Weekend of Fun

Last weekend was jammed full of fun. On Saturday, my mom came over. The kids were so excited. They love it when Nana comes to visit! Later that day, Auntie Pam showed up too to spend the night! The kids really enjoyed teaching them both to play on the Wii. Pam was great at boxing and Nana got the bowling down. Sunday morning we got up and left early for OKC to attend Neil & Mary's church for baby Joel's introduction. He's getting so big, holding his head up and really smiling! What a cutie pie. But really, did we expect anything less?! Lily enjoyed going to Dollar General to spend her Valentine's Day money. She picked out this baby doll and didn't want anything else! We named her Ebony. She's just the right size for Liy's premie clothes that we kept. Mommy is having fun playing dress up. Ebony can suck her thumb, a binkie, or a little bottle and her eyes close when she lays down. She takes a nap with Lily. Lily loves to push her around in her little stroller. It's so cute to watch her take care of her baby!

A Wii, a weird smile, el libro, and a fat lip

After about 4 weeks of calling Wal-Mart (almost) every day at 10am (when they unload their delivery truck). We finally got a Wii! The kids had saved most of their Christmas money to get one. I'm not a big fan of video games, because I think they can turn kids in to zombies, but this game is different. You have to get up and move to play it! Here they boys are bowling I think. We've really enjoyed it as a family. For Valentine's Day, I gave Joel 'Guitar Hero'. This is a game that comes with a 'guitar' and you have to play the notes as they come down the screen. If you miss too many, you get booed off the stage! He loves it. I got a brand new flat screen monitor for the computer. Those of you who've seen our old one will know it was about time!

Lily has become quite sassy, dramatic, and a camera hog lately. I can't get a picture of the boys with out her running over to get in to the picture. She has just started using this weird little smile when a camera comes out. She pulls back the corners of her mouth and bares her teeth. It's cute and hideous at the same time. Pictures don't do it justice.

The kids all sat down one day for Liam to read books to them. He and Luke can write down all the books they read on a log for school. They can earn a free Pizza Hut pan pizza when they read enough. They all looked so cute lined up with their books! Yes, Luke is wearing a helmet. Joel bought him a new bike helmet the other day (his was falling apart) and he wanted to wear it everywhere!

Poor Liam had a little accident at church the other night. He was playing tag in the gym and ran right in to the metal cart used to haul around the round tables. One of his front top teeth was hurting him and bleeding around it. He had a pretty good fat lip too. He must be growing. He's been eating two of everything at dinnertime, he's clumsy, and his pants are looking too short again.

I'd love to hear from all of you. Miss you lots!!! XO, Stefani

Someone special

We received a photo in the mail from our dear friend Carolyn yesterday. A photo of her husband Jim. He got to go be with Jesus in December of 2003. As Carolyn wrote, this photo is so 'him'. He lived simlpy, honestly, and worked hard. No one could ask for a better friend. He is missed dearly to this day by everyone who knew him!

Tag I'm it, again.... I must be the slow kid....

Okay, I've been tagged again. Let's see... I'm supposed to go by these rules:

Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, or share the 5 top places on your "want to see or want to see again" list, or share 5 things you never pictured being in your future when you were 25 years old. Tag a minimum of 5, maximum of 10 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. The tagees have a choice of which they want to do.

The first choice is easy since I've already listed all the reasons I'm a dork on one of my earlier postings. So, I'll tackle the 'when I was 25' issue since I'm just a BIT older than that whippersnapper Mary.

When I was 25, I never pictured that:
1. I would be excercising on a regular basis, because I hated it so much.
2. I would be doing something called digital scrapbooking.
3. I would be driving a mini van.
4. There would be something called a Wii and I would be great at Wii bowling, I beat Joel with a 197 last night! Take that sucka!
5. I would have my own cordless drill and know how to use it.

Okay, I only know a couple of people who blog, so my list is going to be much shorter than 5 I'm afraid! So, help me Heather, you're my only hope! (Yeah, it's a quote from Star Wars, see 'reasons why I'm a dork')

Weather predictions

Yeah, we were supposed to get 4-8 inches of the white stuff, but we only got about 1.5 inches. Never mind, Joel and the boys had a nice time making a snow family. Luke was a little disturbed that the momma snow person lost her head and torso in the evening. First thing this morning he had to go out and fix it, which meant that I had to go out and fix it. Lily looked cute in her boots checking out the progress.

I got a much needed break and went out with Diane, Janie, and Charla for a girly night last night. We ate and went to the movie '27 Dresses'. It was pretty good for a chick movie.