Friday, April 22, 2011

Easter Eggs

I'm sure you've thought hundreds of times..."If I just had a duck that layed an egg everyday, I wouldn't have to buy eggs at Easter to decorate." Well, I can put your mind at ease. ;-)


You'll have to buy chicken eggs anyway. It just so happens that the outer layer of a duck's egg will peel off if you dye it. Who knew?! We do now! After cleaning off the gooey mess from the outside of the eggs, we tried to dye them again, but it just doesn't work. I guess you never know until you try.



Here are a few of our Easter egg animals. In case you can't tell, there's a lamb, pig and frog.

I got a new camera!


Thank you uncle sam for returning my hard earned...I mean, my husband's hard earned money. I was able to get a camera that works! Let's hope this keeps me motivated in my blogging. Here is a practice pic on my beautiful Ruth.


And one of my older two sporting watches today. It's always good to know the time.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Update!

Ah yes, time to sit down for a second and realize how long it's been since my last blog post. Here's a quick update of what's going on around here...

Zane just finished basketball and has begun indoor soccer. He loves his sports and has enough energy for us all, and some. Due to all this energy, there is an unfortunate odor that is the result. And when I'm short on time and lately that's been often, I throw all 3 of them in the tub and call it good. I think we're coming to the end of this bathing together stage though, so I took one last picture for my memories' sake.


Rub a dub dub,
Three kids in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
Dad would say,
"Junior, Smalls and there's Tiny"
Clean them up, smelly all three!

Gemma is loving that the weather is warming up and enjoying exploring and playing with Bart outside. It amazes me how much her vocabulary has increased just recently and that she will be turning 3 in a just a couple months.



My sweet Ruth is rolling all over and tasting anything within reach. She loves to eat (that's my gene) and I think there are teeth on their way. She is sleeping all night and has moved in with big sis. I'm loving the leg rolls in this picture!



Bart is busy laying eggs. She has layed over 40 now and we are just getting brave enough to try one. It's exciting that we have plenty of eggs to decorate for Easter this year, thanks to our little egg machine. I think her nest is beautiful.



And Bryce. He's been helping me cook on occasion. What a great action shot! Okay, I think he was playing it up a little. He's such a great hubby and we have lots of fun together.



I greeted Bryce at the door yesterday as he made it home from work. We hugged and then he proceeded to remove a booger out of my hair. Pretty sure it was not one of my own. In fact, I remember Ruth sneezing on me not long before he arrived. I'm also pretty sure my hair is not the only place snot had taken up residence. Whatever the case, it didn't even phase him and I even got a kiss. That's real love!

Monday, February 21, 2011

I recommend them all


Our life group is doing this marriage study right now. It's a short study, but full of some great insight.


The best Bible study I have ever taken...hands down. Love this. It has blessed me in ways far beyond parenting alone.




Reading this and doing the online book club with it. It's beautiful.