Week 14!

Well I am still going strong.  I don't know if it will last much longer but I will try. 

April 2, 2011

Well this picture sums up what we have been doing for the last couple of weeks.  MARCH MADNESS!!!!  My tv some how gets stuck on basketball channels all through March and into April.  My poor kids.  :)  I guess I am just teaching them to love the game early.  Or maybe they will completely be burned out and tired of it.  I guess we shall see.

April 3, 2011
Today was a pretty nice day.  We have 9:00am church so it gives us the rest of the day to do something together as a family.  Today the kids decided that they wanted to try and fly our new kites.  We walked down the road to a school and had a lot of fun doing it.  We met up with some friends of our the Lybberts.  They brought their kites out too and the kids had a blast.

Cooper flying his kite

Cooper's little friend Calvin flying his kite

 

Rob Lybbert helping Cooper and Calvin out

 

April 4, 2011

 

It is the first day of Spring Break. Spring is here and you know what that means.  No more studded tires.  Today Brian had the day off so we spent the day switching out the tires on the car and doing oil changes and other needed maintennece on all the cars.  It was such a nice day to do it. I think the kids have been fooled a little bit by such nice weather.  They are really enjoying the sunshine.

 



 

 

This was Ethan's contribution to the day.  I told you my kids are being fooled by the sunshine.  Check out his two missing teeth.  I love having a 2nd grader and his teeth missing. He is definitely enjoying his spring break.

April 5, 2011

 

 Today was day 2 of spring break.  We spent the day visiting the doctor.  Ethan and Maycee had checkups.  Ethan had his 7 year check up and Maycee her 9 month check up.  Everytime we go to the doctor my kids beg me to go to the "lincoln log" park.  This is a park that we pass on the way to the dr.'s office.  They love this park because it is huge and it is all built out of logs.  That is how it got it's name.  It is definitely one of their favorite places. 

Look at how cute those 3 little boys are.

 

Cooper not so sure about walking over this bridge

 

Ethan peeking up over

Maycee enjoying her time sucking on my lense cap



Cooper shooting me from his hiding spot

 

April 6, 2011

 

Day 3 of spring break.  My kids were starting to get bored so I decided to find something fun for them that would take a while.  Well this did take a while and they enjoyed doing it.  I was surprised that they stayed doing it until it was done. 

Here are the boys with their homemade centepedes.  These are popsicles sticks that they wrapped with individual pieces of yarn so it would have legs.  They all turned out pretty cute.  They were so excited that they could use them as book marks.

Cody showing his off

 

Cooper's is all done.

 

April 7, 2011

 

Well Little Miss is getting so big.  Her hair can finally go in a pony on the top of her head. I think it is so cute.  I always call these alfalfa ponies.  I tried to get some good pictures of her today but she wasn't really interested and I didn't have great lighting.  I am learning that my house is horrible for natural lighting.  Oh well.  I think she is still cute. 





 

Here is her with a cheesy smile.

 

This is one of her new obsessions.  She loves magazines, newspapers, and anything else she can tear up to make noise.

 

 

April 8, 2011

 

Today is Ethan's birthday.  7 years ago we were blessed with a HUGE and loving baby boy.  He is the sweetest and most loving little boy.  He is a super softy too.  He is always there when I need a hug and always on the lookout to make sure no one is sad.  I love him for that. He was big at birth and his growing is finally starting to slow down.  He loves to play sports and enjoys spending time with his family. 

 

His favorite food: Spaghetti

Favorite Sport: baseball, basketball, soccer

Teacher: Mrs. Lemargie

Best Friends: Seth Chamberlain, Wilson Lybbert

Favorite TV Show: Transformers

Favorite Toy:  Anything Legos

 

For Ethan's Birthday this year since it was on spring break he wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese's in Tri-cities.  So we took the weekend and headed to Auntie's house.  My kids love Auntie and Uncle.  They enjoy going to their house and how Auntie goes out of her way to do something special for them each time.

 

This time Auntie set up the office as their room and they got to stay up and watch movies on their own "tv" aka her computer.

 

Maycee was having too much fun.  She was out to get the kitty

Ace did not know what to think about this little girl that is chasing me around. 



Week 13!

 

March 26, 2011
Today we went to Cle Elum to spend some time with all of the Meulman Family (Brian's mom's side).  We rented a lodge and some cabins up there so we could all get together.  It isn't often that we are able to get together with all of the extended family. It was a good time and the kids had a blast.  Brian and his siblings are the oldest of the cousins so when we get together our kids really enjoy playing with Brian's younger cousins that are around the same ages.  The lodge that we stayed at was beautiful.  It was up in the woods with nothing around it.  It had a beautiful patio and outdoor eating area.  It would be a great place to rent in the summer with the beautiful weather that Cle Elum gets.  The kids enjoyed playing in the little bit of snow that was left.  They had some little snow sleds up there that the kids couldn't get enough of.  It was a great weekend and I was glad that we were able to spend some time with the family.

 

 

 

Maycee is loving her bouncy chair.  This has been a favorite for all of my kids.

 

 Something to know about the Meulman Family.  They love to play cards.  Something I have learned about playing cards with them.."there are no friends in cards."

 Now you know where my kids get their craziness from.  Their AUNTIE!!! These photos explain it all.

 

March 27, 2011

 



 

As you can tell from the picture we were worn out from the weekend.  This is what our Sunday afternoon looked  like.  Auntie walked in on us looking this way and thought it would be a great picture.  I am pretty sure that Brian was suppose to be in charge but he must have been exhausted too.  Thank goodness the older too were good enough to sit and quietly play together and watch a movie.  My favorite in this picture has to be Cooper all snuggled up into the back of the couch. 

 

March 28, 2011

 

 

Here is what I got to do today.  My friend Missy and I were able to go to the Women's NCAA tournament sweet 16 games that were in Spokane.  We had bought tickets quite a while ago not knowing who we would be able to watch but knowing that it could possibly be Gonzaga.  Well we took our chances and that is who we got to see.  It was a great time even though the Lady Zags lost.  It was fun to see the support from the Spokane area.

 

 

March 29, 2011

Here is my little man.  I love how peaceful he is when he is sleeping.  I love that he has to cuddle with his blankie.  Cooper is going a million miles an hour from when he gets up to when he goes to sleep.  So when he finally lays down he crashes.  It cracks me up how much energy he has.  He is constantly running, bouncing, jumping, hoping, or moving.  He does not stop.  So when he gets like this I love to just stare at him. 

Well that moment is over.  Tonight we took the kids to get ice cream at McDonald's.  They loved it as you can tell.  Not one of them was able to finish the whole cone but it definitely was a treat for them.  What crazy boys we have. 

 

March 30, 2011

 

 



These are two of my goofballs.  They were so proud of their "cool" hair after bathtime.  My boys loving having mohawks and hate that I won't cut their hair so they have an actual mohawk.  So one of their favorites things while in the bath and after bathtime is to give themselves faux hawks.  They crack me up. 

 

Yep they are "COOL"

 



March 31, 2011

This boy is getting to big.  I woke up to him laying in the chair this morning.  Sometime in the middle of the night he woke up and came and cuddled up in the chair to read a book.  He obviously was still to tired that he needed more sleep.  Somethings I love about this picture though is that he has a love for reading.  The next thing that I love is that even though he is getting older and bigger he still will cuddle up with his blanket.  I also love but am sad to see how big he is getting.  It seems like it wasn't long ago that he could cuddle up in the seat of this chair and not have to hang over the edges.  I love this boy and the little man that he is becoming.

April 1, 2011

Here are my 3 boys doing what they love.  This is one of their favorite things to do.  They love playing games on the computer.  I love how they enjoy being together and playing with each other.  It really makes me happy that they can play so well together and enjoy being with each other.