Catch up post

At nursery, the leaders gave the kids plants. It lasted longer than they thought it would, so I let Wes hold it and we took the picture. It has since died.....may have been due to over-watering, not enough sunshine, but Wes loved his plant while it lasted.

We dyed Easter eggs for the first time with the kids. They had a good time and insisted that they do the stirring. (Wes got upset with me when I put the egg in his cup and tried to help him.) It was hard to get a good picture. They do the cheesiest faces, and then Wes looks away at the last second.

I need to post some pictures from awhile ago. The kids and Tyson had a fun time making a snowman this Winter. Ty let him borrow Ty's gloves.

About a year ago Jacki cut all of her ponies hair, so I thought that she got that out of her system so to speak and wouldn't do her own. The other day she woke up with a really bad hair day (or that's what I thought when I saw her hairdo, but then I saw the pile of hair in her room and realized she cut it. She took out the whole right side, so we were forced to go short or have a super mullet. She likes it short, and I love that I don't have to dry it.) I'm still getting used to her new look (It's been two weeks, but it is so different.) Here's the before and after shots.


Tommi turned one on April 7th. He's started take a few unaided steps and doesn't mind crashing. As soon as he stands up, he claps for himself. He's our happy baby (now big boy.) Dad was at Woodbadge, so we celebrated twice. The kids and I gave him a cupcake, which he enjoyed throwing everywhere. The kids helped him blow it out. He tried to touch the candle. Then, we had family and friends over and sang to him. I made his cake (that's what you get from a Wilton cake decorating school drop out.) He loved it though.

Good thing I looked in the oven

I've realized I always need to look in the oven before preheating it. I've shared a few of the kids oven stories. I just remembered this weeks story. I turned the oven on and then checked it (even though there hasn't been anything in the last few times.) There was a sand pail and two cars. I'm glad I checked it. Speaking of the sand pail, yesterday Wes put a bunch of olives in it. Then, he put the olives in his strawberry yogurt and ate it. Whatever!

41 miles

This has been a big week for us. We just got back from a bike ride with the neighbors- Jill & Brent Staker. Jacki got to ride tandem with Brent. We went to a park, saw ducks, went to the fairgrounds, saw horses, birds, and a cow. With that bike ride, I have exercised over 41 miles this week, and I just have to mention how much friends mean to me. I have never gone that far and would never think I could, but I have gone with friends this week -more athletic than me who have been kind enough to help me and push me. It makes such a difference having that. Thanks to all my friends over the years.

I found a quote this week I liked, "When you meet a man without a smile, give him one of yours." Big Jim Danielle. As we were biking today, I thought about how we have to keep our pedaling speed up, even when it gets hard, your legs start shaking, and you are thirsty, and it helps so much to encourage you when you are with friends and the road is hard. I'm sore because I went so much farther than I ever have before because of friends.

I'm trying to implement punishment for the kids that fits what they did. Wes hit Jacki five times, so he had to give her five hugs.

Tommi is a big boy and dove out of his bouncy walker car. He got a bruiser on his forehead and refused the ice I tried to put on it.

Jacki prayed for the kids she'll have one day and told me, "I'll be married."

We're trying to be good. "You can do more good by being good than any other way." John Woodsen. I'm a good person, but I'm not always good, so I loved how he put that.

Marie Ricks said, "It's hard to be organized, but it's harder to be disorganized." (I struggle with organization, and that was inspiring.) "Progress....not perfection." Fly lady. I loved this one too.

We rode past Ty's work today and said hello. Jacki showed his her bike she got to ride. She told me she saw a bike at Walmart that she wants to save up for. She also tells me every day that we're going to Disneyland when we pay off her house. (She doesn't quite know what that means, but she says it all the time.)