LUCK O the IRIsh!

I LOVE St. Patrick's day! I don't really know why....We don't guzzle the green beer, we don't kiss or know anyone Irish.....I think I just like it because it is another fun holiday to share with fun traditions!

Every year, the Leprechauns come and visit us! Yes, they do! The boys leave a package out for them (it has to be green...this year it was a pillowcase...okay I forgot to get the green paint for the boxes!--Truth be told, I forgot St.Patrick's day...the boys didn't they were waiting for the little green guys whether I was ready or not!) Anyway, the leprechauns come out in the light of the moon! They find the box/or green whatever fill it with their treasure and hide it so you can't find it. Little do they know, they leave a trail of green clovers so you can! This year the Leprechauns were so tricky it took a while for the boys to find the treasures! It is always so much fun and the boys just LOVE IT! They find the treasure which is sometimes coins, this year tons of green treasure...
Another thing I try every year...and every year I forget it doesn't work!! I try the green pancakes! NOPE they won't eat them! And as for the green milk! NO WAY! There is no way I am going to mess with a good thing! SeriouSLy! Jaxon wouldn't eat them! Gregg begrudgingly ate the green eggs I made for us?! :) But quickly left the house for work after that! I don't know what the problem is! It is just for fun! There is no fun to be had when it comes with messing with a good thing!
Also, this year there are so many opportunities to take advantage of on St. Patrick's day that are free! WE had two baseball practices so we were limited to time this year, but we stopped (I use that term loosely!) by Chick-fil-A. Okay so you got a ticket to get a free duplicate of whatever your order was on St. Patrick's day to use any other time during March! I promised Kaden after I dropped him off to baseball I would come back and watch the last half hour of his practice....I stopped by Chick-fil-A to get the boys their dinner and it took 45 MInutES! YIKES! Kaden was so mad at me when I picked him up! That was until I told him there was Chick-fil-A in the car....then it was all okay! So here is the line! SEriOusLy! This is just part of the line!

Happy St.Patricks Day!!!

KaDEn and BoreDOM!

So when the boys are off-track, some afternoons are hard to fill with excitement! Try as I might some days you just have to make your own fun! This day, Jaxon was at a friends house, Zeke was taking a nap and Kaden and I well.....let's just say we were bored! So what did we do? We tried to get a shot of his AWesOMe paper airplane he made (one of the off-track to do projects!). Let me tell you, it is a little harder than you think, trying to focus in on a spot you think the plane will fly and not having a consistent throw! :) It was actually pretty fun! And Kaden and I were both laughing really hard!
We finished off the cOlD afternoon with a baseball practice! It was so so cold! He is really improving this year a lot! I think sometimes you just need to be older and get the hang of the game sometimes!
More to come on Jaxon's baseball soon! He always practices after Kaden and by then we are all too cold to sit outside and snap shots! He is so tough though!

SpRIng!!!

I love spring! I love the change of seasons! I love that it is super warm one day then really cold the next! Don't get me wrong, I love the summer and the warmth. I just love it that We can be out in the sun playing in the sand one day. Then the next it snows and we can be cuddled up inside in a blanket watching a movie and sipping cocoa or reading a book!

Happy Birthday to mE!!!

So I have the BEST husband in the world! He totally scored this year! Thanks to my friend and co-worker of his, he knew just what to get me! I have really wanted to learn more about photography this year and what better way than to get a new lens! YEAH! It has been so much fun!

One of the best things about it was that he is always so excited to give me stuff he can't even wait one night! He gave it to me the night before. He also scored on an awesome strap for my camera! Brown and blue .... Of course!

A few of the sample shots. He got me a 50mm f/1.8. It has been fun. A lot different to use than my zoom lens.

Baseball is coming and the boys have been practicing ! OOOHHHH SO COLD!!! I will never understand how it can be so fun that your hands are frozen! So when you get in the car after I pick them up they are crying because their hands are so cold, yet they are still having fun?! Go figure!

More happy 'ROAR'day!!!

Zeke wanted a 'Dinosaur cake with spikes!'....we'll I tried. What do you think?

I think he liked helping me make it more than anything! Although when the candles were blown out he sure did run off with his plate and sit down and chow for a while.
When I gave him the batter to lick and the spoon to lick he finished it off then said, 'Mom, this one needs more chocolate!' Then I caught him just before he was about to scoop the spoon right into the unbaked cake! He is so funny!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

It is the big number 3! I can't believe it has been three years! So much has happened in the 3 years since you have been around! I can't even begin to tell you. So much has changed. I have changed so much! You have taught me so much and have been such a fun member of our family. I would say you have taught and changed all of us!

You are so fun to have around....most of the time! :D I love that you will daily, hourly come up to me and say do you want to play with me?! How can I say no? So I have had more Thomas, racing trucks, fighting bad guys than I have ever had in my life! If the time arises I have to do 'Mom stuff' you are all over helping me with that too! I love how you love to help me make EVERYTHING! You are quite the little chef I must say. You have now added 'Snickerdoodles' to your resume of baking/cooking items! What a good mixer of the sugar and cinnamon and the rolling of the cookie dough balls....I think you are one of the best! I love how you always prefer me to ANYONE! And I cherish that because I know one day you will not want that so much! You are such a boy and love to seek and destroy everything. But if it so happens that you accidentally break something, you still feel really sad and sorry for breaking it. AWE so sweet! I love how you play so fun with your brothers. I know you pick daily who is your buddy and it makes the other one sad (I think you know it too and love to play on that!). But you still give both of them your time and by doing that you make each person in the family feel special!

I love you little 'Monkey'!

And on this day I can't skip over another birthday that each year for the three years we have celebrated Zeke's I have thought all day about Tyson!

I still think to myself, what are the odds? Why did Zeke come on the same day 13 years after Tyson? What two very handsome and good boys I have! Tyson is now 16! 16! HOLY COW! He has such a great family and I couldn't have asked for a better family for him to be a part of! On his 16th birthday we stopped by to see him and drop off some balloons and a cupcake and wouldn't you know it, that good 16 year old boy was at YM?! I can't say as I would have been there on my 16th birthday. I know that comes from his great example of a family he belongs to! I hope he had a great birthday and has a much better 16th year driving than I did! [Did I mention during the first year I had my license I wrecked all 3 vehicles we owned?] However, thanks to my great friend and some other very friendly Polynesians one of those three were never discovered until years later !!! wwwheeewww! A very funny story for some other time. Anyway....Happy Birthday Tyson too!

LOVE

It's all about love this month. So naturally I needed to share a few of my loves! [obviously not my only!] but definately some fun ones! Seriously, aren't they just making your mouth water looking at them. I think in High School it was either one of these [only the really big ones you get in the vending machines] and a drink for lunch or Wendy's kids meal [those just don't have the appeal to me as they used to] for lunch! Oh the days....I could never eat like that anymore!
When she stopped by to pick up her brother I just had to snap a few. How adorable is this? She is so cute. Her good mom made her skirt. And don't you just love the shoes!? [I think Yoda did too!] She was headed to a daddy daughter date that night! How cute!