorrow. And I am very excitied about my trip to Silverthorne this weekend for our MOPS steering retreat to plan the coming 2008-2009 year. I will post lots more on that someday. Enjoy the pics and know even if I am not typing or reading your blogs, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I love you!!! The pictures: Leah dressed up to go to a birthday tea party, Jonah at Karate, Noah playing catcher at baseball, and our trip to the zoo.

Spring Break Part 2

I had a few activities planned/prepared to keep the kids busy while I finished up tagging/taking and working the Consignment Sale. A few of the crafts I picked up at Michael's for cheap. They will come in hand for summer break too. Other things I found in magazines. One awesome activity was with the loops from back in our day of making pot holders. Well, they showed you how to make a jump rope. We are still working on it, but it is awesome. You can go to http://www.familyfun.com/ to find the instructions. Another activity was using marshmellows and toothpicks to make different formations. (very cheap project and the marshmellows for great snacks too). Along those same lines, was making formations with straws (also very cheap). And my kids favorite standby, playing with playdough. I had found some great recipes, but we still have so much of the store bought stuff I decided to save that for later. My aunt and uncle came in town from OK mid week. We made lots of trips to Target and just watched movies at home and at the new theatre down the street. The new theatre had a free day on the day before their grand opening. Everyone enjoyed seeing The Waterhorse. Then, the adult girls stayed and watched PS I love you. Also a great movie. On Friday, we met my aunt and uncle that live in CO at IHOP to celebrate Jonah's b-day and enjoy the Horton Hears a Who pancakes. They were yummy! Then my aunt and uncle from OK took Noah and Leah to see the movie Horton Hear a Who while the rest of us came home to clean, nap and finish getting things ready for Jonah's Firetruck party. I will post party pics and details in Spring Break Part 3.

Easter

What a beautiful and bizzare Easter we had this year. We did the Good Friday service at our church Friday evening and a few different community egg hunts on Saturday and then on Sunday we awoke to snow. We went to church for the 8:15 AM service and then came home to see what the Easter Bunny left. We took pictures in our Easter outfits and then had a silly string fight in the front yard (the Easter Bunny gave everyone some in their baskets). The silly string fight quickly turned into a snowball fight (which helped melt the snow). Then we went inside for our Easter lunch. After lunch we got ready for our own egg hunt in the front yard. The kids took turns hiding eggs and finding them for hours(the neighbors joined us). Then right before bedtime, we hid glow-in-the-dark eggs we had painted and the kids used flashlights to find them. WAY FUN!!! I have saved these eggs to use throughout the year for a fun activity. I plan on putting money and candy in the eggs as extra-incentive for those to find them.

Like No Udder

This is my first official post with pictures. It is also my first post with a card. This is a Cow Thank You card for my friends at Chick-fil-A Larkridge. In August we finally got a Chick-fil-A only 15 minutes from our house. It was almost better than Christmas. What is sad, it that on the day it opened, we were there for every meal. Six months later, we aren't in there 3 times a day, but we are in there at least 3 times a week. The staff know us (they even know how important sweet tea, light ice is to us). We are very serious about our love for Chick-fil-A. It started in Texas (where there is one on every corner). If you ask my kids what they want to eat, they say "Chick-fil-A". I am a proud mother breaking the cycle of past generations of McDonald's fast fooders. My kids were even Chick-fil-A cows for Halloween. Noah was a spy cow, Leah a cheerleading cow and Jonah the origianl Chick-fil-A cow. Anyway, back to the card, for my birthday, the sweet team at Chick-fil-A gave me an awesome gift. (a liscense plate frame, small plush cow and a few coupons). So this is my thank you note to them. On the inside it says "Moochas Gracias". It was made with a cloud stamp, black ink, a piece of scrap red ribbon and a gold bell. It took about 2 minutes to make. You could also make this card with "Thank Moo, I Love Moo, or Like No Udder". So, in summary, I encouarge everyone to find a Chick-fil-A close to you and enjoy!