An "interesting" new Easter treat?

I don't know how fast this will catch on anywhere else, but around here it is a new favorite. The kids call it an "Easter Nest". I call it interesting. Ingredients include: one shortbread, a LOT of chocolate sauce, some spray whipped cream, a marshmallow peep and some strawberries. Uh-huh, thats right, there is a lot going on there. I didn't try one myself, but Noah, Isaiah and Hannah gave them a thumbs up. By the way, I had nothing to do with creating this, um, treat. The kiddos did it all on their own.

Something new

This past weekend we tried something new...well, Noah did something new and we all watched. Sunday was his first day of flag football. (insert crowd cheering here.) Noah has played football at recess at school for the last couple of years and when he comes home it is all he can talk about. We decided that this year, maybe he should try it on an organized team. Me, being the somewhat cautious and protective mom thought that flag football might be the way to start, as there is no tackling involved, and so he began.
Sunday was not the nicest of days, it was a little overcast and windy. Oh, and throw in a couple sprinkles of rain for good measure. But we sat on the sidelines cheering on his team, the Eagles, nonetheless. It was a lot of fun,(a little cold)and I took lots of great pictures. So think of us when we are enjoying some football on Sunday afternoons!
Here are just a couple of pictures from the game. It looks like Noah had a great time!



Thanks for looking, until next time!

Random thoughts...

Hello all...just checking in. Not alot going today, it's been a pretty normal Wednesday. Kiddos got out of school early today, finished with homework quickly so we could go outside and enjoy the nice weather. Maybe spring is near and we will not get anymore surprises from Iowa winters.
Keep your fingers crossed for continued nice weather...it will get here one of these days.
I think that's all for now, I will be back soon with some scrapbooking goodness!
Until then...

On the Mend

Sorry for the absence for the last few days. We are slowly on the mend and getting back to feeling normal. Isaiah has had a tough time getting back on his feet. The first day we kind of took it easy and stayed close to home. When Isaiah gets a sinus infection, it tends to affect his asthma more than anything. He tends to breath a lot more through his mouth and then ends up coughing. I really feel bad for him, nights are tough for him. He is doing much better, and I am glad we caught it all in time before he got too far along.
Hannah has started feeling better much quicker. She was fortunate enough to just have a sinus infection and no ear infection. She has been wiped out in energy though. She must have felt under the weather, as she asked if she could stay home from dance on Thursday. Poor dear.
So, all in all, we are getting there slowing. We will be fine after a bit. Keep a good thought and we will continue to mend. Until later...

How could we be so lucky?

Or not. We just came off some wonderful weather, and now 3/5 of us are sick. Sinus infections and ear infections all around our house; number 2 and 3 and I are sick. Today we trooped to the doctor, waited for the pharmacy and enjoyed some mighty good Krispy Kreme doughnuts during the wait. (doughnuts are a great way to kill the wait time for meds from the pharmacy).
I think now we can recooperate and maybe feel like ourselves again. Keep your fingers crossed that the other 2/5 of the family don't get sick as well. Catch you later, I need some sleep!

Back to Real Life

Here we are, back at Monday, which for us means no more Spring Break. I have to say, it was a very enjoyable break this year. The weather was lovely, better than I could have ever imagined just coming out of an Iowa winter. The kids were able to play outside almost every day last week, so that helped our time go smoothly. Joe had the last couple of days off work, so we could all take in the St. Patrick's day parade together. Add in some bowling, some trips to the park, lots of roller skating and general fun, I think it was a good break.

And now we are back to real life; schedules and homework, and saxophone practicing, and dance lessons and school and stuff. Oh well, break was fun while it lasted.

Oh and on our last day of break, which also happened to be the first day of Spring, we decided to have a quick photo shoot in Valley Junction. I leave you with one of my favorite shots...

Until later, bye!

Some scrappy stuff!

I have had a few spare minutes to get some scrapbooking done...gasp! I feel like I sit down, move some paper around and get back up again, only to come back to my desk to scrapbook days later. So in honor of having a couple back to back minutes of scrapping, I decided to post a few pictures of pages recently completed. Mind you, these are not the ones I have been working on in the last couple of days, as those are still works in process, but at least these are done!


Journaling is the words from the Sidewalk Prophets song "These are the Words I Would Say". Everytime I hear it on the radio it reminds me of Noah and the things I hope for him as he gets older. (it also makes me cry every time. I am just a big softy.)
Products used include patterned paper, grungeboard and distress ink from Tim Holtz, and Bazzill cardstock.



It just seems like the time flies by and Isaiah is growing older by the minute. I wish I could just stop time so my kiddos could stay small!
Products used include patterned paper, grungboard and distress ink from Tim Holtz, brads by Making Memories and cardstock by Bazzill. I used my handy label maker for my journaling.

Journaling says that everything in Hannah's world is pink. If you ask her what her favorite flavor is, Hannah will tell you pink. There is lots of pink at our house, all belonging to Hannah. Products used include patterned paper by Making Memories, Basic Grey and October Afternoon, Prima flowers, Autumn Leaves flourish stamp, and Bazzill cardstock.

It is getting late...who am I kidding, it is really late. I must head off to bed so I am ready for another day of Spring Break! See you later...