Happy Easter!!!

We are home safe and sound and looking forward to a relaxing day with Dan. I hope everyone has a blessed Easter with their families. I also hope that Passover goes well too.

Bloggy Redo

OMG I don't like pink. I was trying for blue. YIKES!!

Good Friday

We are still up in Massachusetts with Dan's family. Today is Good Friday so we celebrated with a day of fasting and a trip to church. We have been having a good time over all. Dan's sister Linda came down with her husband and kids on Wednesday so that was really fun. Last night we had movie night with his other sister Marghee. The older girls watched Get Smart with us and the younger two watched Hocus Pocus. Tonight we are watching Journey To The Center of the Earth, this time all together.
Tomorrow morning, we load up the van and head home to spend Easter with Dan.

Road Trip

The girls and I are heading up to Massachusetts to spend a few days with Dan's family. I will have my laptop with me but will probably not be blogging much. Hope everyone has a good week!

Friend Makin' Monday

So it's Friend Makin' Monday once again. This week, Kasey wants us to list the things that get us upset. I think I will go ahead and skip the 1001 things my children do that annoy me since I could go on all day about that. I'll stick with the things that strangers do that drive me to yell at them, even if it's only in my head or in the privacy of my own vehicle.

1. Stupid drivers. This is the one that will push me over the edge so quickly. I can't stand people who think they own the road and can drive how ever they feel like. I especially get irritated at drivers who don't use their turn signals. Sorry if this upsets anyone but I just can't stand it.

2. When people think that they don't have to follow the rules that everyone else does. One in particular is the uniform code at my Jaquelyn's school. I make my daughter follow it to the letter and other parents just let their kids wear anything.

3. When someone says they will be somewhere and then just blows you off and doesn't even let you know. Jaquelyn had a sleepover Sunday night and invited all the girls in her class. Two girls that said they were coming, including one whose parent said their daughter was coming, just never showed. Jaquelyn was very upset.

4. Ok...this is a bit whiny but I hate it when I put together, what I think is a good post, and no one comments on it. I know that is so silly since we are supposed to blog for ourselves. It's not every post that I think I should get comments on, just some of the ones that I think are good. I know, I am such a baby. Everyone can just ignore this one.

5. hhmmmmmm I am having trouble thinking of a 5th one. I will borrow one from Kasey and go with swearing in front of my kids. We were waiting in line at 6 flags one year and these morons a few people behind us were talking worse than any sailor I have ever heard. I was appalled that they would speak like that at a place where there are children everywhere.

So there's what I can think of this late at night. As usual, there's probably something...or many things...I will think of later that I can't believe I've forgotten. Anyhow, if you want to join in or just meet some new friends, you can head over to Kasey's blog.

Color Guard Competition

Yesterday Teresa's color guard had their last performance of the year. Lucky for me, this one was here in town. The others have been more than an hour away. I thought they did very well but then I haven't ever seen another group perform. I took a few pictures and video but they didn't come out too well. It's weird because my camera changed the color of the flags. They are actually purple but they look kinda blue. They were not able to compete since they were the hosts, but they still received a score and they had improved from their last performance.
Anyhow, I thought I would show everyone how cute she looks. She is the lead person in the video.

I'm A Winner!

I put a button on the side of my blog several weeks ago promoting the Profoundly Pictures raffle from Profoundly Seth. They were raising money to help offset the costs of the implants for their son's ears. I had participated in the raffle which ended last weekend. I just happened to go and check who the winners were and.....I was one of them!
Here's what I won....


Heidi gets the customized taggy blanket from Liz over at Loving Mom 2 Boys.










Too Cool....It must be my lucky day. Maybe I'll go play the lottery or something.

Rebecca's 4 Year Old Portraits

Yesterday I finally made it to Sears to get Rebecca's 4 year old pictures taken. I was only 2 months overdue. I of course spent much more than I expected to but as usual, once I saw all the cute pics, I just couldn't resist.

Dentist Days

This week was dentist week at our house. Taylor, Teresa and I hit our dentist on Tuesday and Jaquelyn and Rebecca went yesterday. These trips were much like our last visits to the dentist. You can read about them here and here. It is so frustrating to know that I am brushing my teeth twice as often as they are but I am still the only one getting fillings. They even mentioned that Teresa needed to brush a lot more than she is or she will have major problems when she get older....but she still didn't have any cavities. I have all the rotten luck when it comes to those.
The exciting bad news this time was all about my teeth. They asked if I grind my teeth and I mentioned that I used to. Apparently, I still do. I have been grinding my teeth so much, I have cracked one of my fillings and it needs to be replaced. Ahhhh, this is why it hurts to chew on the left side of my mouth. Terrific. Great. Wonderful. Have I mentioned that I am a ginormous baby when it comes to dental work? I can handle the cleanings and check up no problem. You want to get in there with a needle and drill...watch out for the panic attacks and water works. I actually asked them if they do sedation dentistry...no such luck but they do have nitrous oxide which I will be absolutely requesting. I don't care if my insurance doesn't cover it.
So anyhow, I think the hygienist mentioned to me about 5 times to get a new night guard and wear it....every night. So I get to go back to looking like a linebacker when I go to sleep...woohoo. What fun.

Wordless Wednesday

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