Reunion time!

It's time to revisit our reunion plans. This was the previous plan, but as we are closer now,does anyone have other ideas, or changes that should be made?

Mon: Family picture at park in morning
Picnic at park
Unbirthday party and games

Tues: BeachBoardwalk

Wed: BBQ at noon at Crowls
Annoying games

Thurs: Zoo and picnic lunch
Option of attending temple visitor center (10 away from zoo)

Fri: As you can see Friday is blank.

There are additional options that have been mentioned:
Hershey Park
DutchWonderland
Chuck E. Cheese
Philidelphia
DC
New York

We also must have a planning session for future reunions.


Second, we need to talk about foods. Because there are many of us, planning ahead is a must if we don't want to run out of food, and we don't want to do that.
Are there any requests or anything, allergies or hatreds?

Memorial Day

Yesterday we had Andy, Laura, and Nick up for a BBQ. We had a great time eating, swinging, jumping on the trampoline, and throwing the baseball. It was great to have them over for the afternoon!

We bought our tickets!

We finally found a good deal on tickets and bought them. We will be flying in on Saturday the 5th and leaving Saturday the 12th.

We have flowers

Mike bought me containers for Mother's Day. I love them. I went and bought some flowers for them. It makes our front yard so much nicer. We also planted flowers from seed. They are doing very well but no flowers yet. I'm so impatient for them! I also got some beautiful Cali Lilies from Carol. I love them!

Here we come!!

Just letting you all know that we got our tickets today. We will definitely be at the reunion!!! Yeah!! The kids and I will be going in the end of June and Mike will join us on the 4th of July. We will all leave on the 12th. We are so excited!!

How are the rest of your plans going???

A Swap?

Hey, spring finally made it here! I had to find shorts for the kids and put the sweaters away. I just went through all the kids clothes, boxed up some for other kids later on, made a thrift store pile and then another pile of stuff I just can't get rid of. So, I had a thought. I would like to bring a few things and give them to you guys. If I can squeeze them into my luggage, that is. I wouldn't have stuff for everyone, probably just Layla, maybe Sarah, Eli, and maybe new baby when we find out what he/she is. If you are interested, let me know what sizes those kids are right now. I also might have a skirt or two or my own, although I am not "stylish" so no one might want it. Anything that no one wants we could just run over to a thrift shop near mom's house. If you don't want my stinkin' clothes, though, just say so and I wont bring them. We are always looking for pass along clothes, though, so I thought I'd share what I can. It's easier for me to give my favorite things to family than to just any one.

Food blog

I want to start a food blog. Do you want to join me? I would set one up and any time you find something you like, or try something new, you could post it on that blog. You could do drinks, sides, desserts, main course, etc. If you have a story behind the food you could post that too. I think it would be fun to include a picture of the food although, that wouldn't be necessary. It would be fun to post tips on the blog as well. If you have a great bbq tip or baking secret, or a question about how to do something, etc. You could post a favorite restraunt if you want...pretty much anything food. Anyone interested?

oh, I'm also asking my sisters (and brothers if they want to be included) to join the blog as well.

What will our Baby be?

Laura will have her diagnostic ultrasound on the 27th. What do you all think she'll have? While both Laura and I will be thrilled and happy with what ever the Lord sends us, we each have our beliefs as to what to expect. After every one has guessed, I'll put what we think, and then on the 27th, we'll tell you what the ultrasound tech thinks.

New post??

I was getting tired of seeing the same post everyday. Doesn't anyone have anything worth blogging about? How about some pictures or stories about the construction going on in some homes? Anything good going on the last weeks of school? I don't have much, myself.

We are looking for a home. A inexpensive home. A nice home. A home in a nice neighborhood. We are not finding that yet... bummer.

What are you doing??

Cinco de Mayo

Last night for Cinco de Mayo we went to out apartment community center for a "Taco Feed". We figured, Hey free meal, and we all like tacos. This is what they gave us: You could choose either Fritos or Doritos. They were lunch size chip bags. The ladies would crush up your bag of chips, cut open one side of it and then spoon in meat and cheese and lettuce. Then you could add your own sour cream, tomatoes, salsa, etc. They also had a crock pot of home made mac and cheese. For dessert there was a yummy white cake with a white frosting, caramel and strawberries.
Mike and I thought it was good, but the kids didn't get the idea of eating out of a bag. We dumped their's out onto a plate, and still they were not impressed. The mac and cheese was not bright orange like the fake stuff we eat, so they didn't want that either. I finally convinced them to eat it by offering them more cake if they ate their taco bag.
Anyway, it was just an interesting and easy way to make a taco salad. And it was good. Did anyone else have Mexican for the occassion??

Food Storage

I have been feeling for a while that we ought to do better with our food storage. I have changed my budget around to give us more money for the next few months to stock up on food storage. What kinds of stuff do you all have as your food storage? I assume I will eventually want to get the standards: beans, rice, wheat, other stuff we don't ever really eat..., but for now I'd like to find stuff that will last for a while, but that we will really rotate (Like peanut butter, spagetti noodles, toilet paper...). What do you all do?

Is the indicator light on??

I know babies don't come with an instruction manual. I have accepted that. I know we have to learn as we go and that it is good for us. However, I wish they had lights, like on car dashboards, that would indicate when they are sick, or tired, or hungry, so we could act accordingly.
Today Mikayla's teacher called and told me that Mikayla needed to talk to me. Her ear hurt, again. This was the second time this week that she had asked to go to the nurse/office because it hurt. She's had a cold with a cough for just over a week, has been complaining of a sore throat and her ear hurting. I decided I better get her into the doctor before we had to deal with an infection all weekend long. She has had lots of infections, both ears at a time and burst eardrums. So, I called and had to schedule an appointment with a different doctor since ours was booked. She complained most of the afternoon until the appointment.
I woke up Tyson from a nap, carried him and Jacob into the office. I paid the $20 to see the doctor. I held one happy wiggly baby and one whiney grumpy boy and waited to hear what was wrong with her, hoping that she had an infection to make it worth coming in to the office.
She has fluid in her ear, it should drain out soon. It's not infected, yet... Her throat is fine. Her tonsils are fine. Everything is fine! He gave me two prescriptions, one for drops to numb the pain and one for amoxicylin (however you spell that). I'm supposed to go to the pharmacist with all my kids right now to buy the drops. Then if she is still in pain in three days, I am supposed to go back to the pharmacist and get the medicine.
Yeah right. We have drops from last time that we will use, although the doctor says they are probably expired. She will probably be fine in the morning. I am out 20 bucks.
I know I sound like an uncaring mom, but all of this could have been avoided if she only had an indicating light that told me she just has a cold.