Cowardly Lion

A big event at CHS is their annual lip sync competition. Caleb is in a group that is doing a remix of the songs from the Wizard of Oz. His part is the cowardly lion, so I made him this costume. Isn't he cute!

Chapstick

Andrew asked me for some Chapstick when he came in from school today. I grabbed a tube out of the kitchen drawer and handed it to him. He put it on without a mirror... neither of us realized it was tinted! lol.

Best Seat in the House

Fred and Janet have been up the last couple of days helping with Jeremy's office. We met them at Captain D's for dinner after church and Ethan wanted to sit between them on a seat for 2. He was in heaven. :)

Tractor Work

Jeremy spent the day doing dirt work at the Meisch's house. He asked me to bring Ethan by to ride on the tractor on our way home from school. Ethan looked petrified the whole time he was up there, but said it was fun when it was over. :)

Play DATE with DeLyla

Hayden Winn spent the weekend with us because his sister was having a slumber party. When Chad came to pick him up Sunday after church, DeLyla came along and I invited her to stay to play with Ethan. Chad came back later in the day to pick her up, but Ethan and DeLyla weren't ready for their fun to end, so she spent the night and they played all day today. I told Raeann that DeLyla can come over anytime... they love playing with each other so much...so much, that I heard them tell each other "I love you" several times!! lol.

Childhood Trophies

I come home with boxes from my childhood that my mom packed up when she moved out of the house I grew up in whenever I go see her. We don't have a place to store stuff here so everything has gone to Jeremy's office storage. Since he is moving to a new office, we had to bring everything home. I opened a box full of my trophies that Matthew found very impressive... he told me I should leave them out on display!! Haha... nah, I think it's time to go in the trash.

Archery Tournament

Matthew had an archery tournament this morning. He said he did okay but would have done better if his shoulder wasn't hurting. I asked him why his shoulder hurt and he said, "from falling on the ramp with my rip stick a month ago"... A month ago!!! He hadn't mentioned it to me before now!

Monkey in the tree

I glanced out the window today and was surprised to see Andrew climbing the tree in our front yard so I ran out to take his picture.

Twins!!

When Andrew and Matthew were little, they constantly hugged each other in pictures together. I couldn't tell you the last time I had  picture of them hugging so I asked them to take one tonight. After a bunch of whining and ewwwwing, I finally got a picture!! I wish they liked each other like they used to! :(

Jonah and the whale!

Ethan's imagination is amazing, he is constantly surprising me with the funniest things. Today, I was folding clothes on my bed and all the sudden I hear him in the floor saying, "Ahhh!!! The whale is eating me!!." I asked him if he was Jonah and he said, no, I'm Ethan!, which lead me to tell him the story of Jonah and the whale. :)

Unusual Sleeping

When I came into the living room after taking a shower, I found these two snoozing on the couch. I had to snap a picture because the way Ethan fell asleep on Jeremy was so funny.

Matthew's keyboard

I started to buy Matthew a keyboard so he could practice piano at home, then decided to see if any of my facebook friends had one that they wanted to get rid of. I was expecting to get a good deal on a used one, but instead, someone offered this one for free!! We are very grateful and Matthew is thrilled!

Party of 8

We went to CiCi's after church with the Harwells today. The 4 adults sat in a booth, while our 8 kids filled up this table. When they are all together, it looks like we have a ton of kids!

Ethan is 4!!!

So hard to believe my baby boy is already 4 years old!!! We had his "Paw Patrol" party at McDonalds tonight. It was a little cramped in the play area, but all the kids seemed to have a ton of fun!! I love that Ethan's best friend (Jake Shrum) and girlfriend (DeLyla Winn) are sitting on either side of him. :) So cute!!

Disciple Now

Caleb is doing Disciple Now with church this weekend and staying at the house of a lady I teach GAs with. I asked her to take a group picture for me for the blog. :) Crazy Boys!

More Retired Labor

Just working on Jeremy's office wasn't enough this week, Fred also tiled the back splash in the Meisch's kitchen today. He said there was 286 cuts that had to be made.. that's a ton of cuts!!!

Squealing Bus Ride

Tonight we took a bus load of GAs to an assisted living home to pass out Valentine's that we made in class. They were crazy on the bus, but perfect little ladies while we were there. :)

Retired Labor

What happens when you retire?? Your kids put you to work!! This is Fred, Janet, and Stan (JBs father-in-law) burning the midnight oil. We are very thankful for their help. It couldn't be done in time without them. :)

Jungle Speed with Nana and Granddad

Fred and Janet are here for the week to help Jeremy work on his new office. Tonight we introduced them to "Jungle Speed." I think Janet liked it okay, but I could tell it wasn't much fun to Fred. :(

Addi and Andrew's Cake

Today is Jeremy and Nicole's anniversary, so Addi and Andrew stayed up to make this cake as a surprise last night. They did it all themselves with a little guidance from me. Nicole thought it was the sweetest surprise. :)

Ethan and the Harwell Girls

The Harwell twins don't talk very well yet, but one thing they can say is ETHAN!! They get excited when they find out they are going to see him. We came down to visit them because Nicole was house sitting for her mom and there is space there for all of us. :)

Cute Set!!

A friend of mine called and asked if I could make a baby gift for her today so she could take it to a shower tomorrow. She said, just do whatever, I trust you. :) I love getting to pick out what to make, I think it turned out really cute!

Caleb's Heart

Caleb had to print out a poem for school and decorate it, so he did this heart. While we were working on it, he told me he liked that I was crafty and able to help him with his projects. :)

Hoops Banquet

Tonight we went to the end of the year banquet for basketball. I have to sit in the back with the rest of the parents, so I texted Jeremy to ask him to take a picture for me. This is what he sent back... the back of Andrews head!!

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Jeremy and I prop our feet up like this when we watch tv at night. Tonight, Jeremy nudged me and pointed out that Ethan was doing it too.. so cute!!

Piano Lessons

Matthew has been asking to take Piano Lessons the last few months, so we got in touch with a lady from our church that lives down the street. She told us she would let us know when she had an opening and called last week to set up this initial meeting. She taught Matthew a little history about the piano and had him do a few listening test. He'll start lessons as soon as his books come in. :)

Super Bowl Couch Potatoes

The Sutton's invited us over to watch the Super Bowl tonight. These 3 were glued to the couch the whole night... unless they were getting food.

Fabric Flower

I know I have been posting a lot of stuff I have made lately, but our lives have been pretty low key lately and not very exciting (which is a nice break!) Someone showed me a picture of a infant hat like this and asked if I could make one. I love learning how to do new things and I think my flower turned out so cute!! Now I need a girl so I can make one for!