Happy 10th Birthday Jacob

Jacob had his 10th birthday on the 15th of March. Since it was so close to St. Patricks Day we had that be the theme. First Isaac had a Leprechaun Lunch at preschool the same day. We made green biscuits and cut them in half. Then we died the peanut butter and honey green and made sandwiches. He also took a green apple and green M&M's. He loved it.

Then I had to hurry home and finish Jacob's cake. He wanted a Lego cake so to fit it in the leprechaun theme I made it into a rainbow made of Lego's with a pot of gold (yellow M&M's) at each end. It turned out pretty cute, but it wasn't very stable so I had to support it before it fell over.

We had the Republican Caucus meeting the same night as his birthday so we had to get right to his party when the kids got home from school. Their dad had spent the day planning a treasure hunt. There were 24 clues and it took them almost 2 hours to complete, but they had a lot of fun!

This is the treasure they found out in our camper at the end of the hunt.

Then it was time to open the presents. John made this for Jacob all on his own at the neighbors house.

 Jacob now gets to go to Webelos in Scouts. He is so excited! He LOVES Scouts!

 This is the quilt I made him. He has known about it and been really excited about it. I am a little disappointed with it because it is way to busy, but I used the fabric he wanted and he loves it so I can live with it!

 He has wanted some handcuffs for a while and Grandparents Makin gave them to him with some play-doh. He was pretty excited!

I am happy that we are done with birthdays for a few months. Now maybe I can get some there stuff done. We don't have another one until September, then I get to start all over again!

Jared Had A Birthday, Shout Hooray!!

My baby just turned 3 so I guess he's not a baby anymore. At least that is what he keeps telling me. I have a wonderful husband who goes all out to make the kids birthdays a fun day for them. We played a bunch of games including:

Hoop-it-up



Touchdown Pass




Target Practice




Test Flight




Frog Flinging Contest




Zoo Keeper Surprise

  Then they usually have a treasure hunt of some sort. This year Jared's favorite movie has been Harry and the Hendersons. He absolutely LOVES Harry! So my hubby designed a treasure hunt around him. He told the kids he found this note on the door and Harry had been here and lost his toys. He left notes wherever he went so he would be able to find them.

 After finding all the little notes telling them where he had been they finally found Harry's toys! There was another note with the toys telling the kids they could each have some of Harry's toys. They totally loved it!



Harry's Toys

  Then hubby made balloon animals for the kids...and hats...and swords.

 Then little man got to open his presents. When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday he said, "pants, and socks and you know that kind of stuff." I am so blessed with kids who are happy with just the necessities!

 I did have a surprise for him though! After saving points from all the diapers I have bought over the years it finally payed off. We got this bike for free! He was pretty darn happy about getting a bike!

He loves to play with cars so my mom bought him this carpet car mat. He loves it too!

 Then finally we got to the cake I made. He loved that he got to keep all the "worker man twucks" as he put it.

All in all, another happy birthday has come and gone. Another child gets another year older. Is there anyway to keep them little a little longer?

Christmas Day 2011!

I was so happy Christmas was on a Sunday this year! What better way to celebrate Jesus Christ's birth than going to church! Our Church was at 11am and every year before the kids can open anything we always read in the scriptures about the birth of Jesus. This year we decided instead of being rushed on Sunday morning, we would have them open their gifts after we got home from church. We did let them open their socks before church and they were so good all day! It really was a wonderful day!
O ya, the Grinch came and tried to take our tree!

 This year my goal was to make each of the kids a quilt. Well I only got 2 done, so I also made them each a fleece blanket. I will finish the 3 others and blog about all of them at once.

 Their dad brought home a bunch of big boxes from work and made them a fort!

Merry Christmas!!
Thanks for reading!

Tis the season!

I know it's late, but here are some pictures of the festivities we had before Christmas.

We started the season off with a Christmas party with the Olson family. This is a picture of most of the little ones, 9 and under, waiting to play their games.

 Here is Aunt Relia reading them some stories.

 Then we had a Christmas dinner at my dads. All the boys got a neat flashlight, one of their favorite things.

 Morgyn got some smelly good stuff, one of her favorite things!

 We had our neighborhood party a few days before Christmas and Santa took time to come and visit!!


Isaac and Jared



Morgyn is the second one in on the left.

Jacob and John.

 My mom went to Texas for Christmas so she came by early to bring us what she gave us. Jacob and John both got Hex bugs. They love them!

Isaac got a phonics and writing toy. Him and Jared love this one.

Jared got two little singing things. All the kids love these. I got a carpet cleaner (yay) and Morgyn got money. 

 Instead of making gingerbread houses this year I decided we would just make little trees. It means a lot less candy in their little bellies!

Jared and Isaac.

 Right as we were getting started a couple of friends came by to see if the boys could play. Yay, less candy for my kids and plenty to share!

Alex and John

Jacob and Ian

 At pre-school Isaac got some magic reindeer food to sprinkle on the lawn for Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve!

 He thought he heard Santa coming! So cute.