Michael turned 9!!

Michael being sneaky and watching TV upside down from the top of the stairs.

Michael had a birthday on Monday!! We celebrated on Saturday night since Theron was home. Michael had a lot of fun and got to pick the type of cake he wanted me to make. It was a late party and had him opening presents at 8:45 at night...crazy!! lol Here's a pic of his cake and the cool candles he liked. You light one and then it goes up in flames and they are all lit. Short little video too.

Theron was on filming duty and didn't get Michael very well till the end. haha!

Derby time!

Wow, I am completely amazed! Benjamin & Michael raced their cars in the Pinewood Derby tonight. They had a lot of fun. They were kind of lazy if you ask me on working on their own cars. So when Michael got 1st place and Benjamin got 3rd, i couldn't help do a mental victory dance since I'd never in my life made one before. Theron says I'm Nascar material now. LOL! I remember my brothers doing cars when I was little, but I've never participated. So it was a lot of fun. They were good sports about it. Michael came home saying it wasn't about the winning it was about having fun. I was impresed. Must have learned that one from Dad. hahaha! :) jk. :) Anyway, here's a few pics of their fun.

a.w.o.l.

My camera went missing for a week and turned up yesterday but it was empty. So today's pics are from the cellphone. :) fun fun.

Benjamin and Michael spent the majority of this past Saturday up ice fishing with scouts. They had a BLAST! Benjamin actually caught a cute little fish. Although cute wasn't what I was thinking when he opened the bag and those little eyes were looking up at me...ugh. :) Thankfully my dad was around. He cleaned and did whatever you do to fish after you catch them. Here's a couple pics. One with he head and one without. haha!

Theron sent a few camera pics of his truck and of the roads he's been driving on. I don't envy him AT ALL. :)

Now for the rest of the day I hope to conquer the laundry pile and track down some Valentine's for the kids to fill out for school...yeehaw! Have a fabulous Tuesday!

Michael's adventure up at the hospital.

Hey there! We're back and have some pictures to mark the occasion for Michael's 2ND hernia operation. LOL. Boy was he loopy on the Versed. He had me rolling...good grief. Michael and I drove up to Billings and stayed in the motel across the street from the hospital up in Billings last night. Michael loved the motel room. It was kind of funny how often he told me it was "so cool". It was like being on an adventure. We are glad it's over and that all went well. Michael is already feeling ready to be back up among the living. He gradually looks better and better in the pictures. Well good to worse first though. ha ha! I haven't kept him down since we got home for more than ten minutes....sigh. If he's not hurting then that's the important part. It's so nice to be home since Theron is home.

busy is good :P

Boy am I glad that Primary singing program is over. :):) I managed to fumble my way through the 8 songs. I hadn't even heard of 3 of them before. They did awesome. Now the fun begins in singing time, eh? :) Not much is new. Oh, Michael went to the Billings Clinic on Friday to do a pre-op appointment with the surgeon since he's got a hernia. We scheduled his surgery for the week of Thanksgiving so he can use the time off school as part of his down time. This is his second surgery, he had a hernia on the other side 4 years ago. Crazy! So far his Nephrotic Syndrome is still in remission. The doctor will watch him to make sure the surgery doesn't cause a relapse. Michael is looking forward to having it fixed. I probably shouldn't have let him play soccer, but I forgot all about it when I signed them up and Michael didn't remind me of his hernia until after their tournament. LOL. Oops, pin a medal on me. =]

whirlwind of activity

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Hi all! We had a very fun filled and wild weekend. Tali & Steve came into town on Friday for Michael's baptism Saturday morning. It was loads of fun. There was no hot water to fill the baptismal font so calls were made for people to bring 5 gal. buckets of hot water or coolers full. It was a little hilarious if you ask me. =] Tali & SheraLee sang a duet together that was pretty. We had cake afterwards in the kitchen area of the church then migrated to the house with everyone for hoagie sandwiches for lunch. It also snowed like 5 inches over the weekend as well. It was extremely weird to wake up and see all that snow after only 2 weeks of Fall weather. It's October for heaven's sake!!!! lol. Here's a few pics of the crazy weekend.