Bouncing Boys

We Took the Broden and Noah to the "Sky Zone" as a birthday treat for Broden

One of the Trampoline courts

Nancy found a nice Park and planned a picnic lunch - Broden is doing a "free climb" with only Grandpa as a crash pad...and as you can see he is almost to the sky!

Yeah lets eat!

And then there is ICE Cream!

Happy Birthday Michelle

It was Michelle's Birthday on March 24...so we helped her celebration by inviting Noah and Broden over for the afternoon.   It was a wild afternoon of harmonica playing, muffin making, building with Lincoln Logs - Lego's - Tinker Toys - watching Stuart Little and having Popcorn.

We Also video chatted with Adam and Sandra and Tahlia

Tahlia can say Noah and Broden very clearly - and even wondered where Judah was!

And of course as pictured below... some puzzle work and model building...and we even made a Craig's list sale!

while I write this post...Nancy is cleaning up the kitchen...again!

What a busy afternoon!



Once again Basement Guy has taken the dark and dingy, the unsafe,dank and decrepit and unsightly of old basement blah - and transformed with light and bright and pleasant..

and soon to be on the market!



If you liked the blue fuzzy - too bad - it is long gone!

Snow matter

For our friends and family that live in the South - here is our snow day Feb 7&8

Snow comin Down!...But I do see Jeep tracks!

 Thankful for a John Deere Snowblower

 

                                          Chillin Not Grillin!

No Swimming Either

Beyond Christmas

Adam - Sandra and Tahlia came North after Christmas - There were many gatherings - here are some pics of all the excitement

Mommy Watch - I'll show you how to make a snow angel

Good Job Mommy!

Arrrrh!  Christmas Pirates 

 Just Like Gramma Nancy - Tahlia Loves working in her Kitchen

We Got Toast! 

 Zap it!

Grandpa Loves Waffles!

 Judah Going for the Train

Happy 87th Birthday Great Grandma

Christmas Eve 2012

We started off making the cookies at Clayton and Michelle's - we knew this was to be a healthy Christmas Eve

Broden was the first to move in on the healthy pizza

Clayton making the healthy sausages - and brats!

Michelle adding some supposedly healthy vegetable

These guys have matching blue eyes

And there were some presents...just one though as it is Christmas Eve

Please enjoy the following presentatation of family picture poses...sometimes the first one is the best!

okay we are done

Do you use plug in air freshners? Don't

I have been working on our basement family room area..so that is
finally getting the attention it needs.

I had a line of electric outlets on one wall that did not work, and
although I was doing a little insulation on the one end - I found a
wire that the previous owner must have hit with a drill or something.
So  I repaired that (not easily)  .  I figured that was the reason all
the outlets on the west side did not work.  It fixed two of them, but
then the Third one was dead,  So I took that one apart to find out it
was totally toasted!  Burned out from the inside - Melted the
insulation around it - and charred the back of the paneling. 

 I remember when we looked at the house there had been one of those plug
in room deodorizers in that outlet! - I had heard from my insurance agent that those
are a major cause for home fires - I think this one came close - but
since it never "shorted" it just burned the wires off the outlet and
did not blow the breaker.