Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter!
Hey everyone,
Despite dad being gone, we had a pretty good Easter.
This was the first Easter I have had to play Easter Bunny all by myself. I must say some of the fun was missing. Hopefully we won't have to miss Jason over too many holidays.
We we ended up having a lot of eggs, and I only opened up one bag of left over eggs. a total of 45 eggs per kiddo. ya.
I made out like a bandit with the candy, I only paid $11 for $37 worth. (thank you coupons)
Bryton woke up a quarter to 6....ugh.
We woke up Gavo and he was like...ugh too.
But we headed down stairs and found their baskets and gifts at the bottom.
I gave Bryton and Gavin a gift each. Gavin got a froggy pillow pet and Bryton got Crayola Color Wonder Metalics. ~very cool if I do say so myself~
It was a challenge at first to get Gavin to even notice the eggs, he was too busy with his car that he got.
When he did finally start looking for eggs he was in heaven! Eggs here and there, eggs everywhere.
He found about 10 when he finally busted one open and was done. There was candy inside. And no need to look for anymore.
He did pick up a few more here and there but Bryton had to pick up his slack.
Bryton, now last year she found every egg in the house in less than 3 minutes. So this year had to be a little more challenging.
I hid them everywhere, and while she was still really good, we were missing three by the time we gave up. They were finally found, (medicine cabinet, snack cupboard).
We really had a good morning.
We wish dad could have been here. We will see him soon though, and make up for lost time!
We love you Jason!!!!!
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
Despite dad being gone, we had a pretty good Easter.
This was the first Easter I have had to play Easter Bunny all by myself. I must say some of the fun was missing. Hopefully we won't have to miss Jason over too many holidays.
We we ended up having a lot of eggs, and I only opened up one bag of left over eggs. a total of 45 eggs per kiddo. ya.
I made out like a bandit with the candy, I only paid $11 for $37 worth. (thank you coupons)
Bryton woke up a quarter to 6....ugh.
We woke up Gavo and he was like...ugh too.
But we headed down stairs and found their baskets and gifts at the bottom.
I gave Bryton and Gavin a gift each. Gavin got a froggy pillow pet and Bryton got Crayola Color Wonder Metalics. ~very cool if I do say so myself~
It was a challenge at first to get Gavin to even notice the eggs, he was too busy with his car that he got.
When he did finally start looking for eggs he was in heaven! Eggs here and there, eggs everywhere.
He found about 10 when he finally busted one open and was done. There was candy inside. And no need to look for anymore.
He did pick up a few more here and there but Bryton had to pick up his slack.
Bryton, now last year she found every egg in the house in less than 3 minutes. So this year had to be a little more challenging.
I hid them everywhere, and while she was still really good, we were missing three by the time we gave up. They were finally found, (medicine cabinet, snack cupboard).
We really had a good morning.
We wish dad could have been here. We will see him soon though, and make up for lost time!
We love you Jason!!!!!
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Lazy Butt
Well I am taking a break from my homework right now and thought I would get caught up on a little bit 'o blogging.
(No pics though....I'm lazy, and like I said, I'm only taking a break from my homework)
Okay, so let's start with me.....because I am awesome.
Right now I am still sitting in my church clothes and its nearly 10 o'clock. I have been dealing with kids, cleaning (sort of) and as stated above, doing homework.
I have been a full-time student for about a year and a half now. I was taking a lot of prerequisites from American Public University (APU) online so I could stay home.
I finished many of my prerequisite classes and I have about a 3.4 GPA.
I started taking on-campus classes at Laramie County Community College AKA L' Trip.
I am hoping to get into the Radiography Program they have here. It's a 24 month AAS and I turned in my application the 2nd week of January.
Scary story:
Before I took any prerequisites from the online college APU, I called the registrar at LCCC to make sure that the credits would transfer over from APU to LCCC and that they would satisfy the requirements for the Rad program.
Well, she told me they did. So I took them
Last week I get a call from the Rad Program director and she said based on my credits from my previous college I didn't qualify! -WHAT-!!!!!
Well it all got figured out and I do qualify...jerks.
Anyways I will find out April 1st if I was accepted.
So, enough about me....even though I know you want to hear more.
Jason just left this past week for Afghanistan again. He will be gone for 2.5 month which will end up being 5 months in a year.
We have been able to Skype and talk online while he makes his way there.
He is doing good so far, but he will be there over his birthday and Easter. So any moral packages would be most appreciated. :)
He recently bought us a four-wheeler and we are planning on have many a good time this summer.
He did get a little spoiled for his bday. He got a Kill-Audio collectible, a Coheed and Cambria Mug (that I painted) an awesome BBQing book, a loop station (for recording music and whatnot) and thanks to my skillful sister who shall not be named (Taryn), he also received a hand-made Coheed and Cambria afghan.
Bryton is doing very well is school. She hit a couple rough patches with spelling and math but has been showing a great deal of improvement. She is still going to Gymnastics and is doing well in that too! She has been attending a free after school program everyday and loves it.
She currently has 5 continuous companions with her at all times. A beanie baby cheetah she names spots, a turtle named turtle, a wolf named wolfie, a squirrel named squirrelie, and a chipmunk named....can you guess? Chippy...(I think)
She sleeps with them every night in a very particular manner.
The other day she came downstairs with all of them in tow, and I instantly get hit with a waft of Jason's colonge in my face. She had sprayed all her animals several times with his colonge.
So needless to say we are smelling Jason, quite a bit.
She loves to do puzzles and is amazing at building lego cities, cars, people, houses, monsters, etc.
Gavin......OH Gavin! Some days that boy drives me to my limits. He's really big into "helping". His favorite tasks include bringing me every shoe I have ever worn, also my jacket. He loves "organizing" my wallet by removing anything and everything in it. He has become a very good thrower and likes to practice with everything, especially his food. ya...lots of fun.
He has also become very stealthy and can manage to climb on our bar height chairs and onto our table. Not fun for me!
We managed to finish his nursery in frogs and its very cute.....sorry no pics.
Eventually I will have some pics.
well that's it for now...Hopefully I didn't leave out too much
(No pics though....I'm lazy, and like I said, I'm only taking a break from my homework)
Okay, so let's start with me.....because I am awesome.
Right now I am still sitting in my church clothes and its nearly 10 o'clock. I have been dealing with kids, cleaning (sort of) and as stated above, doing homework.
I have been a full-time student for about a year and a half now. I was taking a lot of prerequisites from American Public University (APU) online so I could stay home.
I finished many of my prerequisite classes and I have about a 3.4 GPA.
I started taking on-campus classes at Laramie County Community College AKA L' Trip.
I am hoping to get into the Radiography Program they have here. It's a 24 month AAS and I turned in my application the 2nd week of January.
Scary story:
Before I took any prerequisites from the online college APU, I called the registrar at LCCC to make sure that the credits would transfer over from APU to LCCC and that they would satisfy the requirements for the Rad program.
Well, she told me they did. So I took them
Last week I get a call from the Rad Program director and she said based on my credits from my previous college I didn't qualify! -WHAT-!!!!!
Well it all got figured out and I do qualify...jerks.
Anyways I will find out April 1st if I was accepted.
So, enough about me....even though I know you want to hear more.
Jason just left this past week for Afghanistan again. He will be gone for 2.5 month which will end up being 5 months in a year.
We have been able to Skype and talk online while he makes his way there.
He is doing good so far, but he will be there over his birthday and Easter. So any moral packages would be most appreciated. :)
He recently bought us a four-wheeler and we are planning on have many a good time this summer.
He did get a little spoiled for his bday. He got a Kill-Audio collectible, a Coheed and Cambria Mug (that I painted) an awesome BBQing book, a loop station (for recording music and whatnot) and thanks to my skillful sister who shall not be named (Taryn), he also received a hand-made Coheed and Cambria afghan.
Bryton is doing very well is school. She hit a couple rough patches with spelling and math but has been showing a great deal of improvement. She is still going to Gymnastics and is doing well in that too! She has been attending a free after school program everyday and loves it.
She currently has 5 continuous companions with her at all times. A beanie baby cheetah she names spots, a turtle named turtle, a wolf named wolfie, a squirrel named squirrelie, and a chipmunk named....can you guess? Chippy...(I think)
She sleeps with them every night in a very particular manner.
The other day she came downstairs with all of them in tow, and I instantly get hit with a waft of Jason's colonge in my face. She had sprayed all her animals several times with his colonge.
So needless to say we are smelling Jason, quite a bit.
She loves to do puzzles and is amazing at building lego cities, cars, people, houses, monsters, etc.
Gavin......OH Gavin! Some days that boy drives me to my limits. He's really big into "helping". His favorite tasks include bringing me every shoe I have ever worn, also my jacket. He loves "organizing" my wallet by removing anything and everything in it. He has become a very good thrower and likes to practice with everything, especially his food. ya...lots of fun.
He has also become very stealthy and can manage to climb on our bar height chairs and onto our table. Not fun for me!
We managed to finish his nursery in frogs and its very cute.....sorry no pics.
Eventually I will have some pics.
well that's it for now...Hopefully I didn't leave out too much
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Camp-in Family Night
This past Monday Jason decided we were going camping.
We went shopping and got all the necessities, marshmallows, graham crackers, chocolate, Swedish fish, gummi octopuses, paper clips, bagels, and bird seed.
We came home and set up the tent and started on our bird feeders.
just mixed PB and shortening and spread the mixture on the bagel and covered it with bird seed.
We needed a little perch for the birds so we shoved a large pretzel into the bagel.
Then we hung them to our deck. No birds have been spotted yet but we are certain word will get out and the birds will begin to feast.
Next we went fishin'.
we hooked all of our Swedish fish and gummi octopi and placed them on our make-shift pond. When our magnet fishing pole was ready we began to play Go Fish. For every pair we made we got to go fishin'. This was a lot of fun and Bryton, I think, got the biggest catch when she learned that multiple fish would stick to the magnet.
Jason started a nice fire for us which lasted all night and kept us all very warm.
the finale were the inside out s'mores with peanut butter.
we nick named them s'mores on crack or heart stoppers due to their amazing taste and incredible ability to stop your heart.
step one: place mallow on fork and smear with PB
step two: dip PB covered mallow in melted chocolate (almond bark works best)
step three: roll mallow in finely crushed graham cracker.
step four: enjoy.
Twas a good time for all.
We went shopping and got all the necessities, marshmallows, graham crackers, chocolate, Swedish fish, gummi octopuses, paper clips, bagels, and bird seed.
We came home and set up the tent and started on our bird feeders.
just mixed PB and shortening and spread the mixture on the bagel and covered it with bird seed.
We needed a little perch for the birds so we shoved a large pretzel into the bagel.
Then we hung them to our deck. No birds have been spotted yet but we are certain word will get out and the birds will begin to feast.
Next we went fishin'.
we hooked all of our Swedish fish and gummi octopi and placed them on our make-shift pond. When our magnet fishing pole was ready we began to play Go Fish. For every pair we made we got to go fishin'. This was a lot of fun and Bryton, I think, got the biggest catch when she learned that multiple fish would stick to the magnet.
Jason started a nice fire for us which lasted all night and kept us all very warm.
the finale were the inside out s'mores with peanut butter.
we nick named them s'mores on crack or heart stoppers due to their amazing taste and incredible ability to stop your heart.
step one: place mallow on fork and smear with PB
step two: dip PB covered mallow in melted chocolate (almond bark works best)
step three: roll mallow in finely crushed graham cracker.
step four: enjoy.
Twas a good time for all.
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