Sunday, March 20, 2011
The Turkeys!
How could I forget?? We woke up this morning to 2 wild turkeys walking through our back yard, with one right at the steps to the back porch. We've lived here 5 years and have never seen this before - it was crazy and the girls loved seeing them. Wish we had gotten some pix....I'll be on the lookout - maybe they'll come through again soon! Unless someone got them for dinner.....
Call Me Michelle Duggar
No, not because I'm going to have 16 more children to catch up to the Duggar family, but because we made one of their favorite dinners last night - Tater Tot Casserole. Overall vote on it? Not too bad....we will probably try another version the next time I make it just to test things out. Tonight it's Beef Stroganoff in the crockpot...not sure why I feel the need to let anyone know this, but so be it.
Overall we had a good weekend - Derek took the girls to the park yesterday and completely wore them out. Zoey was fearless and went on the biggest slides all by herself. Winnie and Ellie made friends as they usually do and played a lot of tag. They came home completely exhausted and didn't really eat much of the tater tot casserole with the exception of Zoey - she seemed to really enjoy it. Today we picked out bday party invitation for Winnie and Ellie ( My Little Pony and Batman respectively) and hit up Sams Club - always a fun adventure.
We are back on the field trip cycle this week with one at least every other week until the middle of May. This week we're off to Barney's Birthday Bash - ugh. Not a big fan of Barney but the kids will all love it I'm sure. Zoey included.
And we are proud to report that Timmy Keenan is the undefeated regional wrestling champ for his weight class - way to go Timmy!!!
Overall we had a good weekend - Derek took the girls to the park yesterday and completely wore them out. Zoey was fearless and went on the biggest slides all by herself. Winnie and Ellie made friends as they usually do and played a lot of tag. They came home completely exhausted and didn't really eat much of the tater tot casserole with the exception of Zoey - she seemed to really enjoy it. Today we picked out bday party invitation for Winnie and Ellie ( My Little Pony and Batman respectively) and hit up Sams Club - always a fun adventure.
We are back on the field trip cycle this week with one at least every other week until the middle of May. This week we're off to Barney's Birthday Bash - ugh. Not a big fan of Barney but the kids will all love it I'm sure. Zoey included.
And we are proud to report that Timmy Keenan is the undefeated regional wrestling champ for his weight class - way to go Timmy!!!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Happy Birthday To Me!
Wow - only 4 days since the last post?? That's pretty good considering how long it has been in the past.....
Had a great weekend with family. Winnie was soooo excited that Jody, Josie and PopPop were coming down, but to be honest she was most excited about Jody. Asked several times throughout the week "how much longer until Jody gets here?"...had to explain "2 wake-ups after school", then "1 wake up after school", then "today after school"....and then Jody met us at school. Both Winnie and Ellie loved showing her their classrooms and cubbies.
Zoey has really come in to her own this weekend - she mimics almost anything her sisters say which is very scary from "I want milk" to "oh, okay" to her personal favorite "DORA!". She's a bit of a Dora addict. She hears the music and just runs in to see the TV with her favorite show.
It's been a weekend of non-stop eating and drinking....back on track tomorrow. I hope. We'll see!
Had a great weekend with family. Winnie was soooo excited that Jody, Josie and PopPop were coming down, but to be honest she was most excited about Jody. Asked several times throughout the week "how much longer until Jody gets here?"...had to explain "2 wake-ups after school", then "1 wake up after school", then "today after school"....and then Jody met us at school. Both Winnie and Ellie loved showing her their classrooms and cubbies.
Zoey has really come in to her own this weekend - she mimics almost anything her sisters say which is very scary from "I want milk" to "oh, okay" to her personal favorite "DORA!". She's a bit of a Dora addict. She hears the music and just runs in to see the TV with her favorite show.
It's been a weekend of non-stop eating and drinking....back on track tomorrow. I hope. We'll see!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wow - 2 years....Really?
Wow - almost 2 years since I've posted anything on this blog. How time flies....a lot has happened in those two years. We welcomed Zoey's arrival in June 2009, Derek deployed in September 2009, I finished my MSW in May 2010, Winnie and Ellie started Pre-K in August 2010, Derek came home in Septembr 2010 (1 year to the day after he left) and Derek received word that he made the list for the SGT MJR academy in 2011. So that's what's been keeping me busy....
What are we up to now? Preparing to move to Ft. Bliss TX in July of this year - which is exciting and stressful at the same time. I just keep looking around the house and thinking of all we need to do to get it ready to go on the market and mentally making a list of what will go in to storage while we live in smaller, on-post housing for 10 months. But all in all I'm excited for the change of scenery in addition to the fact that Derek will be home much earlier every day and will have plenty of long weekends which will result in great family time. As well as the opportunity to explore another part of the country. I'm already trying to plan a trip to the NM Hot Air Balloon Festival...should probably make hotel reservations now.
So that sums up the past 2 years in a nutshell - I will try to get back on track with the blog....will probably be better for the next few weeks since I've given up Facebook for Lent....so is this cheating in a way??? Probably.
What are we up to now? Preparing to move to Ft. Bliss TX in July of this year - which is exciting and stressful at the same time. I just keep looking around the house and thinking of all we need to do to get it ready to go on the market and mentally making a list of what will go in to storage while we live in smaller, on-post housing for 10 months. But all in all I'm excited for the change of scenery in addition to the fact that Derek will be home much earlier every day and will have plenty of long weekends which will result in great family time. As well as the opportunity to explore another part of the country. I'm already trying to plan a trip to the NM Hot Air Balloon Festival...should probably make hotel reservations now.
So that sums up the past 2 years in a nutshell - I will try to get back on track with the blog....will probably be better for the next few weeks since I've given up Facebook for Lent....so is this cheating in a way??? Probably.
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