Renewal Cake

Eddie's mom and dad (my aunt and uncle) are having their vow renewal today. I volunteered to make one of the cakes for it (I am notorious for volunteering to do extra things then stressing about it, but that's a whole other post!). Here's how the cake turned out. Not perfect (I wanted to use fondit but they wouldn't let me!) , but still pretty!

Gold Rush Days

Pookie Bear's family reunion was Labor Day weekend in Bellville, Ohio. It took place at the annual Gold Rush Days Festival on a River. We weren't sure what to expect, but everyone had a great time. Here's a few pictures of our fun day there!

Pookie's OLD-er Sister Starting to Dig (note PB older brother in the background - Pookie wants everyone to notice how gray and old he looks compared to PB and they are 18 months apart!)

PB OLD-er brother showing the kids how to pan for gold


Kids trying out their new panning skills

Even PB tried his hand at it

(but it didn't last long because ones feet tend to go to sleep when you are in this position for an extended amount of time - Just Sayin!)

Somewhere in this picture is Tootie's fleck of gold

(according to Uncle Don she only needs 999 more flecks to make an ounce - Seriously - who has the time for all that work!)

Soon the kids were bored and in the water (the seriously gross water!) Except Twirlgirl - she is way too mature to go in there! (plus she was not about to have wet underwear on for the rest of the day!)


Next is face painting (which lasted a total of 5 minutes because they jumped back into the water!)

It was a great day but it left one major question that still needs answered!

Is that the same forehead?

(Pookie wants everyone to note once more that he is 18 months younger than his brother and he thinks he looks fabulous for 40-almost 41)

Mommy's Babies

I have been going through pictures on our computer looking for things to post from the summer and realized there were a lot of interesting pictures of our kids. I am now wondering if we have any normal pictures to post! So, I thought I would share the best of the best with everyone!

But seriously, we are getting ready to post some updates now that we have another computer and all our pictures downloaded! Stay tuned!!!!

We Have Veggies!

WOW! It's been a long time since my last post...how time flies! We planted a garden this year. Not a big garden, but a decent size for us! This whole week we have enjoyed the first fruits (or veggies) of our labor. We have radishes and green onions. They are delish but a little hotter than store bought. Also, yesterday we found the first signs of our peppers!

Kitchen Floor #2

Okay, so the old floor is up!

(Isn't Charlie so cute!)

And the new floor is down!

There is just one itty bitty problem..................When you turn around this is what you see!

Stay tuned! For the final results!

Kitchen Floor

Thursday Night I tripped on the linoleum going into the kitchen. It was in that brief moment that I thought it would be a great time to rip up the worn out, ripped up floor. So I got down on the floor and starting pulling, tugging and cutting away at the floor. Twirlgirl came in and took pity on her poor mom and got down on the floor to help! We got it all pretty much up in record time. Here's a picture I took and sent to Pookie Bear to surprise him (ha ha ha).

By the time this was all done I was too tired to clean this up on my own! So, I called in backups. This is what I saw coming into the kitchen! Pretty funny!

Stay tuned for future pictures of our new floor getting done this weekend!!!

Meggie Mouth

What a CRAZY Week! Spring Break is here and I have been working the whole time. My boss decided to have surgery on Tuesday - and guess who is covering!!! Anyway, we've let the kids have friends over all week. They have been playing games constantly and just hanging out. At least their getting rested up! So, last night Meggie came over and hung out with us. She has a tendency to get a little bored. To keep her entertained I started to take pictures of her with my cell phone. I thought I would share my two favorites with you. By the way, I have come up with a new term - Meggie Mouth! To be kind - here is the after shot....she's definately becoming a cute little (still obnoxious) teenie girl!