Guess Who Got Asked to Prom?

Was asked by Thomas Jewel (a really good friend) and she said yes!  Look on my facebook page to see some of the video!

May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor

May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor

Oh man- what a week oh what a week! We had so much going on that I bet I sleep through most of my spring break.

Hunger Games

Our day finally arrived and we were so excited. I absolutely loved the movie as it stayed so true to the book. I have lots more to say about it but won’t take the time to do so here.

Shirts….check!

Pizza…check!

Tickets…check!

Family and Friends…check!

The Bordens!

Nina and family were sweet enough to drive up to spend their Spring Break with us and she went with us to see the Hunger Games. It was a fun-packed week and I have a feeling they went home completely worn out. That’s the sign of a good vacation right?

 

Tyler and Showchoir

He had quite the week as well. His showchoir performed at his school, did elementary tours, and had their finale on Saturday that we attended. He was great and sad its over, but excited to audition for the high school ones in May.

He also had a boy scouts camp out. Poor guy- he is dead to the world today.

Misc

The weather has truly been amazing!! My tulips are in full bloom. Yesterday Bob and I pruned the apple trees, weeded and turned over the soil for the garden, and trimmed all the bushes.

I took advantage of Ninas artistic ability. I gave her some materials to help me with the Manga sign for work and here is the result. So dang awesome!

Nina also made her famous egg rolls from Hong Kong while she was here which is always a special treat.

Other Fun Meals we had:

French Crepes (my favorite is fresh cut strawberries and bananas with nutella and topped with strawberry homemade syrup!

Homemade Samoas

Homemade Cold Stone Creations

Finally finished my downstairs bathroom!(Black, white, hot pink and Paris!)

 

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS I HAVE HAD AN ENTIRE SPRING BREAK TO MYSELF!!!!!

Afters and Firsts

Afters and Firsts

The plan this week was to call this blog “Before and After”. However, I forgot to take ALL the before pictures cause I think I’m getting old or losing my mind. So, instead you will have to picture all the “before” photos and I will provide the “afters”.

Afters:

1. Being the awesome mom I am, I scheduled Tyler to have his teeth pulled during Spring Break. He had these 2 baby teeth that were deeply rooted and the new teeth came down anyway totally sideways. So, he had those 2 teeth pulled and brackets put on the new ones to yank them back into place. It really hurt for a few days, but he is doing way better now.

2. This could count as an “after” and a “first”. Marisa got highlights for the first time when she got her hair cut. She looks adorable!

3. Kayla got her haircut as well, but as always, refused to get her picture taken. So, heres all I could get.

4. We took tyler in to get his hair evened out and his unibrow waxed (yes, all his choice-apparently I cut crooked and rip the hair out of his head).

5. I REALLY wish we had gotten a before picture of Alayna’s hair. She had started looking like a wild woman being raised by wolves.

6. The laundry pile is always a beast after some spring cleaning, but this weeks was just ridiculous.

7. I don’t have a picture yet cause its not quite done, but Marisa was kind enough to paint the downstairs basement over break, so now we just need to finish the décor and then I will take a final picture.

Firsts:

We also had several “firsts” this week.

1. The doorbell rang late one night and we went outside to find that someone had saran- wrapped Marisa’s car!

2. When my kids were growing up, I always called the Ice Cream truck the “Music Truck”. I didn’t want them to know it had treats. This week one came by and they ran outside to get ice cream and now claim that their childhood is complete because they were able to FINALLY get ice cream from the ice cream truck. Silly people!

3. Bob made this new Raspberry pie recipe.

4. The weather this Spring Break has been AMAZING! We were able to walk and play outside and even wear t-shirts and shorts! Just perfect!

5. We tried out a new dessert place in town called “Orange leaf” (a reward for helping me with some spring cleaning and spending hours at work helping me). Its like an ice cream buffet. You fill your cup with ANY flavor of frozen yogurt and then they have the most amazing toppings and then you pay by the weight. Very cool idea.

6. Kayla is getting a little worried about turning 16 and someone asking her on a date. On Friday, the doorbell rang and a little glass cup with 2 rocks in it was left on our proch with a message that said “This is for you, Kayla. From, ?”. She went completely batty trying to analyze what it meant and who it might be. Later, she found out it was ALAYNA that had done it!! So dang funny!

7. All of our shirts have arrived for the Hunger Games Midnight show! We have never attended one and are very much looking forward to the experience. We are THRILLED that Nina and kids took us up on our offer and are coming up today! Nina will go with us to the movie and all the younger kids will stay here with Bob for a fun kids movie night.

8. We tried this new smoothie recipe and it’s a HUGE hit. You freeze yogurt in muffin tins and then vacuum seal it in a bag with frozen fruit. Then when you want a smoothie, you just add it to 1 cup apple juice ina blender. The kids had them all just this week.

9. 3 words…Pepperoni Monkey Bread! What a VERY fun idea and another huge dinner hit. Each roll is stuffed with pepperoni and cheese. Then you dip it into spaghetti sauce.

Others:

1. March Madness has begun. You can tell because Bob walks all over the house with his paper that has his team pics.