WOW Its been TOO long and theres LOTS to post!

Ok so its been WAY to long since I posted on here AND I have a TON to post! So we will do this in bits :)

Our Vacation to IN was AWESOME! It was a great vacation! Mom and I drove out with the kids, then Bob flew out and he drove home with us and my mom flew home. The kids were AMAZING in the car!!!! It made us realize we can do road trips now! :) YEAH! Getting Sarah to sleep in the hotel was a bit trickier but once we got a "system" she did ok. We had a blast being at the farm. Everyone took a turn or 5 driving the tractors, walking in the fields with the cows, RUNNING around in the open space, catching lightning bugs! Oh and of course it was great to see everyone at the reunion! LOL the whole reason we were there! We took the kids blueberry picking with the Cutlers which ofcourse was lots of fun! I think Emily ate more than she picked and it was a GREAT time for photos (my fav. part)! After our great week in IN we headed out and hit lots of stuff on the way home. We went to the American Girl store and had lunch in Chicago, went to see Lincons Tomb, the Onadoga Caverns and the St.Louis Arch. IT really was a great trip and I am hoping I can talk Bob and the Hittles into a repeat in 2012!

Steph driving the tractor

Sarahs turn

Emily picking blueberrys :)

  

New Swing

Well my hands are sore! And here is why!

Our friend John made us this disk swing for our BIG tree out front! It is the neighborhood hit!!! I spent MANY hours out there this weekend with the kids lined up and I would pull them and let 'em fly! They LOVED it......and now my hands are sore :)

Sarahs Room

OK so its been almost a YEAR since we moved in! When we moved in we painted the girls rooms and I vowed to decorate them super cute! Stephanie and Emily's was easy because I has almost everything....Sarah's on the other hand has taken me the whole past year to "decide" I knew I wanted pink and brown and something that went with her baby bed set that I LOVE so much (even though she isn't in it anymore).....so found some dots that I love and Steph helped me and we made letters to go on her big empty wall.....now all that's left is to get Grandma to make her a quilt and curtains :) Here are the pics!

REALLY????

So we got a Wii....I know we finally joined the rest of America.......partially because we can play netflix on it! :) We downloaded the original Super Mario game....it is sooooo awesome! Its amazing how you remember from 15+ years ago where all the hidden blocks are and where the extra guys are, ect... but yet I cant remember where I put my keys! LOL

Anyways so we are playing along and of course Bob is 100% committed in his game! I am sitting on the couch with my "ahh watch out" or "no go the other way" ect.....and I kid you not at one point I said something and he says

"MOM stop......"

YES he did!!! HE called me his mom!!!! We all looked at each other and started laughing harder than we have in awhile!!!!!!! His claim is that the game took him back to when him mom use to talk to him while he was playing!!! LOL My claim is that when he plays Nintendo he clearly is a 7 year old!

OUR new kitchen Bench

So we got a built in bench in our kitchen! I love it! It is a great place for the kids to sit....no chairs to fall off of or tip over.....It has storage and matches our kitchen cabinets great! Here are some pics!!!!

Stephs Letter

Ok so Sarah has been sick and a few nights ago was her worst night, she had
a fever and was throwing up.....the next day I was up in Stephanie's room
and found this note....

It reads

"let my sister be better by tomorrow AMEN G-D p.s. for my sisters health"

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee.....

Ok so driving to school to pick up Stephanie the other day. Emily in her
ever so adorable timid voice says ever so calm "mom, there's a bee in my
seat" to which I the all knowing mom reply "NO honey I am sure its not a
bee....its probably just a.....OH CRAP THAT IS A BEE!!!!"
(keep in mind I am DRIVING)

So I QUICKLY grab the nearest thing....Sprouts add....and SMASH the bee that
is unknowingly lounging an inch from my kids leg....took a couple smashes,
but we got him.....thanks to a red light.

Scooped him off her seat, light changed green and off we went! I turned
around (my heart pounding) and said to Emily "whew...you ok?" she says ever
so calm "yeah I didn't even get stung...thanks mom" Followed by "um I don't
want to put my leg in the bee goo" and rode the rest of the ride with her
leg up all sideways in her seat!

Happy 4th Birthday Emily

Yesterday Emily tuned 4! :) We had a fun party for her on Sunday. Some family came over we had a bouncy and the kids just played together all day. Auntie Lori super cake maker made her an AWESOME rocket cake (from Little Einsteins). All in all the day was a hit....then yesterday on her actual birthday I made her a small cake and we sang for her again :) Then when I asked her how old she was she said "now I am 5!" hahahaha she thought because we sang again that added a year :) Tonight she is going to the community center for "pre-school" they have small classes there we signed her up for. She has been begging me to go to preschool and this I think will be a good start.

Snow weekend!

ON New Years day we decided to take advantage of Bobs day off and head up north to the snow......apparantly so did everyone else in Phx :) The first day we went sledding, then checked into the hotel and went for a swim in the heated pool......to bad the room the pool was in wasnt heated....made getting out BAD......then we were off to dinner @ Ihop...breakfast for dinner! Then we tried to go to bed.....however Sarah wasnt to fond of sleeping in a hotel room and was up most of the night. NExt morning after we got all packed up we went and founda great park with play area and a hill to sled! After about 3 times sledding Em and Sarah were done and ready to play so they were able to play and Steph was able to keep sledding! It was perfect! The kids had fun sledding and building a little snowman! I was happy that I got great pics of all the kids! All in all a sucessful trip! We will be going back up in 2 weeks for another round! I am sure it will be MORE fun because we are going with cousins!!!!!