Mother's Day 2011 Preview

I got my mother's day gft a day early and I got a new Relic purse and checkbook wallet from Kohls.  I REALLY LOVE IT!!!!!! 

I love the pattern so much and there's a bunch of pockets.  The handles are a really nice brown leather.  Here's pictures of the wallet but in the wrong print. 

They're so beautiful!!!!! I love it love it love it!!!!!!  AHHHHH I'm so excited!!!!!

Relic Vicky Floral Convertible Checkbook Wallet

Relic Vicky Floral Convertible Checkbook Wallet

This is a link to the wallet in the right print.  It's absolutely breath taking isn't it?

Shawn and Alex's House Warming Party and Osama Bin Laden has been killed!!!

So Shawn and Alex had their house warming party today.  Originally we were going to get them a fryer but we thought someone else would've got them that so guess what the next step up was?  A maytag electric stove.  It was on clearance for 539.10 and then we got 10 percent off for a special going on and then we got another 10 percent off from a coupon and I have 18 months to pay it off.  I don't think we could've got a better deal and we gave them the toilet paper that I promised.  We gave them a clue, the special cleaning stuff but they had no clue.  They'll find out tomorrow morning.  It's beautiful! if I should say so myself.

We got home and put the kids to sleep and guess what we found out from the TV?  Osama bin Laden has been killed and the US has his body in custody.  Almost 10 years after 9/11 this is a very symbolic moment but there is still a lot of evil and violence left in this world.  Still waiting for the president to announce it.

Easter 2011

We colored eggs on Saturday.

Terri cooked Easter dinner this year.  She made cole slaw, ham , baked potatoes, salad, and green bean casseroles.  The girls woke up to a trail of eggs.  Katelinh was in her own room while Evalinh had slept in the guest bedroom with Jason all night.  Evalinh found her basket first, in her playhouse under a blanket.  Katelinh was a bit upset thinking she didn't get one this year until she found hers under her pink guitar on top of box with a blanket on top as well.  Evalinh's basket had a new bunny pillow pet, an Elmo DS game, a coloring book, markers, and crayons.  Katelinh's had a princess Yatzee game, a pair of brown shoes, 2 DVDs (Tangle and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventures ), and a Dora DS game. 

I got a new haircut, it's really short, almost like Victoria Beckham's bob and auburn highlights.  I really like it and Jason loves it.  It makes me look older and more sophisticated.  Mom and Dad doesn't like it so much. 

I baked all day and made little chow mein noodle nest with the girls, but Jason surprised me with a full tray of Tiramasu for desert.  It was so yummy there's only three slices left.

Katelinh's Kindergarten

Yesterday Katelinh went to her Kindergarten screening.  She did really good.  She knew all the upper case letters and only mixed up d and b of the lower case letters.  She counted to 20 and knew all her shapes.  She is really excited about going to a big kid school and we couldn't be more proud.  We celebrated by going to Red Robins.  We were also rewarding Joey for his good work at school.

'We fell down on the job'

Last night President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union Address.  Here it is:



"...Now it's our turn. We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit, and reform our government. That's how our people will prosper. That's how we'll win the future..."

Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas were not present. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar served as the designated survivor, and did not attend the speech.
In light of the 2011 Tucson shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and others, Senator Mark Udall of Colorado proposed that members of both houses sit together regardless of party, breaking with tradition. Sixty members of the House and Senate signaled their support for the plan,^[and members of both houses sat with members of the opposite party.

My Bucket List

*Make Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon
*Make Tiramusu
*Make Creme Brulee
*Learn how to knit
*Finish a quilt (I mean finish, finish)
*Go on a road trip somewhere (Not one of my parent's road trip)
*Go to Paris, France
*Take my kids to Disney World
         ~Have dinner in Cinderella's castle
*Go to New York City
         ~Go to a Broadway Show
*Go to New York City for New Years Eve
*Go to Hawaii
*Have a 50th Anniversary
*Have a 75th Anniversary (That will make me 99 years old and Jason 100 so maybe not, who wants to be that wrinkly anyways)
*Have a fruit orchard
*Own a condo in Florida
*Ride a mechanical bull
*Have a glass of Champagne
*Read the bible and understand it
*Find peace and enlightenment in life
*Have a brunch (The real thing with food that you're suppose to eat at Brunch)
*Go to a live comedy Show
*Have a real Chanel purse
*Learn to play the piano
*Go on a Cruise
*Finish Grad school before Katelinh goes to into the 5th grade
*Go to Las Vegas for a grownup weekend
*Visit every state in the United States (not just drive through and airport stops don't count but actually planned attractions in every state)

...Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

It snowed like 5-6 inches today and the boys are out plowing.  It was beautiful today but its so hard to get on a bus at OSU.  I caught one after class today but one stop before mine a car had to go crash into another one and the bus driver made us get off and I had to wait for another bus to come.  And the traffic was horrible, it took me three hours to pick up the kids and get home.



Its 3:00 AM and I just got a phone call and it was Jason telling me that he had bumped into a car at one of the parking lots and crack their rear bumper.  The only hesitation of leaving a note is the owner might get greedy but we need to believe in people's understanding and compassion.  Besides Karma's a Bitch.  I hope this doesn't have anything to do with my complaining about the bus from earlier or the video, it was meant more for memory purposes not necessarily a complaint or making fun of.

SHAWN GOT A HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!

Shawn's bid got accepted at 35,000 plus closing yesterday morning.  What, what he's moving up in the world.  (tears) he's growing up so fast, now for that college degree.

These are the before pics:

 It's definitely a diamond in the rougn but the foundation is great as far as we can tell and just needs a little TLC which is totally doable.

2 New Additions to our Family

Yeasterday we took the girls to Build a Bear for the first time and they each got to make a bear.  We are proud to welcome...

Doggie

And Evabear

Unnecessary Violence

Yesterday there was a shooting in Arizona killing 6 people and causing 13 casualties.  Congress woman Gabrielle Gifford is still in critical condition from a bullet wound through the head and brain.  A federal judge was killed and a 9 year old little girl died for no reason.  No reason is ever acceptable for these acts of violence.  Who is ever to think that harming others to accomplish anything is a reason.  That little girl had a future and parents that will never be able to move on from this moment.  Nobody had the right to do this and no amount of punishment will make up for the death of these precious lives.  Any one of us could've been standing there and it could've been us or our love ones at any moment in time that this tragedy could occurr.  It makes you want to never leave your home but we will not let someone like this troubled person imprison us for the little bit of time we have with the ones we love on this earth and I only wish on him the pain he has caused to these innocent people and their families.  I know that nothing we can do will be equal to what he has done but he will in the next stage of life face his true judgement. 

Coldstone, McDonalds, and an Almost Broken Nose

First we went to Cold Stone

Best Coldstone Order

Like It Strawberry Shortcake Serenade

What's in it?:
Sweet Cream Ice Cream
Strawberries
Cake
Whip Cream folded in not on top

Then we went to McDonalds for their 4 Cheeseburgers and 4 small fries for 4.99.

Then Katelinh fell face first on our kitchen floor pretending to be unicorn and daddy the lion. All is well now but the nose is black and blue. 

Pad Thai

We had Pad Thai  and spring rolls for dinner last night, can you say YUMMY!, and I have a great recipe for the Sauce (easy and good ) but the other stuff needs a little tweaking but all still really good. 

Pad Thai Sauce:

2 tablespoon fish sauce (stinky but necessary)
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce (asian bbq sauce)
1 tablespoon of garlic chili sauce

What's on my iTouch!

I downloaded monopoly and Taylor Swift over winter break and now I'm totally addicted