Painting Instructor Job

Keira has been planning on having her birthday party at Swirlz Art Studio, but this month the kid's picture was an Angry Bird and she didn't want to do it. Melissa was trying to figure out what else to do for her party and I said, just have a painting party at home!! I'll be their instructor! So Keira picked out this painting and we had class in their living room. :) They all did GREAT!!

Keira's Cake

At Ethan's party, Keira asked me if I could make her birthday cake.. I, of course, had to say yes! I think my second attempt at fondant went pretty good and we (Melissa and I) got it done MUCH fast than it took me to do Ethan's. Keira was thrilled with how it turned out. :)

TV Dinners

We have a rule in our house that there is no TV during dinner time. But tonight, the kids were really into a show on tv and all we were having was leftovers (fajitas, grilled pork chops, or ranch chicken). I figured an occasional rule bending was okay. :)

7 kids!!!

This afternoon, I got a frantic call from Melissa asking me to come get her 3 older kids because Ashlyn was having a seizure and the ambulance was on it's way!! I ran in, scooped them up, and brought them home. Once at the hospital, they learned that it was a febrile seizure brought on by a quick rise in her temperature, they also found out that she has strep. I got a bunch of text, calls, and emails from our LIFE group asking what they could do to help. Someone wanted to run to the store, people wanted to make meals, and people offered to come take a kid or two. (We have the best LIFE group!!) But, the kids were great and all I could think was, I could handle a few more kids!! lol Today is also Keira's 10th birthday so I told Melissa she better buy some cupcakes on their way home so we could celebrate!

He says business trip, I say SKI TRIP!

Jeremy and his partner, JB, are in Reno on a business trip. Today, he sent me pictures of him and JB at the ski slopes!! I'm a bit jealous that he is out having fun on the slopes without me while I am stuck here dealing with 4 kids on Spring Break alone, but he deserves a vacation. :)

No Twins Allowed!

The twins are spending the night with Carter Jones tonight and Josey is staying over with Caleb. Caleb was super excited when Melissa said the twins were going to be gone, he enjoys breaks from them!

Too big for his britches!

We got Caleb this 4-wheeler for his 9th birthday, he hasn't rode it in a couple of years and we need the space in the garage so we decided to sell it. When we delivered it to its new owners, Ethan climbed up to show them how it's done!