Our new floors

As most of you know we have been getting the house ready to put on the market so we can prepare for our big move to Washington State this July. With all of this house preparation comes redoing the floors. Our carpet was in bad shape and we decided it was time... Time for hardwood! Now every room in our house, minus the bathrooms and kitchen have hardwood flooring. Finally after hard, tiresome work we are happy to say they are in and look amazing. To bad we didn't do this 2 years ago when we could have had time to enjoy it. So without further hesitation here are some pictures.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

With today being St. Patrick's Day & being Irish I thought it would be fun to have an Irish themed dinner tonight. On the menu is Corned beef & cabbage with potatoes & carrots, Irish soda bread & lime (green) Irish soda malts for desert. What are you doing to celebrate the holiday? Until next time May your troubles be less, your blessings be more and may nothing but happiness come through your door. From our family to yours Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Mom & Boys movie night

Paul & I started this tradition a while back that Friday night was going to be pizza and a movie night and life got in the way, so the tradition was put on hold. Well tonight Paul had duty, so I decided it was time to start it up again.

Pizza and Madagascar 2 was on the menu. Let me just say if you are looking for a good movie to watch with your kids for a family movie night, it is funny. The funniest song is "I like them big, I like them chunky, I like them big, I like them plumply." Believe me when you see the movie you will understand.

Overall it was a great night with the boys!

Monkey Munch

I got this recipe from Jon & Kate Plus 8. I love that show. I thought I would make it and my boys love it (all 3 of them) so I thought I would share it with all of you. ENJOY!





Monkey Munch


9 cups Chex cereal (any variety)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 Put chex in a large bowl and put aside.
2 Place chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter into a quart-sized microwavable bowl.
3 Stir the ingredients together.
4 Microwave the mixture uncovered for a minute on "high." Stir the mix again and continue to
zap in thirty second intervals until it mixes smoothly.
5 Add the vanilla and stir.
6 Pour over the cereal while stirring.
7 Put combination into a 2-gallon, Ziploc freezer bag.
8 Add powdered sugar, seal the bag and shake until distributed.
9 Spread Monkey Munch out on wax paper to cool and dry.
10 Keep refrigerated in an airtight container for storage. (Like Tupperware. I can get you some, ask me how... Lol)

Boy's Birthday

I can't believe it is that time again already. Isaiah turned 9 today and Patrick will turn 5 on Tuesday. I know where does time go? Yesterday Paul and I decided to have a birthday celebration since we don't know exactly what his work days are going to be like. It started off the morning with presents. By the way they were super excited about and we all want to say a HUGE thank you for all your birthday wishes. After presents we went to Chuck E Cheese and played our hearts out. As if that wasn't enough we went to Toys R Us to spend the birthday money! Legos and Star Wars toys were on the list of must haves. The day ended with dinner at Chick Fil A and ice cream from Cold Stone! Oh I also was told to show the football player cupcakes that Iah requested for school tomorrow. Patrick's are going to be airplanes, school buses & boats. Ahh birthdays. So here is Hello 9 & 5 and moving on to 10 & 6. Man we are getting old!!! The Before Soccer Balls New Swim Stuff Thank You Nana & Papa Dave!!!$50 Bucks Thank You Papa & Grandma Sherry!!!My Sad Attempt of Football Player Cupcakes :-(