Storm Take 2- The Playroom

The wall next to the sliding glass door
After we cleaned out the toys.

Right above the black weber grill you can see the top of the neighbors tree that took down our gutters and landed on the deck.

Storm Take 1 - The Kitchen

A Good Time With Grandpa

We had a wonderful visit yesterday with Grandpa. He was so much like his old self and we were able to have some great time together.

Farkle Upset.

So after hearing a lot about this fun game- Farkle- I found it on sale at Target a few weeks back for like $4. Of course I now know that I didn't need to buy the game just some dice and learn the scoring, but oh well it has a neat little case. Anyway, it has become our new family obssesion. We love to play games together but sometimes it is a challenge to find ones that all the kids can understand and enjoy playing. This game, however, has become a quick favorite. Even Carter enjoys sitting up and helping roll the dice, although he also enjoys getting up on the table quick and stealing the dice. Anyway, tonight was our biggest Farkle upset to date. I had just scored the winning turn and had a score of 10,900 points. Everyone else was around 3,000 or more behind me and I thought for sure it was a sure win. This would have been my first win. Then to everyone's amazement Jack managed to score 4600 points in one turn, 3 times through the dice. He got double triplets, 3 pair and some other things. He couldn't have been more excited. In fact he is going to take the score sheet to school on Monday for his final "sharing" item. Thanks to Brad and Andrea I also purchased for about the same price that day "Pass the Pig". We have yet to play it, and the point of the game is just like Farkle but that is next on our list. We haven't had this much competition in our house since our last heated game of "Sorry".

Pinewood Derby

Last week was the Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby. The kids had a lot of fun but of course it isn't as much fun when you don't win. Jack's car didn't even cross the finish line but he didn't care. He was very excited though when he won the prize for the best looking car in his division.

New Pic of the kids

Last month we went to Portrait Innovations and got a new picture taken of the kids since it had been a year. I love this place because it is perfect for me, miss impatient, because they print your pictures right there on the spot and you take them home the same day!

Birthday Cake Time

I know it has been a while since I have posted, sorry about that. For Christmas Todd and Lisa got us a very nice new digital camera but at the time my computer was not working. All is finally well and I can start to put up some of the pictures I have taken. I will start with my recent cake projects. Two weeks ago I made a cake for the son of a friend and tonight I worked on Olivia's cake for this weekend. Olivia's cake though is actually light pink and dark pink, it looks a little peachy colored in the pics. If you can't tell she is having a princess party!