Treg's Student of the Day

So Treg came bounding out of the school doors today with such excitement he could barely stay on the ground. He was awarded the Student of the day, they only pick 2 kids a day from the whole school. Treg was nominated by his teacher for writing such good stories in his journal and for always obeying the classroom rules. Treg, I just can't tell you how proud I am of you for your sucess in school. You are an amazing reader with incredible math talent. And if you keep striving for better and higher you just might be that "milliondollarair" that you are always talking about. Love you kiddo!

Mountain Man Bowdee

Today at school Bowdee got to dress up as a Mountain Man and go to the 4th grade Rendevous. So Bowdee had to have eggs & sausage for breakfast and he ate it off a knife. Because hello mom, mountain men didn't eat yogart from a spoon... He had a great time winning the arm wrest competition in his group (which he just won both arms for his whole class a couple weeks ago), shooting the rubberband gun, and trading his feather throws for beaver pelts. I am just glad he had such a good time. He would have been a great mountain man back in the day. And yes I did make his costume after all the birthday parties were a thing of the past. I do love you Bowdee!

The Leprachauns Strike Again

Only if you could have seen our house in the morning after the leprechauns struck. The left trails of string all through the living room leading the kids to their box of treats. Then they messed up everything, I tried to take a photo of it but it didn't do it justice. Then for dinner we ate all this yummy green food. And of course after we danced to the Irish jigs to the Irish music that was playing. Oh if you could have seen how cute Tia and Treg where!
Okay so I do love a good holiday one that you get to paint your kids hair and dress in fun colors. Eat yummy food and smile, laugh, and be merry!

Angels to Witches....

My friend sent this to me and I LOVED it. So just in case you are wondering, yes I have a broom and I will use it when my wings get broken...But lucky for Terry that doesn't happen very often.

Women are angels.
And when someone breaks our wings,
we simply continue to fly...
on a broomstick.
We are flexible.

Treg's 6 years old

Today at 11:22 my little 6lb 10oz bundle of joy turned 6 years old he is now 40 lbs. But I guess that just tells me there is more of him to love. My family just wouldn't have been complete without Treg. He makes us all laugh with his witty silly personality. I love the way he can make new friends and play so well with pratically anyone. I love the way his mind is quick and he picks up on reading and math so well. I love the way he is determined and has a heart of gold. Today I followed him to school on his bike as I ran behind because he has been wanting to do that and Bowdee and Tia say it is still too cold. Then when I picked him up from school we made plans to go ride our bikes and have a picnic at the park. I just did whatever he wanted to do today just me and him. I love being with you Treg I love to hear the way your mind ticks and how you can do the monkey bars like nobodys buisness. Thanks for the fun memories of today I will never forget the day you turned 6 and we spent the afternoon just bummin'.

Snowboarding Brighton

Last year both Matia and Treg got snowboards and yes we took them once last year. So what a shame it would be to let the year go by and not get any use out of their boards so we went to Brighton and paid $62.00 for Terry and I to get beginner passes and the kiddos were all free. We spent the day going up and down the mountain falling and learning and everyone loved it. Okay so after 2&1/2 hours Tregs muscles were shot but Tia was LOVING it. I have to say my favorite part was being all together and see how each year everyone improves but me... what is up with that? Oh well just as long as my kids love it and have fun.Thanks Terry for being the instigator. I must say I really wanted to get Matia to church since she is going to be baptised soon. But once we were in the mountains I was happy we were there together creating memories. Although I did feel a bit guilty and kinda like I was a bad parent when her young men missionaries came over that night to give her the lessons and they asked if she would please go to church next week... Oops then she replys I really want to go, I love church, I will try. Then she looks at me and her dad... Okay chalk one up on the bad parent side. I will admit it.

Treg's Mario Party 6

So right after Tias party on Friday night I stayed up late to set up for Tregs party on Saturday at 10:00.
It was a fun party planned with 10 different missions to collect coins in their coin boxes like the video game.
Then when they collected the 10 coins and defeated Bowser that is when they got their party bags. The kids loved their Mario hats and mustaches. And of course all the games. After the party grandma C. wanted to take him and Tia somewhere special so she took them to Build a Bear. I think it was a good thing I went with them because it was really busy and my mom was a little overwhelmed (this being her first visit and all). But I tell you after that Terry and I were bushed and I was most thankful that Tregs dream dinner was Top Ramen Noodles. :)

Matia's 8 - CRAZY

So I remember just 8 years ago giving birth to the most beautiful little girl I had ever seen. My insides and outs were completly in love with her and like they say I felt like there was nothing that could make me love her more. Well after 8 years of living with this little lady I do love her more. She is so special to me, always always making me smile. My heart is torn not sure to feel excited she is growing up because she is so much fun I just love to hear her views in life. Or be sad she is growing up because soon I fear she won't need me anymore. I just love being involved in her life and watching her little personality grow. Oh Matia you will never know how much I love you...So we had her party Friday night and it was a Late-Night-Movie-Party. She invited 9 of her closest friends and boy did we have some real fun. I only wish Troy was off work so we could invite her other 2 cousins her age. But we had fun making hair flowers, then eating hotdogs, playing the claw for bouncy-balls, popping balloons, then going to the sticky shoe to watch Princess and the Frog. What a fun night, really it couldn't have gone smoother. All the girls were so excited and they loved the looks they got as people drove by. Here is Tia's birthday cake that we didn't have time to cut and eat that night. So we just had to do it another time.