The boys and I

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Some pictures from the past months

January is full of Birthdays!

Caleb, Mom and I all celebrated our birthdays thus far this month. What a good excuse to play and have fun. I think that is why I like birthdays. Lot's of excuses for fun! Caleb had about 6 friends spend the night and they stayed up playing nerf gun fights and playing the WII. I think they had fun. I got to go shopping and out to lunch a couple times. I even got out with the girls and had margaritas. That is one of our favorite things to do. Over the weekend Chris and I went to Bentonsport, IA and stayed at a bed and breakfast at the Mason House. We did a murder Mystery dinner with our great friends Greg and Diane. There were four other couples with us as well. We took games and we played all night. Grandpa and Grandma Hanssen were kind enough to take the boys for the night. They had a sleep over with their cousins and had tacos and a movie night. (Lucky Ducks!) We all had fun! Jeff, Mom, Dad, Chris and I all got to go out to lunch together on Monday. That was fun. We hit the Button Factory and enjoyed some good food together.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Today is good. Not much new here. At work, still waiting to hear positive word on funding so we can keep our jobs. Chris work is going well. He is still commuting but I think he actually enjoys the quiet time. He did a sleep test last night. He definitely has sleep apnea so we will see if he ends up with more energy after he gets more oxygen while he is sleeping. Sounds like a good move. The boys are great. Silas is doing well at pre-school and Tina's. When I picked him up yesterday, Tina informed me he was kicking her but on the WII games. I told her that did not surprise me at all. We had an exciting Nerf gun fight last night. I got a little to competitive going after a dart, but other then that not to many injuries (sorry Kyle). Silas and I made a good team. He had to keep reminding me to put more bullets in my gun, not just cock it. AH HA! The older three boys stayed busy last night with indoor soccer practice as well. My new treadmill has been keeping busy. So that is a good start to 2009 as well. Tonight we will stay busy with Awana and Bible study. Snow flurries today and colder and windy. I am ready for spring.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

A new year! Here is to 2009

As I told Chris the other day. "2009 is going to Rock" That is my attitude for the new year. I will try harder to keep up on my blog. I fell off the wagon but ...I am climbing back on. Here is to a great 2009.

Friday, September 12, 2008

How the days of summer were spent

Well Summer has come to and end and here are some shots of how our summer days were spent. The boys had fun Playing with Caroline. I had Monday's off and we got some longer weekends together, which was a treat. It was a good summer all in all. Caleb is ready to start 6th grade at Central Middle School and Silas is ready to start Pre-School in the 4 year old room at Discovery Days.

Friday, August 29, 2008

The boys headed to MN with Grandpa and Grandma Hoffman

First week of Aug! All four boys went to Minnesota with Chris' Mom and Dad. They drove 10 hours north to their cabin. The boys love it up there and this year they got to go with their other two cousins as well. Grandpa and Grandma took two cars and six kids. They fished, drove the four wheelers, went to the lodge down the road and played video games,played in the sand, went to turtle races, water parks and had fun just hanging together.

Grandpa and Grandma had their four wheelers up there for them so they got to get around and have fun. They made a sand park in the back of their lot and made motes and tunnels and played for hours back there. Fish were caught and they even got to go tubing and managed to push each other in off the dock. :)

Chris and I drove up to bring them home the following Fri and stayed until Monday. We stopped half way on the way up. I liked that better then doing the whole trip at once. We took Chris' brother CC and wife Rhonda, with us to Minneapolis. Chris Dad Ron, met us the next morning with CC's girls. They drove back to Iowa and we took Ron up to the cabin which is near Bemijee to see the boys. They were excited to see us after being apart seven days. No one got home sick (except mom and Dad) so that was good (we were missed but no tears).

When we got there the boys couldn't wait to take me on a four wheeler ride. We did that and went to the lodge in the evenings to watch the Olympics and hang out. We spent an afternoon at the beach and had fun burying the boys in the sand!

Silas and Seth Kyle and Caleb

Seth's turned 7 the next week so one night we celebrated his birthday as well. He loves to keep and collect THINGS, including rocks. Grandpa and Grandma gave him a huge bag of rocks, big small, shiny rocks. He even got a large GEOD. He was thrilled!

On the way home we made it straight through in 10.5 hours. The boys do really travel well. We are blessed in that way. Everyone had a blast. Thank you Grandpa and Grandma!