And then there were four...

Just wanted to let you all know that there will be a new little Pitcher in early October.

Productive Morning

It is 11:47 and so far today has been a very productive day. I have exercised, given Will a bath, fed Isaac twice, swept the kitchen floor, mopped the kitchen floor, raked the front yard (4 bags full and there is still a pike taller than Will), done a load of laundry, and taken a shower. I am very happy to have gotten so much done so far. I still have a lot to do but even if nothing else got done today I would still feel like I've gotten a lot done. What about everyone else? Oh, my brother and his wife are having their third girl this morning. I'm so excited for them.

Video of sledding

This is Jason making Layla go sledding!

Sledding

This morning we decided to go sledding. We tried to go down the hill that we live on, but it is WAY too steep. Jason slid down one side of the house, almost propelled off the pad we built for the playground, and ended up imbedded in the sticker bush at the bottom of the hill, not to mention coming to a dead stop against a giant rock, which left a nice bruise on his back. I decided to go down the other side, which Jason stated, "Just for the record, this is a bad idea." I did propell off the neighbors retaining wall, lost the sled, and landed on my Rt hip. Which I am happy to say is bruising nicely. We packed the kids, and the sleds into the car and went over to the church and slid down the hill there. The snow is frozen solid so you walk on the top and don't get dirty and snowy. It was tons of fun. We didn't last too long because Layla and Ryan didn't want to sled. Jason did grab each of them once and forced them to ride down. See our family blog for more pics.

Nauvoo

Has anyone been to Nauvoo lately? When did you go? What did you do? Did you take young kids with you? We would love any information anyone has to share. We are thinking of going there in the spring... if it ever comes! Thanks!

Valentine's day

What is everyone doing for Valentine's? We don't really have any plans until Friday. Then we are going out to eat and then maybe walk around the mall. I know, very exciting. I might see if we can go to the Botanical Gardens instead. I went to Longwood gardens in Philly once and loved it. Ever since then I have wanted to visit all the gardens I can. The Botanical Gardens in OKC aren't nearly as cool or as big as the one in Philly but I am still excited to go. I also think we will have our traditional pink heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. Mike is also taking half of Wed. and all of Thursday off so when he gets home we are making cookies to take to Will's friends for Valentine's. What is everyone else planning?

Trail Mix???

I don't know why these are sideways, but they took so long to download that I am not trying again... just turn your head!!

We recently have been trying to come up with healthier snack ideas. Aunt Jess gave us the idea of making a trail mix snack with some good things in it as well as some yummy treats. Mikayla recently celebrated the 100th day of school. Each student brought in 100 somethings to share and mix into a snack mix. We thought to combine the two ideas and make something unique to our tastes. We talked about what we might put into the mix. We came up with several things that we like and would be good. I went to the store to get the groceries. What we ended up with was a monstrosity, but they seem to like it. Should anyone like to try this, here is the "Recipe"

Quaker Oat Square Squares Cereal

Cocoa Puffs Cereal

Swedish Fish

Gummy Worms

M & M's

Reese's Pieces

Pretzels

Animal Crackers

Cheetos Puffs

Raisins

Conversation Hearts

Directions:

Dump everything into the biggest bowl that you own. Mix it all up. Eat it, being sure to leave the raisins, the only good for you item, in the bowl.

Rebecca's 14

Here is a picture of Rebecca on her birthday. She didn't make it to school today because she was sick, but by dinner time she was well enough to go out for ribs to one of our favorite restaurants, Tony Roma's. It was delicious. You may also notice Rebecca now has braces. She got them just 2 weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Rebecca!

Happy Birthday Rebecca! Now that you are 14, we would like to line you up for babysitting!

Ryan's First Birthday!

Yesterday was Ryan's first birthday! Checkout our family blog to see more pics. We had a party on Saturday! It was lots of fun.

You've got to try this

I got the message below in an e-mail and after I did it I couldn't stop laughing. Try it and post your results...

Ralph

OK, so this is really weird, but it works..

How Smart is Your Right Foot? This is so funny that it will boggle your mind. And you will keep trying at least 50 more times to see if you can outsmart your foot, But you can't.
1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction. I told you so .....And there's nothing you can do about it. Make sure you pass this on to your friends...they won't be able to believe it either!!