Spring is here and it is fabulous! A couple of weeks ago it seemed like everyday was something new blooming. First the daffodils, then the tulips, then all of the trees with flowers and now they are all covered with leaves. It is the most beautiful shade of bright green. Every day the cold, cold winter gets pushed further and further into the back of my mind. Four or five months of winter cold is not seeming so bad when this is what comes after! I found a little robin's nest in a small pine tree that is right by our walkway. It has four tiny blue eggs in it and we check it every day waiting for baby birds. I love watching all of the birds tease Mojo. They fly really low in the yard and he chases them for hours. Then, when he is exhausted he takes HIS place in MY happy place (our screened back porch) to relax!
SPRING
Posted by
Jen
4
comments
Happy 13th Birthday Sydnee

Posted by
Jen
4
comments
Spring is coming
This is a picture I took a few weeks ago of some of my spring flowers starting to come up. They had lots of bulbs in the yard already and Lindsey and I planted lots more so it should be fun to see what comes up. This is our first spring here and everyday I see new things starting to bloom. I'm so ready to have leaves back on the trees. I've heard spring weather can be very unpredictable so I hope we like it. I'm pretty much planning on one last snow storm so I don't freak out if it happens in April or May! 
Posted by
Jen
0
comments
Cake Auction Fundraiser
The youth at church had a cake auction/talent show to rasie money for their summer camps. Del helped Lindsey and some friends make a video to the B 52's Rock Lobster. It was so creative and I'll try to get a link on here later. I helped Sydnee do these cakes below. We had some really amazing cakes show up and the kids earned quite a bit of money for their camps.
This is one of the cakes we ended up with when the night was over. It is hard to tell but the entire outside and the bowl that is on top of the cake was made from chocolate. The bowl was filled with yummy whip cream. I think the lady that made it called this the "Hope Floats" cake. It looked like the bowl that says HOPE (in chocolate) was floating on top. 

Posted by
Jen
2
comments
Family Night

Our school district had a "Ready Set Relax" night where they cancelled all activities, practices, and games and encouraged families to take a 'time out' and spend the evening together without any distractions. Sound familiar? It was quite nice! Even though we try to set Monday night aside for just that, things have a way of creeping in.
Posted by
Jen
1 comments
Poor Mojo
Poor Mojo! I guess when you are surrounded by little girls they do mean things to you like make you wear a bra! At least they do it do Mojo and not Del!

Another reason why he looks so humiliated in this picture is because he had just gotten a hair cut and the lady shaved him almost bald on his stomach! What was she thinking? Poor guy-
Posted by
Jen
0
comments
Daisy Troop




Sydnee and Lindsey never did Girl Scouts and I always thought it started with Brownies but apparently there are Daisies as well. We have a cute little group of girls in the neighborhood that are in 1st grade and two very motivated moms who take care of this troop. A few weeks ago they went to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in downtown Cleveland for a visit and a "Girls Rock" themed day! I of course had been procrastinating about buying the bright blue smock but Carli begged and finally I made the purchase. Luckily the petals are iron on! (if not they would most definitely be glued, not sewn) She had a great time and told me lots of fun facts about Elvis and others.
Posted by
Jen
1 comments




