Happy Birthday to Matthew & Vince

Matthew turned 10 yesterday (18th), and Vince turned 33 on Mon. (13th). We had tons of fun Mon. night with Vince at home. We ate steak and shrimp per request from Vince, opened some presents and had some peach torte.

Then for Matthew's bday on Sat. we set up a geo-cache contest between two teams. 5 geo-caches, see how many you can get in an hour....then Kaylee got a high fever and we had to call off the guests so no one got sick. We ended up going out anyway, boys against girls, but the girls didn't last very long with one being sick, two in flip flops, three not really loving the bugs, then Ashley ended up having to go potty and got cut on the weeds! In the end, the boys won (no surprise) & Matthew had a ton of fun. We came home, had Eggo waffles for dinner, per request, and then opened presents and sang happy birthday with the birthday donut! :)

Pictures to come.....

New decorations

Some people don't have access to facebook, so I am going to post about all my new decorations. I have finished the girls room and my room (except for a few wall pictures) and have the boys room painted, but no decor. My grandma also finished the oil-painting for us for our living room wall. Here are some pics:


The lighting in the girl's first picture isn't great so the second and third are the true colors. Also, if you can't see it, behind the girl's bunk beds is a tiny little play area created by their princess draping.















I still need to get a few pictures up on the wall over my bed, but mostly its done.















We have some magnet boards and I would like to get a few wall shelves that we are going to hang for the boys and we may be getting a little homework desk in there between the beds.















Vince says his favorite part of the picture is the ground because you feel like you can step into it.