Fun with Dad!

I have to say, these guys love our Luv Sac. Most of the time they like to jump off the playhouse and on to the love sack. In fact, a couple of days ago, Dylan and Brenner were doing cool Power Ranger moves as they flew through the air. Anyway, this is the new thing that they love to do with Dad. Sometimes they can fly really high into the air.

Sledding!

Ryan has been coming home from work early every day this week:) So, yesterday I thought it would be fun to take the kids sledding down the hill behind our house. It took...

15 minutes to get dressed in our snow gear.

20 minutes to hike around the fence and up the hill to go sledding.

5 minutes to go sledding because the kids got too cold and didn't like the snow blowing in their faces as they went down the hill. (Brenner crashed once and got a little upset. However, he bounced back quickly and went down a smaller hill- by himself even!)

5 seconds to get out of our snow suits.

15 minutes to get Joren to stop crying.

Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

I just wanted to wish Ryan a Happy Birthday! He is a whopping 34 today!

Ryan is truly one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He will do anything for anyone and is always willing to help out. Ryan is technical support on the computer. He can figure anything out. He can literally sit and read an instructional manual and then be able to use the program. He loves gadgets! He is very handy and has learned quite a few skills. He has tiled, installed wood floors, painted, put bead board on our walls, built a deck, etc. He can just figure out how to do that kind of stuff. He has two roudy boys... he's the one that has made them roudy. They love playing with Daddy.

Happy Birthday, Ryan!

Can a child live on Cheetos alone?

Nothing better than laying on the family room floor eating a bag of Cheetos. This kid has eaten nothing but Cheetos for 3 or 4 days straight. Okay, he's also had a few other things to eat, but mostly Cheetos. I hope he survives. Surprisingly, he's pretty good at cleaning his fingers with a wet wipe, so I haven't had too much orange to clean off the walls and furniture.

Is he stubborn or what?

Sometimes I don't know where this kid gets his ideas. We got the kids dressed for church on sunday and as soon as Ry put Brenner's sweater vest on, he insisted on wearing a tie. The only tie I have that fits him well is baby blue and white striped. So, I found this frog tie from when he was a baby. I thought it would be okay because only the top part of the tie would stick out of the sweater vest. No, not so. Brenner insisted on the tie being on the outside of his sweater vest. And since his shirt wouldn't stay tucked in and his sweater vest shrank about 3 sizes too small, this is what he looked like at church on Sunday. What a cute kid!

The votes are in

So, I was getting a little nervous there for awhile because only 4 people voted and all for different things. And none of them were the one that I really wanted. So, thanks to whomever vote #5 was and to the fact that it was the saying that actually fit the best, here it is. And especially thanks to Shellie who let me borrow her cricut so that I could cut out these vinyl letters. It only cost me $8 and I even have a little bit left over. I have a feeling I'm going to have vinyl lettering all over my house!!!

The spaceship has returned

I thought I had solved the space ship problem of having cushions all over my family room by getting rid of the couches with removable cushions. I just made it worse. Now, Brenner builds his space ship in the living room and brings down all the pillows from his bedroom as well. What to do?

Help from professional bloggers

So, I am really loving the blog thing because I don't keep a journal. So, here is my question. How do I save this thing? Can I save it as a pdf? Can I download it to a CD? I really don't know.

Anisa

What a smartie!!!

Last night Brenner was drawing on some paper and was sitting there reciting the Pledge of Allegience to himself. It took Ryan and I by surprise because we haven't taught it to him- thank goodness for Preschool. He is such a little smartie. He also has his phone # memorized (and Dylan's too!).

So let it be written

If you write something down, you are more likely to commit to it, right? So let it be writtin for all to see.... I will NOT be making homemade Christmas Cards next year! That does not mean that I will not be sending out Christmas cards. It just means that I will make some cute little photo digital card that all I have to do is stuff in an envelope. Which by the way, addressing, stamping and licking over 50 cards is bad enough, but MAKING over 50 cards is ridiculous. I was going to have a fun little card making party as suggested by my friend, Jessica. But after I hurt my back hefting an empty rubbermaid bin down the stairs after I decorated the tree, I just wasn't in the mood. But, these cards were just a pain in the butt. I couldn't figure out the right adhesive to use. I thought they would be cute and they turned out OK at best. So, hopefully everyone that reads my blog is on my card list and will be receiving a card within the week. Now, don't think I'm a bah humbug, because I'm not. I am very much in the Christmas spirit and very excited for Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!