Well this weekend we celebrated birthday's
Saturday - 6/23 we celebrated Daniel's fifth birthday! It went off well, except we ran out of the salads that I made :( Friday night I cleaned and decorated the cake - spongebob. Saturday we finished the cleaning and I made all the salads and sides for the meal. We just did burgers and hot dogs. I think we had enough for everyone. Daniel recieved a bunch of cool presents and only one duplicate. Then Frank & Lois stayed for dinner and that was nice. The kids were cranky from too much running around but outside of that it was a good night.
Sunday - 6/24 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA! My grandma turned 85! we went up to Cleveland for lunch and it was nice. The kids did really well except at the end when they were getting bored of being in a restaurant. Then we went to my parent's house just to wear the kids out but that did not work. They were up the whole car ride home. When we got home we all had some cereal and then went to bed. Everyone was asleep within a half hour.
I think that is it for today. later.... oh yeah hate my job
Monday, June 25, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
Daniel is 5
Daniel turned 5 on June 19, 2007! Happy Birthday my boy!
We started the celebration in Cleveland with a mini-golf party with Noah and Corrie. Grandma & Grandpa Aukerman were there also. They are the best. The kids had a great time except for poor Noah. His mom went nutty on him and kicked him off the course for doing something that the other 4 kids were doing. We were the only people on the course so it was no big deal except for her. I like her most of the time but sometimes her parenting is less than desired.
Later that day we went to the metroparks for a picnic for mom's birthday. I was leery about it at first because of the heat but it turned out to be such a fun time.
On the 19th - Tony went with Daniel to but a bike for his birthday. He got a bike similar to Patrick's and loves it! I am so happy. We went out to Bob Evans for lunch and he seemed to have a good time.
This weekend we have the family in for the BIG party. YEAH - it is so stressful but hey it is family.
Later... me
We started the celebration in Cleveland with a mini-golf party with Noah and Corrie. Grandma & Grandpa Aukerman were there also. They are the best. The kids had a great time except for poor Noah. His mom went nutty on him and kicked him off the course for doing something that the other 4 kids were doing. We were the only people on the course so it was no big deal except for her. I like her most of the time but sometimes her parenting is less than desired.
Later that day we went to the metroparks for a picnic for mom's birthday. I was leery about it at first because of the heat but it turned out to be such a fun time.
On the 19th - Tony went with Daniel to but a bike for his birthday. He got a bike similar to Patrick's and loves it! I am so happy. We went out to Bob Evans for lunch and he seemed to have a good time.
This weekend we have the family in for the BIG party. YEAH - it is so stressful but hey it is family.
Later... me
Thursday, June 14, 2007
My Favorited Things
Between Ali Edwards challange the one little word blog challange I have decided to do one scrapbook page to cover them both and the title is "My Favorite Things"
- watching tv
- indians baseball
- summer fruit
- my kids
- my husband
- my parents
- talbots jeans
- qvc
- my wedding ring set
- crisp sheets
- margaritas
- tim mcgraw
- the internet
- getting my hair cut/colored
- philosophy bath gels
- the red chair in the living room
- bedtime
- golf
- my mini-van
- my fluffy bathrobe
Now get scrapping!!!!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Patrick with Glasses and other things
I cannot believe it my little boy is getting glasses :( or is it :). I am really on the fence about this one. I know if he needs them than that is good but part of me is not so sure he needs them. But I can not see what he sees or does not see.
He is very excited about getting glasses so that is the whole plus in this!
Saturday we went out to celebrate Daniel's fifth birthday! He received a birthday card from California Pizza Kitchen so we went there for a big blowout dinner. It included dessert! They ate pretty well regarding the meal but did not eat the dessert - go figure.
Then we went to Target to do some birthday wish list shopping. He is so matter of fact it is not funny. He big new phrase is "I think so" he is not like his brother who is a definite yes or no. He is Mr. Maybe! Too Cute.
Sunday we did church which I don't know why we go. We get nothing out of it. It is just punching a clock for lower tuition and that is it. The kids argue with us prior but once there they are fine - but it is a battle prior to. Then we went shopping at Lowe's and shoe shopping for the kids. Colleen is the only one to get shoes a really cute white pair with a butterfly on them. The boys wanted to buy tennis shoes but they do not need new tennis shoes since their current shoes are the size they are measuring but try to explain that to a kid. I wanted them to get nice brown sandals but NO WAY for them. UGH!! Much better when they were younger.
better run....
He is very excited about getting glasses so that is the whole plus in this!
Saturday we went out to celebrate Daniel's fifth birthday! He received a birthday card from California Pizza Kitchen so we went there for a big blowout dinner. It included dessert! They ate pretty well regarding the meal but did not eat the dessert - go figure.
Then we went to Target to do some birthday wish list shopping. He is so matter of fact it is not funny. He big new phrase is "I think so" he is not like his brother who is a definite yes or no. He is Mr. Maybe! Too Cute.
Sunday we did church which I don't know why we go. We get nothing out of it. It is just punching a clock for lower tuition and that is it. The kids argue with us prior but once there they are fine - but it is a battle prior to. Then we went shopping at Lowe's and shoe shopping for the kids. Colleen is the only one to get shoes a really cute white pair with a butterfly on them. The boys wanted to buy tennis shoes but they do not need new tennis shoes since their current shoes are the size they are measuring but try to explain that to a kid. I wanted them to get nice brown sandals but NO WAY for them. UGH!! Much better when they were younger.
better run....
Friday, June 8, 2007
Once again where did the time go....
I am lousy at this blogging thing. I keep forgetting to go online and write. UGH!
Well let us see what has happened in the past months...
1st - the boys have finished their school year. Patrick & Daniel both did great!
2nd - miss colleen still is not fully potty trained. I blame us but who knows
3rd - I turned 40! YEAH who cares... it is just a number. I don't feel 40 but what should it feel like..... I am happy with most of my life. I hate working and stuff but outside of that it is good here.
Nothing new going on in our lives - that is sad :( we did plant a garden. I have to take photos of it since we have a camera now. We bought one to celebrate our turning 40 this year. Tony has 3 months but he still is going to be 40.
talk to you sometime soon.....
Well let us see what has happened in the past months...
1st - the boys have finished their school year. Patrick & Daniel both did great!
2nd - miss colleen still is not fully potty trained. I blame us but who knows
3rd - I turned 40! YEAH who cares... it is just a number. I don't feel 40 but what should it feel like..... I am happy with most of my life. I hate working and stuff but outside of that it is good here.
Nothing new going on in our lives - that is sad :( we did plant a garden. I have to take photos of it since we have a camera now. We bought one to celebrate our turning 40 this year. Tony has 3 months but he still is going to be 40.
talk to you sometime soon.....
Monday, April 16, 2007
time flies
it has been over a month since I wrote to myself here.... I need to get better at this. How do people do this daily. I would rather veg out and do nothing --- hmmm I think I see the problem with my life.
Two birthday parties down and one to go! I can't believe my kids are getting so big.
Colleen is 3! I unfortunately do not have pictures from her party since I broke the camera. I am waiting for pictures from people but alas nothing. what a shocker there!
Patrick is 6! my baby boy is 6! guess he is not a baby mom. He is enjoying 6 so far - had three days worth of celebrating. and he has another one next week with his friends from school. So far there are three girls who said they would be there hopefully more people reply soon.
better go and seduce the husband. he is sick but oh well
Two birthday parties down and one to go! I can't believe my kids are getting so big.
Colleen is 3! I unfortunately do not have pictures from her party since I broke the camera. I am waiting for pictures from people but alas nothing. what a shocker there!
Patrick is 6! my baby boy is 6! guess he is not a baby mom. He is enjoying 6 so far - had three days worth of celebrating. and he has another one next week with his friends from school. So far there are three girls who said they would be there hopefully more people reply soon.
better go and seduce the husband. he is sick but oh well
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
SNOW
SNOW - SNOW - SNOW ==== will it ever stop ---- I don't KNOW!
It has been snowing here since about 6 AM when I awoke and it hasn't stopped. The kids and I have gone out to shovel 2 times and it makes no difference. The snow is to drifty for them to enjoy it properly.
Of course, Tony is out of town when this happens. I am just sick of it.
I went to take a picture and guess what... my camera will not work. UGH! I am going to bed. LATER
It has been snowing here since about 6 AM when I awoke and it hasn't stopped. The kids and I have gone out to shovel 2 times and it makes no difference. The snow is to drifty for them to enjoy it properly.
Of course, Tony is out of town when this happens. I am just sick of it.
I went to take a picture and guess what... my camera will not work. UGH! I am going to bed. LATER
Monday, February 5, 2007
What a month already .. . . . .
February -- can we go back to January. This month so far has not been good. Starts with my dad having a mild heart-attack (is that an oxymoron or what). He had one about 11:30 AM on February 1. He had the where with all to go to the hospital when he started to have chest pains. He got to the emergency room and had the heart-attack. They took him to the Cleveland Clinic to have a catheterization and they found one artery was 100% block, one was 85% and the others were fine. They put stents in the 100% blocked artery and are doing angioplasty today (2/5) on the other. Hopefully everything goes smoothly. So Tony & I went up to Cleveland to visit dad and stay with mom on Thursday night.
My aunt & uncle came over to watch the kids. Patrick had a big day at school on Friday - he was to go to a lunch with an author who writes about animals and their habitats (this is so up his alley). Turns out the author was sick :( so Patrick did not get to meet him. That night at school they had family fun night (we drove home for that) and it was lame! They do not do these well. He won a basket of goodies in the raffle and is having fun sharing with his brother and sister.
Saturday - we all drove up to Cleveland to visit my dad. The kids got to see him and that made him happy. Colleen discovered dress up that day. She recieved a Little Mermaid costume for Christmas and decided that morning she needed to wear it for Grandpa. Well everyone in the hospital loved her and commented on how she looked. SHe kept saying "mommy everyone loves my dress". It was too cute. WE stayed the night with my mom and Tony & I watched Anne of Green Gables on the 42" TV. AWESOME
Sunday - we visited dad again and this time he looked tired. His right arm was swollen. The doctors were not sure why - they think RA or Gout. By the time we left he was in better spirits. And on this day the weather decided to laugh at the groundhog (who said winter is almost over) and bring in a cold front and I am talking COLD. Single digits!
Monday - It is -2 degrees right now and it is 10:30 in the morning!!!! The kids got the day off because it was too cold and dangerous for them to go outside.
My aunt & uncle came over to watch the kids. Patrick had a big day at school on Friday - he was to go to a lunch with an author who writes about animals and their habitats (this is so up his alley). Turns out the author was sick :( so Patrick did not get to meet him. That night at school they had family fun night (we drove home for that) and it was lame! They do not do these well. He won a basket of goodies in the raffle and is having fun sharing with his brother and sister.
Saturday - we all drove up to Cleveland to visit my dad. The kids got to see him and that made him happy. Colleen discovered dress up that day. She recieved a Little Mermaid costume for Christmas and decided that morning she needed to wear it for Grandpa. Well everyone in the hospital loved her and commented on how she looked. SHe kept saying "mommy everyone loves my dress". It was too cute. WE stayed the night with my mom and Tony & I watched Anne of Green Gables on the 42" TV. AWESOME
Sunday - we visited dad again and this time he looked tired. His right arm was swollen. The doctors were not sure why - they think RA or Gout. By the time we left he was in better spirits. And on this day the weather decided to laugh at the groundhog (who said winter is almost over) and bring in a cold front and I am talking COLD. Single digits!
Monday - It is -2 degrees right now and it is 10:30 in the morning!!!! The kids got the day off because it was too cold and dangerous for them to go outside.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Happy Anniversary
Tony & I celebrated our 7th anniversary on January 8. We had a nice quiet dinner at The Warehouse here in town (Marion, OH). My parents came down to watch the kids so we could go out to eat. After we took the kids to gymnastics when went out to eat. I had pizza & Tony had ravioli. Then we went home to tuck the kids into bed and watch the Buckeye's play in the National Championship Game (the reason we stayed in town was to watch the game). Well we should have gone out of town since the game was a disaster for the Buckeye's.
Word of the Year con't
I asked Tony to select his word for the year and he choose PRESENT. He plans to start living in the present and not worry about the past or what will or won't happen in the future. I think that this is a great word for him. He does focus way to much time and energy on worrying about things outside of today and his relm.
GOOD LUCK Tony
GOOD LUCK Tony
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Word for the year challange
My favorite blog is Ali Edwards. I read so many times a day it is not funny. I love to see what other people have to say and what she has to say on life. What she says hits home so much of the time.
This week she is challanging people to choose a word to define their outlook for 2007... I have been thinking about this alot and I think my word will be PATIENCE --- I need patience with myself (need to realize things are not always perfect and I need to allow myself to not be). Patience with my kids (don't we all) and understand or realize that they are just that KIDS. They like to make messes (I need to patiently teach them to clean it up at the end of the day); run around like crazy people; jump on one another in fun; stay up past bedtime; and so many other things that just drive me nuts but they are things that can be looked over if you just let yourself.
PATIENCE - I will think about this daily and pray about it!
Thanks Ali!
This week she is challanging people to choose a word to define their outlook for 2007... I have been thinking about this alot and I think my word will be PATIENCE --- I need patience with myself (need to realize things are not always perfect and I need to allow myself to not be). Patience with my kids (don't we all) and understand or realize that they are just that KIDS. They like to make messes (I need to patiently teach them to clean it up at the end of the day); run around like crazy people; jump on one another in fun; stay up past bedtime; and so many other things that just drive me nuts but they are things that can be looked over if you just let yourself.
PATIENCE - I will think about this daily and pray about it!
Thanks Ali!
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Start of 2007
Well 2007 started out with a bang..... we did nothing in our household yesterday except drive one another crazy. We have been couped up for 2 days because of sheer laziness on the parents part to get the kiddos out of the house. we did get out of the house to run to the "mall" to buy the kids calendars for 2007. We were able to buy Colleen a Dora calendar (but she will not out it up on the wall). They did not have anything for the boys. Daniel did get a Bob the Builder ornament from Hallmark for 50% off! Patrick picked out some ornaments for Tony & I.
This photo is from August 2006
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