Hungry Anyone???

This is what happens when you are too busy to shop and when you finally have time to shop, you shop when you're hungry!!! Two and a half hours at Super Walmart and another half hour putting it away. Not only the kitchen was packed but the dining room too! I had to snap a picture because it looked so ridiculous!

Ally's in trouble!!

So for months we have been trying to inforce a house rule of no eating or drinking in your room. This rule was revised to "absolutely" no eating or drinking in your room. With it being so cold the ants are invading us so the rule was once again revised to "if I catch you with the smallest morsel of food in your room you will owe me lines"!. Lines are a good way to improve their writing skills and they hate doing it, so we think they get a positive punishment for breaking the rule. Before they would plead "I forgot...I forgot!, I won't do it again" ..... but they always would! Now if they get caught they owe me lines according to their age level. We figure the older they are the harder the punishment is, since they should know better. If A.J. gets caught he has to write "I will not eat or drink in my bedroom 500 times, Austin 250 times and Ally 100 times. In the last week A.J. has never been caught. Austin got caught and after doing lines posted it on his wall to remind him that he never wants to write that many lines ever again. Ally had been doing really well remembering until last night.!!!! Even though she forgot and I felt bad for her I had to enforce the RULE!!! Here is a picture I took of her doing her lines! (she made it to 25)

A.J.s Masks!

A.J. torturing Ryan

A.J.'s teacher Ms. Anderson

Mrs. Spencer





On Friday I went to the school and helped with the coolest art project. The 6th grade is studying Egypt right now (mummies, King Tut, Art, etc.) They wanted the kids to make these plaster masks which they will later paint gold and add beads, & jewels. Each child picked a partner and were given instuctions. First Vaseline was smeared all over their face and then strips of plaster, dipped in water were applied. The strips looked like cheese cloth with little holes all over it. They had to smooth it with their fingers until no holes were showing. Every inch of their face had to be covered with the exception of their nostrils. The masks were then peeled off their face once they were dry and the kids changed places with each other. They turned out great! Some of the masks you could tell who's face it was without even knowing who's it was. It was really interesting how trust really played a part in their reactions. Some kids were relaxed while others had to overcome feelings of anxiety and claustrophobia. All the kids eventually completed their task and it was a really neat experience for me to watch!

Is He A Cutie Or What???

We are all so crazy about this puppy it's ridiculous!!! He is going to be sooooo spoiled!!! But isn't he CUTE!!!!!!

Celebrating Again!

Kirk had a practice tonight with his travel baseball team, the "Storm". Their were two boys with birthdays on the 9th and since A.J.'s was yesterday we are celebrating again. No surprise to any of you that A.J. has always been crazy about baseball, so he almost always gets a baseball cake. This year he asked for a football cake to be different, which he got. Obviously this was a baseball thing, so he could not get away from the baseball cake after all. The cool part was that the bakery made it in Kirk's team colors and with the lightening bolt emblem for "The Storm" They had a batting clinic with the whole team at the indoor arena so we all got together to sing and once again EAT C-A-K-E with the team afterwards!!!.

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Happy Birthday A.J.!!!

A.J.'s 12th Birthday!

A.J. had a great time on his birthday this year. Since his big day fell on a Monday we decided to celebrate it with the family on Sunday night. We gave him the choice whether to have a party with his friends or to do something with family. Much to my surprise he chose to be with his family. It's so nice to know our kids enjoy spending quality time together. ( he'll be a teenager next year, so I'm lovin this!!!) We decided to go to "Strikes" since we had such a great time there on Kirk's b-day. Grandma Sheila, Loreen, and Theresa were there along with Grandpa Jim and Bernie. Uncle Mike, Sarah and Amanda also celebrated with us. We bowled, had a great dinner and then went back to our house for cake & presents! A.J. got alot of nice gifts and was really excited about all the cash gifts he got! Shopping here we come!

Mike's 43rd Birthday

Mike celebrated his 43rd birthday today! We cooked a big spaghetti dinner and had him and Sarah over for dinner and cake. We had a really nice time. Amanda went up to the mountains this weekend and got stuck in the snow so unfortunately she can't make it home til' tommorow. It looks like we will be eating lots of cake this week since A.J.'s birthday is next