Olympics 2010

We had a great Valentine's Weekend.

We were lucky enough to have Papa and Nana babysit all afternoon and evening on Saturday and Doughnut and I were able to do a little shopping and have a relaxing meal out! We really enjoyed our time and the kids had a blast. The kids went to the movies and then enjoyed being with Nana and Papa. I am lucky to have a GREAT VALENTINE to share the weekend with!

On Sunday, Valentine's day, we had a pajama day. We all slept in (does not happen here as we are usually at church) but today we let them sleep in.

We are really excited for the Olympics and we made a score board to watch how many medals the USA will take. We spent quite a big of time cutting out medals, snow flakes for our boarder, and finding out we already had 4 medals. We had to color the silver ones as we did not have gray paper but the other colors were as close as we could get. (We did not plan this, it just happened.) Ice Cream stayed with the project the whole time (usually he hates crafts) and Candy was in her glory. We are excited to see our chart fill up in the next two week. We think our medals might be too large and we will overlap by the end.

Valentine's

We have been missing for MONTHS!! I know and if you are still looking for us we are still around. We have been busy but I have also found other things to do with this time. (Found facebook and that takes most of the computer time.)

We thought we would try and get back to posting a little. We made some fun Valentine's again this year. The kids each picked what they wanted to make out of a magazine and they turned out GREAT!!

Ice Cream made a space ship with google eyes. It said, "You're Out of this World." I was able to attend his class party and the kids loved looking and laughing at them. He got a lot of great compliments.





Candy made a beautiful flower out of hearts. She cut all the hearts out and I helped with the middle and leaves. If we had more time she would have done all of it but we needed to get done.

I did not get to attend Candy's class party but I think she enjoyed giving them out.

Candy also just got her hair cut and it turned out a lot shorter then we asked for. It is really cute and will grow. The first thing she asked for was a pony tail. (It was not long enough for one before we cut it but she thought it might be now.)

25 Inch Walleye

June 29

Ice Cream went fishing with Papa and caught a 25 inch walleye!!

We cooked it up for him and he could not eat a whole fillet!

1st Beach Day

June 25

Not sure if the kids like the sand or the water more!

Soccer Season

June 20th

We are really enjoying soccer. Candy is having fun and scoring goals. She enjoys her friends and they have a team song.

Ice Cream is our defense guy. He loves to make sure no one scores a goal against them. He really enjoys that position. He does not love being up front and knows that is not his strong position. Ice Cream's coach played defense in college and encourages him. Most 8 year old boys on his team want to score goals and tend to tease him that he is not scoring. He tried being the goalie today and did not like it. He was really mad at himself when he did let a goal in.

Milk Dud loves to watch and thinks he should be playing as well.

Ready for Kindergarten

June

Candy was all smiles even knowing she was in for shots!!

All she heard was you need the shots for kindergarten and she was ready!

Candy's stats:

Height 45 1/4 inches tall = 90%

Weight 45 pounds = 80%

All shots went fine.

Ice Cream did not have any shots but he did get measured and eyes checked.

Height 52 3/4 inches = 80%

Weight 60.6 pounds = 70%

50th Anniversary

June 11-14

We were able to head to the lake a day early to spend some fun days with my cousins and aunts and uncles. We all gathered for my Aunt and Uncles 50th Anniversary. It was fun to be with everyone but the weather was cool for June. We had about 50 people the night before for supper and since it was so cool we were all inside the cabin.

They had a great party and their kids did a great job putting on a program.

We wish them many happy years.

Below is some cousin fun.

Notice Ice Cream in his swim suit while everyone else is in pants and sweatshirts!!


He wanted to get in and in he did!!

It was cool but he loves the water!

Candy and my cousin's 4 year old were asked to wear the original flower girl dresses. We had them try the dresses on the day before and they just loved parading and twirling around.

As you can see they are great at posing for us.

Congrats to a wonderful family!



All of the nieces and nephews that were able to attend.

Our boys were off that day enjoying our nephews 1st birthday.

Happy Birthday "O"!!

Thanks Auntie for getting matching dresses for the girls to wear!

Candy loves her dress.

My Aunt and Uncle had many foster kids and they grew up with their own 3 children.

They ended up having 5 weddings in 11 months!! The little girls thought it was fun to pretend to be brides with the props after the party!

Last Day of School

June 5th

We made it to the end of 2nd Grade of Ice Cream. He was very excited!!

Milk Dud always carries a ball around if given the chance. He loves going to the bus stop.


Candy learned to ride a 2 wheeler this week. She is set for summer!

We had a neighborhood party after school for all the families. The kids had a great time!

Ice Cream School Projects

May 21st



Ice Cream had an open house to show us projects he had been working on in school this year. He had a wonderful report, art projects, climbing the rope in gym, and a computer project as just a few. We enjoyed seeing all the wonderful things he has learned in 2nd grade. He is a great students and enjoys learning. Ice Cream gets to call home on the football phone when great things are done at school. The students never know when it is but if they get a good test, or spelling, or do something great they get to call home. The last time he call Papa was there and got to answer and hear about his 100% math test.

Race for the Cure

May 15th

We walked/froze in the Race for the Cure again this year. In years past we have enjoyed a great walking miles and miles. This year it was so cold we barely moved most of the night. When we packed up and went home it was 38 degrees and the sun had been up for 2 hours. The tent was cold!! We did raise money for cancer research and are proud of our kids for not complaining! We only hope for better weather next year!

Mother's Day

May 10



We had a beautiful Mother's day. The kids (with Dad) made me breakfast in bed. They made buttermilk pancakes with strawberries and ice cream for topping. (My favorite!) We ate slowly and shared bites with everyone. The kids made cards and I just loved them.



My dad was able to get Great Grandma here for the afternoon so we met them for lunch. We enjoyed a quiet meal out. It was nice not to cook at all!



We then went to a local favorite garden area to see the tulips. It was a beautiful day. We thought Great Grandma would enjoy it but Papa forgot the foot pedals to her wheel chair and the place was packed so they did not have any left to rent. So Papa drove around and they could see quite a few from the car but then they left.



We enjoyed the park for a couple hours and our kids wanted to stay longer. As you can see they found lots to look at.



Thanks for making it a wonderful Mother's Day!!

Last fall Milk Dud was just learning to walk!

Now.... Milk Dud leads the way!