Easter 2007!

O.K. I cannot believe I figured out how to do this! I am so excited! That is why it has taken me a few days to get my Easter pictures up because I really wanted to figure out how to do one of these slide shows! Yippee! We had a great Easter weekend. On Saturday, we did our usual Easter Bunny breakfast at the Jelly Belly factory with our favorite Jones' family. Daryle does not care to go there but, Lindsey enjoys it so much, the dancing, singing, all the fun of the clown that is always there. I told Daryle,,"see, she is the reason, we come!" Tyler and Natalie still really enjoy it as well. On Easter Sunday, the kids were up by 7:00 and on the hunt for their baskets! Our Easter bunny is mean-he hides them and every year it gets harder! Natalie's was in the dog food, Lindsey's was in the outside fridge and Tyler's was outside in the back of Daryle's truck! What a crazy bunny!! Afterwards , they got to collect all the eggs from around the house that the bunny had hidden!Later that morning, we had an awesome brunch at the Country club with close family and the kids enjoyed another Easter egg hunt! We always love going to Easter brunch and stuffing our faces! We ended the day with having a nice dinner at home. My mom, Aunt Joan and Daryle's parents joined us for deep fried turkey, twice baked potatos, bread and asparagus-(sp?)!! The kids had 3 more Easter egg hunts! Needless to say, we have a TON of candy~and the kids are that much richer with the money they got in some of the eggs! I just love Easter and what it means to us....these special times with our children and the fun it is to watch them and see their faces light up!

5 things you may not know about ME!

My cousin, Marcia, tagged me to do this and I needed a few days to think so, this was really hard but, I came up with a few things some of you may or may not know!
1. I am addicted to Ebay! At first I thought ebay was just a big online garage sale but, then once I figured out NO it wasn't~ that there is actually talented people on ebay who make great scrapbooking things, dresses, handmade items, I was hooked!
2. I need to have my coffee in the morning-(I know, bad thing!) but, I do....there have been a few times that we have ran out of coffee in the house and I didn't know what I was going to do! ugh! I was really addicted to Starbucks a few years ago but, once I had joined Weight watchers (way back when)....and realized how many calories I was drinking, it really helped my addiction to going there everyday! Sometimes twice a day! Shhh,,don't tell Daryle!
3. I hate having my shoes on in the house! I kick them off as soon as I get home. You will either find me barefoot or socks and sometimes maybe slippers!
4. I am like Marcia and hate to be tickled. Daryle will think its funny every once in awhile and I just want to hurt him! :o) When I was little my Dad would hold me down and tickle me, lick me in the eye or give me a whisker kiss. Why do these Pickup men think this is so funny!
5. I would of had a 4th baby if I could of. It was recommeded to me that I not have another baby after Lindsey because of my 3 c-sections and all the scar tissue I had. I told Daryle we could get a 2nd opinion but, after much talk and a lot of tears(on my part.), we were happy & blessed with the 3 beautiful souls we had. (I would of loved to have had another boy!) We decided to cut (Daryle's) plumbing off about 2 years ago.I was really sad at first-it was such a weird feeling but, it is so nice now to not have to worry about it- I highly recommend it when your baby making days are over!

I guess I came up with a few more than 5......

6. I call myself a "scrapbook collector!" I love to scrapbook but, don't have much time with everything else but, I keep buying things like I scrapbook everyday. My front closet and bedroom closet are full of scrapbook supplies, stickers, paper etc....
7. I recently got nominated for a PTA position at school.They called me and asked if I would accept and of course me and my mouth said, "yes" I will be corresponding secretary-I don't even know if I spelled that right?!?!?
8. I love going out for Sushi! I know, it sounded gross to me too, the first time I was invited to go out for sushi-I actually ate dinner before I left because I thought I would be starving! Now, it is my favorite meal to go out for....although its expensive so, we can't go out for it too often!
9. I don't like to be made fun of-I can handle teasing as long as it is mutual and I am not the prime target. I don't care to be picked on. I don't mind it as long as the person doing
it can take it, as well. If you're going to dish it, you'd better be able to take it. I know a few people like this!
10. I am trying to think, if I can think of one more to make it an even # of things. ooh, I always wished that I would of had blue eyes. Anything but, brown. I think its pretty neat now that both my girls have big beautiful eyes, that I always had wanted. Natalie has blue and Lindsey's are green! I would trade with either one of them!

O.k. Lisa,,,,,your turn.....I tag you next! You too.....Malinda! I know Marcia already tagged you but, I thought I would do it again so, you'd better get moving! Tell us some things about yourself that we may not know!

Coloring eggs 2007!

My kids were so excited to color Easter eggs this year! They did a great job and it didn't take us very long to color about 60 eggs. I didn't realize I had bought so many eggs! oops! Guess we will be having egg sandwiches and scrambled eggs for awhile! We went to see the Easter bunny at the mall the other day after school and he wasn't there, wasn't there, so, we waited, waited, waited and Tyler looks up at me and says, "you know, you're really lucky, I will still do this!" I said, "I know, I am~thank you!" My boy is growing up but, still so sweet and innocent! If he does know about the Easter bunny(which I really think he does!) He plays it up really well. Which I really appreciate for his sisters-espically Lindsey. Needless to say, we never saw the Easter bunny! They said he might be another hour-he was at lunch!

Coloring Easter eggs!

We colored about 60 eggs! We color even the "non-boiled" ones since, Daryle & I are the only ones that will eat the boiled ones. Tyler didn't really want to wear the bunny ears but, he is such a good boy, he put them on for me! I told him the pictures were just for me! hehe......

Natalie got braces!

AFTER! We have entered into the world of ORTHODONTICS!~(I hope I spelled that right?!?!?!) Natie got her 1st phase of braces on Wednesday! And she was so excited. I guess they have proven if you start them younger and get the teeth where they are supposed to be before the other adult teeth come in, you have less chance of problems later on~I don't know! Daryle thinks they are just out to make more money off of people! Anyways, she could end up having these on for a 12-18 months and then she could end up needing a 2nd set when she is older. Her poor little teeth have been so sore! She was having a heck of a time eating a soft pretzel the other day and I told her she was going to have a hard time eating for a few days and she says~"But, I love to eat!!" That's my girl! I felt so bad for her...I can still remember how those braces feel. BEFORE! She was so excited yet, really nervous going in. She didn't feel like eating breakfast but, I told her she needed too!

Raider!

We have added to our family-yet again! Yes, I know~I think we are nuts too!!! We named him "Raider" and he is 8 weeks old. He is so adorable but, quite the winer! I guess that fits him well with his name! hehe.....It's been along time since we have had a puppy and you forget how they like to chew on everything. There have been a few tears in the house already with bitten noses and him getting ahold of things he is not supposed to have. Yesterday, he thought it would be fun to chew on my glade plug-in!
I just thought this was cute to show off his cute little body... Natalie thought his "belly button" was so cute! I told her that was not his belly button!
The girls put him to bed! He didn't seem to mind!

Opening day ceremonies!

Today is the opening ceremonies and games for baseball. All 3 kids are going to be playing this season! People think we are NUTS to have all 3 playing but, I think it will be just fine. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful ball field where all 3 will play at. Tyler is missing from the pictures today because he had his first Boy Scout outing(camp out!) this weekend! It worked out great because he didn't even have a game today! We will see how it goes having 6 games a week plus practices! I will probably be so sick of baseball by the end of the season. But, I do love to watch them play and have fun~so, it is all worth it!
Opening day is always such a BIG event! We got there 1/2 hour early before we were supposed too because the parking is always terrible. They will only let you park on the one side of the street! Its crazy! You have cars parked everywhere they are not supposed to be and then you have 3-4 policemen there saying they are going to start writing tickets. I don't know where they expect all these people to park! Insane-they really need to bulid us a parking lot!

Opening day baseball!

I thought this was a neat picture...Natalie is playing on a Machine pitch team so, she is playing pitcher right now~she is just standing next to the machine as the ball gets thrown to the hitter...she did a great job! She is trying so hard! I am so proud of her!
Lindsey playing in the dirt in between hitters~getting a little bit bored. And then when the ball does finally come her way-her and about 5 others all dive and fight for it.
Are baseball players supposed to be this CUTE??!?!?
Good hit Lindsey! Run, Lindzer, Run!
Lindsey decided she wanted "Lindzer" put on her shirt. The coach said they could have first names, last names or a nickname on their shirt. Uncle Chris gave her the "Lindzer" nickname so, that is what she picked! I think it fits her perfectly!

My 3 lucky charms!

I am so lucky to have each one of these beautiful little people in my life!!

Is it March or July????

Well, this weeks weather has been really, really nice. It's crazy! The kids had been bugging me for days to play in the hose or in the sprinklers so, I finally caved in and let them! The temp. was probably in the low 80's. Of course, it felt much warmer, just because we are not used to it yet. They had a great time "cooling off" in the nice warm sun!

Ice skating!

We went Ice Skating with our Brownie troop this week! It was fun-(I didn't ice skate!) So, it was fun watching them. We went last year too and they loved it so much they wanted to go again! The girls were so proud when they would fall! I think they are going to have some bruised booties! Natalie so proud to have fallen again!
















Lindsey did so good! She fell quite a few times but, got right back up and kept going! One of the times when she fell, someone got her hand with their ice skate! OUCH! The brothers thought a better use for the "walkers" was to sit on them in the middle of the ice arena!

Got Milk????

Hey,,,anyone got some MILK?? This what happens when you say YES or SURE you can store all the EXTRA girl scout cookies your garage for the month! I was delivered almost 300 cases of cookies and each case has 12 boxes inside! That is a lot of cookies! I am called the cookie cupboard for the area. When troops run out of cookies they come to our "cupboard" to get more. I have had another delivery of cookies since this order came. I didn't think I would run out of cookies but, I was! I was almost out of mints! So, this week I got another 195 cases! Thank goodness the cookie sale will be over in 2 weeks!
It's been kind of funny though as far as the weather,, keeping the cookies safe!. For a few days we couldn't open the garage because it was raining and the cookies are all the way to the edge and they were getting wet. And then this weekend we had to keep the garage shut again so, this time they didn't melt. Daryle has taken his garage being temporary out of service rather well. I had checked with him before I had ever said yes,, that I would do this. And then leading up to it he just complained, complained, complained! ugh! I told him, he was the one who said it was o.k. so, he needed to stop! I swear men complain just as much or MORE than women,, although they never think so.
Aren't these the 2 cutest cookies you have ever seen??? This was our attempt to deliver cookies one day. We made it to about 2 driveways and it started POURING rain on us. Needless to say, the umbrella was used to keep the cookies dry....Natalie has done really good at selling with the help of her mom, dad and a few friends! Her goal was 600 and I think she might actually make it. Possibly....she is going to be really, really close. She's at about 565 right now. That is crazy~I can't believe we have sold that many cookies! I kept telling her this is her year because next year Lindsey will be selling too!

Vintage pictures

Every year I have always wanted to do these pictures at JCPenney's and I have always missed it! Well-finally, I asked at the right time and they were doing them again. I figured this was my last chance! As it was, I had to bribe Tyler and Lindsey with a Happy Meal if they wouldn't complain too much! I thought they turned out pretty cute and the torture didn't last too long~I think they may of even had fun!
Natalie didn't complain at all! I think she is going to a picture girl like me! She never minds being in front of the camera.
Handsome Tyler! He is such a good sport for his mom!
I thought this was so cute of Lindsey looking in the mirror.
Say CHEESE!

What a catch!

Tyler caught his first "real" FISH over the weekend! He has caught smaller ones before but, usually not one big enough to keep! He was so excited and proud! It was a 27 inch stripier. Daryle came home empty handed as usual! Poor guy! We cooked Tyler's fish that night for dinner.
I don't think anyone cared for it all that much, it was a tougher fish meat.

Tyler

Tyler will be bridging to Boy Scouts on February 26! We went last week and had his picture taken in his Webelos uniform before he tranforms into a BOY SCOUT! Seems like he was just a Tiger cub scout. Now he is going on to a whole new adventure! And it will be neat to see him grow with it! Tyler has tried many different activites.....soccer, baseball, basketball, Karate, Takewondo,,,,but, Scouts has always stuck with him. He loves it and we have been so fortunate to have such an incredible Scout family for the last 5 years! When I took him in for these pictures I was set that I was just going to get the $7.99 package! For most of you, who know my love of pictures the package was plenty. But, all these portrait places have gone digital now and they can do so much! They get you big time! So, my $7.99 package turned into $60.00. Oh well, I only have one boy-right?!?! I can always justify it in my head!

Valentine's 2007

Valentine's Day eve.....
I love these special times with these little people
in our life! I just wish they'd stay little. They are
growing up too fast!
Our Valentine's was a very busy day so, we
celebrated the night before with a nice dinner
& a small little something for each other.
O.K. This is my 3rd attempt to add these
pictures to my blog. I am having one heck
of a time since switching to the "new blog"
to add stuff. Anyways, I hope they make it
on here now or I'm going to SCREAM!
We were walking home from playing at the
playground and they were holding hands so,
I hurried to snap a picture!

Tea 4 Three!

The girls and I went to the Tea 4 two-(three!) party
with Girl scouts last Saturday! We had a nice GIRL day
together,,,we had lots of goodies to eat and some Tea and
Hawaiian Punch! Each girl and adult got a prize and we played
some fun games.....

Love my girls! It's fun to have girl time. Tyler
got to spend the day with Daryle at work! He
was in HOG HEAVEN! He had big tears last night
because he wanted to go back with him today!

Some of our girl scout friends at the Tea party!

Our little old Lady!

Sadie enjoys to lay under the pillow
rather than on top of it like a dog is
supposed too! Our little old lady! She
will be 13 years old in May this year!
She does look pretty comfty though!

Natalie's Solar system project!

Natalie had a SOLAR SYSTEM project due last week. She had actually picked SATURN as her planet but, wanted to make all the planets together. She and Daryle worked all weekend on this~I thought they did a great job! Can you tell she is mad at me in the picture. I can't even remember now what we were arguing about. :o)

Monster TRUCKS!

We went to the Monster truck show in Sacramento
over the weekend...Tyler had a blast....the girls said
they liked it but, I think they were glad when it was over.

It was very LOUD!
Afterwards, you could stay and get autographs!
I could tell Tyler really wanted to stay and the line
was so long....he got big tears in his eyes so, we
stayed....it only took about 45 mins but, the smile
on his face was priceless! He was so excited!