The things kids say

I just have to share a few of the things the boys have said recently:

The boys and I were talking about Daddy's birthday comming up last week and Preston told me:
"We should get Daddy a "7" and a "3" that way he won't have too many candles to blow out,"  Shawn turned 37 yesterday. 

We went to my parents house for dinner Sat. night and my mom had made a new potato salad recipe that uses pesto.  While eating dinner the following conversation went on:

Me: Kaleb eat your potatoes.  (I had put two potatoes from my mom's potatoe salad on his plate plus two plain potates from what I made).
Kaleb: Mommy, I only want to eat CLEAN potatoes. 
We all lost it!  We laughed, and laughed and laughed.  Oma said "I didn't know I made dirty potatoes."  LOL 

Love all the silly stuff these boys come up with to say. 

Just Moved!!

Just Moved!!

We finally moved into our new home in April!  YEA!  We are still in the process of unpacking...man it's hard to have motivation and energy to unpack after working all day outside the home.  The boys room is almost done.  They decided that they wanted to do a super hero theme, so their bedroom is spider man blue and red.  Don't worry, only one wall is red, and it's the wall with the window thankgoodness!  My parents came over and painted the room for us.  The boys say that Oma & Opa helped THEM paint  LOL!!  They are a hoot!  I found some really cool metal pictures at Hobby Lobby that have different heros on them - spiderman, superman, batman etc.  They were even half off!  SCORE!  I was also able to find batman bathroom items at Target.  Pictures to come soon of the boys room and bathroom.  They are loving it!!

Here's a pic with two of the metal pictures that I found at Hobby Lobby. 

Christmas family photos

Family photos for Christmas 2012.

Silly Boys!

House for sale

We put our house on the market back in July.  We got an offer in Nov. but it just wasn't time or God's will for us to sell yet.  We actually were about to take it off the market when we got the call after a showing the week after Christmas.  The lady loves our house.  We had an offical offer the first week of Jan.  She is even paying asking price!  I can hardly believe it!  So we had to really get on the ball of finding our next home.  Originally we wanted either 4 bedrooms or 3 and a study or a formal dining area.  We found a great house in Yukon, made an offer and have an agreed contract.  We just did the inspection on Friday.  There are a few more things that need to be fixed than expected, but will see what happens when we send the repair list to the owner.  One of the great things is the owner no longer lives in the house, so they are pretty motivated and we can start moving our stuff to the garage before we close.  We hope to find out this week what the next step is and if we will come to an agreement and still close on Feb. 11th, 2013.  I have been packing my little heart out.  There is only 2 weekends before we actally start moving.  YIKES!  Good thing I had today off.  I have been throwing away quite a bit of "stuff" that we do not need or putting it in a "donate" or "garage sale" box/bags.  Man do we accumulate a bunch of paperwork!  The boys bring home 2+ papers most days from daycare and then all the junk mail we get...  I am really excited for the next chapter God has in store for us.  Pics to come of the new house!

Melt My Heart

A few Sunday nights ago, we visited some friends church for their Thanksgiving pot luck dinner.  The pastor spoke and had some music after dinner.  One of the songs we sang was "Oh how He loves you and me" (http://youtu.be/TpNfRsGZhmI).  Kaleb was sitting at the table next to me and as I was singing I look over at him and he is watching me.  As we were singing I would point to Kaleb when we sang "oh how. He loves You" and then point to me.  Then he started singing it too!!!  It warmed my heart and soul and brought me to tears.  I don't know how the people that do not have a relationship with Jesus and have children can go about their life and not realize that unless they do ask Him into their and their childrens lives, that they will not get to be with their children and Jesus for eternity in Heaven.  I want nothing more than to be with my children in heaven when it is our time to leave this earth.  God has blessed us with these lives and I pray that our children will continue to follow God's will for their life. 

Oklahoma/Texas

I am so bad at this blogging!  I guess I have a pretty good excuse though, two wonderful little boys that occupy most of my attention.  I can't believe it has been over a year since my last post.  A lot sure has happened since then!  P & K are almost 4 1/2 now.  They started Pre-K this school year.  YIKES!  They are so smart!  Learning so much so fast!  They are WAY excited this week because their Grandpa has moved here from Texas!!!  YEA!   It is so funny to listen to the boys talk to their Grandpa.  I think P would talk non stop all day, all night about anything and everything he thinks Grandpa needs to know.  Quite entertaining.  It's going to be fun now that they will be able to stay the night with Grandpa.  Woo Hoo!! 

Holidays & Crafts

So what has been happening with everyone?  We have been staying busy with work and playing.    I have been trying to be more "crafty" lately, becoming addicted to Pintrest.com.  I have come across several blogs to follow for food and DIY stuff.  I am SO addicted that I even have the app on my phone so I can lay in bed and just scan thru the pins.  I am getting so many ideas of things to make or do with the boys.  I made home made finger paint.  That was interesting!!  It came out too thick, so I will have to try that again sometime.  It is funny how things have changed since having children of my own now.  I use to not like doing projects or making things.  I use to always think, Man I am going to DREAD science projects when the boys get to that stage, but now I am so excited to do it with them.  Thanks to Pintrest.com and all these other people that blog about DIY.  : )  I find lots of new recipies on there to try too.  Shawn is enjoying that part!  : ) 
I got my Christmas gift a few weeks ago- a kitchen aid mixer!  I can bake again!  We really put it to use for Thanksgiving!  We made cookies, mashed potatoes, cream cheese mixture and pies with it.  I almost think I need a 2nd mixer!  My cousin Joni and part of her family got to come for Thanksgiving, so that was really nice to have them with us.  The boys stayed the night with Oma & Opa so I could go shopping with a friend that night for the "black friday" sales.  This was my 2nd time to experiance the craziness.  Last year I got up at like 3am to go shopping on Friday.  This year we went Thurs. night and got home at 5:30am.  That was much easier.  I got the boys Christmas and birthday shopping finished though. 
We still are uncertain of what exactly our plans are for Christmas.  We are supposed to go to Texas to see Shawn's side of the family, but his work schedule (boss) may not allow us to.  Price to pay when you work in the medical field.  Shawn's sister will be in Texas over Christmas, so it would be nice to get to see her.