why oh why

So the other day Zach comes sliding down the stairs and Brent sees something black on his hand. Brent: "Oh boy what have you gotten into?" So Brent goes upstairs to see what it could be and sees this....


Brent: "Oh brother Kaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"
Kate: "Yes--I am washing my hands, I'll be right there"
Brent: "Did you do this?"
Kate: "huh? do what?"--with paint all over her face!

Thank goodness we have a 5 gallon bucket of paint left over--I am afraid that we are going to need it!

Teacher Appreciation Week

I am one of the room mom's for Luke's class this year and I was able to do the door decoration for Teacher appreciation week! It was a lot of fun! My mom helped me with the theme and luckily my sil Amy bought a new toy (I'll let her tell everyone what she got) so that helped alot with the creation of the door! Thanks mom and Amy for your help!

Austin's Birthday

I have wanted to post this for a week, but with a couple of sickys here it has had to wait! So Austin had a really fun birthday party. I think I have mentioned before, that I do a friend party every other year! So this year we had a movie night with his friends. We had hotdogs and chips for dinner, then I made cupcakes for his cake. Then for movie time they each got a box of popcorn, candy and soda! I hope they didn't get sick when they got home. They opened presents and watched Shrek the Third. I think there was as much wrestling as watching the movie going on! Austin has made some fun friends here in our new neighborhood! Happy Birthday Austin!

happy 9th birthday!

I can't believe he is 9! He is such a special boy! We love you buddy!

valentine lunch

Since my boys like pizza friday at school, I decided to pack their valentine lunch today. I put red crystal lite in their red thermos, strawberries, red jello, a heart shaped sandwich, pringles (with red lid) and heart cookies! Of course I added a little love note from mommy! I wanted to surprise them, but they were having a hard time getting going this morning so I said I had a fun lunch for them and of course Luke looked. Oh well, it did get them going and out the door for school!

Oh boy

Can you tell who he plays with all day???

Print 2 Canvas

My brother Mike has started a company called Print2Canvas! He does a gallery wrap with your digital photo. He gave me one last Christmas of all of my kids that I hang in my front room. I love it! It looks great without a frame, but you can frame it if you want. I have done some price comparisons and I know he is really reasonably priced! If you or anyone you know is interested in ordering or need some pricing info let me know!

Kate's Valentines

Just thought I would share Kate's Valentines! You know me I don't like to toot my own horn, but I think they came out pretty cute! The card says "kisses from kate" and of course I put hershey kisses in them. I decorated the card on picnik.com and then printed them on cardstock on my printer to save money. Then just cut with decorative scissors to look kind of like a stamp. Most of my pink bags were left over from Kate's 3rd birthday party. I attached the card with twine I had in my laundary room! They were fun and simple to make!

Basketball Season

We have had a long break from sports, so we are very excited that basket ball has started! Brent is couching the team, so Austin and Luke are playing together! It is really fun to watch them play.


Zach of course is really enjoying himself. I can tell he is getting older, because he now understands that he can't go on to the court, so as long as he has his own basket ball he is perfectly content!