Happy Memorial Day

Tomorrow is Memorial Day so I wanted to take a few minutes to say a big heartfelt "Thank You" to our armed forces both past & present. Thank you for being willing to sacrifice your life for the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans. This also includes your family members as I know they make a sacrifice too. I cannot thank you enough. You are appreciated. You are a bigger hero than professional athletes or movie stars. Thank you!!!!

Joshua's 7th Birthday

Hockey rink birthday cake for the sports themed party. Like my Stanley Cup? I do. Can't wait for the real one to reside in Chicago soon!! Go Blackhawks!

On Joshua's actual birthday he got to pick lunch. He chose Peter Piper Pizza & hit the jackpot on a game. He ended up with over 1000 tickets. Hannah hit a smaller jackpot & ended up with over 600 tickets. Isn't he cute?

Craft time-making pennants at the party.


Joshua is 7 now. He had a sports themed party. He loved his gifts from everyone. He is spending money & a gift card wisely plus he finally got a Nintendo DS. He already bought light saber styluses, a Fur Real bunny, a Star Wars Trouble game, & a Lego Star Wars set with some of his money & gift card.


Last week Todd's mom came for a Surprise visit. The kids did not know she was coming. I got my shifts covered at work while she was here so I was off for almost a week. We went bowling at the Air Force Base one night and all I can say is: Thank goodness for the bumpers they put up for kids! I sure needed them. And the A/C went out in the van again. Same problem we had back in October on our way to Disneyland. The only difference was there was no huge piece of metal I could run over to jolt it back to working. At first everything worked fine for the mechanics & they had me pick it up as the air would blow fine for them. I leave happily thinking I dodged a big bill only to get in the van and have it not blowing air again. I march right back in to tell them. $300 later we now have air again. Yay for air-Yuck for $300 bill:(
As I try to find the bright side to this unexpected expense all I can come up with is at least the timing of it was when I was able to leave the van in the shop for 2 nights. I didn't have to get to work after all. That's all I can come up with right now. The pessimist in me thinks about how I was off work & that equals no money to pay that bill! Such is life:o)

I was totally slacking in my May birthday update at the beginning of the month. I was so wrapped up in Joshua's day that I left off a few people. I even forgot the card. So sorry! Hopefully I will be forgiven.
Happy belated birthday to:
Wendy-Todd's sister
Paul-friend
Alexis-Paul's daughter (I'm pretty sure she forgives me as she's only 3 & not surfing the web as far as I know).

The kids have one more hockey game left next week. We're skipping summer soccer due to lack of funds (see van A/C problem).

Blackhawks sweep the Sharks!!!!!!!!!

The Blackhawks swept the Sharks on Sunday & I am soooooooo excited for the final series against the Flyers. Go Hawks!!!! Get That Cup!

XRKade

On Wednesday we went on a field trip to a place called XRKade. They had a bunch of fun inflatables,games,& rock walls. They got to play for an hour and a half before getting a slice of pizza and then squeezing in a bit more fun before our time was up (2 hours).

Afterward we got some lunch because Hannah didn't eat the pizza & it wasn't included for me. Then we made our way to their hockey game. Both teams won. Joshua got a goal & was an excellent goalie. Hannah was awesome at covering the other team's cherry pickers. I don't like cherry pickers. She frustrated them enough that they got in the game to help their goalie out rather than hang out one foot in front of Hannah's goalie just waiting for the puck to come their way.
That'll teach 'em.

They were pretty tired that night!

Meet Sammy

I found what I thought was a salamander in the garage a few days ago. He's a gecko according to Todd. We had one once before that always hid in the bottom part of the garage door & always fell out to the ground when we opened the door. He eventually got run over. Not the best spot to hide but they must think it is because here's another one. They are pretty cool-better looking than lizards. Todd & the kids wanted to keep him as a pet. I want him to be free but I lost so here's "Sammy" the gecko. He will reside in our old fish tank till he figures a way out or dies I guess. Todd bought him crickets and meal worms. I pay a guy to keep crickets away but now we need to buy them. If Sammy can figure a way for us to save money on our car insurance then I won't mind buying the crickets:o)

May Birthday

Happy Birthday to our boy!!!
7 years old on the 17th
He's having a sports themed party & I plan on making a cake that looks like a hockey rink in honor of our teams. I even made a Stanley Cup to put on it. Fun,fun,fun!