Crown moulding and "spa day"...

This may not seem like a big deal to you, but its a BIG deal to me.  We bought crown moulding for our house a LONG time ago and have been storing it in our garage.  When Jarin left for his deployment, we agreed that it was time to pay someone else to hang it.  Well, its done!!  I'm so happy and relieved to have it out of the garage and on the walls/ceilings!!

My kids love to give me "special"treatment sometimes to help me relieve stress.  Here are a few pics of my cute kids rubbing my back and shoulders. 

12 weeks down, 7 1/2 to go.

It makes me a little bit sick to my stomach when I think about being apart for so long, but we're more than half way through.  We're almost 2/3 the way through.  I've had a couple of nice pick-me-ups lately too.

First of all, its great that the kids keep doing funny things.  We had chicken kabobs for dinner the other night and Nate LOVED the skewer.  Of course, he was very closely supervised, but he just loved sticking it through his pacifier and putting the pacifier into his mouth.  

After a long day of work in the yard one day, I discovered some big hooks in the trees which are perfect for a hammock.  So we picked up a nice hammock for the yard.  We all love it and we can all fit on it too!

The YMCA had a "breakfast with the easter bunny" event.  Elle and Jesse picked up WAY too many eggs, so I had them re-hide them for other kids.  They put them ALL in the same place and they were so proud!!!

Nate's at the stage where he's NOT ok with giant rabbits.  Makes sense, right?
Face painting...
Nate was playing in the mirror and having a blast.  I love how at-home our family feels at the Y.

Jesse's 4th birthday

Its been a while since I've blogged.  We've been running at the speed of light lately.  I'm not sure anybody is even reading this anymore.  Sorry for the long lag.  I have a few things to blog about, so hopefully I'll pick up the pace soon.

We celebrated Jesse's birthday last month.   Its hard to believe he's 4 already.  We started off with breakfast in bed...

Then we went to the strawberry farm and bought a flat of strawberries so Jesse could have all the strawberries he could eat.

After the girls came home from school, we went to Chuck E Cheese and let the kids play to their hearts content.  This race horse was a big hit.

Then we came home and had a strawberry ice cream cake with Chris and Pat and their son Chris.  Thanks Chris, Pat, and Chris!  Its great to have you here!

Happy Birthday Jesse!!!  We love you!!!