Great home pre-school program

I have been doing this great pre-school program online with Tristen at home lately, and thought I would put the website on if any of you would like to start it with your kids.

I talked to the teacher of the preschool she would be going to and she said that this teaches way more than they would even be learning in preschool. It is adjustable to all age groups, so I hope someone finds it interesting.

www.letteroftheweek.com

Have fun!

LAGOON, here we come!!!

I just bought my Lagoon season passes for the start of some summer fun!!! Coke products has this coupon on them right now to make them cheaper (you don't even have to have a big group). It was a good hunk of money, but I can't wait to go. As my sister-in-law pointed out, you could buy Lagoon passes 4 times for the same price you could buy a swing set for.

So, if any of the rest of you decide to get a season pass too, let me know and we will have a party!!!!!! The opening day is tomorrow, but d/t the rain forecast, we are going to try for Sunday after church. Matt is scared of heights and hasn't been to Lagoon for 15 years, so he is the designated stroller and Gaber's watcher. I may just get him on a roller coaster by the end of the summer.

Our newest family picture

My Dad love taking pictures, and this is our family photo from Easter. He does pretty well at it, it's just hard to get everyone times right with two kids.

ARe you Kidding ME!!!

It is snowing, not sticking, but snowing! I get so sick of it being nice all week when Matt can't do anything, and have it snow on the weekends when we could have fun. We have a tree in our front yard that was supposed to be tackled with a chainsaw this weekend that gets to live for one more week. This large fern/pinetree was encrouching into our garage space so Matt took pruners to it last fall. It looks like some kid stuck a pipe bomb in it and let it explode. A big circle is cut out of the tree. I bet our neighbors are so sick of it. So, thanks to the snow, our pipe-bomb tree gets to live for one more week. I bet all of the other ferns and bushes in the yard were grateful. They all had a fate meeting with the chainsaw planned too. I love that my husband hates pine and that every mature bush in my yard is pine/spritzer. I must go, my dog is whining. She has been locked in the pantry by Gabriel! He loves shutting doors.

I love spring!

I have had the winter blues for so long that I am so glad to have spring. I truly love gardening and I am having so much fun discovering what is in my new yard. I have about 8 rose bushes that I have been pruning, even though I don't like them, I figure they have been around for about 30 years and deserve the chance to live. I love figuring out all of the bushes around the house and teaching the vines which way to go. I have had so much fun. Gardening work is so relaxing for me. I can't wait to plant flowers all over my entire yard! I told Matt that I have a minimum of $100 budget for just flowers. It is totally worth it to see the color and beauty all summer. My best friend's mother teaches gardening classes and is coming to give me some advise and teach me some new stuff this weekend. I can't wait!!!

It is also so nice to have a yard with an awning and trees in it. Tristen and Gabe have been playing in the yard non-stop. I have had a hard time keeping my floors clean with all their dust they are bringing in. I have to keep a constant watch on Tristen so I know when she is sneaking outside and I have to watch Gabe constantly when he is outside to make sure he's not eating leaves or dog poop. I love it.

I think I am ready to move somewhere that it is 70 degrees all the time!

Gabriel is 1!!!!!

On March 16th, our little fighter boy turned one! We had the funnest party. I bought this Elmo cupcake cake and it was so cute. It had bright red frosting the looked like Elmo's hair. I handed the cupcake to Gabe, he looked at it for a second, then dug into the frosting. He ate the whole cupcake. Halfway through his eating fest, he realized everyone was laughing at him and he started laughing back at all of us. We had so much fun. He got a basketball hoop, a lawn mower, and a rocket ship. I love boy toys!

We had all of the Fam that live in the area here and so much fun. One year olds are great!

The Family Vacation

Matt just pointed out that I didn't have any pictures of him on our blog, so these were about the only pictures I could find. He wouldn't let me take one of him fresh out of bed with coffee on hand :)

This is our vacation to St. George. 14 people in my family stayed in Chelsy's 1500 sq foot house and went to the home show. We got out to the park one day when it was warm enough. Tristen is scared to death of going on the slides, and Gabe screams and giggles the whole way down. We had fun and saw some incredible houses. We also took some of the 4-wheelers from Shawn's new rental shop and went 4-wheeling. Matt flew away on his and Tristen and I went on one of the rhino's. I loved it because I actually felt safe with me next to my daughter in her carseat. Amber and Chelsy contracted the rest of their night. The girls in their tummies didn't like it.