Snooper's Tons of Fun and Logan's Foot

It was much nicer here today so I was able to get out and take the twins to Snoopers. Snoopers is an indoor playground sort of thing with slides, tunnels, and a ball pit. We met 2 other moms there and our 5 kids had the place to themselves. The twins had a great time and played so nice with each other and the other kids. Brenden got scared by a video game and ran away crying. He sat with me for about 5 minutes before he felt safe enough to go play again. We had such a good time there that we stayed for 3 hours.

After we got home I noticed Logan was limping. He was rolling around on the floor and whimpering. I didn't think much of it until we were getting ready to go to Scott and Debbie's for dinner. He wouldn't get up and walk, he crawled everywhere and when I put his boot on he started crying and took it off. When we got to Scott and Debbie's house he just clung to grandma and won't let her put him down. His foot was a little swollen, but other than that seemed fine. He went to sleep fine so we will see if it still hurts tomorrow I will take him in.

Snow Day

Layne did not have school today because of the blizzard. It snowed 16 inched in 24 hours. We are now 2 inches away from meeting the all time record for snow in a year. So we spent most of the day in the kitchen. I made pancakes for breakfast at Layne's request. We then made banana bread, beer bread, kneophla soup and a cinnamon cake for dessert. The boys were pretty good today, no major catastrophe's. I hope it is nicer tomorrow I need to run some errands!

The Shriners Circus Has Nothing on Us

Oh boy I have so much to tell you all about the twins. First we will go back to Thursday. Kara came over in the afternoon to say goodbye. We were sitting in the living room talking and the boys were downstairs playing. I told Kara that it was pretty quite down stairs and that is never good. Before I could get up to go see Logan comes running upstairs and he has red stuff all over his face. I said to Kara that he smelt like chili powder. So we go down stairs and sure enough there is chili powder and about 15 other spices all over everything downstairs!! So Kara threw them in the tub and I vacuumed up the mess. Later that night Tim and I went to Pastor Thompson's house for bible study. The twins were still up when we came home so I told them they could come down and see daddy. I noticed some thing on Brenden's face when he was coming down. It was all shiny and at first I thought it was lotion. But I was wrong. It was Elmer's glue. They had gotten into Layne's crafts and smeared glue all over themselves. We got them all clean up and put back to bed at 10:30. So on Friday my sweet little monsters talked me into letting them watch cartoons downstairs. I was hoping to get some computer work done while they were down there, but after about 5 minuets I hear them giggling. I thought oh that is so nice the are getting along and play so well and I decided to sneak up on them to see what they were playing with. Butter!! Butter smeared everywhere and into everything!! So once again they go into the tub and I clean up the mess. Can we say melt snow, melt. We NEED spring.

Scott and Debbie took the boys and I to the circus on Saturday morning. I was worried that the boys would get restless and want to leave, but they didn't . Brenden sat in Scott's lap with a box of popcorn and didn't move for at least 30 minuets. They really loved the tigers, elephants, and bears. We tried to get the twins to ride a pony but they wanted no part of that.

After dinner tonight Tim, Layne, and I sat down to do his homework. He did it all really well and got all but one of his spelling words right. He was in such a good mood so I thought I would give him a haircut. The first half went fine and then all of a sudden he had a melt down and wouldn't let me finish. He wanted to call grandma Debbie so we did that and she calmed him down a bit and I cut some more and then he starts screaming "she's torturing me, she's torturing me" I was trying so hard not to laugh because I just wanted to finish cutting his hair. He wouldn't let me finish, he said he just wanted to go to bed. So he went to bed with an unfinished haircut. Never a dull moment here!!

Happt Birthday Tim

Happy Birthday Tim!! It has been quite the 28th birthday. We spent the morning helping our friends Jeff and Kristi move all their stuff from their 2 lower levels. At one point the were announcing that the ice jam north of Bismarck had broken and therefore their house was under mandatory evacuation. Then it was reported that it had not broken, so it was down graded to a voluntary evacuation. They were able to use explosives to break-up the ice jam south of town, so now the focus is on the one north, which is bigger.

Tim got guitar hero for his birthday from his grandma and grandpa Larson. We spent several hours playing last night. I am not very good at it, but Tim rocks!! The boys got him a board game called "Hive". It was a suggestion from Pastor Thompson and I think he is going to like it. I am going to go play with him now!!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...NOT!!

Oh, we had some nasty weather today and unfortunately I had to go out in it for a Dr. appointment. Layne had school today but I think that they should have canceled. Two schools announced that their students need to be picked up early because they were in danger of being flooded. Scott called and offered to pick Layne up from school and I quickly agreed. At one point today I couldn't see across the street. I was afraid he was going to walk home the wrong way or not see a car. So I was very glad Scott picked him up.

Jeff and Kristi's house is in an evacuation zone. The river is backing up and really causing some serious problems. I am praying for them tonight. Jeff and Kristi lost their house and everything in it in a flood in Grand Forks and do not want to go through that again. Stay dry and safe everyone!!

Scott and Debbie took us to Red Lobster for dinner tonight to celebrate Tim's birthday and to send Kara off to her last rotation. The twins took a nap today so they were in a very good mood. Debbie ordered them chocolate milk. They had never had chocolate milk before and Logan just loved it. He made everybody take drink of it. Layne was an adventurous eater tonight. He ordered popcorn shrimp for himself, then tried some of Kara's tilapia, Debbie's lobster, and my shrimp scampi. He must be going through a growth spurt, because he ate everything on his plate, a bit or two or everyone else's and still wanted a snack when we got home.

Tim and I were sitting in the living room watching TV. We could hear the twins up stairs playing and then Brenden started singing "Praise Ye the Lord". We muted the TV and listened to him sing for quite a while. At one point Logan was singing "alleluia" too. I wish I could have gotten that on tape!!

Weekend Wrap up

I had a Pampered Chef show on Friday night. It was a really good show and lots of fun because it was all ladies from church, but as I was packing up my stuff to go home and I really hurt my back. One of my bags was really heavy and I lifted it up in the back of the Expedition and I was instantly in pain. So tomorrow I will go see the chiropractor.

Had a great weekend with Katie and JD. JD got his 4 year old pictures taken on Saturday and they are so cute!! Katie, JD, Layne, and I picked mom and Joe up from the airport on Saturday night. They had a great time and they boys were so happy to see them (mostly because she brought back presents).

We went to a swimming party today. The twins are learning to swim really well. We had them in just an inflatable ring. Brenden was being really giggly. He was splashing everyone and he would lift his arms up so he could slide down and put his face in the water. Logan had a really good time throwing a ball at Layne.

I am tired today and I wish there was one more day to the weekend. Tim will be working more long days this week, I don't think he will even get to take time off for his birthday. Hope you all have a good week!!

Carmel corn

Since my sister is coming up this weekend I decide to make one of her favorite treats. Ethan Thompson was here today so he help me make carmel popcorn for her. The recipe calls for air popped popcorn so the boys helped me with that. They thought it was very cool. The boys and I had some for an after school snack. It tasted very good, but not as good as I remembered when my mom made it. I guess somethings just taste better when they are made by your mom. Anyway I thought I would share the recipe with you. Enjoy!

6 to 7 qts. popped corn
2 cups brown sugar
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup white syrup
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Mix sugar, butter, and syrup. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir quickly and pour over popped corn. Mix well. Put in large roaster in oven at 200 degrees for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in air tight container. *keep corn in oven while you make syrup. Peanuts can be added if desired.

Walks and Taxes

The boys didn't take a nap today so we walked over to get Layne. They did not want to ride in the stroller, Logan wanted to "run". So I let them run, through puddles and all. Their shoes are soaking wet, but the boys were very happy!!

Our tax appointment went well and it feels good to have that done. We will have to go in and sign the papers in a couple of days. Afterward we went to the Sweetheart Bakery Outlet store, the grocery store, and then to bible study. So it was a good day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!! Being that I am half Irish we go all out here. Everyone was dress in green and we had a true Irish dinner, corned beef hash with fried eggs and Irish soda bread. We veered off course with dessert and had girl scout cookies!!

Spent all day getting my tax stuff in order for my appointment at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. I can't wait until this appointment is over and I can have one more thing off my list!!

Catching up

It has been a while since I have blogged and a lot has gone on. We had a lovely weekend and what turned out to be week with De and Lloyd. We watched Layne wrestle on Saturday and played a lot of cards while they were here.

I headed to Carrington on Friday night for an LWML meeting. They roads were terrible and it took Michelle Jenks and I 2 hours and 45 minutes to get there. We came back through Jamestown and the roads were much better.

Jeff and Kristi came over for dinner last night we hadn't seen them in a very long time. It was nice to catch up with them. Layne didn't have school today so Hunter spent the night last night. The boys had a great time playing today and you could really tell they missed each other.

I have a busy week this week. I have Mops and bible study. I also have an appointment to get our taxes done and my sister is coming on Friday and we have a birthday party to go to on Sunday afternoon. Tim is working very hard and unfortunately is not coming home for dinners. I think the boys are already missing him. Hope you have a great week!!

When I woke up this morning I thought it was really quite in the boys room. I could hear them talking but they weren't laying on the floor yelling for their dad. So went to go get them and they were so excited to show me what they had been doing. They had taken all the blankets and put them over Layne's bed and made a "fort". It was so cute and they were so proud of themselves.

My friend Becky came over today so we could swap watching kids and go to the store. We both really cherish being able to go grocery shopping by ourselves, it is actual really relaxing!! Her littlest, Nola, slept the whole time Becky was gone and the twins were sleeping too, so I was able to bake a cheesecake!! It was a very productive day!!

Layne had a wrestling tournament on Friday. It was one of the cutest thing I have seen. There were 12 teams all wrestling at the same time. The head coach timed 3 one minute matches. He would blow the whistle and kids would start flopping everywhere. There were high school wrestlers there refereeing each individual match. Layne was matched against 2 very tough little boys, but he did great!! I forgot my camera so I will be sure to get some pictures at his next tournament!

The retreat was great. The weather did keep a few people away, but all in all it went very well and it was fun getting to know a few new people. But I didn't get to see much of the boys I was gone Friday night, all day Saturday, and all afternoon today for a Pampered Chef show. So no funny stories about the boys today!