Love You Always & Forever

Aidan and his funny comments

2009-10-10T15:31:00.005-05:00

Yesterday I went to drop Logan off at school in the afternoon for preschool. His favorite daycare lady Mrs. Laurie came out just a laughing saying, "Boy do I have a funny story to tell you about Aidan!" All I could think was, oh gosh now what did he say?! LOL!! He is always coming up with these funny comments...so I as a little scared to say the least.
Now, keep in mind this is a Lutheran school...Logan does preschool there and Aidan is in kindergarten there.
Ok on with the story:

So Laurie was saying that Emily who is a wonderful young lady going to school for early childhood and also helps run the daycare and helps out in kindergarten each day had gone to an early childhood class and each student was given a different shaped gourd and told to take them back to the classrooms they work in a discuss with the students what they were, what they looked like to the etc. Emily's Gourd looked like this one...kind of like a pac man ghost:

So Emily was standing at the front of the kindergarten class asking the kids what they thought it was and what they thought it looked like! One boy raised his hand and said he thought it looked like a jelly fish, another one said a pac man ghost. Other kids said different things. Then Aidan raised his hand and Emily called on him and he said, "I think it looks like a cow Penis!" LMAO!! Oh my I can only imagine how hard it was for Emily, Mrs Monroe and the other adults in the room not to laugh. Emily said she didn't know how to react so she just moved on without responding. Good idea Emily! LOL!! So as Laurie is telling me this we are both laughing so hard we have tears coming out of our eyes! Ugh!! So then apparently later the kids were all sitting around talking about this gourd and Aidan says, "Yeah well I still think it looks like a cow penis!" None of the kids even responded to that. I dont know if they even realized what he was saying! Next thing you know, Mrs Monroe; Aidan's teacher says, "Aidan, are you thinking of Udders?" And Aidan responds with, "No, I am thinking cow penis!" UGH!!! LOL!! Leave it to my child! All I can figure is this summer he went to my aunt and uncle's farm and spent a day there. I am sure seeing a cow penis was pretty interesting to him! LOL!! Too funny tho!!

Here is a picture of Aidan and Emily from last year:

This on top of calling Pastor Mike "The King" a few Sundays ago!

We were at Church and the kids were all singing in the kindergarten and preschool classes. After they sang Pastor Mike who is awesome called all the children in church up to the front for a children's service. They were talking about God and how when he lived and would go to cities people would be very excited for "The King" to come to their town and they would all stand as he came into their town saying, "Long Live the King!" Kind of like when there were kings and queens in the old days. Then he went on to say, it's kind of like us here and now. When we come to Church it is our way of saying, "Long live the King" when we worship. Then he asked the children, "Who are we usually saying that to when we are here? And of course Aidan raises his hand and Pastor Mike calls on him, and Aidan says, "The Pastor!?" LMAO! The entire Church started laughing and Pastor Mike laughed..oh it was funny!! Leave it to Aidan! I swear you never know what he is going to say next sometimes!

In other Aidan news, he now has 2 loose teeth!! Both on the bottom. I suspect he will lose at least one of them this week or next. The one that has been loose for a few weeks now is really loose. He is so excited to lose a tooth! LOL! It is weird because I can remember being excited to lose my teeth too. Doesn't seem like it was that long ago!! I will let you all know when he finally loses one!

Moving and loose teeth!

2009-10-03T20:47:00.002-05:00

We are all moved!! We moved into our new place last weekend and it is great! I love it! I honestly for the first time ever feel like this is Home. It's weird...it's like forever we have been living somewhere that's not ours. But this new place feels like ours. The boys love it, I love it and I think even the cats love it! LOL!! Anyways, I am alive; but busy unpacking and doing all that stuff. Once things settle down more I will make another post with pictures!!!!

Oh and on an exciting side note:

AIDAN HAS HIS FIRST LOOSE TOOTH!!!! He actually found it last week Friday! It was so cute and funny because we were in the car going somewhere and he said, "Mom my tooth hurts." Of course I immediately thought oh great a cavity! So I asked him which tooth hurt and he said the front one. I kinda smiled and said, "Does it move when you touch it?" So he touched it and sure enough it was loose!! He is very excited about this! I am kind of sad...it's like this is the end. I mean once he starts losing his teeth and getting his "ADULT" teeth it's like he really isn't a little boy anymore! Gosh...it's hard to believe that in 7 years he is going to be a teenager! In 4 years he is going to be in the double digits for age! I can remember being SO EXCITED to be turning 10! It meant I wasn't in the single digits anymore! LOL!! So funny...but it makes me sad that he is growing up so fast! Anyways, once he loses it I will make sure to post about it and take a picture of his "NEW" smile!!

Update on Us!

2009-09-18T12:57:00.002-05:00

It's been awhile since I've updated here so I thought I'd take a few minutes and write one!
We are not about a month into school and the boys are doing great! Logan had a bit of a tough go at the beginning always crying at pick up and generally just missing Aidan and mom and dad. But he is getting it now. He understands that mom or dad will always be there after school to get him and that he gets to see Aidan at lunch and recess so with those things he is doing better. He has also made a few new friends which helps a lot too. Today I actually took our cat Charlie to Logan's class for Pet Week. They have been learning about pets and how pets are taken care of and the different kinds there are. They got to see a pony this week, a chihuahua, a guinea pig and now Charlie. All the kids were excited to have Charlie there. Too bad the same couldn't be said for Charlie. He was great with the kids, let them all pet him but he was very nervous. And when I went to put him back in his carrier he scratched my arm pretty bad and put a ton of holes in my shirt...ugh! But we made it home and now he is relaxing. LOL!
Aidan LOVES kindergarten. He has so much fun each day and always comes home with fun stories to tell. He is starting to be able to read which is amazing! He is figuring out that each letter has a sound and how to sound out words. When we read in his "God's Word" book during the week he is usually able to read the first few sentences by sounding the words out. It is amazing! I can't wait for him to be able to read, he will be a book worm I think. I love his teacher Mrs. Monroe. She is so gentle yet has firm boundaries which is exactly what Aidan needs. She has a Green, Yellow, Red, Blue Light system in the classroom. So when you are good and following the rules you are on green. If you aren't listening you move yourself down to yellow with a warning and you lose 5 minutes of Choice Time. If you do something else to get in trouble you move down to Red and lose 10 minutes of Choice time and if you are REALLY not listening you get moved to Blue. Thankfully we've never had a Blue come home but we have had 2 reds so far this year. Ugh!! Aidan's a good kid, he just is a social butterfly (likes to talk) and gets very excited to be in school and sometimes forgets to stop and think and listen. The first time he got on Red was because he was talking during rest time. That got him on yellow with a warning. Then he said he was talking to himself (he does this a lot, he is always singing or "acting" outloud) and said, "Mom I wasn't talking to anyone just to myself." He didn't understand that was also a no no when told not to be talking to others that meant no talking at all. Then the last red he got was on Wednesday. He was apparently suppose to be getting into line to go back to the classroom and was pushing others to get in front of them. Then at lunch he was banging his lunchbox on the wall and his yogurt broke all over. Poor guy. Like his teacher said, he has a general excitement for school and a lot of time gives into peer pressure (oh great we have to worry about that already?! UGH!!) and so we had a long talk with Aidan explaining things to him. He also got TV time taken away and had to go to bed a lot earlier than his little brother. He wasn't happy. But I need to drive home the point that we do not do those things in school or anywhere for that matter. So we shall see. He tries so hard and loves school so much so that is good. I am sure there will be more red days to come (it is early in the year! UGH!) but we will take each one and deal with it individually. Overall tho, school is going great!

We are also moving at the end of the month! Crazy!! We found a great 3 bedroom 4plex in Oregon that I am super excited about! First of all, it is bedroom! Plus it has a full basement, a garage and a DISHWASHER!! Eeeeee!! I have been doing dishes by hand for the last 3 years! It has sucked to say the least! LOL! So I am really excited to get the show on the road. I will post pictures once we move and get settled. It is also closer to my work, but much more driving for Jason which sucks, but it is what it is.

That's about it for us! Same old stuff really!! Everyone is healthy and doing well so that's all that matters!! If anyone wants our new address please just email me and I can send it to you!!!

First Day of Kindergarten and Preschool

2009-08-25T19:00:00.003-05:00

Yesterday marked a VERY special, bittersweet, monumental moment in my boys lives. Yesterday Aidan started Kindergarten and Logan started Preschool. We started the morning off relaxed. Jason made the boys breakfast (Pancakes, sausage, String Cheese, grapes and milk) and while the boys ate I made sure their bags were packed and ready to go! At 7:30 we left to go to school. Aidan of course was not nervous at all. He was really excited to see all his old friends from Preschool again. Everyone returned for Kindergarten this year except for 2 kids. There is a total of 17 kids in his class! 6 boys and 11 girls and of course the best girl is there too; Carly! :-)
When we arrived at school I had Aidan grab his bag and that was when I realized I left his lunch at home. WTG mom! LOL! Talk about an amateur! I told Aidan I would take him into class and hang out for a bit and then go home and get his lunch. He of course was fine with that. I dropped Logan off at the school daycare so that I could have a last moment with Aidan. When we got into the classroom all the kids were so excited to see each other again. Mrs. Monroe is a wonderful teacher and we feel very blessed to have her be Aidan's kinder teacher. He loves her so much. She seems very gentle and kind. She had all these little notes set up through out the classroom to make a treasure hunt sort of. Each note told you what school supply went there so it made it easy to get everything where it needed to go. Once we got everything put in it's place Aidan found his seat and immediately started coloring the sheet of paper that was there. Mrs. Monroe came over and commented about how wonderful it was that he was ready to get down to work already! That's my boy! :-) Then it was time for me to leave. Aidan gave me a big hug and kiss and told me he would be fine. LMAO! I told him to have a wonderful day at school and to learn a lot and be a great listener! Then it was off to get Logan and then Aidan's lunch! After I got out to the car I sat there and cried a little. Not too much tho. Enough however that Logan noticed and Asked me why I was crying. I told him they were happy tears. And they were. It really was a nice morning. Then Logan and I got home from going back to school and we relaxed and had a nice time together. Logan was so excited to go to Preschool he could hardly stand it! It was so cute! So at 11:30 we left to go back to school for Logan! When we walked in he was so cute. He wanted to bring George too, so George went to school as well. Miss. Howell who was Aidan's teacher last year was excited to see Logan. She was happy to have him in her class this year. Immediately Logan ran into the classroom and found where his backpack went and wrote his name on his name tag. The it was time for me to leave. He gave me a big hug and told me that he would "Missed Me". LOL! I told him to have a lot of fun and I would see him after school.
Jason picked the boys up after school and they were so happy to see him! He said Aidan was mad because he didn't get homework and he wanted homework! LOL!! Do you think that will continue?? Somehow I doubt it. LOL!
So it was a great first day!!
Today Aidan had another wonderful day, however Logan had a little tougher time. He was a little sad today Miss Howell said. But he will get better...I hope! LOL! So that was their first day of school! Now here are the pictures!

Aidan and Mrs. Monroe

Logan on the way to Preschool!

Happy 6th Birthday Aidan!

2009-08-19T09:36:00.009-05:00

Myspace Graphics, Happy Birthday Graphics at WishAFriend.com

Dear Aidan~

Today you turn 6. How did that happen? Where did that little baby who I brought home from the hospital go? Where did that little baby who wore preemie diapers and clothes for the first 2 weeks of life go?! August 19, 2003 was one of the very best days of my life! I remember waking up the morning of August 18 to my water breaking!! That was interesting! Your daddy and I rushed off to the hospital where the long process of getting labor going started. Once labor started tho, things moved fairly quickly! You came out crying and haven't stopping talking since! You were such an easy baby and so much fun. Truly Aidan, you are a blessing. Your daddy and I tried to have you for so long. 11 months to be exact. The day I found out I was pregnant with you was a day I will never forget. I was so excited, scared and a little worried. But deep down I knew you were meant to be and you would be with us forever!
Now, here we are, 6 years later and you will be starting Kindergarten in a week!! I can't believe how fast these 6 years have gone! And I am scared that the next 6 will go just as fast! I can't imagine how you will be at the age of 12!? Amazing I am sure.

What are you doing now?

~You are learning to read and are pretty good at it. You can sound things out and sometime you just look at words and know what they say. It amazes your dad and I each and every time.
~You weigh 70 pounds and are 4 foot 2 inches tall!! You are going to be taller than I am soon!!
~ You're a great big brother who loves to play with Logan, even tho he does sometimes "Annoy" you. You always are there to help him and comfort him when he needs it.
~Your favorite Tv Shows right now are Hannah Montana, Sponge Bob, Ben 10, & Transformers.
~Your favorite foods right now are pizza, Peanut Butter and Honey, Fruit, Chicken Bruschetta, & Chimichangas.
~Your favorite color right now is: Blue
~ You love playing hockey and swimming.

I love you so much Aidan and am so proud of you and the person you are becoming. You are a sweet boy who worries about everyone. You are a great friend and an even better son. Thank you for choosing dad and I to be your parents. I can't imagine my life without you!!!!

Mommy Pregnant with Aidan...3 days before he was born!

Whew I was HUGE!

Me in Labor!

Aidan just born!

1St Birthday!

2nd Birthday

I can't for the life of me find his 3rd birthday photos?! But here he is at age 3 (The date on my camera was wacky!)

4th Birthday

5th Birthday

6th Birthday!

Today at breakfast with his birthday pancakes!

Happy Birthday Sweetie!!!

Playdates...and kisses?!

2009-07-31T10:03:00.003-05:00

Aidan and Carly on the last day of preschool

So yesterday Aidan had his very first playdate with a friend! It was a big day for mommy because sure, he has been gone before by himself but it was always with family! He has never gone over to a friends house to play without me! He was so excited because this friend just happened to also be Carly, a little girl from his preschool class who was his best friend last year! Him and Carly were basically joined at the hip. They are so much a like and were kind of like kindred spirits really. Anyways, Carly lives about 25 minutes from us so I took Aidan out to her house for the afternoon. I love Carly's mom Trina she is such a neat person! I dropped Aidan off at Carly's house and then Logan and I went to McDonalds and had a parfait. Logan was a little sad he couldn't stay and play too!
Trina brought Aidan home around 5:30 and Aidan was bouncing off the walls. He had a wonderful time at Carly's. She lives on a farm so they jumped on the trampoline, rode bikes, Trina drove them around in the Gator and they just played all afternoon. Aidan got out of the car and started this conversation with me:

A: "Mom, I need to tell you something but without Carly's mom hearing it."

Me: Ok wisper it into my ear

A: Ok! *Wispers* Carly and I kissed! *Jumping up and down*

Me: *Trying not to act like it's a big deal* You what? You kissed?! When did you do that?

A: On the trampoline.

Me: Oh really?

So then I walk over to Tina and wisper "Aidan says he and Carly kissed!"

The look on her face was priceless. You could tell she was a tad mortified but honestly I thought it was kind of cute/funny. Now if they had both been 12 I wouldn't have been laughing. But they are 6 so I knew at this point it was all innocent. Trina looked at Carly and asked, "Did you really?" And Carly just sorta got a big huge grin on her face and didn't say anything. Trina apologized to me saying, "I am so sorry! I was with them the whole time except when they were playing on the trampoline and upstairs! Otherwise Carly's brothers were with them!" I told her it was ok, I wasn't mad or upset. LOL! I mean what do you say?! Hahahaha!! So then Carly says, "Mom can Aidan sleep over sometime?! I want Aidan to sleep over!!" LMAO!! We both looked at eachother and at the same time said, "We'll see about that!" HAhahahahahahaa!!! So funny!! So at the age of 5 1/2 years old Aidan has gotten his first kiss from a girl. I am so not ready for this!!

Please say a prayer for Stellan

2009-07-26T15:25:00.001-05:00

You may remember me mentioning a little boy whom I don't personally know but have followed since before he was even born named Stellan. He is the little boy who's heart goes in and out of SVT and his Mama was basically told while pregnant with him that he would no survive the birth. Well he did, but since being born he has spent more than half of his sweet life in the hospital and had 1 heart surgery and will be having another one when he is older. WHy do I mention him? Because he is back in the hospital and not doing well at all. His heart is racing at an alarmning 224 BPM, that is insane! Poor little guy and his poor family. So if you can please say a prayer for him and his family. They really need it right now.

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Fishing and July 3rd Fireworks

2009-07-10T12:44:00.002-05:00

Well we finally went and got our fishing licenses. After having the boys beg us for half the summer to go fishing (we live within 10 minutes of a great fishing spot) Jason and I decided that we would do it on July 3rd. So we got our fishing licenses and took the boys. They had a great time; although I was the only one to actually catch a fish! LOL! Go figure!! But the boys loved looking at it and seeing it go back into the water and swim away. Then later that day we went to the Elver Park fireworks in Madison. We had never been to them before and let me tell you they were really good! The boys really enjoyed them and were sad when they were over!! Here are some pictures (ok who am I kidding?? Lots of pictures) from that day! Enjoy!

Elver Park Fireworks

Jason was the entertainment before the fireworks began..LMAO!

Standing on one foot waiting to get a balloon made into a sword

This is the only picture I have of Logan and his sword. As soon as I snapped this pic he touched the sword to the grass and it popped. There were tears...LOTS and LOTS of tears. We waited in line for 20 minutes to get that thing! Poor guy!

Aidan and his sword and sword hat holder

I love my boys soooo much!

Logan actually took my picture all by himself!

Self portrait Family Pic! Aren't we cute?!

Thanks for looking!!!!

Rhythm and Booms

2009-07-10T12:20:00.003-05:00

I finally have a free moment to spare so I thought I would write about our last few weeks!! The last weekend in June is ALWAYS reserved for Rhythm and Booms. It is seriously THE BEST fireworks display I have EVER EVER seen!! Usually there are over 300,000 people that attend the event! It is absolutely crazy but so much fun! Every year Jason's aunt has a party at her house which is only a 10 minute walk from the park where R&B takes place. It is always a lot of fun with lots of great company, food and fun for the kids. Of course tho, we enjoyed the day but not the fireworks because they got postponed due to the weather! So back we went on Sunday to Jeannie's house and cooked out and then went down to the park and watched the fireworks! The boys LOOOVED them! Logan kept saying, "AWESOME!!" "COOL!!" And was just in awe! Aidan loved them too and thought they were "the best things EVER MOM!!" LOL! They are so cute. And it is so much fun watching my boys ENJOY the fireworks. I think I had more fun watching my boys watch the fireworks than I did watching the fireworks themselves!!

Enjoy the pics!!

They had a dunk tank there at the party and a slip n slide. The boys loved the slip n slide and Aidan even went into the dunk tank with Uncle Zak! He thought that was pretty darn cool!

These are all from Sunday...enjoy!!

The boys and their cousin Jocelyn

Gotta Protect Those Ears!

Uncle Zak with Aidan, Logan and Jocelyn

The Helicopters

Raising the Flag

Now the eyes are protected too!

Our Family Picture this year

Thanks for looking! I know there are a ton of pics here; but I cannot pic the ones I love the best cause I love them all!!

Bowling with Buddies

2009-06-29T17:58:00.002-05:00

A few weeks ago we got together for a fun filled day with our friends Tom and Becky and their little boy Ben. Ben is the same age as Logan and so the 3 boys always have a great time together no matter what we do! But on this day after eating lunch and playing at the park we decided to take the boys Bowling!! It was not their first time but it was so much fun none the less. Logan actually did really well and ended with a score of 70!! Amazing!! Here are some pictures from the day! Enjoy!

Bronze

2009-06-23T20:29:00.004-05:00

Today is Jason's and My 8th wedding anniversary. Apparently we are suppose to get eachother something Bronze. Huh?! LOL! Instead we got eachother a card; telling eachother how much we love one another. Sweet huh? Really tho, how in the heck have we been married for 8 years?! Unreal! We have been together for 11 years which is even more crazy! We met in May 1998. I had just broken up with a boyfriend not too long before that and I was living with my grandma and grandpa for the summer. (might not sound like fun to you; but my grandma rocks and I even had my own car to drive around all summer!!) Anyways, I was working but living in a REALLY small town there really wasn't much to do. I was happy they at least had internet. Dial up...but it was internet! So one night I decided to get online....20 minutes later and a load of laundry later (remember good old dial up days...??? Ahhhhhh) I started "Surfing the web". I decided to check out these new fangled "Chat rooms" to see what all the hubub was about. I went to a "20" somethings room for people from Wisconsin. (This wasn't a DATING site; it was just an Excite chat room; PRE-Match.com days!) I had been on there for an hour or so when I got a PM from this guy I believe his "Name" was irace17. We started talking and talking and talking. Before I knew it about 5 hours had gone by. I needed to go to bed! Well, the next day/night and the next and the next (you get the picture) we talked. Let me tell you; we talked about everything and anything. It is amazing how well you can get to know eachother while chatting. After a good couple of weeks of chatting we started calling eachother on the phone and talking. We'd first go into the chat room and talk and then I'd call him or he'd call me and again, we would be up all night talking on the phone.
Then one night out of the blue without ever seeing 1 single picture of one another Jason told me he thought he was falling in love with me. I felt the same way. It was weird tho; how could you feel that way about someone you had never met?! Strange; but they were true feelings. So we decided it was time to meet. We set up a weekend and decided I would drive to Madison to meet him. I got a hotel room to stay in even tho he told me I could stay at his house. I figured it would be better to have a hotel room; just in case. Here's the part I feel guilty about. I lied to my grandma. I told her some girlfriends and I were going to Madison for the weekend and I'd be back Sunday. She never even knew about Jason really. My 12 year old cousin Erin did tho! I told her where I was really going and gave her Jason's number and address and told her if I wasn't back by a certain time on Sunday she could tell Grandma and then call the police. Yeah smart huh? Thankfully everything turned out ok. Anyways, the night before we were going to meet at East Towne Mall we sat on the phone and told eachother what we were going to be wearing. LOL! Because remember we had no clue what one another looked like! I was so nervous and excited!!! I couldn't wait to meet him! The next day I packed up the car and off I went! I was never scared to meet him. I got to the mall and scoped out a spot around the area we said we would meet. I figured if I saw him and he was "Scary" looking I could sneak out without him knowing. LOL! But then there he was. And OMG I was seriously like WHAT?! THAT is the guy I have been talking to?! HE IS HOT!!! LOL!! I got up and walked over to him and we both hugged and said hi. Then we stood there for a minute; just looking at eachother. Then Jason said, "Wanna walk around?" LOL! So we did. Within 10 minutes we were holding hands...it felt so right and natural. Something we had done for years! The conversation flowed like we had been together forever. Then it happened...we walked into Boston Store and by the Scooby Doo boxers he kissed me. LOL! It was so sweet. And from that moment on we were together EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND!! The summer of 1998 was one of the best summers ever. It was such a care-free time. I look back at it with fond memories!
Whew! Anyways, I just wanted to wish my sweet hubby happy 8 years! I love you so much Jason!! And I hope we are together for 50 more!!!! Love you Baby!

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-21T12:13:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to let all the father's out there know that I hope they are having a wonderful Father's Day!! But more importantly I want to let my sweet hubby know that he is the best dad ever! I hope you have a great Father's Day sweetie!! I know the boys were so excited to wake you up this morning and give you all the things they bought for you!! I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for being such a great dad and husband. We are all very blessed that you are in our life...I love you!

Graduations and Bay Beach!

2009-06-11T14:03:00.002-05:00

Last week my sister Stephanie graduated from High School!! I can't believe she is going to be a Freshman in college next year! I swear I was just in college...ugh...getting old is for the birds! The boys and I drove up to Green Bay with my grandma in her super cool van (Seriously, this van rocks! Has built in DVD player and Sirius Radio!) and stayed at my mom's house for the night. The boys had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We don't get up there nearly enough; so it was nice to spend time up there. The graduation was Friday night. Grandma took us all out to dinner at a nice restaurant and then we headed off to the graduation! Steph's class had about 501 students that were graduating; so yeah it was a LOOOONG ceremony. Started at 8pm and ended around 10 I think. The boys did great tho; helps when you have grandma, grandpa, great grandma and an aunt and uncle around to keep you happy and busy! Here are some pictures from the night.

Logan on our way to dinner

The graduate...she looks smart eh???

My sisters and brother. Christine is in the blue. She is 19 and will be a sophomore in college. Steph in the back and my brother Mike who will be a freshman next year!! He graduated from the 8th grade a few days ago!! Congrats Mike!! <3

Aidan and I; a self taken shot. On our way to graduation!

Stephanie and the boys before the ceremony

After the ceremony

Mom and Dad with the graduate

Grandma and Steph

Siblings

Us with the boys

Saturday my mom and I took the boys to Bay Beach which was a ton of fun! The boys were big enough to go on everything they wanted including the bumper cars! Such a blast!!

My mom and Aidan riding the train

Getting ready to buy more tickets!

Riding in the plane, bugs, boats and cars!

The big slide; I love these!

And of course the boys had to ride the ponies while we were there too!

And that's it! It was a fun time at mom's house! The boys are looking forward to August when they get to go camping with grandma and grandpa!!! I think Mom and Dad are too; just a little. :-)

**Mom, if you want me to send you any of these pictures just let me know!**

Preschool Graduate!

2009-05-23T18:52:00.002-05:00

Aidan's last day of preschool was on Thursday! I am not really sure how to react! Of course I am so happy and excited for him. I mean this is HUGE! He is starting the next chapter in his life; kindergarten! I honestly cannot even fathom that he is old enough to go off to kindergarten. I remember when he was born I looked at him and how small he was (18.5 inches and 6 pounds 10oz in case you were wondering.) and thought he'd be my small little baby FOREVER!! Everyone would say, "Enjoy them while they are small; it is such a short amount of time." Of course as a new mother; deliriously happy and from lack of sleep you just shake your head and say "Sure they do!" Little did I know what they were telling me was 100% the truth! It feels like I blinked and he is this little boy who can read a little, who has friends and is funny! He has such a great sense of humor and makes me laugh everyday! He loves to dance, tell jokes, sing and about a million other things! He is his own person! When did that happen?? He yells at me and tells me I am not the "bestest mother in the whole world because you won't let me color on your couch!" LOL! Makes me know I am doing my job as a parent I guess? LOL! Anyways, I am so proud of him. And in 3.5 short months I will be dropping him off at KINDERGARTEN! I am sure I will be a blubbering fool that day. But hopefully I will be in good company with the other mom's. Anyways, I just wanted to share that I now officially have a kindergartner! And I also wanted to share a few pictures.

Aidan on his first day of school:

And Aidan on his last day of school:

Aidan and Carly. It is amazing how close these 2 got. He is truly going to miss Carly a lot!

Aidan and his buddy Calvin. I think he's going to miss Calvin a ton too..

And Aidan and his teacher Miss. Howell. She was such an awesome teacher!! Perfect for Aidan's first experience in school. She's young and full of energy!! Logan will have her next year for preschool!

And Aidan's favorite person at Daycare I think...Miss Emily.

Thanks for reading!! Wish us luck in September when he goes to kindergarten...ok who am I kidding; he'll be fine so wish me luck! LOL!

Finally...an update post!

2009-05-13T18:39:00.002-05:00

So since I have people actually ASKING me to do a more recent post, I decided I would get on the ball and try to do one tonight! Warning, this is going to be LOONNG and going to have LOTS of pictures! You've been warned! So MOM and RHONDA this one's for you!! :-)

Let's see...
The boys have been doing swim lessons now for about 12 weeks. They both love it and are doing really really good! Aidan has moved up to the next class and Logan is in the same class he was in last session. That's good tho, they both need to be doing their own thing. Aidan can now swim on his back and on his front pretty darn good! They use these belts that have 2 floaty on them so that helps some, but he is well on his way to being able to swim without them! We will get him in the pool a lot this summer so by the time fall lessons come around he should have no problems swimming without a floaty! Logan is also doing really well! He has his stokes down but his teacher kept him in the same class this time around so he could work on his endurance some! Here are some pics of the boys during lessons!

On to Easter!
We dyed Easter Eggs...yeah right around Easter. Here are some pictures of that. But first...pictures of Logan who got dressed to go to school for the day...LMAO!

Then we went to see my parents up in the Dells about a month ago while they were camping at Mirror Lake. The boys had a great time playing outside all day and night. Boy were they dirty when we got home!!

The day after the camping trip the Easter Bunny came to our house!! The boys had a lot of fun searching for their baskets and the eggs.

Some random pics in between events...

A few weeks ago Aidan had his Spring Concert at school. The theme was FIT. Being fit and active and healthy. SO they had to dress up in shorts and t-shirts!! Here he is before with a few pics of his class singing!

And last week I had the pleasure of going with Aidan's class to Bounce U with Aidan's class. He had a great time and so did all the kids. It was his class plus the Kindergarten class and I think one more preschool class from his school.

Aidan has a girlfriend at school. Her name is Carly and I am pretty sure they are really going to miss eachother next year since they won't be in the same school anymore for kindergarten. She is wearing the pink shirt and white pants. She is such a cute little girl!

And on the 8th was Jason's birthday. The boys and I made him a cake. They were very proud of it! LOL!! So here are those pics, plus some random ones of them dancing. Oh and of course I cannot forget the gifts the boys made me for Mother's Day!! I had a great day by the way! They also got me a new bike which is awesome! I cannot wait to get out and ride!!

Oh and how could I forget a few pics from my friend's wedding!!! LOL!!

Ok seriously if you made it this far and your computer actually loaded all the pictures you deserve an award!! It was easier for me to do it like this than make 10 different posts! So thank you! And I promise to not get so far behind in updates again!!!

Hey Rhonda Sue!

2009-05-12T18:40:00.001-05:00

This one's for you!!

I'll post something more tomorrow, but I didn't want you to be upset that there was no update on here like I said there would be! LMAO! I am so sick so I won't be into work tomorrow! So we will have to discuss Biggest Loser on Thursday!!!

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-12T09:23:00.000-05:00

I will update with pictures later, but I just wanted to make sure to wish all my friends a very happy Easter!! I hope you all have a very blessed day today!! We don't have anything planned at all. Oh, we do need to go do grocery shopping; but that's it. LOL!! Enjoy your day!!

Many Prayers needed

2009-03-24T05:07:00.002-05:00

Not for me but for sweet Stellan. I don't know if you remember over the summer when MckMama was pregnant with Stellan who while in his mommy's tummy had many heart problems and they were told would not live through being born. Well, it was a complete miracle that he did live and was very healthy when he was born!! But over the weekend, he became very sick and is now in the PICU with a VERY fast heartbeat. It is very dangerous and they need to get his little heart to relax some. So please pray for this family.

Kindergarten

2009-03-06T19:03:00.001-06:00

How is it possible that we just took Aidan on Monday and registered him for Kindergarten next year?! I don't think it is possible that I am old enough to have a school aged child! LOL!! It was a bittersweet day that's for sure!

The Wisconsin Dells

2009-03-06T18:45:00.002-06:00

Last Thursday we headed up to the Wisconsin Dells with the boys for a mini-vacation. We have never actually taken the boys anywhere for a vacation before so we decided to bite the bullet and go. We had an awesome time together. We stayed at the Wilderness Resort and seriously it was awesome! They have such a humongous hotel it is unreal!! There are 3 different indoor water areas and in the summer there are I think at least 2 outdoor areas added to that! INSANE! They also have mini-golfing, a HUGE indoor dry area with ball you can shoot and a huge arcade! UNREAL! We are already trying to figure out the next time we can go! LOL! It is only an hour away from us so it is close enough that we can just shoot up there without much notice.

Anyways, here are a lot of pictures from the weekend. I am not kidding either, there are a TON of pictures!!

Arriving in style to the hotel.

Our room was awesome. It was a king size room with 2 pull out sofas and a fireplace! Believe it or not we only paid $130 for the room. Not to shabby seeing as it is usually about $250!

Aidan sitting in front of the huge bear in one of the lobbies. Logan was sorta freaked out by it.

Exploring the hotel first and then hitting the dry area. I didn't bring my camera to the waterpark parts until the last day. I was so afraid of it getting wet or worse yet, stolen!

Logan and I went back to the room around 9:00 that night and we both crashed! Jason and Aidan stayed in the waterpark and swam till 10 I think! The boys were so wiped out by the end of the weekend!

Second day at the waterpark. We spent part of the day in the Waterdome. That place was awesome. It honestly felt like you were outside, but you weren't! I saw people there who got burned from being in the waterdome for so long!! In the beginning of March in WISCONSIN! That is crazy! LOL!

This is a horrible picture of me. My hair needs to be cut and dyed...please don't mind my unfinished look! LOL!! Oh and the next few pics of Logan crack me up he was getting so mad at me always taking pictures!

We went back for a mid-afternoon "rest". Didn't last long. LOL!

Then off to the big slides again!

Logan and I were waiting for Aidan and Jason to come down one of the slides to get a picture. Here is Logan playing around while we are waiting.

Aidan's feet. I couldn't believe he made such a huge splash!!

I can honestly say this was one of the nicest hotels I have stayed at in a long time!! The boys loved it there! If you ever want to make a trip to the dells I highly recommend checking out The Wilderness!!

Tagged!!

2009-03-04T15:31:00.002-06:00

My friend Kara Tagged me and I just realized it! LOL! So here it is!

Here are the tag rules:

1. Go to where you store your digital photos & open the 4th folder.

2. Go to the 4th picture and post it.

3. Explain the picture.

4. Tag an additional 4 people.

LMAO!! This picture of is Aidan's "Gingerbread Baby" he made at school around Christmas time! LOL!! I had to take a picture of it to remember it since there was no way I was going to keep it around for the next 20 Plus years! LOL!!

I tag:

Cheri, Cheryl, Dawn, and Melissa

Things are a changin'

2009-02-20T13:04:00.003-06:00

I'm going to change the look a bit, so bear with me! I know I don't post much here...it's actually a good thing...just means we are going along doing all of our everyday, mundane things. Nothing exciting to report....I'll try to think of something soon!

The Bachelor!

2009-02-18T19:09:00.004-06:00

Ok I am HOOKED on The Bachelor. This is the first season I have fully invested myself into the show and I LOVE IT! But, all I have to say right now is if any of the rumors are true I am going to be VERY SAD and VERY UPSET!!! Guess only time will tell.....

Birthday Party!!

2009-02-01T18:04:00.003-06:00

We had Logan's birthday party yesterday. It went really well. I think everyone had a nice time. It was just our families that came so that was good; it was small. It was Lightening McQueen/Cars themed. It was a lot of fun. Logan got a lot of nice things and I think he had a great time!
Here are a few pictures from the day!

Uncle Mike with his Nephews (My brother)

Grandma (My Mom) With her grandsons

Great Grandma (My grandma) with her GREAT Grandsons

Opening Presents

I have never seen a 3 year old boy love clothes as much as Logan does! LOL!

Lovin his card that sounds like a truck!

The cake. Jason made this cake. Isn't he awesome?! My friend Jodi who lives in Georgia actually sent us the cake pan and made the fondant shapes; doesn't she rock?! The fondant sort of cracked in shipping and I am so not crafty so I couldn't fix them; didn't help that the morning of the party the boys got ahold of the fondant and ate some of it! LOL!!

Thanks for looking!

I have to share!!!

2009-01-16T13:46:00.002-06:00

OK, so I don't know about all of you but I get so tired of listening to the radio. I mean I can only hear the same songs over and over again before I just want to scream!! I love dance music, hip hop music and all that kind of stuff, even some Top 40 stuff. But like I said, I get tired of turning on the radio and hearing the same stuff over and over again. Well, let me tell you I have the fix for you. Her name is Annie Mac and the station is Radio 1. Radio 1 is a British radio station. Annie is from Ireland. She is awesome. She has the Annie Mac Mash-Up show. The cool thing about her show is it is exactly what it says; a Mash Up! She finds all these great artists who take music (mostly dance, drum and bass ect) and they mash them up or mix them into these really fun, dancy songs! It is all I listen to now. Honestly I don't remember the last time I listened to the radio from here in the States!! LOL!! If you are curious you can listen to Radio 1 here. Annie Mac is on at 3pm Central Standard time on Fridays here in the United States. There are other great DJs on there too. Kissy Sell Out is freaking awesome, Pete Tong rocks, the Drum & Bass Show is great, The Essential Mix is a must listen to and Zane Lowe is fun too! Those are just some of my favorites! Seriously, if you want something different give this a try! It is fun to have on while you are cleaning or just doing things at the computer. Currently I am listening to Pete Tong's show. There is also another station I suggest on BBC, it is called 1Xtra. It is more Hip Hop and stuff...lots of fun!!! Anyways, I just wanted to make this suggestion and also give a shout out to my friend Tom who introduced this to me!! Thanks Tom! You ROCK!!!

Again, check it out, listen!!!
http://www.radioguide.fm/internet_radio_England/bbc1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/