It appears that we have a new pet living behind our house.  We hear him all day long cackling and he walks the same loop (I guess it's mating season).  We have enjoyed watching him.

This is one of many pictures Luke captured.

MLB

Last week we took the kids to their 1st Major League Baseball game.  Let me tell you, that was the most fun I have had at a baseball game in a long time.  The kids just loved it, I enjoyed explaining what was going on, and I think Luke just enjoyed sharing his favorite past time with them.  Kade of course now plans to play there someday when he is bigger (I have an uncle who would be so proud of this=).

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The tickets we got (for super cheap thanks to a co-worker who has season tickets) were by the bull pen.  This was fun for 3 reasons:
   1.  many home runs come to this section
   2.  sitting over here scores you free "official" baseballs
   3.  you get to hear the phone ring in the bull pen and watch pitchers warm up

The kids loved our new baseballs.  I loved that a sweet old man sitting in front of us was giving the balls he caught to our kids.

This picture is just priceless, loved watching them all watch the bull pen. =)

To top off the game (like it could get any better), there was a beautiful sunset.

We also witnessed Major League Baseball history: the oldest pitcher to win a game.  This was a big deal and definitely the hi-light for Luke.

Kid's Night

About a month ago I let the kids start helping choose meals that they would cook (with my guidance of course).  They always help me cook and enjoy doing this, but having their own special night has been SO much fun for each of them.  So once a week one of my older kids gets to have their own personal quality time with mommy and make dinner.  I love seeing the looks on their faces when Luke tells them how wonderful the food tastes.  =)

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Easter 2012

I guess better late than never, here are a couple pictures from Easter.

Games Games Games

We loving playing games at our house.  It seems though that many games end in one of my boys having a meltdown.  Kade gets upset about losing and Kyler gets upset about not being able to touch and eat every piece.  I'm pretty sure I have now found the perfect solution for this problem.  See the video below:

We have been doing many remodel projects on our house since January.  Thankfully most of the major projects are now complete, yet we continue to find ourselves each night after the kids are in bed still doing random projects.  I learned last night (the hard way) that it would have been easier to buy bean bags already stuffed.  In my defense though, these are really nice bean bags that would have normally cost a fortune, I guess I saved so much money because of all the work and mess that goes into this.

This is just a small glimpse of the giant mess I made.

The Battle For Adoptive Families

A friend shared this post last week, thought I'd put it on here.  It is such a well written blog on adoption, so true in every way.

http://lethoperise.com/2012/04/12/the-battle-for-adoptive-families/ 

A Little Sunshine

We have been spoiled with a very warm spring so far.  Having weather in the 70s & 80s has made for many fun outdoor adventures.  Well, today reality hit and we woke up this morning to see it snowing (which I'm not complaining because we really needed the moisture).  What was the 1st thing that came to my mind on this chilly morning, my flowers.  Many of my tulips and daffodils bloomed early since the weather was so nice.  So, very early this morning I attempted to rescue my beautiful flowers.  Well, it was too late for all the daffodils, but I did manage to save some tulips.  I'm sure you are wondering where I'm going with this story that seems to be dragging on.  Stay with me, I have a point.  Due to my heroic effort, I completely changed our plans for the day (I love homeschooling).  Instead of our regular routine, we did some baking for math time (the best thing to do on a chilly day) and then arranged our flowers so that we could bless others with them (I counted this as science and Bible).  I love random teachable moments.  My kids got to help pick who would get these special arrangements.

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