Posting

This may be the most boring post ever. But really, I think it's way more fun to read other people's blogs then post my own. Plus, I always feel like I need to include pictures. And since I never bring my camera anywhere (I'm forgetful)...

But, I just changed my template--for my readers pleasure :) And I CANNOT get rid of that LIVE, LOVE, LEARN thing by my title. I can't find it anywhere to delete it! I've even tried to find a place to erase the header so I can add it again without the Live, love, learn thing--but it won't let me erase the header. It came with one of the layouts I chose, but now when I change the layout, it stays with me. I'm not so HTML literate. So, does anyone have any ideas? Or am I on my own with this one?

Tyler's Pre-K program

It's getting to be toward the end of the school year for Tyler. They had a program that was really cute--I took some video too, but I decided it was way too jumpy for me to include. It makes me sick to watch it. I Guess next time I need a tripod, or I need to stop talking to the people behind me about how cute my son looks while I'm trying to video him. :)

Their program was a whole bunch of Mother Goose songs and all the kids dressed up as their part. For each song, about three kids would come to the front and act out the song while everyone sang it.

Anyway, I'm including this picture because it shows a lot of the people he talks about at school. First, is Tyler's friend, Koebe. He's on Tyler's right. Koebe and the girl next to Koebe were Old Mother Hubbard. This girl just happens to be one of Tyler's "girlfriends", Victoria (she likes to be called Tori). She's really sweet, I've been to his school a couple times for parties so I've talked to her a few times... without the old lady shawl and glasses and curlers, she's pretty cute too. Not that I condone these relationships...(AND he tells me he has 3 girlfriends, the other two are some of our friends kids)

The other kids in the picture are: Nathanial (to Tyler's left), and according to Tyler, he's mean. Tyler says he just hits people all the time for no reason. Then next to Nathanial is Christian. He's one of Tyler's best friends. All three of them and the other kid in the picture were "This Old Man". They were dressed up in sunglasses and hats because it was a rap song they sang.

So, that's Tyler's life in Pre-K. He's liked it a lot, I just hope he's up for all day kindergarten next year! And let's hope he forgets about the girls. :)

Tyler's Birthday!

He's FINALLY five years old. He sure was excited for the big #5. Here are a few pictures I took throughout the day.


In this one he got that beautiful crown from school. And the dinosaur. The Transformer ring came from the cupcakes I sent to school with him to share with his class for his birthday.

Before we bought the cupcakes, we were talking about what he wanted to take to school. I guess a couple of kids have had these cupcakes with different pastic rings stuck to the top. So he told me he wanted Transformer rings. He then asked if his ring would still fit when he's 5 :)


In this picture he's displaying the beautiful (or feeble attempt at) Transformer cakes. You'll notice the Decepticon insignia on the left and Autobot insignia on the right. I'm quite Transformer literate these days.


I want some cake! That big mouth is from my side of the family :)


Some of the loot. Grandma Strupp was thoughtful and sent some books and things for Hailey and Ashley, so if you're thinking some of those books look a little feminine, it's because they're not for him :)

My Family

I went home this weekend and was able to visit with my family. It was SOOO good to see them, but it was also bittersweet because it was for my Grandpa's funeral. He was a wonderful man and we will miss him so much. I was able to see so much of my family though, and so I was grateful for the opportunity.

This picture is of my full brothers and sister, my dad and stepmom, my grandma, and me. I was able to see more of my sisters, but they are step and half sisters and they didn't attend the funeral (so they're not in the picture :))

I really love visiting and joking with my family, I'm so grateful for such close brothers and sisters who get along so well and genuinely like being around each other. We had a good time this past weekend.

Easter

I know. I was joking with Trevor that we only have one backdrop for the kids in all the pictures we take of them. It's always the same picture of all three kids in front of the fireplace...dressed differently. They even stand in the same order (they do that on their own). In the future I'll try and remember that we need to branch out to other backdrops.

Anyway, this is Easter Sunday before church. I never got an Easter dress growing up, so I figured I'd buy the girls one this year. We don't have too many traditions that I stick to, so maybe the Easter dress will be one of them (but probably not).

I hope all of you had a fun Easter!

Bathtime Can Be Rough

Sad, huh?

We were all done with bathtime and I was getting Hailey out of the tub. She turned around and wanted to pick up some bath toys that were on a towel by the tub. She bent over and her bum hit the toilet and it knocked her forward into the bath. Look at that knob! I can't believe the bump came out that fast and turned grey so fast (can't really see the color in the picture).

It was so sad! I hate seeing my kids get hurt!

Mantle

My husband is amazing. He built this mantle. It's beautiful isn't it?
We've been doing projects on our house for awhile now, I mentioned it before when I had some before and after remodeling pictures. This particular project wasn't at the top of our list so it's been pushed back and pushed back. I'm amazed at how much difference it makes though. I'm really excited to finally have a mantle!