STUFF

As I am packing my STUFF I am trying to envision what it was like for the pioneers to pick and choose what they would bring on their long journey in a hand drawn cart. I guess there was really no question of choosing for them, they only brought bare necessities. If I had to pull my things by hand, what would I pack vs do without?

$3.95 ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

YES $3.95!!!!! Who can afford $3.95 for a gallon of gasoline? Who? I have got to find a way to boycot driving and still get me and my four around town.

Happy Birthday Matt! & Family Matters

Matt turned 38 today! The boys picked out a Rock Star themed card and then got sad when I explained to them that the card was implying that Daddy was old. I got it anyway b/c it was super funny. We celebrated with him and then went to brunch at Mom & Dad's. Carter made me a card and then last minute decided to give it to Nana instead. Nice! Evan was conflicted who to honor today, Matt or myself. He got real confused when I told him that my birthday often falls on Father's Day. Darren was in town so we took the opportunity to take some family pictures. Happy Mother's Day!

SOLD! COLORADO HERE WE COME!

After 18 gruelling months, it is official! Maria(our realtor)has sold our house. We close on May 16th, yah in 2 weeks. And move on the 24th, just three weeks from now! To top it off Matt will be out of town or in meetings until the morning of the 24th. HELP! We asked for it alright! So Matt will be flying out next week to secure housing for us. He will be home in time to sing Happy Birthday to himself on Mother's Day to fly off again the following Day for Canada. He will be home just in time to sign the papers to get rid of this house and then is immediately indisposed for the week in a Conference. Ev's last day of school is the 22nd. Matt's last meeting ends on the 23rd. Moving on the 24th! Is this possible? Oh yah, Matt will be moving us out to Colorado, staying for a week to get us settled and then coming back to Indiana to work for the summer! Fortunately we already had a vacation planned the first two weeks of July so we will be together then. I couldn't do this summer thing w/o help so my mom has graciously agreed to come for the summer! Whew! I am tired already!

It's Great to be 8! From booster seat to Baptism!

Evan is now 8! Which means two big milestones. In the state of Indiana he is now legal to lose his booster seat! Being 8 also means that he can now be baptized, even bigger MILESTONE!
Matt and Evan in front of the church Baptism Day April 27th, 2008.
Matt & Evan in their baptism clothing.

Happy 8th Birthday Evan! April 24th, 2000! We opened presents as a family then took Evan to the dinner of his choice, a chinese buffet. He wanted crab legs & sushi. So crab legs & sushi we ate. To top it off his other wish was to stay up ats late as he wanted watching a movie marathon. Since he didn't have school on Friday, his wish was granted. He received Tom & Jerry and the Smurfs on DVD for his birthday. I turned the DVD off at 1215am and he was zonked. I don't know exactly how long he was awake.
Just a random shot as we were settling the boys down for bed. Carter, Matt & Dawson on the left, Declan on the right sitting in the boys' club chair.

More of the Infamous Helmet

Evan even got into the spirit.
Carter strumming to his own beat. Apparently this is how lefties play the guitar?
We can almost always count on Carter to entertain the babies. Although, they are not babies anymore. They are now 14 months old! I have yet to get their 1 year pictures taken, someone always has a bump, bruise or scratch on their face. I will work on that this week.

Best Buck I EVER Spent!

This morning before anyone was awake I went garage saleing (made up word, I know. It makes sense to me, it is a verb) and I found this Colts helmet for Carter. If you know Carter, he is destined to play Pro football! Everything is about Colts and tackling. The helmet is great for riding his scooter or rollerblading or riding his bike, all of which he has already done in the few hours that he has been wearing it.
Opening Day of soccer, technically it was last Saturday, but the fields were under water. Today it just rained on us the whole game. Carter's favorite part was the game end snacks! Bytheway, Carter was talked to by his coach about being too rough and tackling, so he ran and fell and rolled around w/o technically tackling anybody but himself.