A friend of mine start a blog! I'm so excited so thought I'd share

Another kid funny. The older kids and I have talked about fasting lately in relation to Easter. I overheard a conversation between them the other day. They were talking about different things they were fasting from and giving ideas to each other. Then I heard my daughter say 'I wish we could fast from school.' LOL! Yeah, nice try kiddo!

Pony Rides

Our church puts on a big Easter celebration for the community every year. The only pictures I took were of the pony ride. All the kids were thrilled to ride the ponies and told everyone that their Grammy had horses that they'd get to see this summer.

stand up

Our little guy is pulling himself up on everything these days. He also has another tooth coming in. 7 1/2 months is how long he's been with us.

Our day at the 'circus'

A circus exhibit at the museum. Kids were pretty wild about it.






High wire act. #1 didn't find his balance as easily as he thought.


Little miss flew up and down the wire.


#1 did many flips on this.

Took #2 a few tries to figure out how to flip

All wanted a picture with mr. stone man

menu plans

I don't know about you but I love to look at other peoples ideas about what to eat. I'm big on stocking up(the few trips the better!) and making ahead. Last week I browned up all the ground meat I'll need for the next month. Today and tomorrow are baking days-made a batch of butterhorn rolls and 2 loaves of french bread today. Tomorrow making hamburger buns and pumpkin bread. I usually try to premake a couple meals that I can pull out on busy day too. This helps us eat better(not so tempting to fast food and is healthier for us!) and helps my sanity in trying to get a meal together with a little more speed.

Anyway since my mom had asked for meal ideas for when we visit next thought I'd go ahead and post what's on the menu for the next 2 weeks.

Breakfast
Steel cut oats
Quinoa
Brown Rice (all three of these are served with milk and fruit)
pancakes/waffles with bacon and juice
muffins or pumpkin bread with yogurt
Egg casserole with fruit


Lunch- not big on lunch planning usually leftovers or PB & J
leftovers
pb & j or lunch meat sandwich with veggies
humus and veggies
guacamole with chips and fruit smoothie
salmon turnovers and fruit or veggie
mac & cheese with hot dogs/sausage

Dinner
Roast, potatoes, carrots, green beans, apple sauce and rolls

Taco salad

Chicken soup and rolls

Chicken & rice casserole, apple sauce

Chili Mac and Peas

Pizza with salad or fruit(usually have this on Friday nights)

Pasta with white sauce, veggie and bread

Grill burgers, coleslaw and potato salad

Beef Stroganoff with peas and apple sauce

Tamale pie with salad and fruit

Taco soup

Snacks - don't always have but options are:
chips and salsa
smoothie
popcorn
string cheese
homemade cookies(love to eat but not often inspired to bake!)

creative writing

Fridays are usually days that the older two write letters to whom ever their heart desires. This past week we have been reading some Psalms so instead of our usual letter writing they were asked to write their own Psalm. So I have my daughters to share. Would be happy to share my son's as well but he has misplaced it. I try my best to organize the boy and I have hopes that all my hard work will some day pay off in that area.....until then.

Oh thank you Lord
that we have games

Oh thank you Lord
that I have a family

Oh thank you Lord
that I have four brothers

Oh thank you Lord
that I have a Bible

Oh thank you Lord
that I have you!!!

by #2
age 8
2/26/10

Here is a song I wanted to add....it's been stuck in my head all week.

painting wars

Left with the warning "only paint on the paper" I looked up from helping the older kids with something to see the paint brushes flying at each other.
I guess they were using some restraint as they only got each others back. #4 was a disaster when finished as he ended up painting with his hand. But they had fun and the paint didn't end up on anything inside so all is good.



A beautiful visitor we had today.