It rained a lot in March. (2011) We played lots of Guitar Hero. It was also the Pinewood Derby.

March 3, 2010 Blakes 9th Birthday
Blake wanted an airsoft gun for his birthday this year. He had a party with his friends and we went to the movie Rango. For his cake he wanted Angel Food with cream cheese frosting. A kid after my own heart! Ben and I went out a couple nights after and came home to Griff sleeping like that on the couch. If anything bad was going to go down, he was ready!

Snowmobiling in Promentory is something we try to do every year, if there is enough snow. The boys have a good time. Every year there is an unexpected adventure. Notice the hay under the truck. We were stuck. For a while! Way to go Buck Naked. (Feb 2011)

February 13, 2011
They're here! Taylor and Rylee :) Caleb came and stayed at our house while Brittni was at the hospital. He and the boys played a hide the cupcake game with a tiny cupcake and soccer cones. If the cupcake tipped over it crushed Caleb's world. He didn't want the frosting ruined. I can't blame him. That is the best part.

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!