Fireballs

Mason is on a soccer team called the Fireballs. He's not a big fan of the name but he will survive. We've only been to a few games since the weather hasn't been very good. We can only stand the rain and cold for so long. But here we are cheerig him on in this first game .

He's actually pretty good at soccer. So far his team is 3 wins to 2 loses. But it's all in good fun so it's no big deal.

(he's #8)

But Mason is really enjoying himself. So go Fireballs!!!

Mothers' Day

Sorry for the delay in blogging. It takes some time to post when I have 4 kids wanting my attention. So I am sneaking away to update our latest news.

On Mother's Day this year Mike was very nice to me. He got me a few special gifts that I have been wanting for a while. A new camera. I have been searching for this camera since Thanksgiving.

See the photo on the front. There's a feature that allows you to see yourself if you take a self portrait. This is my favorite feature on this camera!

Mike also made me a new apron with the phrase "Good Cooker" written on it. Mason always tells me that I'm a good cooker. It was sweet. 

But  in all honesty Motherhood is a hard postition to hold. Some women chose not to try out and some call it quits. But being a mom can be very demanding and challenging. At times I want to pull my hair out but then I remember to take a breath and count.....

1......

 

2.......

3.............

4....................

It usually helps me relax and calm down. And remember what my sister-in-law, Chrissy, wrote on facebook. I traded eyeliner for dark circles, salon hair cuts for ponytails, long showers for 10 minute ones with the door open, late nights for early mornings, designer purses for diaper bags....and I agree with her 100%. I love being a mom. But flowers always sweeten the deal.....

Happy Mother's Day

PYP

I want to share with you one of my favorite shopping websites. This site shows all the greatest shopping deals so you can "Pinch Your Pennies".....get it :-)

Anyways..from this site I learned about Baskin Robbins 31 cent scoop deal. So we headed down to our local BR and look what we seen...

We had to wait maybe 5 minutes. That's ok...it gave us time to look at the menu.

We all got ice cream for $3.33 (with tax)

Even Ducati got her own scoop of mint chocolate chip.....

As you can see Ducati has Lily's genes....I wasn't scooping fast enough for her.

Anyways I hope everyone checks out this website and passes it along. Have fun finding great deals!

http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/

Great Job!

I just want to share that Mike got promoted at work. I know what you're thinking...he just started the new job??? I know.....but my man is great at his job so his managers are moving him up 2 departments. He still works in the warehouse but is in a new area. But usually it takes people around 2 years to get in this area but it took Mike 1 month. Good thing Mike doesn't charge for his awesomness.

Rock-n- Roll Baby

Mike and I love to play Guitar Hero. And it's rubbed off on Ducati. (we did not pose her)

So Rockin' Cute!!

FHE

We usually don't post every Family Home Evening that we do. But last week we did my favorite childhood activity and I wanted to share it with everyone. When I was a kid (from 7-15) I use to make my own clothes. Go figure since I don't know how to use a sewing machine. So I taught my family how to make tie-dye shirts. They really seemed to like it so I just wanted to post it. ( Afterwards Mike is hooked ....you'll see want I'm talking about in a later post)

But here are a few photos of our evening....

Ducati just sat like this.... Mike didn't even have to pose her.

But here's 2 of our end products-

I have worn my shirt already but have not taken a photo of it. It's actually wicked awesome! Mike, Mason, and Hailey have not been photographed yet but I'll catch them.

Cooling off

After our field trip we talked about what we learned then had some fun in the fountains. So here's some adorable pics of the kids water fun....

The photo above Lily was chasing  a plastic bag around. It kept flying around her so she kept spinning around with a huge smile and a cute giggle. Until Mike had to catch her. Great memory!