Last Night....

So, like I said when one person gets sick, its a trickle down effect. Trev started feeling sick Sunday evening. He just went back to school yesterday (wed). I think he had the flu. He complained of his head and stomach hurting. Oh, and his arm. The pic is of him filling out his Valentines cards for school. We work on them alittle on Tues night and alittle last night. We will fill out the ones for his teachers tonight. I decided this way would be best, because he get frustrated easy and doesn'thave the patients to do them all in one night. Now, Eric on the other hand did his all in one night and by himself!! I was so proud. Eric also had to buy a little stuffed animal for one of his friends "that is a girl". Which, she is just a friend, she has been in his class since I think Kindergarten or first grade. He bought her a stuff animal last year for Valentines Day, also. If your wondering, yes...Trev is ticked off because I took a pic of him.

After we got everything taken care of, it was Ghost Hunter time. We watch it every Wed. night. Can't wait for the new epi to start in March!!

Rays Dec. Fight!!

It Came Woo Hoo!!

It took about a month of looking each day on the Internet and in the stores. We finally got a Wii fit!! It came in the mail this week and it is awesome!! The kids are doing alot on it. The more you do, the more games you unlock. I can't believe how unbalanced I am!

The pictures are of the boys swimming at the Y. We were going everyday, but Eric got Bronchitis and has a touch of Asthma. So we put the swimming on hold intill he goes back to the dr for a recheck. He's doing better, but we don't want to take any chances of a relapse. We had to take Olivia to the dr. this week, she has Bronchitis. It's never ending, once one goes down sick, than somebody else will be next. It's non-stop.

Back to the Y, the boys swim, while Ray works out on the treadmill. The girls and I usually walk on the indoor track. We walk anywhere from 2 to 3mi. Hopefully it warms up and we can go back soon. But, for right now the Wii fit is keeping everyone busy. Oh! and they have a Dance Dance Revolution! I always try to con one of the kids into doing it with me before we leave.

Happy New Years!!!

Happy New Years To All!!!

I hope everyone is having a Happy New Years!! We stayed home this year and it is just the family. The kids didn't have anyone over and the girls didn't go anywhere. I made Chili and my bean dip. Just in saying that, we will all wake up with major stomach aches!! We also played games as seen above. As of right now, everyone is gamed out and now anxiously awaiting 12:00. Eric keeps saying its almost time for the ball to drop and we keep telling him to look at the clock, its not even near midnight. Here in alittle bit we will watch Dick Clark and that will make it seem more like New Years Eve. I remember when Renea and I would go to grandma and grandpas and we would watch Dick Clark and all the popular singers of the year would sing, it was so awesome, we would go out to eat, come home and play some games while watching the count down. Fond memories. Hopefully when the kids get older and have a family, they will make wonderful memories with their families.

Christmas was good and alittle different this year. We stayed home for Christmas Eve, which was a very odd feeling. I cook ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and cake. We had Rays mom and dad over and by evening we were resting (well trying to, the boys were restless), in till the kids went to bed, so we could wrap presents. Not sure if I can ever get used to not going to grandmas house on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day, the kids actually slept in!! My dad came over in the morning for awhile. We went to my moms in the afternoon and had dinner, exchanged gifts, and played games. I was excited, I finally got to give my grandma and grandpa the picture I took of the Sawmill in Roann. Rays dad made a frame for it out of barn siding. I was dying, I so wanted to show them the picture all summer, but I didn't want to spoil the surprise.

After dinner we broke out Bingo, which is so fun!! Then we played Name That Tune "80's edition" (do I need to say anymore). I love that game!! We had so much fun playing it. We also played Apples 2 Apples. Eric had so much fun playing it, he bought it with his gift card and money he got for Christmas.

Dick Clark is on, so I am going to log out and Rock Out the New Year!! YaHoo!!!

The Family

Chit Chat pt. 2

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is on its way....
Why does it seem that Christmas is always around the corner and you feel like your going to be ahead of schedule and next thing you know its 4 weeks away and nothing is done and your calender is filling up.
Thanksgiving was good, we stayed home and I cooked for the family, my dad, and Brandon. We watched the Ghost Hunter marathon and Pirates 3. Yes, some of us in the family is addicted to Ghost Hunters.
Ray and I went Black Friday shopping and we actually got up at 4a.m. to go to Ft. Wayne, which was the most ridiculous thing we ever did. I usually stay in town and go to Wal-Mart, JC Pennys, Big Lots, and Ace Hardware (for rebates!!). It isn't to bad staying in town and we can sleep in a hour or so longer. This is the first year Ray got up and went with me, and I decided to make him drive to Ft. Wayne. What an Adventure!! By the time we headed home, I felt really defeated. On the way up, we passed Menards and we noticed their parking lot only had about a dozen cars. So we were going to head their on the way back, if we had time and money left. We get up to Circuit City at 5 (when they open), I about died. The line was clear down the mall, into the parking and ended at the back of the parking lot. Dicks had a small line forming also at that time. We passed the front door of CC and they were counting heads, because of fire code. So we gave up on CC real fast. I noticed the mall had a small line waiting for the doors to open, but the parking lot was packed. Not sure if everyone went into Sears and was waiting in there or what?? We went over to Toys R Us, because they had a deal on Zunes, plus we could look for the Boys toys. The line was clear down the mall and zig zag a couple of places. Yeah, that Zune deal wasn't that great to get out of the car and fight Mothers/Shoppers with Attitude crowd. All I wanted to really do was find a Radio Shack, they had the best Zune deal. So, feeling a little defeated, we decide to go back to Menards. Well, in the 20 to 30 mins. that had passed, Menards was quit the place to be now. The parking lot was packed and the line went around to the back. Was there really anything that spectacular I wanted. NO, I just want the Zune deal. So we go past Jefferson Pointe to go home and we see a Radio Shack sign. Yeah!! It's not 6 yet, they open at 6, just maybe we can beat the crowd!! We pull in and only about 10 or 12 people are in line and the doors open in about 30mins. Yes (Napoleon style)!! We get out and freeze or buns off...By the time it opens there is a huge line behind us and I am feeling good about the situation. I figured there would be about 20 to 30 Zunes and we would be able to get at least one. As we are going inside, I tell Ray to go one way and I will take the other way. We decide which way we are going, we get inside, it's a mad house, but manageable. We are close to the sales clerk to ask her where the Zunes are and we hear "I'm sorry we only had 4". What!!??? Did I hear her right? NO WAY, they did not let us stand out there and freeze our buns off for nothing? Why on earth could one of the sales people not tell us, they only had 4, why did they advertise the darn thing then? I wanted so bad to scream......
A guy came in and asked about them, I cut him off and told him "To late they only had 4, yes 4!!" Needless to say we went to Office Depot for some rebate items and of course by after 6, the store really wasn't to busy and we actually made the trip worth it. Next year, I am either staying in Huntington or shopping online.
Now on to other news, Olivia is finally off the doctors restrictions and she can start playing basketball again. She had her tonsils taken out a couple of weeks ago and she couldn't do any physical activities for a couple of weeks after the surgery. It's been kind of rough for her, because she really hasn't been active for awhile and she huffing and a puffing right now during practices. The coach is actually starting her the next game, at least that is what she got at practice today. I figured she would have to earn her position back. We'll have to see on Wednesday whats going on.
Eric, poor Eric, fell down the stairs today. I think he did something to his wrist, but I can't really tell for sure. I was going to take him to the ER, but I wanted to see what it was going to do exactly (like swell or bruise). I gave him an ice pack and propped his hand up. He fell asleep and when I woke him up to see how bad it hurt and looked for signs on whether to go to the ER or not, he said it didn't hurt to bad. After he was up and around to eat and do his homework, it started hurting really bad again. So at this time it was to late to go to the ER, so I gave him a Tylenol and more ice. There is some bruising, I can't really see any significant swelling, and he can move his wrist (but not grip anything), so we will be visiting the doctor in the morning, unless a miracle happens and he wakes up better. lol
Dancing with the Stars tonight was kind of a downer, I wasn't really impressed by any of them. They are all so good and I figured their freestyle would be alot more of a WOW factor, especially Mel B.'s. I like them all, and I was kind of bummed to see that Jenny was the one voted off. I liked her too, I am a big Beverly Hills 90210 fan!! She was one of the weakest, but Marie can be to at times. I don't know, I can't believe this was the finals and nobody really did anything exciting. It's anybody game, because they are all so good and defiantly crowd pleasers. If you go by the judges votes throughout the whole season and who really had improved on the technical side. It will be Mel B. Her and Maxism Paso Doblas ROCK!! Helio is so cute with his smile and personality. He has improved so much. Marie is always dancing for her fans and she has improved tremendously!! I feel like her partner trys to be to careful with her sometimes. He tends to try to play it safe, so she won't get hurt. WoW, she looks good, way to go on trimming down. She didn't look bad before, but now she looks like a Hot MaMa!! lol

Cafemom.com

My friends at work told me about the website cafemom and I went to browse it, decided to signed up and now I'm addicted. It is a great site for moms. You can join all kinds of groups that have the same interests you do. I joined 3 photography groups. Some garage sale groups,an speech disorder group and a sports mom group.
The photo group has tutorials on editing through paint.net. I was so freakin' excited about paint.net!! I am learning how to blur backgrounds and doing b/w with some color. Awesome!
If you haven't found this website, Google it right now. It's Cafemom.com!!
I also got my photos back from Dotphoto.com and they were really good. I got 50 free photos when I signed up, so I caught up on some photos I needed developed.
Olivia is doing real well with her recovery. She should be back at school by Mon. She still doesn't have much of a voice. She is eating some solid foods. Each day is better for her.
Now back to cafemom......