Day 58

Saturday February 27

Today's photo is one that I thought was a pretty good photo for me.  I got Riley in motion, which is really good since he really isn't into the games when he is playing.  He would rather run around, talk to others on the team or look at the posters on the wall.

Day 57

Friday February 26, 2010

Today I got these organizing shelves at Michael's.  I was hoping that they would hold my cartridges, but it doesn't look like they will fit.  I really like the shelves anyway so I am keeping them and I will keep looking for something to hold the cartridges.

Day 56

Thursday February 25, 2010

Today we cleaned Ron's ears out with Ear Candles.  The boys weren't too sure about having a flame stuck in Daddy's ear, but Ron seems to think it helped!

Day 55

Wednesday February 24, 2010

Riley got hurt at school today.  Another little guy decided to continue wrestle with Riley after the teacher told them to stop and Riley got knocked into a bookshelf and had a goose egg on the right side of his head.  It was real close to the one he got last night while making a pillow fort in our room.  He was pretty upset about getting hurt at school, so I got Mr. Monkey to ride with us to speech, to help with the hurt!

Day 54

Tuesday February 23, 2010

Today I finally got to make a receipe that I have been wanting to try.  I found it in one of the dollar cookbooks from Pampered Chef, it is an Enchilada Lasagna.  It was super easy and really good!  I got a thumbs up from the whole family!  I can't beat that!

Day 53

Monday February 22, 2010

Since our laptop has been in and out of the shop so many times since Labor Day 2009, I have really relied on my Ipod touch to check facebook and to watch Youtube videos that fellow bloggers have posted, to check email and to play games. I really do like my Touch and now I think I want an iphone!

Day 52

Sunday February 21, 2010

Today's photo is of Ron working on his work laptop.  He has been working 12 hour days plus trying to work on the weekends at home to try to get caught up, stay ahead and just get things done!  I am very proud of him and thankful that he is willing to work so hard for our family!  I love you babe!

Day 51

Saturday February 20, 2010

Like Father like son!  Once again the heated throw is being enjoyed!!!

Day 50

Friday February 19, 2010

Today's photo is of Riley's latest craze!  He, like his brother likes to go on YouTube.  It isn't always kid friendly, but these days he wants to "go on Scooby Doo Youtube" or "Alvin and the Chipmunks Youtube".

Day 49

Thursday February 18, 2010

Today's photos are of my son's bus.  Everyday Mr. Larry picks Zach up to take him to school.  He loves riding the bus and loves Mr. Larry.  I am thankful that he has bus service, because I don't have to deal with the hassels of pick up and drop off!

Day 48

Wednesday February 17, 2010

Today I set all my cartridges out on a table so I could start using them for the cartridge challenge that I am trying to take part in.  It is a challenge to use all my cartridges by April 15.  I figure this way they won't be out of sight out of mind!

Day 47

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Today Riley made this massive pillow and blanket pit on my bed.  When I asked him what it was he said "I have been boxing and I needed pretection."

Day 46

Monday, February 15, 2010

Today's photo is of the boys and my niece, Kayla!  They really love her!  She is usually my sitter for them.  After Zach's games on Sunday she came over to stay with the boys while Ron and I went to dinner for Valentines Day.  She is such a good kid!  We love her so much!

Day 45

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!  Today Zach had a basketball tournament.  In this picture he was trying to get the ball from the other team's partner.  He plays Special Olympics Unified Basketball which means that they have typical peers on the team to help the athletic out when in trouble and to help keep the game flowing.  Zach did really good in the first game and even made a 3 point shot!  YEAH!

Day 44

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Today's photo is of Riley playing goalie at his soccer game.  He started a few weeks ago, but I keep forgetting the camera.  He is doing a little better, but would rather sit on the side and rest or stand inside the goal and play around, than to run around and chase the ball.  He still seems to like it, so that is a good thing!

Day 43

Friday, February 12, 2010

These are the Valentines I made for Riley to take to his friends at pre-school.  I had made some of them a year ago for a card exchnge, so I just made some more.  I hope I will be able to make valentines for him for a few more years, before he wants the store bought ones!

Day 42

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Today's photo is Zach filling out his Valentines for his friends.  This will probably be the last year for him to do this.  He gave out Pirate's of the Carribean Valentines with pencils!

Day 41

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Today's photo(s) are of a couple of layouts I did for a friend/neighbor who was putting together an album for a family of a solider that took his own life. I didn't know him or the family, but I was happy to help, even though looking at his photos mad me a little sad.  I will never understand why people decide that suicide is the only option!  The Amerian Pride layout is the project in the front of the Stand & Salute cartridge, but I thought it would be a good one for the family to add his Department of Defense photo to.  I hope they like it!

Day 40

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Today's photo is Riley and I sharing a moment at bedtime.  He often sleeps with us still, and even if he doesn't, he likes to fall asleep next to me.  Lately, he will share my IPod with me and look at You Tube videos of card ideas or we play one of the games on it.  Tonight we were doing the eye tricks app., he really likes it!

Day 39

Monday, February 8, 2010

Today's photo is out our front door.  Snowing again!  Hopefully it won't last long.  We haven't had as much as some parts of the country, but I am done with it!  Where is Spring?

Day 38

Sunday February 7, 2010

Ron and I made nachos to enjoy while watching the Super Bowl.  We aren't diehard football fans, but we do enjoy watching a game here and there.  We especially liked Undercover Boss that came on after the game.  Since we are part of the Waste Management Family it was nice to see good things happening!

Day 37

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Today I went to Denver with my Mom and sister for the Creative Memories Premier Event.  We ate lunch at Hard Rock ~Denver after getting signed up for the event at the Sheraton Hotel.  We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with Berta and Marleen after the event.  Since everything was on the 16th Street Mall, it made it very easy for us to enjoy the day!  We had a fun "girls" day, and yummy food!!

Day 36

Friday, February 5, 2010

Today's photo(s) are of two of the things I made for the birthday girl!  The first one is the card I made and the next one is an altered notebook.  I was having so much fun!  I might actually have to get this cartridge so that I can have it for birthday gifts and maybe to make up some things for craft fairs to make a little money!  I hear that Hello Kitty is a big thing these days!  I will post the projects on my other blog:  http://www.karenjg93.blogspot.com/

Day 35

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Today's photo is of a couple of cuts I made tonight with my cricut machine.  Riley was invited to a birthday party, and the mother of the little girl said "anything Hello Kitty".  Well, I knew there was a Hello Kitty cartridge available, so I called a few friends and thankfully Pam let me borrow hers!  The cuts were so easy, I was having fun!  We'll see what I come up with for a gift!

Day 34

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Today's photo is of one of Zach's art projects.  He brought it home the other day and said it was John's house.  I guess John is a teacher in training that has been helping out in Zach's class.  He helped Zach with this "house" in art, so Zach say's it is "John's House".

Day 33

Tuesday February 2, 2010

Today's photo is of the money I won playing bunco and the Left Right Center game!  I play bunco once a month and then after bunco we play left right center.  We pay $10 to play bunco and $3 to play LRC.  Well, tonight I won!  Well I actually split the winnings for most buncos and for most wins, but then I won the LRC game.  I went with $13 and came home with $57!  Not too bad for a night of fun!

Day 32

Monday February 1, 2010

Today's photo is of the boys!  They both put on their jerserys and I took a picture.  Too bad Riley had up bunny ears on Zach!  They were really playing good together today, lets hope that continues!

Day 31

Sunday January 31, 2010

Today's photo is me!  I actually had Riley, my 5 year old take it!   I had him take it of me cropping at home.  I don't always make the time to do this, but I really want to do it more so I can get caught up!  Now that I straightened up my space, maybe I will crop more at home!

Day 30

Saturday January 30, 2010

Today I caught my son Riley sleeping on the couch with the deated throw!  I am seriously going to have to look for these to go on sale and get three more!  They might even come in handy when we go camping this year!

Day 29

Friday January 29, 2010

 Today's photo is of my George Forman!  I really like it!  I can throw frozen chicken breasts on it and still be able to eat in about 20 to 30 minutes.  I really like making hamburgers on it, since so much of the fat is drained off during cooking!

Day 28

Thursday January 28, 2010

Today's photo is of my son, Zach.  He crashed on the couch with the heated throw!  Apparently, the whole family is liking the heated throw, I guess Santa should have gotten four of them!