Scavenger HUNT..

The Easter Bunny came a little early last weekend.... he left clues for a scavenger hunt. I didn't want to buy all the candy and junk that we normally put into the baskets, so we got them a gift together.... it was fun making the clues and they had a blast finding them!

The final clue led them to the media room where they found Mario Kart!! Now we can have more quality family fun time ( as long as Colby wins) !! ha !! We hope everyone had a fantastic easter!!

Seven Oaks snow tubing...Boone IA

The snow tubing 'gang'... we went back to IA in February to visit my grandmother in the hospital... and we just had to go snow tubing again. We went last year and the kids were dying to go back... night tubing is the best!! It is SO fun.

Alison... getting a tow to the top...

It doesn't really look like a big hill... but it is!! The workers said you can go around 45 mph!! Then you start spinning.... so fun... then you stop... right in the mud! :o)

Karlee and Rylee

Britton, Alison and Braden

Happy Valentine's day....

I'm a 'little' behind on my blogging... not sure why... I guess I just lost interest for awhile, but keep checking back, because I'm going to TRY and keep it up to date. Since I'm so far behind, I'm just throwing some pics up... valentines goodies! It's been so long ago, I don't even remember what we did!

Making sugar cookies for the neighbors... I guess that is our every holiday tradition... we have to give them away, because they really don't like to eat them... just make them!

Go RANGERS!

Rally Hat.... didn't work... Rangers lost by one.

On 4.4.09 the Rangers had a pre-season game and it was 4.00 for tickets and 4.00 for parking..so, what the heck... a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

What the HAIL??

We had a bit of a hail storm last Monday night... pretty crazy stuff... anywhere from marble size to baseball size. We had 3 broken windows and of course some roof damage. They say we need a new roof (which sucks.. only been in the house for 7 months!)
At least our cars were in the garage and no other major damage was done!

Happy Birthday Rylee!!

WoW... what a day! We celebrated Rylee's birthday at ROLLER WORLD! Always a great time getting adults on skates again! :o) WE had a wonderful time and of course they want to go back everytime we go past that place! Thank you to all who came and made it such a memorable day!

Rylee doesn't like cake, so we got a 'cookie cake' from Sams... I didn't know if that would be enough, so I asked Calvin to make another cake ... maybe the shape of a purse or something easy that was on her plates/napkins.. then I left to run some errands. Of course, he has to take it to the extreme...and make EVERYTHING that was on the napkins! IT was very cute and she loved it!

Kista and Brenner