8-9-10

Today was Emma's 9th Birthday. I can't believe that she has gotten so old so fast. We are in the middle of moving and packing so we couldn't have a party at our house so I asked her where she would like to have her party and she said Waka Dog, which is a lot like it sounds, a hot dog restaurant. Only she would think of having a little party at this place. It was only the guilt of us being in total chaos around here that granted her wish! There hot dogs are pretty good. It was last minute as so many of our "parties" seem to be, but we were very happy that all the family could make it out at least for a little while. I am so grateful to them for making the effort to come out and help make my Emma smile. Here are a few pictures of the night.

Emma Getting exactly what she wanted.
Another mermaid Barbie.

Kyle took this picture of Great Gramps.
Not to bad, if I say so myself.



Opening some presents.

Picture of the cute cupcake cake we found
at Target just before heading over to Waka Dog.
We really lucked out and they offered to write her name on
it for us. We also found a few extra cupcakes that
matched. It was a big hit!

Myself and the Birthday Girl.

The Scout Master wasn't able to make it home from work in time (just another reason why we are moving closer to his work) but he brought her home a Littlest Pet Shop present and she adored it. Also her Aunt took her out to the mall for a little fun. She got to make a Build a Bear, Jump on the Mall Jump, and ate at the food court (just a little note to Aunt Audrey: Kyle sulked all evening and kept asking us why Emma's birthday was better then his. She got jump on the bungee thing at the mall and I didn't. I secretly think he would have loved to make a Build a Bear too. I've never seen my little man so sad. I just told him he wasn't 9 yet and that maybe when he was 9 he would get to do the same thing. Though I would love to do a mommy daughter date with him soon.-Love Katie) Emma did have a pretty awesome day. I wish adult birthdays were as much fun!

Moving Again

I have been horrible at this blog thing for awhile now. I haven't wanted to make a new post because I wanted to catch up with the old before starting on the new. Well.....the longer I wait to post again the longer the list of catch up posts gets. Now I am not going to be really great at posting for the next few weeks either because.......we sold our house!! Which is a good thing and a bad thing all rolled into one.

Good because the kids will only miss out on 4 days of school and because it was an almost exact answer to our prayers.

Bad because after a week and a half of looking at almost everything available.....there isn't anything we can make work. We have a whole basement of furniture and hobby and exercise equipment that refuses to fit in a house without a least 4 bedrooms. Long story short.....there isn't anything near our price range that will work and everything below those houses needs extensive work before one could move in. So there isn't any middle ground. Plus there is always money to consider.

So we decided to move into a teeny tiny apartment for 6-8 months and then be able to afford the house we really want. It was a hard and stressful decision. But once made we felt pretty good about it and we can't help smile at thinking that our cost of living is going to be cut in half, which means we can save and save and save!

So there you are updated but not quite up to date with everything that has happened.

Spring Break 2010

Easter 2010

This year Easter fell on the first weekend of Spring Break as well as General Conference weekend for Church. The kids had a fun fill hour searching for their eggs and we were all spiritually fed by the Prophet and select leaders of our church. It was a good weekend.

Book Character Day

Today was Book Character Day at the kids' school. Last year Emma won in her class for dressing up as Fancy Nancy and was rewarded with a pizza party with the principle. This year I was so excited. I wanted Emma and Kyle to both win for their classes. I was sure if we picked characters that were cool but not ones that everyone would pick they would be shew ins to win. I only have pictures of Kyle today because Emma was Miss Mary Mac and I didn't get a picture before school, and after school all the sliver buttons down her back were pulled off. I was not that happy about that. The winner of her class dressed up as Junnie B. Jones. I was sad about that too.
But here are the pictures of Kyle before I dropped him off for school. I will let you look at the pictures and see if you can guess who he was for the day.





Any guesses? I will give you a hint. He solves mysteries with a crazy hungry dog, a talk lanky guy and two gals. Now do you know?
Fred from Scooby-Do. We had the book at home and therefore I classified him as a book character. Kyle didn't win for his class, but since it is just half day kindergarten it is possible that they weren't included in the pizza party. Kyle was sure cute none the less!

The Air Zoo

We had so much fun today. We went to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. Never been? You are seriously missing out! It is all in doors (2 buildings worth) and there are fun rides for kids of all ages (including adults). It's free admission to the zoo, but if you want to ride the rides then you much purchase a wrist band....one price and unlimited rides. Or if you prefer you can buy just a few tickets to ride just a few rides. There is history, planes, and fun. We really enjoyed ourselves despite the rain outside. Did I mention how cool it is that it is inside? Anyway here are a few pictures from our day.

Some Spring Time & Kite Flying Picutres

Just a few pictures I have taken lately. Emma age 8, Kyle age 5, Bee age 2.