Rough Spring Break so far...

Matthew is having a rough spring break so far. Thursday night he was up until 10pm at a friend's house and woke up early. On Friday, he was up until 2am at another friend's house and woke up at 7 this morning. He crashed this afternoon...thank God. He almost missed coloring the Easter eggs.

Matthew has more of a social life than his mother...

It's time to color Easter eggs...and only two cracked fatalities :)

We colored eggs today and they turned out really well. We tried the Tie Dye stuff this time. It was nice because you could put the dye in a bag with the egg and rub the color in. As you can see, we still got a lot of dye on our hands.

It's hard to tell, but Eric is in the background of the above picture (click on it and you'll see him)...didn't want him to feel left out :)

Well, it's over...

No one liked their cakes, even though they both requested them. Sam wanted chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and Josh wanted confetti cake with white frosting and sprinkles on top. I spent most of the afternoon making these cakes and decorating them as Spider-Man and putting the sprinkles in the form of "Josh". Do you think any of them appreciated the hard work I put in? The only one that did was Matthew, he loved the cake. Sam picked at his, Josh all of a sudden didn't like confetti (he just wanted sprinklers on top), Ben doesn't like cake (but still complained that he never got his cake on his birthday) and Eric is trying to lose weight so he didn't have any.

So, I sat there at the table with the confetti cake in front of me and a fork in my hand. And yes, I had a pity party for myself. I take it back, Sam and Josh did enjoy putting their faces in the cake(double click Sam's picture). That's one way to not eat all the cake, which I would have if it didn't have boy germs all over it.

I went to bed last night very disappointed and pissy. How is it that you work so hard raising your kids to be respectful and good and they end up being soooooo ungrateful? Josh wanted more presents and I just wanted to throw away everything!! Sam complained that he didn't get any money in his card from Grandma and Grandpa. HE GOT A PS2 GAME AND A SUPERHEROES BOOK(which is pretty awesome, if you ask me), but still wanted money! It embarrasses me and I feel like such a failure.

I'm finished. I just needed to let out some frustrations. And since I'm blogging again, you guys get to hear it...sorry. If anything, you won't feel alone or you'll appreciate your kids more because they don't do it.

Happy Birthday Sam and Josh!! You're 6 and I can't believe it

Strike a Pose...

What does my birth day say about me? Hmmmm....

Your Birthdate: December 1

You are a natural born leader, even if those leadership talents haven't been developed yet. You have the power and self confidence to succeed in life, and your power grows daily. Besides power, you also have a great deal of creativity that enables you to innovate instead of fail. You are a visionary, seeing the big picture instead of all of the trivial little details. Your strength: Your supreme genius Your weakness: Your inappropriate sensitivity Your power color: Gold Your power symbol: Star Your power month: January

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

I know it's windy out and all, but did we get a tornado today?

Oh, yeah, the kids didn't have school today :)

Hope you all are staying sane today!!

"The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound,

but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." John 3:8

Here's some pictures of the wind damage our little town had last night. What a crazy night!! This first picture is my BIL and SIL's house and shingles is what caused their damage. SHINGLES!!! It was that windy. The second story damage was one of my nephew's rooms. Luckily, my SIL grabbed all the kids and went downstairs before it happened. His bed is right against that wall. Pretty scary.

I just went around town taking pictures. Never thought I would be "one of those people" :) My niece called this morning to see if we were ok because we live fairly close to my BIL's. We are, but she's in Cincinnati and wanted to see all the damage. So, of course, I'm taking these pictures for her...not for my blog :)

Some people still didn't have electricity. Can't be because of these downed wires. Thank God there wasn't any kids walking to school and wanted to check out the tree.

I feel so bad for these people.

Happy New Year...and Merry Christmas :) More pics to come...promise

Surprise...surprise...Josh is wearing some kind of costume. Hope your 2008 is the best ever!!!

This is what Sam looked like one day after school. It's hard to tell, but he's wearing reindeer antlers...so stinkin' cute:)