Soccer

Munchkin loves playing Soccer, I practice with her on the trampoline. Buddy Boy likes to be involved as well. I would like to get some soccer goals to play in the backyard, but that will be a project in the future. Here is some of the fun. ~Dad

Good bye "Tiki Room"

I finally finished our new room. It is now the computer/storage room. I didn't get a before picture, but I did get one after i did some demo work. ~Dad

Happy Earth Day!

I admit it...my family, we are a bunch of tree huggers...literally:-). I love the whole "green living" movement that has swept the nation, and I have a lot of fun trying to figure out how to reduce my carbon print on our planet. I admit I haven't spent as much time this year trying to find new ways, but I have improved on some of the ways we were already trying:

- Reuseable grocery bags - We bought a bunch of these last Earth Day, but I didn't use them regularly. I didn't really get into the habit. Now, we're in the habit, and the bags have paid for themselves since I get a $0.05 discount for each bag used. (I always have to remind the checkers to give me the discount, and they're not usually nice about it, but I want my 5 cents, dang it!)

- Driving less - We've done this, but it's been more out of necessity than choice. Thank goodness for necessity! It's been good, I've lost a few lbs and gotten more fresh air, right?

-Gardening - We're expanding our garden this year, although not to save the environment as much as to save MONEY! I'm super excited with my new canning supplies!

More Creative Play

Seriously, who needs battery operated toys? What a waste when there are Huggies boxes and trees (see post below) to play with!

Tree Jumping

I get gray hairs over this one...but I'm proud of my kids for being so creative with their entertainment choices!

Easter Weekend Fun

We had a pretty fun filled Easter weekend...and we hope you all did too! I love reading about all the fun things everyone did. Since I love it, I'm gonna assume that you all are dying to hear about ours...so here you go!

We started Thursday afternoon. While Buddy Boy was napping, we colored some hard boiled eggs.

After Buddy Boy woke up, he discovered the new colored "balls" and began rolling them around and lining them up. I figured there was no harm in that, until he decided he should throw them instead.

Saturday we went to the Taylorsville park Easter egg hunt. The eggs were all gone within the first 2 minutes, and so Munchkin didn't get one and was disappointed. Luckily, there were volunteers handing out handfuls of candy to those who didn't find anything. We then ventured over to the playground where the kids played and we climbed trees.

Immediately following the park, Dad took Munchkin to Lowe's to build her free birdhouse with their workshop they do, and I took Buddy Boy with me to my cousin's baby shower. Vicky, my cousin, was able to adopt a precious baby boy, after waiting and wanting it for so many years, so it was a beautiful event! I didn't get pictures of that, but here are some pictures of Munchkin at the workshop.

After that we did our own Easter egg hunt in the backyard. The kids enjoyed it so much that they kept going outside and re-hiding the eggs. Sunday morning the Easter bunny brought Easter baskets, and then we went to church for a wonderful meeting. I taught sharing time, it was my first time as the counselor, so I was nervous, but it went well. We got out of church at 4:00, headed over to my mom's for 5:00 dinner (which was delish, as always), and then headed home so I could take my dreaded math test!

Good weekend, all in all, I'd say.Frugal and fun packed.