Saturday, May 31, 2008

Coloring Eggs

Every year we go to Bill and Elaine's house (Jim's parents) to color Easter eggs. The kids always have a great time. This was Zoie's first official year to participate in the coloring.

The boys got some new pajama pants from Nana, as you can see they were very excited.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Snow Fun!

My friends Summer and Jantzen drove down from Idaho to visit us, and we all went sledding.
I accidentally dropped and broke my camera on our second day in UT, so I was sad I didn't have any pics of us sledding. But thanks to my AWESOME friend Summer, I now have a few.
Summer and I, about to make our first sledding run.

Me and Zoie..

All the girls together.

Jantzen and I making snow angels.

The Children's museum

While in Utah we went to the children's museum there. I can't remember the name...someone help me. It was pretty cool. They definitely had a lot more stuff than the one we have in Fort Myers. UMMM ...... germs


Future rock climber? Could be.. too bad there aren't any big rocks in Florida.
Just like his Dad, Aidan likes to go grocery shopping. he heThe kids really enjoyed playing in the life flight helicopter.
Oooo Fascinating... I wish some other things held their attention so well.

UTAH!!

We went as a family on vacation to Utah in January. It was so fun! The kids loved the snow, especially Nolan. And it was so great to see my family again. We miss you guys...

My little snow baby! Check out how deep that snow is!
Jim tried to make a snow man.... it didn't work.
I kept trying to tell him that the snow was too powdery.

Yes, that is Jim jumping off the steps into the snow.

The fun is definitely OVER. The cold seeped through all the layers and Aidan did not handle it well. Poor guy.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

New Year's Eve

Our friends Austin and Ginny Ojukwu came to see us for New Year's. The kids all had a blast. (The adults had a good time too.)Nolan and Ethan are great friends.
Is is right that my 6 year old already gives me these looks?

Ginny and Nathan.
The sparklers were a big hit. Good thing too, because our fireworks were not the all time best. (see below)

Naya loving the sparkers.

Ooooh fancy... ha ha. Our neighbors out did us with their display quite easily, it didn't take much. Oh well...

We tried to line up all the kids to see the height differences. It didn't really work out, but you can still kind of tell. The Ojukwu children will be able to school ours in basketball.

Aidan's first date

This is Aidan with his good friend Reagan. They are six months apart and they have played together since they were babies (see below). Wedding plans are already in the works. Their names even rhyme, how cute is that? So cute!
Here are Aidan and Reagan as babies. This picture is not posed, I swear! They just happened to lay like that on their own.
She found a nice balloon to lay on and he found something soft too. Ha Ha!


Thursday, May 8, 2008

Busch Gardens

At the end of last December we went to Busch Gardens. For some reason not all of the pictures would load to the blog but here are two.
When I saw these rocks I thought it would be a great place for a picture of the kids,
turns out the place was good but the kids... not so much.

Nolan and Aidan had a great time going on all the rides in Dino land. They aren't big enough for most of the regular rides which was a bummer, but fortunately there is one section of the park just for kids.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

New goal

Okay so for those of you paying attention I didn't get my blog updated by last week, obviously. So my new goal is to just keep posting until I am caught up. makes sense right? I am almost finished with 2007! Nice..... only five months to go!

Business in the front, party in the back

The return of the mullet......


Sooooooo.... it's like this. Let me set the scene for you. A few months back I needed a new haircut. (I can't seem to find a stylist that doesn't charge a fortune so I am currently bouncing around trying new places....my last guy charged $40 for just a haircut and no wash or anything!) So I decide to try one of the well known cheapo places. It turns out pretty well, I end up trimming up a few spots when I get home but well worth the $11.95.


Okay now fast forward to last saturday, I am shopping for a new vacuum and just happen to be near the cheapo place. The allure of a cheap haircut is just too strong, so I go in. mistake number one. I sit down and wait for my name to be called and as I am sitting there I am getting a bad feeling, but I really want a haircut so I ignore it and wait. mistake number two. I am pleading in my head to get the guy who cut my hair the last time but of course I don't.

Anyway I sit down and explain to the new guy that I want three inches taken off and I want him to "freshen up the layers" as I put it. Then I watch as this guy proceeds to pull my hair up in the front and chop it quite short. I am confused but I think that he must be giving me some more bangs so I just watch and wait. mistake number three. The guy then pulls up some more hair behind the first and cuts it the same length. I am now horrified but it is too late to do anything, so I just sit and watch as my hair is being butchered. I really need to get some guts, because seriously who just sits there?? yes, me.


As I am checking out I am hoping that my hair will look better as it dries. By the way this guy undercharges me and I tell him to charge the right amount but he says no, no it's okay. hmmmm I am thinking he knew what he did to me, felt guilty, and was trying to make up for it by charging me less. So of course what do I do then? I smile and say thanks and wave goodbye as I walk out the door. What is wrong with me, why didn't I throw a fit before I walked out the door!?!?Any way here I am now...





Ha ha, okay so it's not quite that bad but it's really not a pretty sight. When I got home Jim laughed and called me Joe Dirt, nice husband huh? A few friends have given me such encouraging words as "it's not THAT bad" and "it's looks fine from the back." Real helpful.

Now my new dilema is to fix or not to fix? To try to fix it really the only option is to cut it short, which I am not opposed to (I am thinking Victoria Beckham, ha ha I wish) but I liked my long hair, or I can do my best to disguise my new "soft mullet" as I call it by pulling up the top and pinning it back. This is what I have been doing for the past week. I am trying to decide whether I am brave enough to post pics of my new do or not. Any suggestions are welcome.