Blake earned lots of belt loops in Scouts this year. We had a ginorm show storm and of course, Griff is out shoveling in his summer attire. Blake had a program at school, and Griff had some really good basketball games. (Jan 2011)

In January 2011, Ashley and I gave Brittni a shower for her twin girls. She got so much cute stuff and the food was delish, if I do say so myself!

Driving home from California sometime in 2010, we saw Optimus Prime at a rest stop. Ben saw it and crossed lanes of traffic and took the exit like a maniac. They were on the way to Chicago to film the 3rd Transformers movie. Griff and Blake were so stoked!

Yesterday was the last day of soccer games for both boys for the Spring season.  They both did so great this year and showed a lot of improvement.  We went out to sushi to celebrate.  As soon as we had ordered, both boys and myself pulled out our phones/ipods and I thought, nope, we're going to actually talk.  They handed over their devices and Blake says, "I think I have a disease." I said, "What disease?", "You know, that disease kids get when they just can't stop eating."  Me: "Obesity?" Blake: "Ya, obesity.  I think I have that."

My Stylist

Blake and I were getting ready to go the other morning and I said:
"Does my hair look gay?"
Blake: "You might want to try again."
I'm looking in the mirror and at him like, "Whaaaaa? Really? Well, I don't have time."
Blake: "Then you might want to get a hat."

I really didn't think it was that bad, but what do I know?

Update!

My computer is so S...L...O...W.... Ben did something to it and it's faster, so I thought I would do a little catching up. Here goes....

February:
50 Piece Nugget Challange

The boys HAD to see who could eat a 50 piece. They talked about it for days, and finally felt like they were all up to the challegne.

Blake and his box. Griff working out his sauce strategy.

Challenge ON!

Blake decided he was going to count down all the nuggets he ate. He also said laying on his stomach helped digest them faster, so that's what he did. Ben didn't count. Griff didn't count either. He found the pattern of dip, dip, dip, eat helped the best.


Not looking so good boys!
Final Score: Yoda 2, Blake 22, Griff 32 and the winner.....
BEN with all 50!

Valentines!

Flowers from Ben, and 2 Valentine pencils from Blake.

Both boys also had basketball games. They were lots of fun to watch. They both just get better and better!

Blake had to take a picture of him doing something he can do well to school for abilities week.

He took this picture and drew a picture of himself doing a back flip on the tramp.

Stay tuned for March!

It was parent teacher conferences for Griffen tonight, and he is doing freakin awesome! There is one class that he is working a little too hard on his social skills in but, he and his buddys got split up, so that should solve the problem. Yay! If I get a good report from their teachers, I take them to dinner wherever they want to go. First he picked Bejing Buffet, but we all know, I am off Chinese. So he wanted Wingers instead. Ben and I don't really like it there, but this time wasn't too bad. Way to go Griff!

Blake got Family Dinner Games for Christmas. It's a little box of cards that has games you can play together while you eat. We tried it out tonight and the card he picked was Food Twister. One person starts by naming a food, and then everyone else has to add to their food, using the same letter. We had, steak, sausage, salt, spaghetti, Sprite, Sesame Chicken, sour cream, salmon, sushi, strawberries, spices, salami, sweet potato, sauce, Swiss cheese, salsa, Salt and Vinegar chips. Griff got stuck on salsa. It was pretty fun. Hopefully all the cards are good ones!

Last weekend it snowed. Big time! That is Griffen behind the snow pile, and as you can see, it is taller than Blake.

Our backyard.

The boys wanted to build a snowman. Now, I am more a beverage and blankie kind of gal when it is cold outside, but Ben talked me into helping.

Griff, Blake and Kyler, showing off the masterpiece that Ben mostly did alone. That snow was freakin heavy!

I guilted Jerri into coming down, because after all, it's only fair that if I am outside, in the cold, with children, then she should be too.

It was the first time we had used our "Snowman" kit, and it turned out pretty cute. The hat and scarf were smaller than I thought, but it still worked out. After these pics were taken, Blake decided our snowman was missing an appendage, so he gave him one. My sweet little Blakie! Jer has pictures of that on her camera, and I don't want to post them, due to Snowman Porno liabilities.

On Saturday night, we took the kids around to look at Christmas lights.
First stop, Fantasy at the Bay.

My preferred mode of transportation.

After driving around we got some snacks. Griff had a scone and hot chocolate, and Blake had a hot dog.

They also had deep fried Oreos that we had to try. They are delicious little melty bites of goodness. I would recommend everyone try one if you have the chance.


We went to see Santa, and got there just in time.


Blake asked for a Power Wing.

Griff asked for a long board.
Santa said if they can stop fighting, they will get what they asked for, so I guess on Christmas morning they will see if they did a good job at not fighting.
We walked around the little village that they have there and this was our favorite booth. The Elf Police had the Grinch in jail, where he belongs!

Then we drove around town and looked at peoples houses. This house was the winner.

I couldn't even get the whole thing in the picture, and this is just the front of the house, there was more in the back!
After that we went and did doughnuts in the church parking lot. The truck doesn't do the best. Too bad the red car died. The boys LOVED when it would snow, so they could go do doughnuts in the parking lot with Ben. We had a fun night.

Decorating the Trees!

Every year I let the boys pick out an ornament. This year Griffen wanted a Broncos one.

Blake chose a Bolt one.

They love going through the ornament box, finding their favorites.

We have some shiny and glittery red balls that I put on, then I turn them loose and let them finish the rest.

I think they do a pretty good job. They get better at it every year!

We (and by we, I mean I) have been busy getting ready for Christmas. I only have one more person to buy for, and maybe a couple of other little things, then I am DONE! Yay! It has to be a record.
Today was supposed to be my Grandma's Christmas party, but because of the weather it was canceled. It has been snowing like crazy all day.
This morning Griff had basketball, then we went to lunch with Jerri and Kyler. After that, Blake and Kyler had basketball. Griff went sledding with some buddies, and me, Blake, Kyler and Jerri went to Old Dogs. It was pretty funny. Much better than I thought it would be. I would recommend it. :)
On Thursday, my brothers (yes, brothers. Gordo is back. He has to have knee surgery.) and sisters went on our annual shopping trip with my dad. I now love internet shopping even more than I thought was possible. PEOPLE ARE STUPID! We ate at the Olive Garden. I haven't been there for a couple of years, it's not my fave, but it wasn't as bad as I remember it being. It was, as always, a fun night.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we had Ben's dad over, so it was just the 5 of us. I made everything myself, and it was pretty good (if I may say). We had homemade rolls and honey butter, corn, stuffing, 7-layer salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, and of course, turkey. Everyone ate like little pigs. For dessert we had chocolate cream pie and a pumpkin cheesecake thing. By the time we were done, and everything was cleaned up I was SO tired. I laid down to watch a movie with Blake and fell asleep by 7 and slept until 9:30 the next morning! It was nice.

While we were eating, everyone wrote a few things that they were thankful for on a leaf, and Blake taped them up on the wall. Family, health, house, food, jobs, and girls were a few. It was fun and turned out kinda cute, I think.

Blake made the other decorations, a turkey and an Indian. Cute!

Nice Tip, Thanks A Lot!

I was running late one night and Griff told me on the phone not to worry about dinner, he had it under control. So, I was like, cool! what did you make? He said he ordered pizza and paid for it with the money he won off a bet on a Broncos game. I had no idea he had funds coming in from a gambling habit. That is something we will have to work on putting a stop to. But first things first.
When I got home I told him I didn't really want him ordering pizza and having it delivered when Ben and I weren't home. I don't like them opening the door to strangers for obvious reasons, weather they have pizza or not. I asked him how much it was and he told me and then he said, "And I even gave her a tip." How much? I asked. "Well, my change was going to be $7.34 and I told her just to give me the bills back and she could keep the change."

All Hallows Eve

We had such a fun Halloween! Blake was Snake Eyes from GI Joe and Griff was Master Chief from Halo! They loved their costumes. I think they turned out pretty flippin sweet!

Me and my nephew Caleb, and all 3 kiddos.

We trick-or-treated our neighborhood, then we went up and did around the kids old babysitters house. After that we stopped by a few friends houses and then went to Ben's dad's house and had some dinner.