A Couple Of Nice Days..

We had a couple of nice days and so I made the kids take advantage of them. Although, it really wasn't hard to do. They were wanting to head outdoors after being couped up indoors from the Winter and with Mom barking out orders of doing chores at them. They were ready and so was I to open the windows and get some fresh air myself.

We have gotten to be really good friends with our neighbors behind us. They ended up cutting a gate through the fence so the kids (and us parents) could get through instead of having to walk all the way around the block. The kids were making a path in our grass so I decided to do a project and make a pathway to the gate from our patio. It was getting so much use that the gate couldn't keep up with all the kids going in and out. We just left it open through the Winter months. Not sure what we are going to do when the weather stays nicer. Maybe we can just tear down the whole fence?!!? haha


Lyndsey, Samantha, Benjamin, and Jonathan playing around
More pictures of them just playing around


Walking with Ashley
The kids just walking up the path. See, it gets alot of use.
Jonathan running up the path to head over to his friends Luke and Logan's house.


Biscuit is wanting some of Jonathan's chips.
Ashley likes to go up and down our hill in the backyard. She would almost run down the hill and then start laughing when she got to the bottom.
Ashley with Biscuit and our neighbors doggie, Buddy. Biscuit and Buddy play all the time. They will go back and forth to each others door to see if they can play. One time, Biscuit was up at Michelle's back door just barking. Michelle called me to see where Buddy was and that Biscuit was just barking at her door. I looked in the backyard and couldn't see Buddy back there so I had a feeling that maybe he had gone into the frontyard. Sure enough, he had and it was just at the same time when the kids had gotten off the bus. Samantha was carrying Buddy up the sidewalk and I just laughed. Biscuit had gone up to their backdoor and was tattling on Buddy. They are not suppose to go through the gate but Buddy is alot smaller than Biscuit is and can fit through the panels of our picket fence.

Update on The Beginning Of Lent...

Okay, well before everyone left to head to work or to school this morning. We managed to come up with ideas of what to give up for Lent. Since the kiddos are needing to work on their grades more with school. Wes has given up watching movies so the kids won't want to sit there with him and watch them. They need to do more reading or working on homework. A battle we do all the time. Both Benjamin and Jonathan have decided to give up playing all video games in the house except for, playing their Nintendo DS only on the weekends. We will see how this goes. Lyndsey has still given up candy. She did make a remark this morning that her band teacher is suppose to bring a reward for her, (for filling out a worksheet that only she filled out-partly because I made her do it-HA), that is candy. She was starting to think that maybe candy is a bad idea to give up. I told her she could tell her teacher that she will hold onto it until Lent is over because that is what she had given up. She just made a face at me. hahaha Wes said to me that I am going out to lunch too much with friends so I have decided to give up going out to eat as well as giving up pop. I however did not give up shopping. (heehee) Little Ashley, well she has no idea what is going on soo she is exempt from participating in this. Although, I wish she would give up whinning.

The Beginning Of Lent...

So, here we are. Tomorrow, the beginning of Lent and trying to have kids think of something to give up is just so hard. Well, not for me. I have a few suggestions but they don't want to hear them. Hmmm - Let's see. Benjamin has suggested to give up cleaning. That's not going to work. Jonathan has suggested playing the playstation only on the weekends. He would be allowed to play his Nintendo DS and the VTech and computer games anytime. Hmmm, that is not going to work either. Another thought was giving up eating. That is DEFINATELY not going to work. Well, Lyndsey is the only one who has made a decision. She is going to give up candy. We will see how that goes and hopefully the boys will wake up with a decision. I am going to give up pop. Especially, diet coke. ugh That is going to be very hard for me but I know I can do it. Happy Lent all!!

The First Entry...

Okay, Well here it is. My first entry. I am really excited about this! It is like having my own personal diary but...You all can read it. HA My goal for this is to make at least one entry a month if not more. I want to be able to share my families life with friends and family who are not able to be with us every minute of our day. Now, normally I am a very shy person when I am face to face with people. Writing on this, there is just my face and a computer screen with no facial expressions. I hope I don't tell too much information to you all. haha No, I LOVE to scrapbook so putting up pictures and telling about them is right up my alley. This will be sooo fun to do and now I feel like I am rambling on here to fill this up. On that note, I am going to move on and just put up some pictures of each one of my family. I hope you enjoy this as much as I will.

This is me with my Wonderful husband Wes. We met in December of 1994. I have my friend Annette to thank for introducing him to me. We got married in May of 1996. We now have 4 beautiful children together. I wouldn't change any of it. Yes, we have had our ups and downs, but that is how life works. Without those ups and downs, our life would be so boring. I LOVE you Wes and I cannot wait to spend many many more years with you! :)

This is Lyndsey. She just turned 11 years old. She is in 5th grade and will be going into 6th grade (middle school) next August. I cannot believe how fast kids really do grow. She is playing the clarinet this year and has my teacher that I had in 7th and 8th grade for her teacher this year. Sooooooooo weird. haha


This is Benjamin. He just turned 10 years old. He is in 4th grade and he is my social kid. He loves to help others when they need help especially Grandpa when Grandpa needs his garage cleaned out or needs their motorhome washed. He plays baseball every year and LOVES it. He will start tackle football this year in the Fall. YIKES!! I am sure he will be fine. He is such a big kid that he will just trample all over the other team.


This is Jonathan. He is 8 years old. He is in 2nd grade. He also plays baseball during the Summer months. He loves to ride his rip stick in the circle. I can't believe how he can ride that thing. It is soo hard to stay balanced on that or maybe I am just old. He loves to hang out with his dad. Can you tell? A little Wesley look alike.


This is Ashley. She is 3 years old and started preschool this year. She absolutley LOVES it. I wasn't expecting her to start school so early. She started because she had had alot of ear infections and they caused her speech to be delayed. She was accepted in the school district to receive extra help. Which has been WONDERFUL. They have helped her and us out alot. She loves to go bye-bye. She never wants to come home. I will leave her school after picking her up and just turn the corner. She will ask, "where are we going?" meaning--not home!



Finally, our littly puppy, Biscuit. I couldn't leave him out. Lyndsey had begged and begged for a dog and well, I couldn't stand it no longer. While Wes's mom was visiting us, she had to go into the hospital. She is better now. Well, while in the hospital, she came across an ad about Biscuit. We went to Lyon's Nebraska to just have a look at this one puppy left in this batch. Well, here he is. I couldn't bear leaving him there and taking that long drive again to wait for another litter. I was hoping to get a girl doggie. But we fell in love with him and so very glad we got him. He has been a good dog after he had stopped chewing on our wall corners, some of our bottom cabinets, some toys (some horses now have chewed up legs ), and a few dolls have no toes, etc, etc, etc. He has turned out to be a very smart dog. Wes has worked really hard with him. He doesn't come around the table while we eat and beg for food. He knows that at night for his last outting that he goes straight to his kennel. Treats are very helpful in training. :)

I hope you all enjoyed this. I had alot of fun putting this all together. I had so much fun that I will probably will be posting another entry really really soooooon. Love, Lynette