Flying Kites

We took advantage of the warm, windy weather yesterday to fly some kites!

The kids had a lot of fun flying their kites!

Using Our Patio

We put our patio to use Saturday night. Our kids and some of their cousins roasted marshmallows on the fire pit.

Then since it was cold, they sat around the fire for a little bit.

This did not last long though.

It was a little chilly Saturday night. =)

That didn't stop Jeff & I though.

After everyone left, we put a movie on for the kids, grabbed a couple glasses of wine, and sat out by the fire.

It was cold, but a nice ending to a busy day. =)

St. Patrick's Day Parade

We got to walk in the St. Patrick's Day Parade today!
My mother-in-law, Sheril, is running for the school board, and she & her team decided it would be a great time to get out and let people know who she is.
She asked if the grand kids would like to be in the parade too.
They were very excited!
They got to wear St. Pat's day outfits and hand out beads and buttons with Sheril's name and web address.
The kids also got to see lots of different floats before the parade and then again afterwards.
It was a lot of fun!
Here are some pictures from our day:

Thanks for letting us be in the parade with you Sheril!!

Good Luck on April 5th!! =)

Night At The Library

On Thursday night, Lily & I were going to go to the library for a stuffed animal sleep over.
The library was having a pajama story time for children and their stuffed animals and then the animals would get to "sleep" over at the library & the librarian (Aunt Amy) was going to take pictures of what the animals did while they were there & then everyone who came got a scrapbook when they went back to pick up their animal.
Lily was SUPER excited about it!!
When the boys heard what we were doing, they wanted to go too.
So, they all got there jammies on and grabbed a stuffed animal.

Here is who they took:

I reminded them that whoever they took had to stay at the library, so they needed to take someone they were ok with not sleeping with that night.
Lily & Riley chose animals they didn't really sleep with (Hello Kitty & Scooby Doo).
Zach however really, really wanted pictures of Dog-Dog having fun at the library.
Jeff & I were very surprised at this choice.
Zach has had Dog-Dog since he was 1 day old. (Given to him by Uncle Bill.)
He LOVES Dog-Dog.
Like really, really loves him.
But he was determined so we let him take him.


At the story time, they got to listen to stories and do fun dances with their animals.

Then they decorated the outside of their scrapbooks for their animals.

Then they got their pictures taken with their animals and told them good night.

(I have no idea why Riley looks so sad in this picture... he wasn't sad at all!)

That night, someone may or may not have been upset before bed.

That someone would not admit that he was missing a certain someone.

Even after we said Aunt Amy would bring him home to him.

He said he was just tired.

After school, the first thing the kids wanted to do was go to the library to pick up their animals and see what fun things they got to do at the library!

Here are the front of their scrapbooks:

Here are some of the pictures that were in their scrapbooks:

They got to play on the computer......


do puzzles (Lily thought this one was especially funny).....

and sleep on a sleeping bag!

Looking at the pictures was like a "Where's Waldo" game. =)

They had fun looking for their animals in each picture.

Thanks Aunt Amy & the staff at the Central Library!!

The kids had a lot of fun!!!

How The Boys Play With Their Sister

This is Poneyville:


See how nicely Lily is playing in Poneyville?

This is Zach's air rocket:

See Lily's two ornery brothers with the rocket?

I was in the other room and I heard:

"Missile into Poneyville! It's a hit!"

Yes, they were launching rockets into Lily's Poneyville:

Luckily, Lily didn't really seem to care that Poneyville had been attacked.

I guess she's used to it.

Happy 2011

We were big party animals this year......
we stayed home and rang in the new year with our kids. =)
All three kids stayed awake until midnight!!
Although Lily almost got sent to bed a few times....
and I'm kind of regretting the decision to let her stay up so late today.
Oh well. It's just once a year. =)
Anyway, we let the kids watch movies, eat nachos, & drink pop.
Then right before midnight, we gave them champagne poppers, noise makers, and sparkling juice (they chose apple & blueberry) in real champagne glasses.
They were pretty excited!
We watched the ball drop in Times Square and then the kids toasted each other (with Jeff & I saying several times, "Careful! Those will break!!), popped their poppers & blew into their noise makers.

It was fun to watch them get so excited.

2010 was a great year for us.

We hope 2011 will be just as wonderful.

Happy New Year!