Horse riding lessons

Today Madison had horse riding lessons.....She wasn't nervous at all....She was very excited.....On our way home I asked her if she had fun, she said..."I didn't like it....I LOVED it!!

She is anxious to go again....The horse was named Lady and she was a very gentle quarterhorse...

Happy Birthday Madison!!

Happy Birthday Madison.....

I attempted to make a Horse cake. :)

DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality)

Michael on the live web cam at the DEQ. The kids and I are having fun watching....Today was the last day that we could get the emissions tested (we like to wait until the last minute, makes life more interesting). Now, we won't contribute as much to Global Warming...horray for us....

Playing games

Our family likes to play games (when Michael and I have the patience :) ) Lately we have been playing "Ticket to ride", "Water works" and some matching games that the girls like to play...

Makenna

Makenna sneaking some pickles that we had chopped for our potato salad....

Decorating Easter Eggs

Having some fun coloring Easter eggs.....when the kids were all done with the colors, Landon was being the "mad scientist" and mixing all the colors together and then re-dipping his eggs.....He likes to mix things together....he will sometimes just get some water and mix food coloring to see what colors he can come up with....

Chuck E Cheese

Spending some time at Chuck E Cheese for part of Makennas birthday.....The kids had fun....I think they need better prizes tho'.... :)

Happy Birthday Makenna!!!

Makenna turns the Fabulous Five....

Chef Michael

Monthly Cable Bill so Michael can watch Alton Brown... $40

Date night at Target... $100

Finding a professional style waffle maker on the clearance aisle at Target that looks like the one Alton Brown uses... $10

Making a pile of yummy waffles... Priceless

Link-The Waffle Truth [Recipe]

Madison's 2nd grade play Stone Soup

Last night was Madison's 2nd grade play they did "Stone Soup". She was very nervous to be on the front row, but I'm glad that she was so Landon could take a picture for me (even if this was the only one that was not blury :) )Although, I'm happy for this one and Landon had fun being the photographer. Michael, Landon, Madison, and Makenna went to the play, while Braxton and myself went to the High School for incoming freshman night...It is pretty crazy to realize that Braxton will be in 9th grade next year, he is nervous but after going last night and learning more about the school he is more excited. Landon will be in 6th grade, Madi in 3rd, and Makenna will be starting Kindergarten. They are growing up too fast...but we are loving every minute of it.... :)

Lunar Eclipse

I don't claim to be the best photographer....but it was still fun.... :)

Checking out the Lunar Eclipse

last night we all went for a walk and watched the Lunar Eclipse...we had fun and Braxton gave us all a great science lesson...

Mt. Hood Snow Fun

Some more pics of our fun-filled day

Little Johns Sno-Park Mt. Hood

We were finally able to go up to the mountain and play in the snow.....It was soooo much fun and we all had a blast.....

We thought this video of Michael and Braxton going down the mountain was pretty silly...

The Girls...

The Girls in our 3-d glasses.......after going to the Hannah Montana concert movie.......yes, we are Hannah Montana fans......we had alot of fun last Saturday going to the movie......it was pretty cool because it was in 3-d.......it was fun to have a girls day.....the girls were so happy that they even got some popcorn.....they had fun dancing and singing along with the movie....Madison kept giving me hugs and telling me this was the best day ever.......Makenna kept asking me when we were going home....I thought it was because she was bored (she has never been one to sit thought a movie at the theater) when she would ask me if it was time to go home, I would ask her if she wanted to go home and she said nope this is much more fun than going home.....all in all we had a great time together..... :)

Bird Watching or Spying on the neighbors..... :)

We got some binoculars for Christmas and the kids love them.....so much fun......

Snow Day

The kids had to hurry outside and play in the snow before it was all melted by noon.......

2 down 2 to go....

I was hoping to get the quilts done for Christmas....I finished the girls but the boys I still need to work on......The kids had sooooo many baby blankets I didn't know what to do with them all....Madison wouldn't let me give them away....and when she found out that I was cutting them up she was not very happy with me....until I told her that I was going to make them into bigger quilts......I have never attempted machine quilting before and I'm having lots of fun making them.....

Stick Horses

The girls and I had so much fun making these stick horses......we laughed and laughed.....we think they are cute.....:) the girls like to ride them around the house......