Look what I made

So at enrichment tonight, we made place mat purses. What do you think? I think it turned out SO CUTE!

Mother's Day

So I have to tell you how my Mother's Day went. I thought it was so special. My children are the best! Ok so first thing in the morning, Shandeigh wakes up and comes in my room and says Happy Mother's day and hands me all this stuff. Here are the pictures.

This is a flower she made and a neck warmer with rice in it, that has a lavender smell.
She made the rice bag all by herself and was so proud to tell me that
she got to use a sewing machine all by herself. She did a very
GOOD job! She is turning into such a young lady.

This is a cute card she made me and I have to share what it says and the pictures she made.
This first page says "I remember when".........
(the picture is of a Mom standing up to a cupboard looking at flowers that she got and the circle says "perfect girl")

this says...This book is dedicated to my Mother because she loves my no matter what.
Coypright@2008 Shandeigh..


Sorry this one is kind of blurry, but it says...I remember when... you taught me to make cookies.
(the picture is of a mom and daughter and the mom is holding a pan of cookies)

and how much you love me!

I know you try you best to show you love. I try to put my love
in everything I do.

this is the little flap that she made on the same page as the last.
It says....and I love you more than anything!

I love you! (in case you could not see it..lol)

This is the back and last page. It is a Mom with a tear in her eye. Wow that made me cry just
typing it.
Ok so yeah she is the sweetest girl. She also made me waffles.
She has never used the waffle machine, so I had to help her, but the
waffles were all mixed up and ready to pour in the waffle maker. She also was such
a big help in everything. She did not even complain once when I asked her to do something.

All the kids got the coupons at church and gave them to me. Shandeigh and Jonathan
begged me to give the one of them to do. So they were all torn up
before I could take a picture, so this is actually Paden's colored one. I have to tell you
about Jonathan. Well you see he is pretty shy getting up in front of people. Today
the primary got up and sang and I could not get Jonathan to go up there.
I never hear him sing period. I dont know if he just does not like his voice or what.
So one of these coupons says sing a song or two. So I tore it off and gave it to him.
I told him I wanted to sing I am a child of God. He did the whole shy, roll of the eye thing,
and then started to sing it. He sang it so cute and really meant it. It was so touching
to hear my Jonathan sing to me. He did so good and I told him he needed
to sing more often to me, because I really liked it.

After church we all got in the car to come home, and Paden says, Happy Mother's Day Mommy!
I said thank you and he handed me this card. I said oh this is so nice of you to color and give this to me. He say well actually mom, this is not your card. It is for Daddy, Jonathan, Shandeigh,

Quinn, me, and Mommy. He is so cute and funny. I just had to laugh. I assumed

that because there was a family on the picture is why he said that..lol

He is so special in his own little way.

So after church I got home and Eric started making dinner. I was so estatic about that. I actually just got to sit on the couch and watch him cook for once. It was such a special treat. He made the best food ever. I wish he would do it more often...hint hint. Alright so that was my Mother's day in a nutshell and it was so special to me.
P.S. I said nothing about Quinn. I do have to say this week has been the first week that he has actually played and has been content and not screaming and crying all day. This really is the first for me since he has been born. Good thing he is so cute or else I dont know what I would have done with him..lol..just kidding. We love our little Quinn and would not know what to do without his special spirit.

Shandeigh did it!

We cut off all of Shandeigh's hair. She was really excited to do it. We are donating her hair to the locks of love. She is such a sweet girl and loves to do kind things for people. So here is the pictures. I almost forgot to take pictures of the before. So while i have it half way cut off, I snapped a photo. I really think her short hair turned out really cute. I was actually kind of sad to see all that long hair go, but it will grow back.

The honeymoon getaway!! (finally)

When Eric and I got married we went to boise for like a day. It was nothing spectacular. So last week Eric and I got to go to Florida for a whole week by ourselves! Eric had a business trip there and I got to tag along. We left on Saturday and came back the following Saturday. He actually only had classes Monday through Thursday and usually got done by 2:00.

The first day we went to Magic Kingdom. We saw the whole park and could not believe how fast we saw everything without having kids with us..lol. Eric got to ride splash mountain for the first time because when we went last it was closed. It was a riot. I have not been on that ride in forever. Yeah we got soaked, but it was a blast.

The next day we went to Animal Kingdom and we went down to the pooh adventure. When we got there all the animals were leaving and we were the only ones waiting to see them. The lady told us that tigger would be right back. Well needless to say they all came and even the park lady was surprised. So here is us with all the characters minus rabbit.

The third day we went to the Florida mall and got to see the M&M store. If you all have not been its pretty cool to see all the different things that they have there. After the mall we went to a Restraunt called Fish bones. I ate gator, squid, and tuna tips. I also ordered the 1 1/4 lbs of king crab. It was all so good and ate so much I thought I was going to puke...lol. Eric hates seafood so I was super excited to go there. The only reason we got to go was because two guys that works with him suggested it. Thank goodness for steak or Eric would have not even let me go there.

The fourth day we went to Epcot. When we went last time we hardly got to see any of the Nations, so we went there and finally got to see them all. We got to see some really awesome shows also. Its so interesting to me that all the different talents the different nations do. We ate at Morroco (sp). If you ever go there I highly recommend there gyro's. I thought they were yummy.

The fifth day we went shopping to the outlets and went to a fire house subs for dinner. I love that place and miss it. We had one when we were in Alabama and they are so good. We also went swimming for a while.

The sixth day we went to Hollywood Studios. I think this was the funnest, just because we did not get to go there last time we went to MGM. So it was all new. We went on the rockin roller coaster ride and the tower of terror. Two of my favorite rides. They were really scary watching them for the first time. Once I got on them they were awesome. We also at a buffet there. It was nasty and not worth the money if anyone decides to ever eat there. Here is a picture of us being goofy.So this was are six year finally honeymoon getaway!!..lol

Field Trip

Yesterday I got to go with Shandeigh on her field trip. As much as I think I dont like going, I always seem to have fun. We went to the discovery center here in boise. I brought my camera and then forgot to grab it on the counter in Shandeigh's classroom, so I could not take an pictures. =( Anyhow I had a group with four girls, that was including Shandeigh. We learned about the pully system and how its a simple machine that makes life easier. We also learned about the balance and how the weight system works on it. Shandeigh is so interested in anything that is hands on. They had so many things that did so many cool things. We were there for three hours and Shandeigh never got bored once. She could probably have stayed there all day and have never got bored. Her little mind was just going crazy with all the things to do. Sometimes I think in her mind she is thinking how she could make some discovery. She is so smart and brilliant. After the discovery center, we went back and ate are sack lunches at the school. She was estatic to have a crunch candy bar in her lunch. It was a real treat for her, seems how she does not get to do that much. It was really fun to go with her and I am glad that we got to have some Mommy, daughter time with just the two of us.

THE VIDEO

Spring Break

This week has been spring break for the kids and they have been having lots and lots of fun. Talia and her kids got to come and see us for a few days. She had to go back on wednesday to be back to work. With alot of begging her kids got to stay with us for the rest of spring break. My Mom and Dad are coming this weekend to help us finish up putting in the sprinkler system in are back yard. So the kids will be riding back with Grandma and Grandpa!
We got to go see Eric fly away in the Apache and the kids thought it was AWESOME!!! Ok so did Talia and I! I have a video of him driving away, not taking off, because I did not know they go to the end of the run way and with the sun we could not see to tape him taking off. So the post is just him driving on the runway. Someday I will get one of him taking off. (ok so I cannot get it to load, so I am going to try uploading in a new post)


From left to right (Shandeigh, Hailey, Paden, Tyghelyn, Jonathan, and Hunter) sitting on the Apache. They all got to get up there and take a look inside.

Talia and Me sitting in the Apache. I think we would could show Eric up. What ya think? lol