April 16

Campbell had his vocal concert tonight. No pictures mom didn't check to make sure her equipment worked prior to leaving. We have the whole thing on video though so ask to see it when you come over. You can even ask Campbell to give a short performance. I don't guarantee that you will get anything from him but if you do it will bring a smile to your face.

April 12

It was cold out today. But my outdoor boy had to ride his motorbicycle at Gragra Peters house. He was on the real one yesterday so he knew how to make the motorcycle noise. Thank goodness the warm weather is here. Wish it would come more than every other day.

April 11

After a long drive to my home town last night. It was a busy day today. We saw the Easter bunny and received 23 eggs from him and his helpers. We checked out the progress on mom and dad's remodeling job. Mom and I helped crack 400 eggs for the Easter Breakfast and Dad and Campbell played a 2 1/2 hour game of Monopoly. Not really sure how Campbell talked dad into that one.

April 6

Campbell is feeling Mr. T and got out all his necklaces. Why he has so many I don't know. He does know who Mr. T is, we have a channel that shows the A-Team every night. I should tell you that you don't see pictures of Campbell very often now because he is camera shy. With Jamison you get out a small device and he thinks it's time to pose for a picture. I hope that doesn't change.

April 4

This is how you can usually find us on any given morning. Jamison sitting on the counter waiting for his toast to pop up so he can have his "butter & lelly". He's getting better at saying it, but now he wants to help you make it. The time varies any where between 5:30 and 7. Most week day mornings it is Brian feeding him because I have distracted him with Motorbicycles on T.V.

April 3

This was bath night and we put bubbles in the bath. Jamison was ecstatic, but to me it means 2 hours in the bathroom not just one. This is not a regular thing and I took video of Jamison screaming because he didn't want the bubbles to leave. Bad Mommy, getting a kick out of something so distressing to my child. He'll hate me for it too when I show it to his children.

March 26

This is a rare occasion. Both boys ready for school/daycare and there is still time for them to watch T.V. with out mom yelling to get something done. I took a sneak shot on this otherwise the fingers would not be in the mouth. Five minutes before they were fighting over what channel they were going to watch.

March 25

Jamison got a big boy bed today. He loved it. We need to do some rearranging but first we have to get a frame. Brian has three in storage but they aren't the right type of course so we are going to have to purchase one. Not to excited about that. Jamison is busy jumping on his bed now instead of Campbell's

Happy St. Patrick's Day

What a beautiful day St. Patrick's Day was. Sunny and warm. It was almost 70 here.

I Miss You Already

My last living grandparent passed away today and I miss her already. I remember her trying to teach me how to sew, because my mom wasn't very good at it. You could tell she just wanted to do it herself but she let me make a few mistakes. She always had cookies or a treat for us. After hearing us girls giggle for about an hour and a half she would come in and recommend that we go to sleep soon. I feel so fortunate to have seen her this last weekend and to know that I got to tell her how much I love her. I know that she is happier now because she is with grandpa but my heart aches knowing she won't be there when we go to Schleswig anymore. Grandma God Bless and tell grandpa Hi from us.

Sturgis Falls

Well, the annual celebration for Cedar Falls took place this weekend and we probably spent 3 hours tops there when we usually spend the whole weekend. Due to the flooding over half the activities were canceled. That half is the ones we go to. We did go to the Car Show today and they had an orange Thing there. They are such a cool car. They didn't have any convertible '65 Mustangs. Come to think about it they didn't have any convertible mustangs there at all. I think that is strange, don't you? Campbell and Brian went to the Midway this afternoon. I think they had a pretty good time. It sounded like they rode every ride they wanted at least twice and didn't have to wait in line. The best part of this weekend was going up to the cabin on Saturday with Natalie and her children. Campbell taught R and E how to fish. They both caught a little Blue Gill. Campbell didn't catch a fish this time, but he liked having others down on the dock fishing with him. It was a little cooler than we would have liked. I can't believe the kids went swimming anyway. They were good when they were in the water but while in the pontoon they were cold. Natalie and the kids were our first guests that weren't family. I hope they come up with us again.

Mother's Day

This is a day late because I was just to tired to post last night when we came home. That could be another post.

I know I always tease my mom about all the bad things I have inherited from her but I have been thinking this past week of all the good things I received from her gene pool and because of her philosophises. Thank you mom.

My youthful appearance.
My long fingers and toes.
My ability to laugh at myself.
My open mindedness.
my love of reading.
My willingness to try new things.
My travel bug.

My mom's ability to do the things she loves by herself is one trait I am working on. I have a problem doing the by myself thing.

Zoo Trip

In honor of Mother's Day my guest blogger is my mom who went to the Henry Dorley Zoo with us.

Went to the zoo with Heidi, Campbell and Jamison. It took a while to figure out how to get to the animals we wanted to see first. We decided to see the elephants and rhinos first because they are the farthest away and we are fresh to walk up the hills. We have a few detours but we arrive and Campbell gets a wonderful shot of the elephant relieving himself. Right after his mom tells him not to take a picture of that. He listens well!!! We liked the cats and gorillas and there are birds everywhere. My favorites are the penquins. I think the boys liked the aquarium the best. Sometimes you feel like you are in the water with the fish. It was a beautiful day, not too hot or cold.

No More Crib

Well it is official I have no more babies in my house. Yeah!?! I don't know if I was ready for this or not but apparently Brian was. On Tuesday during bath time he took off the side of the crib to make it into a toddler bed. The first night we put Jamison back in bed 5 times. Wednesday it was 3 and by Thursday he stayed in bed when it was bed time. He is not afraid to come out in the morning to let us know that he is ready to start the day. Luckily it has been after 6:30 and not at 5 or earlier. I hope that craziness is worked out of his system at least until he goes to school.

I have been reading the book "Photography for Scrapbookers" and played around a little on Friday before we turned in the passport applications. Here are the two I think are the best. Let me know what you think.

Swimming Yesterday

We went swimming yesterday in the warmest pool around. However it wasn't as warm as it usually is. Campbell takes a while to warm up to swimming but when it's time to go home he isn't ready to go. Jamison is a daredevil if you are not holding on to him when he sees the pool he will walk right in. Yesterday they both were treading water like pros. Jamison after much fighting finally got us to let go of him so he could try solo. In the video if I would have zoomed closer you would have seen a smile as big as Texas on Jamison's face. He didn't even mind when he went crooked and dunked his head under the water.

Minneapolis

We were in Minneapolis this weekend (no pictures my battery died on the way there) to watch the supercross race. Brian and Campbell went to the race. Jamison and I figured we would go to the Mall of America until we found out that it was the grand opening of the Nickelodeon Amusement park. Then we were going to go swimming. The pool was freezing. It was 10 a.m. and we had nothing to do. Brian wanted to go to the MOA. I was ready to leave after 5 minutes. Brian and Campbell did Nascar Silicon Motor Speedway. They did three races and they had a blast. I was in the MOA for 4 hours and that was the only store I went into besides the newsstand to get a snacks and drinks for the trip home. Not a very memorable weekend getaway for me or Jamison. Brian and Campbell on the other hand rate it a No. 1 vacation.

I received a package today

I received a package today. I knew it would be there when I came home. I was so excited. I ordered a Lisa & Becky rail cart from scrapbooking-warehouse. As I pulled the pieces out of the box, I kept waiting for Brian to come home. I also kept moving Jamison off the pieces. Campbell was playing in the box it came it. Boxes are such cheap entertainment why even wrap toys in them at Christmas? Well, Brian didn't get home for supper but we were able to distract Jamison with food while Campbell and I put my cart together. Then while Jamison was distracted with supper (notice the theme, he is a growing boy), I started loading my cart with all the paper files that have been behind the couch for two years. Campbell put my paper trimmer in the paper trimmer holder and we started filling the basket with tools. I want another one already! Now I can't wait for my books from Simple Scrapbook Magazine. Why does it take 10 days for them to leave their warehouse? There has to be a better way.

We have 94 days till our Cancun trip. Will we all get our passports in time? Will I get in swimsuit shape by then? I started a workout plan last night. I mailed my passport renewal application today. The momentum has started.

Where was Brian all night you ask? He was at Lake Delhi working on our dock.

Final post for today

Today the boys were busy with their cousins J and C. Campbell and C played video games and Jamison and J threw bouncy balls down our steps (A regular occurance in this house). Then the family went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa. Both boys were very tired at bedtime. I better sign off since I loaded the page down tonight.

Another Blizzard

Well this weekend is about the 8th blizzard of the season. I think all but one has happened on the weekend. Which is okay by me, I'm a homebody by choice. It didn't start snowing until Saturday night, So I did everything that I need to do on Saturday. Rachael and Natalie came over so Rachael could show us the ends and outs of our blog sites. Watch out, now I can add pictures and links! Rachael also spent a little time taking pictures of the boys hopefully she got a few shots with them both together and looking decent. I never accomplish that. I will post a few once I get them back. We did our weekly trip to Wal-Mart also. Crowds everywhere. Campbell spent the weekend playing his new video game "Monster Jam". Here's the gamer going at it. I'm off to surf the web a little before bed. Have a good night