Delay

Sorry for the delay in posting. Life got busy and I just did not make the time to post like I should have. I wanted to get this up yesterday, but was having problems getting blogger to upload photos correctly. I have also been sans a camera, so I am borrowing one at the moment. Hopefully soon I will have another one, so I can start shooting more pics on a regular basis. :)

Anyway, we had a good Easter. We spent it with family here at home. This was really the first Easter that Erika was really able to get into. She loved being able to find the eggs and would get all excited when she found one. Tim and Lex are at the competition phase... that was interesting. They had to constantly compare to see who had more eggs and who found them the fastest. They were joined by their cousins and uncles. It was a really good day all around.

Another month has come and gone

Well another month has come and gone... and we have been busy. With Erika growing by leaps and bounds every day and Tim and Lex learning new things all the time, it can get a little crazy here some days.

My dad and I were on the phone recently and the kids were playing in the background. He asked me "Is your house ever quiet?" "No... not really." LOL (Even when the kids are sleeping they mumble and make noises... heh)

So the weather here has been weird the last few weeks. For living in the desert we sure have been getting lots of rain. It's actually been kind of nice. 

I took the two older kids out in the front yard the other day and snapped some pictures... they came out cute.

Mike and I even managed a date not to long ago. We went to a wonderful Japanese place, where they cook the food at the table. It was so nice to have a conversation that did not include "Sit down!", "Don't touch that!" and "Please keep your hands to yourself!" LOL We had a great time. Both food and conversation we great. :)

We also had a spontaneous adventure, as the weather has been so nice, we really have not wanted to be indoors. So... after going for a hike, we decided to just drive and explore the areas around Phoenix. It was great. I have never seen so many cacti in one spot in all the time I have been here. It was an amazing site. We had a blast!

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Anyway, so that has been our month of March... April is starting to look pretty busy with Easter and several outings already planned. Should be lots of fun!
Thanks so much for stopping by...

Update

Ok well the end of Feb. is almost here. We have had a busy month. We started off with Tim and Lex's birthdays. It was fun. We decided to do Knight and Princess party. (They wanted separate one's at first, but I am not ready for that just yet... so we sold them on this idea). It came out cute. We had a castle cake, dragon pinata, and the kids all got knight and princess stuff to take home. It was a good time!

Then after that we once again took advantage of the nice weather and spent some time out doors. I managed to get some good shots of the kids!(I will be sending hard copies of  these in the mail this weekend) :)

Valentine's day was fun. We had a party with our homeschool group. The kids made holders and then exchanged Valentine's. Shesh, my hand hurt after we made all ours, but they sure came out cute!

Erika is doing well... LOL. I had to post this one with her hair... She is the only one of my kids that has hair that sticks straight up first thing in the morning. It's pretty funny!

She is a complete busy body these days... into everything. She is also somewhat of a daredevil as she loves to climb and jump and be flipped around. Shesh. She is talking now a little. We took her to the zoo for the first time in awhile and she got all excited and was making all the animal sounds.It was cute to see her get so excited.

Plus she is so friendly that I don't think she stopped waving the whole time we were on the train. LOL.

My in laws got the kids a table for their birthday.

Erika was so upset about being in her high chair and threw a fit until I let her sit down at the new table with the other two. She certainly has a mind of her own these days!

Well, I guess that is all for now, but we have a busy weekend, and then we have picture day for our homeschool yearbook. I will try and get them posted as soon as I get them. We also have several outings for March planned... plus with the weather getting to be so nice I am sure we will be out and about so I should have lots to blog about next month.

Please take care and thanks for stopping by!

P.S. I could not resist posting this one... because "It is good to be queen!" (Even if it is only in my mind!)

Updates

Wow, not sure how I got so far behind... and it's only the middle of January... I am in trouble. Anyway let me back up to where the last blog left off.
We had a wonderful Christmas. It was full of fun, family and friends. The kids all got lots of stuff. I am finding, however as they are getting older it is getting harder for me to actually go shopping for them. With their birthdays right around the corner I am finding myself in that predicament once again. But I digress... LOL

Erika certainly made things interesting this year, as she was mobile. We actually braved getting a 6 foot tree. We started out with ornaments all over the tree, but they slowly migrated as she would take them off the tree and hand them to us. We would then put them back on the tree in a higher spot. LOL Amazingly enough, she did really well not getting into to much, and it was actually Lex who knocked over the tree, by accident.

The girls both loved being able to dress up and we got some cute shots of them all dressed up. Tim not so much. He did dress up, but I missed it and by the time I was ready to take pics he had the tie off and the shirt untucked. LOL. Oh well there is always Easter.

We also made lots of cookies. That was our gift to most people was goodie baskets of homemade cookies and bread. The kids did a great job decorating them. Their cousins joined us as well as the kids grandma. It was lots of fun.

After Christmas we had several gift certificates to redeem. The kids love to get books and were thrilled to know they could use the gift certificates to get some new ones. Lex of course wanted anything princess (After all she does think it's a hard job to be a princess.) Tim got another dinosaur book. This one is really cool, with lots of pop ups and pictures that show their actual sizes. Pretty neat.
 
We spent New years with my folks, It was lots of fun. Erika was the only one of the kids that stayed up til midnight with the adults. LOL. There were rides in the back of Gramp's truck, a trip to the park, and then we all got dressed up for Church. The pictures of Alexa were taken at the park. She was moody (it shows) but I do love how dramatic she can be when she take pictures. Heh

Homeschooling is going well. The kids are learning lots. :) We have park days on Fridays with a wonderful group of families. The weather here has finally started to get a little chilly and the leaves are changing. The kids love to make huge leaf piles and take turns jumping into them.

Actually up until this past week the weather has been beautiful. Then all of the sudden we were hit with 3 inches of rain in 2 days and tornado warnings, and all sorts of stuff like like that. But by Saturday it was back in the upper 60's and partly cloudy. We took advantage of it and spent the afternoon out.

Now... that gets you caught up to the blog right before this one. Heh.

Now that we are back in routine, I will start posting a little more regularly again. We have several things coming up in Feb. It's looking to be a busy month. What, with our homeschool Valentine's party, the kids birthdays, and other birthdays scattered in there as well. Lots of picture opportunities.

Thanks so much for stopping by and take care!

Sorry for the delay

Sorry for the delay in posting... it's been on my list... I promise I will have an updated blog up by tomorrow evening... LOL. This should hold you all for now until I can get it updated. We spent some time out and about Saturday and here are the pics.

 

So we are eating lunch and Erika is having mac and cheese and of course she is all messy. Mike looks over and her and says "Now THAT is one cheesy smile." We all cracked up laughing. She is such a ham!

Anyway, make sure to check back sometime tomorrow evening, as I will have a long over due update up. Thanks for stopping by... see you tomorrow :)

Sorry

I will get to posting soon.... things are moving at light speed here... more to come soon I promise.

Update

Sorry for the delay in posting. Things seem to be moving at light speed here these days. Christmas is almost upon us, so that makes for some crazy times.

The weather here is so beautiful it's hard for us to stay inside some days. Now that Erika is mobile things have gotten a lot harder though. She likes to take off after her brother and sister. She has no fear, she likes to go where they go... including up into the big play areas. Shesh! Park days just got a lot more complicated. :P

Alexa has been enjoying dressing up in the last few months. In fact she had a hard time for Halloween, before settling on the princess costume. But she has now informed me that she will be dressing up for Christmas and New Years as various Disney princesses. LOL

We have also decided on a theme for the kids birthdays that should satisfy both kids... We are going for a medieval theme of knights and princesses. Kinda smart huh?... This way we stave off having to have two separate parties for at least one more year. LOL

We have also been busy decorating for Christmas. We made snowflakes one day with Tim and Lex... that was fun. Erika loves the tree. She gets so excited. Although we are finding that the ornaments are slowly migrating to the top of the tree. Every time she takes one off we put it up a little higher. LOL Opening presets will be interesting this year for sure.

Well I will leave it at that for now... we are having our homeschool Christmas party tomorrow and making cookies on Saturday, so I should have more to post by Monday. Then I likely will not post again until after the first of the year...

Although I may try and sneak some Christmas shots up... we'll see if I have time.

So for now I hope you enjoy these and make sure to check back early next week.