Fondue Time

I recently saw the idea to do fondue fridays and I really wanted to do it but didnt actually do it until saturday...oh well=) We used semi-sweet chocolate chips so it wasnt that great...I'll have to find a better recipe and use milk chocolate next time. I made brownies with chocolate chip cookies baked on top, rice crispies made with caramel instead of marshmallows, & caramel apples. We also had bananas, pretzels, and marshmallows. Gage loved everything but the bananas, Ethan loved the marshmallows...
and sadie, well, lets just say she really only liked the chocolate fondue..
Justin was eating a grapefruit while Ethan was still eating his treats so Ethan really wanted to try one (interesting mixture??) Notice the face... Turns out he loves grapefruit...

Needless to say Sadie was quite a mess when she was done!

Papa's Visit

On Wednesday my dad flew down from Kentucky to visit us for the day (Yeah!!) and we went to the park just down the street from my house.

Ethan loves to play on the train! Even more than the actual playground!



The boys played on the swing(sorry for the blurred pictures, since ethan got ahold of my camera sometimes the focus isnt that great)


Sadie loved the slide...

The county just built a veterans memorial behind the park. Its lite up at night so you can see it from the road but I havent been by to check it out yet so I went with dad and wow! They did such a great job! These pictures dont do it justice..They really did a fantabulous job!

One rollercoaster of a week!

The week started out great! The kids had new church clothes (compliments of G.G.'s discount) and were very cute. Ethan was super excited for class (which was a first!)Gage had a matching sweater like Ethans but wouldn't put it on until we were ready to leave...

Sadie had a really cute Valentines Day dress...



I wasnt needed in nursery so I got to go to relief society which was soooo nice! Ethan loved class and Sadie was her usual terror!
Then the week began and Gage had another stomach bug...had to keep him home from school,Yipee!! Then Sadie and Ethan caught it worse than Gage. It was not pretty! Then came wednesday and lookie lookie what Gage decided to do...



He hopped over the gate to get into my room, went into my bathroom, took off the childproof lock on the cabinets and got into the hairclipper kit and found the sissors! He butchered himself! I thought a good punishment would be to send him to school without fixxing it but when he got off the bus, he still didnt realize how rediculous he looked?! I buzzed off all his hair which put him to tears, and me on the inside, and now this is how he looks... My little skin head!


By Thursday I had caught the bug and Justin had to miss a day of work to help me with the kids..not good! We need all the hours we can get with his job here lately.

Come friday and my house is bacteria infected, kids are back to their old wild selves and Justin calls to inform me that Brent is finally putting him in a truck...WAHOO!!! He started today which is crappy because its Valentines Day but great because what better gift than to be able to pay our bills=) He is hauling equipment and doing small jobs for Brent all around Georgia and will even be going up to South Carolina when he is needed. Basically he is at Brents beckin call which will give him CDL experience and a lot more hours. Yeah!! What a way to end the week....

Gage is 6! Holy Crap!

Gage turned 6 on January 28th and had a few friends over for a party. Here are some pictures for those of you who couldn't make the party,enjoy=)

Chuck-E-Cheese baby!

Ethan had such a fun time at Chuck-e-cheese. We had been bribing him with chuck-e-cheese as a reward for potty training and it hadn't been working and then right before we left he pooped in the potty!!!YEAH!! He had a great turnout for his party and was so excited to see chuck-e which was a relief because last time we were there he was a bit scared! Ethan kept giving high fives, it was pretty cute. At one point he got so excited with the high fives and he was jumping and stomped on chuck-es foot.It was pretty funny! Ethan got a medal for being the birthday boy. He was so proud! Here he is looking a bit lazy eyes... And heres Blake...And here's Beau... And Bryson with Uncle Elliot...Here's Blake conducting Happy Birthday to Ethan!
Heres Phil with her son Dillon helping Ethan blow out his candles! And GG with Sadie... And here are best cousins Gage and Tyler with Ethan opening his presents in the background.. It was a long party for Sadie and she had her moments...
but with some help from GG and Papa Anthony she was all better!! 3 Cheers for GG and Papa Anthony!!It really was a great party! Ethan loves all of his toys. He loves his new bath toys and has enough of them to share with his sister in the tubby! He finally has his own matchbox cars and has been watching TNMT nonstop! He loves his tools, balls and smartcycle game! He really had a second christmas the morning after the party,lol!

Ethans finally 3!!

Ethan had a fun and exciting 3rd birthday from start to finish. We woke up and went to his first dental cleaning appointment. The kids go to dentistry for children and it is the most awesomest dentist ever!! They have a kids play area complete with a theater, clubhouse, salt water aquarium, and really great wall art. I dont have my own pictures but check out their website...http://www.dentistry4children.com/office_tour.htm...I only wish I could find a pediatrician that would have an office like this! Anyway, Ethan did great at his cleaning and walked away with no cavities and a new toothbrush, Wahoo! Next we went to pick up his cake from kroger. I was told over the phone that it was a real boyish cake and specifically told them it was for a boy and when I arrived, this is what I got...
I was a little dissapointed in the yellow. It had blue bordered around the bottom so why not do it on the top too?

When we got home Ethan was so excited because daddy decorated the kitchen with balloons and presents! Ethan got a mickey mouse clubhouse, a real digital camera!!!
and a smart cycle from papa anthony! He was real cute taking pictures all morning. So many that he killed the set of batteries in like 30 minutes!
The kids had fun playing on the smart cycle and then it was naptime to prepare for chuck-e-cheese!

A bit behind

I am in the process of uploading pictures from Christmas and Ethans birthday...will post soon...stay tooned!=)