Road trip

It's that time of year again.  Spring break!  I decided that it would be fun to drive to my sister's house in California again this year.  We leave tomorrow.  The kids are really excited, I am too, but I wish I were feeling better.  What started out as a sore throat turned into pneumonia.  I have felt pretty lousy the last few days.  I totally feel way more sorry for people with asthma, allergies, or any other medical problem that makes it hard for them to breathe.  I have had a hard time breathing lately, especially at night and it is very scary.  For a person who is claustrophobic, like myself, having a hard time breathing can be pretty crazy.  I am starting to feel a little better since I started antibiotics, so I am hopeful by tomorrow I will be close to normal.

While we are in California we are planning on going to six flags again (we will miss you Vashti), checking out San Francisco, and spending a lot of time out in the sun by the pool, hopefully the weather cooperates.  The kids love my sister, she spoils them rotten.  Looking forward to our vacation, I hope every gets to do something fun this break.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

                                                                Cute little Leprechauns

 

 

green flapjacks

 

                                                                         lime jello

                                                                           green rice

                                                                             green rolls

This year for some reason I got into the spirit of St. Patrick's day.  For breakfast I decided to make the flapjacks green and the kids got such a kick out of it I decided to go all out for dinner. I dyed everything green and then our veggie selections were green including broccoli and salad.  The kids thought it was cool.  It is harder to tell when the rolls are done them being green and all.  I thought I burned the first batch, but they were just right.  This seemed out of character for me, usually when it comes to food I am just plain Jane....maybe I'm getting older or hopefully just wiser.

The Help

Well I finally read The Help.  It was pretty good.  I loved being able to talk with their slang while I was reading it, it gave me something to do.  I kind of wonder who I would have resembled in the book.  Now to try to find something else to read.  Any suggestions.

Rest and Relaxation

Some might not think you could do that in Las Vegas, but I sure did.  Wynden had a convention last week there, so I went with him.  I seriously left the hotel to eat and that is all.  I was either at the pool or in the room.  This is it for pictures.  We had to go to a dinner one night for the convention and this was the entertainment.  We had a great time and I caught up on some much needed sleep.

Remember when we were at that hotel and that bird pooped on my head

I hear this almost everyday from Diesel.  The beginning of December we took the kids to Mexico for a week for our family vacation.  We had such a good time.  The resort was perfect for families.  The kids club offered so many fun activities for the kids, they loved it.  The food was really good too.  There were three different buffets and a few restaurants.  I have never seen Hunter eat so much.  He ate more than any other person in our family.  We would be on dessert and he would be like you guys are done already? 
There was a photographer that would walk around with all these different birds and reptiles and take the kid's pictures for no charge and then would post the pictures in the hotel if you wanted to buy them, but Wynden would take a few with his phone acting like he was playing on it.  Well on the last day we were there the guy had a pelican and while Diesel was holding it, it pooped all over his shoulder and arm.  I think that is the only thing he remembers from our vacation.
The plane ride there and back was over six hours and it went so well.  Our plane had individual little ipad type devices on the back of every seat, so we all could watch whatever we wanted movies or TV shows.  Best thing ever.
We did have a really good time and I can't wait to go back.

Nothing makes me feel smarter than...

Helping Lexi with her 5th grade math and playing a game of memory with Karlee.  Very depressing....I guess five kids sucked the brain cells right out of me :)

We like to win

We finished our season last weekend.  Hunter lost out his first game of the tournament, which they played really well (they were third graders in a 4th grade league) and lost by 5 points.  His team improved a lot and I am so proud of how well Hunter played the entire season.  Lexi's team only lost one regular season game the whole year and won first place in their division.  They beat a 6th grade team for 1st place.  She did awesome and plays so aggressively you wouldn't know it was her out there.  It is funny how crazy basketball has gotten in Lynden since I was a youth.  I know a girl who has played in over sixty games as an eighth grader since October and that's not including the Middle school league just her AAU league.  It is some  people's life to play basketball here in our town.  As much as I love basketball we will have to find a happy medium for our family of seven.