HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN

Justin woke up the morning of his birthday and found this...

He loved it.  He also got to open this...

He was so excited to play the Gutar Hero on his DS but he didn't get to play it long before he had to start getting ready for school since he wanted to ride his new bike. 

We had a few of Justin's friends over for his birthday.  He had so much fun!  We did a mad scientist theme and did a few expiments for the kids that came.  We sucked a hard boiled egg into a glass bottle using heat.  We made a soda fountain with diet coke and then we made rockets with empty film cases and Alka Seltzer.  The kids had a blast!  My mom made cute little Volcano cakes for the kids and they were so good!

We found these funny "nerd glasses" and they were a huge hit!

After the kids went home we had grandparents over for dinner and then Cake and Ice Cream.  This cute Volcano Cake that my mom made was soooo good.  She used some kind of Chocolate and Oreo Cookies.  I think it was the best cake I have ever had. 

Justin had a day packed full of fun things!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

EIGHT

You are so ready to be eight.

You are such a sweet kid.

You are so tender hearted.

You love to watch Scooby Doo.

You love to play the Wii.

You love the simple things in life.

You are so smart.

We are so glad you are a part of our family!

We love you so much!

Happy Birthday Justin!

Happy St. Patricks Day

Justin has been super excited about St. Patricks Day this year so, I thought we would do something a little different for dinner. We had breakfast and everything was green!  I didn't think that the kids would eat it with Justin being as picky as he is.  But he suprised me.  He ate it and his comment was "it doesn't taste any different"!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Garrett's Solution

Today while Garrett was outside playing he started to walk into the snow that is still pretty deep. I asked him to please get out of the deep snow because his pants were going to get wet. His solution was to just pull his pants up to his knees...then his pants would not get wet. Some of the stuff this kid comes up with just kills me!

A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE DAY

On Saturday we took the boys and went on a 4-wheeler ride/sledding trip! Justin loved it! We finally found a way that he likes to go for a ride with us! He didn't want to leave! We started out on the trail and rode a little ways and then stopped and hooked the sleds to the back of the 4-wheelers and let the kids ride that way until we made it to the top.

At the top we stopped and let the kids slide down the hill for a few hours! Mike started out pulling both kids up the hill in the sleds. That only lasted a few trips then he made the kids do it themselves. Justin loved it!

Garrett liked it to until he had a little accident! His sled ran right in to these little trees. He had a few surface scratches on his forehead and he cried a lot (I think it scared him more than anything). After his little mishap he was perfectly happy just playing in the snow.

After a few hours we decided to ride down to Cascade Springs. Garrett loves to check out the fish so we went to take a look. All of the trails were packed down from people walking on them.

Back at the top we let the kids sled some more Garrett even wanted to go again.

We had a great day. When I told the kids it was time to head back down to the truck they were both sad. The weather was perfect. We will defiantly try to do this again before the snow is gone completely!