Moving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi this is Emme I finally get to post on the blog again, it has been a long time! I bet you can't guess what                    
I'm writing about....THAT'S  RIGHT IT'S  moving! It's going to be so fun because we are going to be in the same town my dad grew up in ...Coos Bay! There's a really really really really awesome park!The best part is that my school's mascot is the sunset dolphins! I also almost  went to the same school that my dad went to!

Vote for my mom...

I entered my mom into a giveaway on Facebook for some goodies from iFitness.  If you have a chance and wouldn't mind helping her win, please click right HERE and vote for her.  Thanks,  she is really deserving!

Reminiscing...

I was just looking back over some pictures of the last 4 years.  It never hurts to be reminded how quickly time passes.  I sure love my kiddos...

It's alive...

this blog is still alive....  Not really.  It's pretty dead.  It's working on a year since it was last updated.  Can't really say I'm updating it now but I thought I'd say something on it because I felt so bad for it sitting here all lonely and waaaaaaay out of date.  I'd like to give some great promise of how I'm in the mood to turn over a new leaf and bring life back to it on a regular basis, but honestly that probably won't happen.  We'll see.

Emme had a soccer match today.  She played really well, but they lost 2-1.  She got to be the team captain, though which was pretty cool.  She went out to the center to meet with the ref and then had to read the code of conduct to the parents/fans.

Leona and Jonny had fun playing their own soccer game...

until Jonny discovered the puppy.  That kid loves, loves, loves dogs.

Calvin spent his time split between sulking that his good buddy Trevor wasn't there and cheering on Emme's team.  Pobre cito.

And that was our evening.  Dan wasn't able to get off work early, so he missed the match, but had the table all set and ready for us to eat when we walked in the door.

So, there you have it.  The first blog post on this blog in a very, very long time.  It even had pictures.  :) Probably will be a while before the next one, so don't get your hopes up that it will be an every day occurrence.  It's amazing the things I'll do when putting off going to bed.

My Cake

This is Emme, I'm writing on this blog now for my mom. I just had my birthday party. This is my cake. My mom made it. It was yummy! It had chocolate frosting. I loved it!

Snow Day!!

 This is what our front yard looks like, so no school today!  The kids are of course super excited.  I'm a little less excited, but trying to be optimistic about us all being home all day.  Right now its 27 outside and since it's only supposed to reach 32 I don't know that we'll be doing much playing outside in it.  Emme & Calvin really want to build a snowman and have a snow fight... hopefully when we go to Klamath in a few days they will have the opportunity to play in "real" snow where they can actually do things besides get freezing cold.

There Was a Little Girl

There was a little girl,

Who had a little curl,

Right in the middle of her forehead.

When she was good,

She was very good indeed,

But when she was bad, she was horrid.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Back to School!

Calvin is 5!

He's been 5 for several weeks now, but alas, I've been pokey when it comes to keeping this blog up to date. He had a great time celebrating his birthday. Here's a look at the festivities:

It started off with a fishing pole from his dad, who had been in Eugene studying for and taking the bar, while the kids and I hung out in Klamath Falls. Calvin was almost as excited to see him as he was the fishing pole.

The Cake:

(He's really into Super Mario Bros.)

I could use some practice with the fondant, but it worked alright.

Noni, was a big helper with the cake. Emme was too, she actually designed it, but somehow wasn't around when I took pictures.

We had a fun swimming party at my parents' house where the kids and I swam and everyone (as in Dan, my parents, Dan's parents, my grandma, my brother & his girlfriend) just stood around staring at us. (Granted they were probably watching the kids, but I felt a little like a fish out of water... or in water... ha ha ha)

Lots of fun presents, including a new backpack for school.

Leona particularly enjoyed the cake. I guess all her hard work decorating paid off.

So, that was Calvin's birthday. It was fun.

Posts to look forward to in the future (maybe near, maybe far): pictures from our June vacation to Depoe Bay, pictures from camping in August, pictures of Jonny... maybe I'll just do some big super end of the summer report with lots of pictures....