The Rest of the Week…

We really had a laid back remainder of the week since my post on Wednesday. Nothing much on the agenda. It’s a nice break from the usual chaos. I don’t have much to talk about but I have some pictures to share so I guess I’ll just move on to that part.

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Thursday and Friday the weather was nasty. As in windy, windy, windy. I can’t complain though because it is usually windy from March thru May and it hasn’t been so I can handle a few days of yucky weather. I did however have to get creative with indoor fun for the kids since we have been so spoiled with non-stop trips to the park. Thursday we decide to head to Barnes and Noble to have some indoor fun with Books, Trains, and Legos. We haven’t been in a really long time so it was a nice treat for the kids.

Reading some books. Autumn was kind of a pain because she was pulling books off the shelf left and right, but I was a nice enough to walk behind her and put them back where they belonged so I didn’t get any nasty glares from employees. Haha. Owen could have stayed on the floor reading all day if I let him. In fact I’m not sure he would have noticed if I left him there. The kid LOVES LOVES LOVES to read! Thanks Mimi for always providing him with lots of fun books to read at home. It is so AWESOME having a teacher for a grandma. She understands the importance of reading!!!

After a bit they both moved on the the awesome Thomas the Train Table they have.

And then headed to the Lego Table. Equally as much fun as the trains.

And before we left they each had to stop by the toy section and play around. Owen picked out about 5 things he “really wants” for his Birthday. Yep, we are finally at that age where everything he sees he “wants” for his Birthday!

When we got home from the Bookstore, Owen was so excited to see that his magazine arrived in the mail. My wonderful Aunt JoAnn and Uncle Bob subscribed Owen to Clubhouse Jr. Magazine, by Focus on the Family. Clubhouse Jr. is a Christian Magazine with Faith Filled fun for kids ages 3-7. Owen LOVES receiving his copy each month and immediately wants to do an activity and read a story. So much fun. Thanks again so much Aunt JoAnn and Uncle Bob!

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Bath time is also a super fun indoor activity that keeps the kiddos occupied. The other day I decided to let them fill up the tub really high (in Owen’s words, “as high as a swimming pool”) and let them turn on the jets.

They thought it was so awesome having the jets on and watching the bubbles get bigger and bigger. Poor Autumn almost got buried in bubbles!

This picture is hysterical! Describes her to a T!!!!

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Friday night I made a delicious dinner so I thought I’d share. Where did I get the recipe? Pinterest of course! I mainly wanted to share it because almost all my friends also pinned this same recipe. It was called Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole. We are big casserole fans in this house because it provides lots of leftovers and leftovers are super kind on our monthly budget. This casserole has Chicken, Wild Rice, White Rice, Carrots, Celery and this amazing homemade cheese sauce. Best thing, there is nothing ‘processed’ in it and my kids both LOVED it!!!!! It did take quite awhile to prepare because of all the prep work, but it was so worth it to have a tasty healthy meal to eat for a few days that the whole family loved. Point is, all my pinterest friends, you must make this!!!!

I served it with a delicious Green Salad and some French Bread. Yum, Yum, Yum!!!

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Yesterday we dressed in our Broncos Gear to support the 2012 NFL draft. Made Daddy smile extra big when he got home from work….

Go Broncos!!!!!

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And this morning after church we came home to drop Daddy off so he could head to work and the kids and I headed off to a park to play. We decided to try out a new park, big surprise I know! It is one of my new favorite parks because they both had a blast and there was so much to do. What a great morning!

Headed off to explore the new park together. So sweet it makes my heart melt. I love that they have each other. It’s so nice to always have someone to play with. I think we are at the age where they are completely satisfied with each others company and we don’t always have to bring a friend along to have fun. They love each other. They fight, but they honestly love each other.

Have a great week!

Untitled

Why is this post called ‘untitled’? Well, mainly because I feel as if all my blog titles are starting to sound like a broken record. Possibly because life can sometimes feel like a broken record with the same old routines day in and day out. I am not complaining in the least, I am just out of fresh ideas for a post title about our week.

The weeks seem to be flying by these days. I feel like New Years Eve was just last week and all of a sudden the calendar is about to flip over to May. May! Are you kidding me? Honestly where does all the time go? Owen is about to turn four and finish up his first year of pre-school next month and I am stunned at how quickly everything has gone by. I guess I am in a major reflecting mood. Haha. I will try and save that for my emotional break down I am bound to have next month when all these things happen; Owen’s Bday Party, Last day of School Picnics, and so on.

Okay, refocus on this past week. What happened? Not too much, but a lot. What? I don’t know but that is honestly what it feels like. Really I can’t remember exactly why we were so busy and with what, but we were. So rather that trying to collect my thoughts I’ll just move onto pictures and maybe it will all somehow make sense. If not, just roll with it.

I guess I’ll start with this picture mainly to brag to the world that these are the 3 beautiful faces I get the privilege of waking up to every single morning. I am so blessed with the most amazing family. (Except for all of your families of course. Lol)

Since the weather has been so spectacular lately, we have spent a lot of time out side. Riding bikes, running, riding scooters, playing in the sand box, going to parks, etc. It has been the most awesome spring we have had in years!! The picture above is a normal afternoon playing in the cul de sac. Autumn loves to chase behind Owen as he is riding his bike. Owen has really mastered riding this bike and could spend hours doing so. Poor little Autumn was running too fast and face planted the pavement right after I took this pic. The girl is so tough and didn’t even cry. She was more concerned about continuing to chase Owen than worrying about her busted nose. She is so funny!

We went to Nana & Pampo’s for an afternoon of playing in their backyard. Autumn went strait to the freezer in the garage and pointed saying, “Sucker Please” which meant she wanted a popsicle. Haha. Here she is sitting at the picnic table enjoying her treat.

One of the best parts of playing in the cul de sac is meeting up with some of our best neighborhood friends. Here is Owen and Linking going for a cruise in the mustang.

Finnley was so sweet and let Autumn ride around on her Barbie 4 wheeler. Autumn LOVED this thing.

All the kids and all their toys.

This week the whole family got new bathing suits for this upcoming summer. The kids are officially all signed up for some summer activities through the city of Rio Rancho. Both kids are doing swim lessons in June, Autumn is all signed up for a tumbling gymnastics class and Owen is going to take Golf Lessons and Soccer. We are in for some major fun this summer! Here is Autumn trying on her new Hello Kitty Tankini. She really loved it.

Autumn having some more ‘dress up’ fun! She always picks the most interesting combinations. Fits her personality to a T!

I got an super fun night out with some of my amazing friends.

From Left to right we have; Heather, Nicole, Alicia, Charlene, My Sissy & Me. We were celebrating my friend Nicole’s 29th Birthday. We had a wonderful dinner at a yummy restaurant in old town called Seasons and then moved onto the Q Bar for a cocktail and a bit of dancing. It was a supper fun night!

 

Christy, Heather, Alicia, Me, Nicole, Charlene & My Sissy. So we asked a hotel worker to take a group photo of us ladies all dressed up and the guy turned it into a full on photo shoot and was telling us how to pose. Haha. It was pretty fun and a bit embarrassing all at the same time.

No words are necessary. Lol.

Me & My Best Friend in the Whole Wide World. I’ll call her my BFFWWW! Love you sissy!

Happy Birthday Nicole. We Love you bunches!!!

And last night, we had Brandon’s Coworker/good friend Scott and his wonderful family over for dinner, fun, dessert and games. Scott and Athena have 3 boys; Cole 18, Noah 16, and Josh 5. It was a super fun night spent with great company.

For dessert we decided to make a campfire and make smores. Yummy!

The Jeffer’s Family making some smores. They are such a wonderful family not to mention Scott is the Best Co-worker in the world for Brandon!

Owen and Josh were inseperable the entire night. Owen was asking for 3 strait days when Josh was coming over to play. They had an ABSOLUTE BLAST together. Josh is 5, he will be 6 in Sept, and Owen just adores him. (just a side note, Autumn didn’t nap well yesterday so she went to bed really early so that is why she is not in any of the pictures.)

Since poor Linkin broke his arm, Leanne let me keep the jumper for awhile so we decided to set it up for the boys to play in last night. They spent almost every second in this thing. They played so hard!!!!

For those who aren’t aware, there is a huge Moth infestation here in New Mexico right now. I guess since the winter was so mild this past year it didn’t kill them off and millions of eggs have recently hatched meaning there are tons and tons of moths everywhere at night. Anyway, Mr. Scott was catching moths for Owen and Josh and they were so fascinated. Silly boys. They were running around the back yard swatting their arms shouting “kill the moths, kill the moths”. Haha.

After all the jumping fun, moth catching and smores, we all came inside. Us adults played a fun card game called Wackee Six and the boys played and played and played some more. They were having so much fun we all lost track of time. Here is Owen next to the clock after they left….

Yes. It says 10:10PM!!!!!!! Owen got to stay up 2 hours past his bedtime last night. I think it goes without saying, Owen is DYING to have some more playtime with Josh. What a fun fun night!

So I think that about sums up this crazy busy “Untitled” week! Thanks for hanging in there through this unorganized post. Have a great rest of the week!

Field Trip

This past Thursday, Owen’s school had their last Field Trip of the 2011-2012 school year. The field trip was to the Museum of Natural History or to Owen the ‘Dinosaur & Space Museum’. Basically since it is a bunch of pre-schoolers their field trips are not mandatory and each parent has to accompany their own child. It’s more like a play day where you all show up with your kid(s) and walk around the museum either with friends or on your own. Nonetheless they are very fun little outings for all the kiddos. Unfortunately Brandon had to work so he wasn’t able to join in on the field trip fun, but the kids and I had a wonderful time. The first half of the museum we walked around with Owen’s friend (Cora) and her mom and then the second half we walked around with Owen’s friend (Joaquin) and his dad. It was a great time and Owen was so well behaved and a great listener which was awesome because the museum was packed!

Owen picked out his special Dinosaur shirt to wear that morning. So fitting!

The picture on the left is Cora and her Mom. She is in Owen’s class and is a total sweet heart. Owen and her have a blast together. He has made such wonderful friends in school this year!

BFF’s

Owen and his buddy Joaquin. They are so much alike it’s scary. They talked in their made up “dinosaur” language all day. Boys are so funny!

They had a turtle out to pet. He was such a nice turtle and loved all the attention. Autumn LOVED it and kept petting it over and over and Owen wouldn’t go anywhere near it. Haha.

What a super fun last Field Trip of the year!

Since the kids were both so well behaved on the field trip, I decided to reward them by walking across the street to this huge park to have a picnic lunch and to let them run around and play. They were so excited and had a wonderful time.

So all was going great until….

They discovered this crazy pyramid slide made out of bricks that was crowded with 8-10 year old kids. They begged and begged me to go on this slide but I was not excited about the idea. 1) It doesn’t look very safe for toddlers and 2) it was packed with big kids.

 

After lots and lots of tears, I became a big sucker and gave in,

I’m usually not one to give in, but I did. They lived, their mom had a nervous break down, but they lived and had a great time!

 

I am so thankful to have two amazing and fun kids. They are becoming the best of friends and I absolutely love witnessing it! Have a great weekend!!!!