tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36427403388344434512024-03-14T03:52:39.244-06:00Weapons Grade Moose DroolMGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-22745374637867985302011-03-23T06:00:00.001-06:002011-03-29T22:37:14.134-06:00Planets<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Gageplanets2011web.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Gageplanets2011web.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />Aren't these great. They provide so many question. I wish I was better at my history. See I was not a very good student of school. I was/am a great student of life.<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Gageplanets2011bweb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Gageplanets2011bweb.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />Any ways, back to these GLOW in THE DarK planets. They are so much fun. I at first hung them with tape. Only held a couple hours. Than I got the 3m adhesive out form Xmas. It has provided minutes of enjoyment.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-13667302419050479422011-03-21T06:00:00.000-06:002011-03-21T06:00:22.520-06:00Why Why<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Sat-at-6am.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Sat-at-6am.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br />ISO 4000, F 2.8, 1/40<br />6:50am<br />I wish had the cure all for this problem./ Why my children get up so stricken early.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-8990860493891937732011-02-23T07:00:00.001-07:002011-02-23T07:00:02.149-07:00Good MorningThis is how I was greeted.<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Goofmorning.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Goofmorning.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You have to love the imagination that happens early on. It was before 7am and he had the idea that he was a ninja buzz ligthyear batman thing.......<br /><br />happy happy day to you allMGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-40211774046267827182011-02-23T06:00:00.001-07:002011-02-23T06:00:19.841-07:00make a movie<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Video-2010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Video-2010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Video-2010-b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Video-2010-b.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Video-2010-d.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Video-2010-d.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-24912606884373344112011-01-29T06:00:00.000-07:002011-01-29T06:00:04.242-07:00Cabin in the WINTER<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=cabin-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/cabin-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=nov-happiness-2010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/nov-happiness-2010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=nov-cabin-2010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/nov-cabin-2010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=nov-cabin-2010-c.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/nov-cabin-2010-c.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=nov-cabin-2010-b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/nov-cabin-2010-b.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=nov-cabin-2010-d.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/nov-cabin-2010-d.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=nov-cabin-2010-e.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/nov-cabin-2010-e.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-86643235647501075582011-01-24T06:00:00.000-07:002011-01-24T06:00:09.884-07:00Knees<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Patch-knees-in-Jeans.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Patch-knees-in-Jeans.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Iso 2000, f5.0, 1/125</span><br /><br />This is how some of my weekend was spent.<br />I swear my boys can go threw a pair a jeans in weeks. I feel like I patch more knees in jeans than in anything. Or maybe I am too cheap to buy new ones. Poor Bear has only 1-2 pair of pants that do not have knee patches on them. And Shag is getting to be the same way. Heck even my oldest is starting to have a couple of pair of pants with patches in them. I keep telling myself I will spend more money on theier clothes when they do not ruin them in weeks.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-10587216584512179492011-01-21T06:00:00.002-07:002011-01-21T06:00:17.157-07:00Cake PopsCake Pops are dessert on stick. Not only do some people make them so darn cute, they taste really good too. I have admired <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/">Bakerella's</a> talent for awhile. She makes all kind of goodies, but I love her designs on all of her cake pops. She is really talented. I have followed her blog before she was making the book, or should I say before she published her book. Since I have liked looking at her site, of course I wanted her book for Christmas.<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=bakerlla-cake-pops-book1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/bakerlla-cake-pops-book1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So this my first attempt<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=bakeralla.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/bakeralla.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />Iso 1600, f3.2, 1/50<br /><br />not all of them would stay on the stick<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=bakeralla-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/bakeralla-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />Iso 1000 f3.2, 1/60<br /><br />And the chocolate did not melt like I had wanted.<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=bakeralla-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/bakeralla-3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />Iso 1000 f2.8, 1/60<br /><br />These are not the prettiest. But they tasted good. I brought them to a party and they went over pretty well. I would like to make some that turn out and are kind of cute looking. Practice I suppose.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-74843588494509464302011-01-18T06:00:00.002-07:002011-01-18T06:00:08.179-07:00Soap Box Derby<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am so long over due in posting these pictures. This was defiantly one of my highlights of the summer. The dad's of the our cul-de-sac decided to have a </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">soap box derby race</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. All the dad's and the kids had to make the car. No specific rules- just build together. Oh our team was over the moon. We were not the first one's done by any measure or the last. I went to the local </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.resourceyard.org/">ReSource </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">yard and looked for wood and wheels. I found a some wagon wheels (2.00$) of some sort and an old staircase part (free......oh oh oh). I told my parents what we were doing and my mom thought she had some really old soap box wheels. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Well she did</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. One </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">rusted</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> out pair and a really </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">GOOD</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> pair. So my guys started to build.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Be warned for picture overload....................</span><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=GO-Kart-ab.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/GO-Kart-ab.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-a.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=GO-Kart-d.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/GO-Kart-d.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=GO-Kart.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/GO-Kart.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You gotta love the look on there faces. We had </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NO</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> idea that the car would go that fast. Can you see NO helmets- what </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">cRaZy</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> bad parents we were- but seriously we thought it would barely go. Plus there is NO brakes for them to stop that car at this point. Well I don't think we put any on, now that I think of it.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-4.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 900px; height: 900px;" src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-4.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This picture cracks me up every time I see it.<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=GO-Kart-e.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/GO-Kart-e.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ready for RACE DAY----- 4th of July afternoon</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >(not to self- have race on a non busy weekend- I co-hosted a community/subdivision party that morning and was a part of the BIG cul-de-sac/neighborhood party that evening) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4 teams Who know how many children......................</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-5.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-6.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I felt like I missed them go by I was laughing and smiling so hard</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AND THE WINNER IS......................</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-7.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My guys......... yah yah yah oh yah................</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The dad's of course had their turn.</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Go-kart-8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-kart-8.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We already have plans for next year. We are thinking of opening it up to more neighbors and maybe having different age groups? The possibilities are endless. Even if it is just our cul-de-sac in the race, we will all have just as much FUN</span>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-38553613334223085962011-01-10T06:00:00.000-07:002011-01-10T06:00:04.383-07:00Let is SNOWI'd been telling myself for weeks that is was gonna snow, so I should get all the boots out of the closet and figure out what fit who. Well it snowed and I never went through the boots. I consider myself lucky that it so happen to be a weekend and we had NO plans. Well 16 boots in a pile and only 2- maybe 3 fit. I think it is so hard to tell if kids shoes really fit. Than they fight with you because they want to wear a pair that <span style="font-style: italic;">clearly</span> does not fit. 3 pair that fit ok. Than time for the 10 pounds of gear to put on before they go out. I am thankful that my oldest can <span style="font-style: italic;">FINALLY </span>put all of his stuff on and GO. He just needed help finding all of it.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=boots-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/boots-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />But the two other kids.... Oh boy put on my patience hat, than go find more patience and finally give up and realize I did my best. I needed to go outside because I let the 3yo out. My 6yo had to figure the rest out.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Winter-2010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Winter-2010.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />Can you see it on his face how sad he is.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Winter-snow-2010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Winter-snow-2010.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A little distraction and it seems to be ok. I really did not get all that much help actually shoveling the drive way. But someday (for a short period of time- years) I won't have to go out and shovel. I will ask my children to do it for me.<br /><br />where to my middle child go............<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Logan-inside-winter-2010.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Logan-inside-winter-2010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br />he does not like to be cold- but still wants to be involved.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-73051689171045371712011-01-07T06:00:00.001-07:002011-01-07T06:00:00.536-07:00BeignetsIn November my hubby and I went to New Orleans. He had business and I had well pleasure. I spent my days wandering, eating, wandering and relaxing. After he got done with his stuff we would head out for the evening. So much great food. One place I loved was <a href="http://www.cafedumonde.com/beignet.html">Cafe de Monde</a>. How could you not love beignets. So I brought a box home to make for my kids. The smell of burning oil turned most of them off, but my middle son (sweet tooth) loved them. They of course did not turn out like the New Orleans beignets, but still it was the idea. The trip was refreshing. Much needed. I am glad that the in-laws were willing to watch my monsters for 5 straight days. Thank you...<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Beignets.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Beignets.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Beignets-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Beignets-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-72623684782442133502011-01-04T06:00:00.000-07:002011-01-04T06:00:14.541-07:00T-PeeThese T-pees crack me up. The boys go through phases where they play with them all the time. Than we don't see them for a long time. My grandmother, so their great grandmother got them for them. She saw them at a craft fair years ago. Than contacted her a year after to got them. They are great. In the winter they are set up all over the house. Today in my room.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=TP.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/TP.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-65682725819245026052011-01-02T21:16:00.005-07:002011-01-02T21:34:00.035-07:00me 1/52I joined a flickr group 52 weeks of me (you)<br />I missed that everyone else was doing a traditional pose. But this is how I spend a lot of time. Insomnia for me is a way of life. I am either a heavy sleeper or I am up ALL night. Lucky me I know. My mother also has insomnia, so I think it may be a family thing. I spend most of time on the internet in the middle of the night. I am afraid that if I sew, turn on the TV or many lights that I will keep other people up in my house. So this me, and how I see myself.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=insomina-blog.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/insomina-blog.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></span><br />Iso 1600, F2.8, 1/6 <span style="font-size:85%;">at 1:30am</span>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-40904103000095900542010-12-30T06:00:00.001-07:002010-12-30T06:00:00.953-07:00Happy HolidaysHappy Holidays.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=2010-Holiday-card-Final.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/2010-Holiday-card-Final.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=2010-Holiday-card-inside-Final.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/2010-Holiday-card-inside-Final.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-71851438703654619872010-12-27T20:45:00.003-07:002010-12-27T20:59:11.279-07:00Christmas is over and they are finally getting out the their Xmas PJ's. I have loved having family here for days and hosting many meals. It warms my heart to be surrounded by our family. I love all the cooking and ciaos.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=After-Christmas.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/After-Christmas.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Iso 1000, F3.5, 1/100</span><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=After-Christmas-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/After-Christmas-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">ISo 1000, f/7.1, 1/320</span><br /><br />Trying to find our way through mounds of TOYS. Which we love. We have spent days filled with play with no schedule to tend to.These jammies have made it through two seasons. I <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">LOVE LOVE</span> them. They are <a href="http://www.hannaandersson.com/">Hanna Anderson</a>. Soft and comfy. By far the best I have ever bought. I even bought Halloween ones. If you knew me, you know I do not pay full price on Brand Name clothes but these are MY splurge for them.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-92094535138023576182010-12-03T10:16:00.002-07:002010-12-03T10:28:04.618-07:00drawing<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=drawing-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/drawing-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br />ISo 325 50mm f 6.3, 1/50 <br /><br />These days this how we spend some of our free time. They all like to draw. We encourage it and praise them for their creativity.MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-24748412355958949352010-11-29T07:50:00.002-07:002010-11-29T07:53:30.179-07:00XMASI have started thinking about Xmas cards. I think that Superhero's is must. But the saying is what is tripping me up this year.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=2010-back-card.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/2010-back-card.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-72159088229788891812010-11-08T05:59:00.002-07:002010-11-08T06:04:20.894-07:00A flyer was put in our door for the two neighborhood girls to rake the leaves and make <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">5$</span> per yard. <br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Leaves.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Leaves.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />That gave these three the idea to offer it at a lower cost. Than to take it one step father, they knocked on doors and with their cute little faces told the home owner only <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">3$ </span>for your front yard.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Leaves-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Leaves-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />They ended up doing about <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">4</span> houses and by the end, you could tell it did not matter about the money. My boys where having so much fun. Moose actually ran by me and threw his dollar at me to take home and I commented that it might be mine now and he said "ok mom".<br /><br />happy monday..........................MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-84185292088278592832010-11-04T06:00:00.002-06:002010-11-06T07:12:40.037-06:00Change is GOODI have been wanting to do this FOREVER and finally did.<br />I needed help, this was a BIG project. Recently (at least a year ago) my mother-in-law painted her kitchen cabinets. I knew I could do it with a little help. We knocked them out in about a week. Thank goodness, if I would of had to do them myself it would have taken me a month or more and it would of been torture on my family.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Cabine.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Cabine.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Cabinet-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Cabinet-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Cabninet-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Cabninet-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Cabinets.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Cabinets.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Started in the garage so I would not disrupt the house, but the cold weather forced us to reset up in the living room.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Cabinets-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Cabinets-3.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Cabinets-4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Cabinets-4.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Before-and-After.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Before-and-After.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view&current=Before-and-After-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Before-and-After-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They are brighter and better than I could have imagined. I love them. Still tryingt o decorate, but loving the new cream cabinets. Now when do you think I can get new floors. If I am anything like my mother there is always a project in the wings.<br /><br />And yes the <span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span> did turn into a <span style="font-weight: bold;">5. </span><span>It's a number I have come to love.<br /></span>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-26969662142008831432010-11-01T20:42:00.002-06:002010-11-01T20:55:03.678-06:00Weekend FUNWe have dressed up for years so it was fun to. We were honorable mention at one of the parties and won a 3lb Summer Sausage. I really like summer sausage but I am gonna need help eating this one. <br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Halloween-Cosutmes.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Halloween-Cosutmes.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />We had two Adult Parties to go to. And I made these... a little on the sweet side. <br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Halloween-treats.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Halloween-treats.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Commander and I are thankful for both of our parents who watched our kids so we could go out and celebrate. <br />We ended the weekend with this<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Halloween-neighborhood-gang-cropped-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Halloween-neighborhood-gang-cropped-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Every year we trick or treat with the whole neighborhood. In the picture we are minus 3 of the older girls. So each house we go to 10 kids land at the door yelling "trick or treat". Two of mine went home after a short bit of hitting houses. <br /><br />Today we are a wreck. Coughs, low grade fevers, and general whinning. And just plain tired..........<br />Tomorrow is new a day rightMGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-47148973866165460522010-10-11T20:48:00.001-06:002010-10-11T20:49:57.931-06:00<a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Lo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Lo.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Not bad for a 3yo taking the picture.<br /><br />I wish our days could be filled with <br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Tramp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Tramp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />And I really miss heading to the pool<br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Pool-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Pool-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-61020945718197406842010-10-01T08:21:00.000-06:002010-10-01T08:21:00.164-06:00Go Kart RaceDo all kids beg to play video games at restaurants, have candy or a toy at every store and want to do every activity at all places they go. Like most people we give in once in a while. So this day, Commander and I were doing a little batting practice before our Sunday night Softball game. They have go Karts at this place. So we indulged the boys in them. It was fun that ALL THREE got to participate at the same time. Driving was a little hairy cary for all them. Shag gave up about a lap into int. The kid running the karts was nice enough to continue driving for him. I think they are all really enjoyed it. We should probably do more of that stuff more often. <br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=go-karts-2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/go-karts-2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=go-karts-3-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/go-karts-3-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Go-karts-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Go-karts-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=batting-cages-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/batting-cages-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-73142855543850338992010-09-27T06:00:00.000-06:002010-09-27T06:00:04.425-06:00Movie in the cul-de-sacWe put our kids to bed one night and I heard these strange noises coming from neighborhood it was about 830pm. I peek outside to see.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Movie-in-the-cul-de-sac-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Movie-in-the-cul-de-sac-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Cool Huh. The neighbor is testing out his outdoor theatre. I am amzed at how good the picture is.<br /><br />Another night , we put the kids in bed 8pm or so. I sit down and finally check my email. It’s a neighborhood email about a movie showing in our cul-de-dac tonight. Bummer the boys are already in bed. <br />A minute later. We get a text.<br /><br />A:Are you coming out? The movie starts in 5 minutes. <br />Us: No the kids are in bed<br />A: really it starts in 2 minutes, bummer it’s Toy Story 2, u can have a beer<br />Us: maybe another night.<br /><br />5 minutes later we joined the group. Such a great experience to pluck your kids out of bed for. It was a good time. The kids were in front of the screen in one drive way. The adults were across the cul-de-sac in another. What a fun summer memory. <br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Toy-Story-2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Toy-Story-2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Toy-Story.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Toy-Story.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-31309008448217731532010-09-13T08:17:00.000-06:002010-09-13T08:17:00.720-06:00Yum-o as Rachel Ray would say. Commander suggested I try this deli, because he knows how much I love deli sandwiches. Currently my oldest and I share a Wise Guy at Spicy Pickle. (Which we love) Now we have found a new one to share as well. The Itialain at <a href="http://www.eatsnarfs.com/">Snarf’s</a> is just as good. I love that my oldest has a great flair to try new foods. He likes to eat and will pretty much try anything. As long as one of his buddies is not there to tell him how gross it might or might not be. Moose can eat more than me by far. Sometimes at dinner he has about 3 servings. He is a skinny guy that is literally still running around from the time he is awake. At some point we will need to teach him portion control so that he does not struggle later in life. Commander and I love food. I am sure we hope that all 3 will have an appreciation for it. Well maybe when they are able to buy their own food. The thought of three teenage boys in the house eating at once scares me. We will be solely shopping at BIG BOX stores probably once than once a week to feed them. If I have it correctly we’ll have an 18 yo, a 17 yo, and a 14 yo for 3 squares a day. Instead of saving for college maybe I should save for a food fund.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Snarf.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Snarf.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Snarf-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Snarf-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Now that was a GOOD sandwich.........................MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-53284908576639544392010-09-10T08:13:00.000-06:002010-09-10T08:13:00.297-06:00“I’m Indy Jones”You have to love the imagination of the 3 year old. He is Indy Jones, with the hat, satchel, coat and gun one day. Sandlot baseball guy, then Wolverine the next day. Whenever he is doing something that is naughty he is usually a character, not himself. <br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Shag-as-Indy-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Shag-as-Indy-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Coutnertop.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Coutnertop.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I thought that I would share this last one, because it is cute to me. He stopped napping. I have made my peace, but some days he sneaks one in.<br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Shag-asleep-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Shag-asleep-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642740338834443451.post-39332155358217282072010-09-06T08:10:00.000-06:002010-09-06T08:10:00.436-06:00ChessChess is game I remember very little about. I know there are pieces that move a certain way and there is strategy. To see all the neighborhood boys out playing chess was a little odd. I associate this game with mature adults. Not rowdy neighborhood kids. None the less they were quiet for most of an afternoon doing tournament style chess with each other. Now I have not seen them play it since, but it was a quiet afternoon in the neighborhood. <br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Chess-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Chess-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/?action=view¤t=Chess.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/MGF5/Chess.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>MGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204483484979225502noreply@blogger.com0