Did you know??

Apparently there is a new law passed by our Congress . . . thought I should let you know about it in case you hadn't heard. I mean, I hadn't heard about it! Thank goodness for one of Joslyn's teachers for informing her of this new law or I could have been taken to jail or something!!

Are you ready for it??

Here it is:

Congress has passed a law that you can NOT do pranks on April Fool's Day (at least not at school).

Whew . . . you might have gone to jail with me huh???

You're welcome.

(PS did the leprechaun pee in your toilet too?? I just love how our food magically turns green in front of our eyes on St. Patrick's Day! I pour WHITE milk into the cup and when they look in the cup it is GREEN . . . doesn't that just SCREAM magic?!?!)

Hey Jude

I just found this today and thought you might find it as funny/cute as I did!

Meet Billy Pays

Austin and his friend Jakob had to make an infomercial for their English class.

Austin came home with one of his headaches and

after throwing up a couple of times

he was back in the game.

For a little while I was worried if he would be able to pull it off!!

They did a great job & Jakob put a lot of work into it.

Joslyn's Cookbook

Since we got Joslyn a BIG present for Christmas, I wanted to make something instead of buy something for her. She loves to cook, and I thought she could use her own cookbook that she could add recipes to and one that had all of our family favorites.

I just used what I had on hand to make it (that's why it's missing the middle ring . . . I only had two of the big ones on hand).

Her favorite color is blue, so I tried to do everything in shades of blue.

I embossed her initials in blue for the cover.Here is Joslyn's favorite meal . . . Chicken Squares.

Scary Stuff!

This kid is TERRIFIED!!

I should have done a video of it so you could see her shaking . . . seriously scared!

Ellie saw the camera coming out so she joined in and decided she was scared too.
And what could be so scary you ask????
The car wash . . . that's what.

Chloe's 3rd Birthday

Chloe celebrated her 3rd birthday a few days ago.

You know that means no more freebies right???

I mean it's always "kids under 3" get in free.

Ellie got her a new Tea Party set

(that was great since the glass one was thrown away the night before

since it has been left out 3 nights in a row . . . in the middle of the kitchen floor

with food still left on it).

Chloe was so happy that she went over to start having a tea party

right away . . . who cared about the other gifts!!
We convinced her to come back and finish opening her presents.
It was a very low key birthday w
ith low key presents . . . I think she loved them more than her Christmas presents!


Though she still earns her nickname "Trouble",
is a ball of fun to have around!
I love when she goes up to Ellie and rubs her back
and talks in a sweet "mommy" voice to her
and wants to help her because she loves that sister of hers!

Let it Snow!

You know that I love the snow and the winter.

Usually we don't get much snow here in

Ferntucky . . . and when we do it usually melts within a few hours.

This year we have a bunch of snow and it has lasted for over a month!!!

It is almost gone, but I hear there may be more on it's way to replenish our supplies.

This is Chloe's first year to really understand and enjoy the snow.

She had a ball playing outside!

The bigger kids tried to make a slide and a fort. When we went to Utah for Christmas

it snowed

and Ellie was in HEAVEN I tell ya!

I decided to take Scott's new camera out for a trial run

and use the zoom lens

(cuz I didn't want to put shoes on & get in the snow myself--I like to look at it and not play in it).

I wish I had some shots of Austin and Scott snowboarding!!

Fun was had by all with the snow this year!