TRANSFORMERS

For one of Cayden's birthday gifts we re-did his room in TRANSFORMERS.
He loves all things TRANSFORMERS & love the movies.
He thought it was awesome, especially the huge Optimus Prime on the wall.

He thought the bedding was cool too, he even "hugged" it.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do,

whether in word or deed,

do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17

CUBBIES AWARDS

We had cubbies awards night tonight.
Cayden did a wonderful job at AWANA this year & LOVED it.
Next year he'll move up to the sparkies & Prestyn will join cubbies.
SO FUN

Sunshiny People!

I just have to say, some people are just "sunshiny people"

Today I was elbow deep in a preparing a meal for another family,

preparing a meal for OUR family & one for the freezer.

I of course, decided to start this mid-morning,

so I happened to be working on all of this through our LUNCHtime.

NICE.

Prestyn didn't want to eat his lunch, he just wanted a cookie.

Sidney was throwing her food on the floor.

You get the picture.

Cayden had finished eating, Sidney was cleaned up & crawling around & Prestyn was STILL finishing up his lunch when the doorbell rang.

I still have burger browning on the stove, food all over the place...etc.

I opened the door to find my friend Alicia M with THESE:

Some VERY scrumptious looking CAKE POPS!! Oooh my soul.

They were so festive & cute.

My kids were begging to eat them right away, but they have to wait until Daddy gets home.

Thanks Alicia, for making my day a little brighter!
SO SWEET!

Schmeckfest for MS 2011

This is me with my beautiful friend Lorisa.

We met in October of 2008 at MOPS. We've been friends ever since.

(Well once she finally realized I wasn't all crunchy granola, and that I didn't make bread EVERY day & I didn't cloth diaper ALL the time...teehee)

She is the reason I hosted Schmeckfest for MS.

Lorisa was diagnosed with MS 6 years ago.

My family & I joined her team Legs for Lorisa the last 3 years & walk at the MS Walk to help raise awareness & find a cure for MS.

She doesn't let her MS stop her though, she's always reaching out & helping others, all while raising her 2 small children.

She's one of those people who sees a need & goes above & beyond to help out.

She has a wonderful husband who supports her through all she does.

Lets face it, she simply makes me want to be a better person all around.

We had 40 people attend Schmeckfest for MS (including kids) and raised just over $500.

We served verenika & gravy, sausage, zweibach, peppernuts and kuchen.

It seemed to be a huge success & I'm thinking we may do it next year, but open it up to the community.

My 11 year old nephew Kole played guitar throughout the night & did a fabulous job.

He's got some killer talent & his mama Heather even did a duet with him!

It was awesome!

A peek at our guests! My nephew Beau (8) also had a table set up to sell his artwork. He came up with this idea on his own because he wanted to sell his artwork & give the money to the MS society so "they (MS Society) can help her so she doesn't hurt all the time" He's a pretty talented little artist. If you'd like to join our team & walk with us in Bismarck on May 7th, get ahold of me & let me know, I can get you all set up. If you can't walk but would like to contribute go here:

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/NTHWalkEvents?px=8162050&pg=personal&fr_id=16285

and make your donation.

Every dollar helps!

Golfing with Dad.

Justyn took Cayden golfing with him.

Cayden was SOOO excited to get some one on one time with Daddy.

He had to use a right handed club, the course didn't have any lefties. It just makes me smile to see him in action.

What a goofball.

THE SUN CAME OUT

We are SOOO excited to have the snow finally melting away.

This winter has been entirely too long.

Sidney LOVED going down the slide.

Cayden, Sidney & Prestyn all LOVED riding in the wagon, they didn't love taking the time to pose for pictures though. The boys got bored with my photo taking & found a stick & a little spot of water & were fishing. All of a sudden they'd yell "FISH ON"

The Gator, or as Prestyn calls it the "agigator" is always entertaining.