Hoppy Easter!!!

May you all have a blessed Easter! So grateful for my Savior who atoned for my sins, gave his life for me, and was resurrected and made it so I can live with Him and my Heavenly Father once more. He is risen!!!! Happy Easter!!!

You know those nights....

the ones where you sleep - then get woken up - then can't go back to sleep?

Those ones?

Well - tonight - actually last night - actually right now - yup - it's one of em.....

I hate it when they happen - but yet - the quiet, the peace, the stillness - and knowing that each one of my babies - and a couple of other people's babies - are safe and sound and off in dreamland, under my roof - is a comforting thought. After all - soon my one baby (who is TWENTY today) will officially fly the nest and belong to someone else. 3 more weeks and she won't even share my same last name. She is, of course, totally over the moon - and rightfully so. We are also so excited for her - and at the same time, it is a little bittersweet - because after all - just like my momma said - and you hear so much and think - oh that is soooo cliche... it goes soooo fast. Don't blink - or you might miss it.....

Missed opportunities - I think about those all the time. This song from Mama Mia! goes through my head on occasion......



but at the same time, I realize that I have tried my best to be the best mom I can possibly be to my kids and I hope that they know how much I love them and how wonderful I think they are. Being a mom to them has been my greatest gift, and I am grateful that I had the chance - even if we didn't get in everything I would have liked, and even though it went too fast! I am so proud of each of them and the people they have become :)

So - as I sit here - not sleeping - and thinking about the past, and the future - I wish for the very best for each of you- my sleeping babies - all grown up, and on their way to being grown up. I love you - and I'm grateful that I got to have you for a little while!

A GREAT cause!!!

Hey everyone - just wanted to pass along a great cause!

My friend, Heather, and her family are adopting their second daughter with DS and they are doing a GREAT give-away to raise money!

Head over to her blog - http://www.gatheringoursunshine.com/2012/03/06/the-hoping-for-hazel-giveaway/ - Gathering our Sunshine - and check out the awesome prizes - including an iPad 2!!!!

Let's get the word out - get some funds raised - and get Hazel home, out of the orphanage!!!!

:)

Cub Scout Day Camp!!!!

This is the first time Brady has gone to cub scout day camp - I think he was sick last year - but the hubs went along with him and he LOVED it!!!! I mean, of course he does, what little boy doesn't love sling shots, guns, making boats, running around beating each other up with foam swords - I mean really - cub scouts is just heaven on earth for boys ;)

Brady's Boat!


I get to shoot this rock in a sling shot? SWEET!





Learning to fold the flag.....


Train cars - cool!


Knights of the round table? Let's roll!











Boys and their guns - I'll never understand the attraction ;)


Bows and Arrows are pretty cool too.....


Awwww - a great day!

Brady's 9th Birthday - Blast from the stone ages - DINOSAURS :)

better late than never right? I figure I will just kind of go backwards and post stuff til I am allllll caught up :) Sound like a plan???

Soooo - on to Brady's party :) Brady is in love with all things Dinosaur! Well - maybe I should clarify that - Brady love the Land Before Time series. You know the one, Little Foot, Sera, Duckie, Petrie, Spike - the band of eternally constantly getting into messes and then screaming as they run away little dinosaurs from the 90's.... Yup - those ones. It's just a bonus that we have so many episodes on VHS, and that they are so cheap on DVD - AND that they even made a TV show for a bit of those darling little dinosaurs (oh save my poor ears.....). But, I digress and ramble - sorry - bad habit of mine - it hasn't changed in all these months that I haven't updated my blog ;) Brady loves dinosaurs - so he chose to do a dinosaur party!!! Yayyyyy :) Lots of work - but lots of fun! Unfortunately he came down with the stomach flu the morning of said party - which we had anyway - although he was still feeling a little under the weather right up until cake time :)

Here you gooooooo.......

What's a dinosaur party without bones and a little excavation? In advance of the party we prepared a little archaelogical "dinosaur dig" :)












Welcome to a land before time :)





The finished dinosaur dig and kids in action - excavating their bones :) Oriental trading company actually does a pretty good dinosaur skeleton and this was a BIG hit :) Only one injury from the excavation tools....






Hot Lava Rock!!! - you know - kind of like hot potato :) Played to the song Do the Dinosaur ;)


Dinosaur Egg hunt :)


Dinosaur egg grab :)


Protect your dinosaur egg - this game was a hit - Little T here was a pro ;)





Presents are always a big hit - and spongebob ones? AMAZING!!!!


Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaur cake - PERFECT!!!!!











Sooooo fun - dinosaurs, volcanoes, friends, food, games and fun :) What could be better???

How am I doing with my new years resolutions...

including writing on my blog - well - not so great- hey???

There is definitely room for improvement :) It's been kind of a rough year - and I haven't felt all that positive - hence - not very many blog posts.

But - hopefully things are on the up and up - and I will be posting more often and finally do a picture post catch up from the last year ;)

If anyone still reads LOLOL

Have a happy week!

wow - how did I miss that?

hmmm - it was supposed to be a New Years Resolution - concerning my blog....

wow.....

well - that's about how things are going here - so I guess I shouldn't be surprised LOL

Happy 2012 y'all......

ummm - I'm a little...

behind?

Don't worry - I have a news resolution about my blog....

Stay tuned ;)