Sports, video games and everything in between!

Today has been a great day! First off, we had T-man this weekend and that means we have all four kids! YAY! We got our taxes back so that, of course, makes everything better right? Oh oh oh and I finally got my new phone and I am sooo beyond excited! :)

We were not able to attend Princess's Volleyball Workshop at UT this morning. Thanks to some awesome friends she got there on time and had a blast! We haven't developed the pictures (disposable camera) yet, but when we do you "know" I will post them.

Here is the picture I "forced" her to take before she left this morning.


T-man had his first T-ball game of the season. The whole family, minus Princess (since she had the Volleyball thingy) attended. This is one of those times I wish we were a two car family. :(


T-man in all his glory! Go Sand Gnats! :)


He was adorable as always. He tried his best and while he may not have hit the ball, we were very proud of him.


He got to play catcher for the first time and was very excited about it!


The other two hoodlums, Spunky and Cameron, doing what they do best. Trying to pretend to get along...


Spunky and I at the game. :)


After the game the boys bought a PS3, which they immediately brought home to hook up to the 40' LCD HD flat screen we received for Christmas! Thanks Mom and Dad!! They thought they were going to get to play before we went to dinner at Chuy's, but they were sadly mistaken! lol


Of course an evening out would not be complete in our family if there were not a mishap or four... While eating dinner Jeremy (dad, for those of you who don't know) proceeded to throw an ice cube at Princess.... To which she, OF COURSE, threw it right back at him. The problem you may ask? Well, she almost hit the lady sitting in the booth next to us. We had to apologize, thankfully, she was very nice!

The look Princess gave Jeremy when he threw the ice at her! LMAO! :)


All four kiddos! :)

All in all it was an awesome day! Best part was being able to hang out with our whole family and have a bit of fun time! I am so very thankful for everything I have! :)

Happiness

Day 6-A picture of something that makes you happy.

T-Man and his favorite present. :)Princess and her favorite present. :)

Spunky and her favorite present. :)

Happy New Year!

I want to wish you all a wonderful and lucky 2010!

I GOT A JOB!

Finally after looking for so many months with no luck at all......I have a job! :) I have my wonderful friend Amy to thank for this awesome opportunity and I am so grateful!! I actually went through Orientation this past Friday and my first official training day was yesterday. The first two days I have to say were incredibly boring and enough to make you wanna run away screaming or maybe just fall asleep! lol

Today though has been quite fun (I am writing this on my lunch break) and I am looking forward to what the rest of the day holds. This morning she broke us up into groups and assigned us each a feature to outline that we would have to talk about for 5 minutes. My first thought was OMG no, but it turned out to be quite fun. My group received Bundled Services and we did a really good job imo. I learned a lot of good information this morning and as I write this last sentence need to head back to work! :)

Here is our information, I did all the writing! :)

Oprah's Kickoff Party Dance

I saw this today on Facebook, one of my friends posted it and I had to share it with all of you! It is really neat all the people that participated in the dancing, the way they moved together and surprised Oprah!

Awesome No-Bake Cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 1 pre-made 9" graham cracker crust
  
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
• 1/2 cup sliced fresh strawberries (optional)

Directions:

1. In a bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/3 cup of sugar and lemon juice.
2. Whip cream, and fold into cream cheese mixture.
3. Spread into crust.
4. Top with sliced strawberries (optional).
   
5. Freeze for 1 hour, covered with foil.
6. Place in refrigerator 30 minutes before serving.

I found this awesome recipe here @ AllRecipes.com, one of my favorite sites!

Pretzel Sparklers

We made 50+ of these fun and yummy Pretzels Sparklers to take with us to our annual 4th of July party at Shawn and Sharon's house. They were really easy to make and the mess was easy to clean up as well. I recommend you put out Wax paper or Freezer paper, which is what we used. It really helps make the clean up even easier and they need somewhere to dry.

Here we go!

The kids had a GREAT time helping and eating the results!

Ingredients:

• 8 squares (1 ounce each) white baking chocolate
• 1 package (10 ounces) pretzel rods
• Colored candy stars or sprinkles

Directions:

In a microwave-safe bowl; melt chocolate at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth. Dip each pretzel rod about halfway into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Sprinkle with stars. Place on waxed paper to dry.

Yield: about 2 dozen. (We doubled the recipe)

I found this wonderful recipe here!

Star-Spangled Wavers

We made this really fun craft yesterday so I just had to share it with you all! The kids had a great time waving them all around while watching the fireworks!

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Scissors
Pieces of red, white, and blue felt
Red, white, and blue ribbons (available at local craft stores)
Tacky glue
3/8-inch dowel
Instructions:
Time needed: 30 Minutes or Less

1. Cut a pair of 6-inch stars from red, white, or blue felt.

2. Cut a slightly smaller pair (ours were 4 inches across) from a different color of felt, and an even smaller pair (ours were 3 inches across) from the third color.

3. Use tacky glue to affix the stars to each other. Glue together the 2 sets of stars, sandwiching a 3/8-inch dowel between them.

4. Allow the glue to dry, then finish the baton by tying a length of red, white, and blue ribbon around the dowel.

I found this awesome, fun and easy craft here!

July Fourth Flag

We made these cute little flags yesterday as a time filler and it turned out to be quite a bit of fun! :)

CRAFT MATERIALS:
17- by 5 1/2-inch piece of white paper
Ruler
Pencil
Red and blue markers
Pushpin
Plastic drinking straws
Paper fastener
Tape

Instructions:
Time needed: Under 1 Hour

1. In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, measure and mark a rectangle that's 8 1/2 inches wide and 3 inches high. Draw rows of stars within the rectangle and then color around them with blue marker.

2. Divide the rest of the paper into stripes and color every other one red. Now fold the paper accordion style.

3. Create a frame for the fan by using the pushpin to poke a hole through each straw, 1 inch from the bottom. Then, join the three straws with the paper fastener.

4. Spread apart the top of the straw frame, fit the flag onto the frame, and tape it in place.

I found this cute craft and picture here!

Happy 4th of July!!

A little history:

"Independence Day in the U.S., is an annual holiday commemorating the formal adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia. Although the signing of the Declaration was not completed until August, the Fourth of July holiday has been accepted as the official anniversary of U.S. independence and is celebrated in all states and territories of the U.S.

The holiday was first observed in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776, at which time the Declaration of Independence was read aloud, city bells rang, and bands played. It was not declared a legal holiday, however, until 1941. The Fourth is traditionally celebrated publicly with parades and pageants......." to read more click here.

Every year there is a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore, someday I would love to attend!

Click here for recipes from Famous Americans!Source

The Swine Flu and no shaking hands!

Today at Cameron's graduation ceremony from the 6th grade, the Principal was telling us how the whole presentation would go and she let us know that she would not be shaking hands with each child as she gave them their awards because of the Swine Flu. That they have been asked by the district not to shake hands because if she does shake hands with every child by the time she gets to the last kid they will have shaken hands with everyone therefore spreading lots of germs.

How do YOU feel about this? Are YOU worried about the Swine Flu?

I personally think this is crap and that we have lived this long why are we so overly concerned with germs. I mean I do understand the need to be clean and all, but I think this pushes the envelope. After all if we try to shelter ourselves from all germs we will never build up an immunity to those that can really harm us imo.