Happy 31st Birthday to Akoni!!

Akoni's 31st Birthday was last week. The kids were so excited. We got him some balloons that the kids could not stop talking about getting all week.

I let the kids pick out whatever they wanted to get him, so Kenyon chose Spongebob Memory. This is Kenyon's favorite game. My brother got it for the kids for Christmas, and we HAVE to play it every night! So when Kenyon saw the spongebob version, he said "Dad would love this. This is for me and him to share!"

Adriann chose Sorry! She has been wanting to play this game for a while and so she thought it would be the perfect gift for Dad.

The night ended with dinner at Oh Sushi, Cold Stone and a movie. Such a fun night, Happy Birthday Babe, Love you tons!!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!

Happy St. Patricks Day! I know it's late, but here's what we did. The kids got their cute Green shirts to wear so that they didn't get pinched. It was such a big deal to Adriann this year, it was so funny.

Then for dinner the kids wanted Green Pancakes and Green milk. At least they ate it because last year they would not eat their green eggs for breakfast!

The night before we made the Leppy Traps! This is Adriann gathering clovers to lure the Leprechauns into our trap.

Construction of the box.

Trap completed! The thought was that the Leprechaun would climb up the ladders to get the clovers (not sure why), and then fall thru the stuff covering the box and then they wouldn't be able to get out! Such a brilliant plan that the kids came up with!

Adriann's note, I think she somehow knew and probably wished that we would not catch a Leprechaun!

"Dear Lep. Hi my name is Adriann I was just happy that it's St. Patricks Day okay. If you don't get stuck please leave us some candy."

And Alas, we did not catch a Leprechaun this year, even though we had such a tricky trap. Maybe next year. But he did leave some chocolate gold coins, so who could really complain!

Throwing Tantrums and Hiding Places

Kamden learned how to throw a tantrum! He gets mad and throws whatever is in his hands and then lays down on the ground like this and whines. It's kind of funny, but I am foreseeing this to not be funny in public. Gotta break this before it becomes a habit!

This is Kamden's new favorite hiding place. He will actually go in and shut the door and be absolutely quiet and wait till someone finds him. I have to always look here first when he disappears on me.

S'mores....Yummy!

We decided the other night to finally use our firepit and see how it works. Well we made some delicious s'mores and warmed our bodies by the fire. It was so much fun! Well worth it to put it in. Hopefully we'll get lots of use out of it on cold nights!

Just another day in paradise......

Dr. Suess Day at School - A belated post

The kids were celebrating the anniversary of Dr. Suess and so they got to dress up as a book character. Adriann started out at Cindy Loo Hoo, but everyone thought she was Fancy Nancy, so that's what she was by the end of the day. OH well, I thought she looked cute and she loved actually having her hair done and it came home the same way as when she left!

Lemonade stand sign

I love how the sign goes from: "Free Lemonade, Jest $1.50", to "Free Lemonade, Jest $1.50 or $2", to "Free Lemonade, COME ON"!!

And they didn't even have Lemonade, they only had water bottles that they had opened and drank out of. Good thing we live in a cul-da-sac and nobody ever drives by!

Kamden's accessories

Kamden loves to put on Adriann's headbands and glasses and hats.

Here are some cool glasses we won at the school carnival (see post below)

Adriann's Pinkalicious crown! And check out his 4 teeth!! Yeah, only 4 and he's 13 months old!

School Carnival

We went to Adriann's school carnival this weekend. It was pretty fun and luckily it was sunny.

Adriann got her face painted, her favorite thing to spend tickets on!

Sitting in the firetruck!

Kamden with the little police car. It was so cute, but he wasn't too sure about it.

Meeting Mr. McGruff!

This table was full of stuff that has melted in house fires. It was pretty cool.

Overall it was a fun day!!

It's the end of the world as we know it.......and I feel fine?

I know I'm totally crazy. I watched this movie the other night, and since then I am totally freaking out about the end of the world. The one scene where the california coast is sliding into the ocean? Yeah, that's me. So while I am on this subject, assuming that this movie was hollywood hype, and that's not the disaster that I need to be preparing for.......what is everyone doing to prepare? We are starting to get all of our food storage ready, but it's all so confusing and there are so many ways to do it. What are you all doing?

Finally getting some stuff done!!

After living her for almost a year we finally got a mantle for our fireplace!!

And we are tackling our backyard! We put in this wall along the back fence to replace an old wood one that was there. And then we put in this cool fire pit and boxes on the side that will hold firewood and the kids backyard toys. It's gonna be fun to use when it stops raining. Right now it's just becoming a swimming pool!!

Who's Who?

Wow! Do they look the same or what?

Birthday Presents!

We quickly opened his presents before Adriann went to school today. He had fun ripping everything open.

Great Grandpa and Great Gram gave him a dollar!

Grandma and Grandpa Ekman gave him some nice new clothes and 2 Elmo books which were his favorite!!

The best picture I could get, they were all a little too excited and wouldn't sit for a picture.

Happy Birthday my big one year old!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY KAMDEN!!

Wow, I can't believe how fast this year has flown and that Kamden is 1! We had to celebrate his birthday a few days early since Akoni was going out of town, so here are the pictures from his pre-birthday celebration with his cake.

Kenyon's 5th Birthday Party

Kenyon wanted a StarWars themed Birthday party and since I had already made the Light Saber cake I found this cute idea for cupcakes with their own Light Saber on top. Yes, they are sopposed to be Light Sabers.

He had such a fun "Boy Party"! He was glad he didn't have to share the day with Adriann.

And look who showed up!! Thanks Darth for being such a good sport and letting the boys all defeat you!!

I have got to get me one of these!!!

This would solve all my storage problems!