St. Patricks Day

A very green dinner! Pesto pasta, "green" orange rolls, Salad, and cucumbers. It was good. The kids thought it was really cool to have everything green.

Dylan wearing the st. patties day hat.

The leprechaun left 10 clues throughout the house leading them to a treasure full of treats, and fun little toys.

We also woke up the green milk and green toilet water. The leprechaun likes to play tricks on us.

This is actually a really gross pic. Sorry! ;) And no, that is not a turd in the toilet. It is just the food coloring that settled to the bottom of the toilet.

I get a ton of ideas for holidays off of www.familyfun.com. It's a really cool website full of free coloring printouts, recipes, craft ideas, all sorts. You should check it out. You can even sign up for them to email you. They don't send you tons of email. They just send out a email usually before holidays.

This is one of our favorite places to go . Chambers Elementary school. How cool is this play ground! It was a fun night together as a family. These times are so special. The kids are growing so fast. I feel like we need to enjoy every second we have with them before they are older and off doing older kid things. I love being a mom!!!

One more project done and several more to go.
I've been wanting to paint the brick on this fireplace for awhile. As well as spray paint the fireplace black. It was black already but had a few rust spots. It really needed a fresh coat of paint. It looks almost new now.
The brick was really ugly, so I'm very pleased with the new look. Paint is the best! It can make such a big change to something with little cost involved. I love that!

These two spend a good portion of their day brushing their teeth. If Ashlyn is missing, I know just where to find her...in the bathroom. I wish this obsession would rub off on Dylan. He brushes twice a day, but complains about doing it. I'm sure the obsession won't last long. At least, for now, they will have shiny teeth without a fight!

A new look!

Brennen has been wanting to put this stone on our house for awhile now. The stone has been sitting in our garage for months waiting to be used. It's been hard to find a dry, unscheduled day to do the task. Finally, we realized we just need to just make it a priority and do it. Brennen spent practically a full day on the project, and got it done. I wish I had a picture of the "before", but I didn't think of taking one until the stone was already on. Most of you have been to our house and probably remember the red brick. It was cracked in some areas, and had a few bad repair jobs done sometime before we owned the house. Anyway, I really like the stone, and am glad Brennen is such a handy man and saved us a ton of money by doing the labor himself. Good job babe!

Dylan loves Gavin!

It's true...Dylan does love Gavin. I wonder sometimes if he likes Gavin at all. With all the teasing and name calling. But we know now, he really does love him. Dylan actually was denying that he even wrote this message on the white board. He also doesn't know I took a picture of it for proof, before he erased it. Hee hee!

Ashlyn

Ashlyn is starting to walk. I'm actually looking forward to her walking. She can already get into anything she wants, and get anywhere she feels like going. So walking isn't going to make that change any. It will just help keep her knees and hands a bit cleaner. It's pretty fun watching her get excited about doing something new.