Birthday Party

Last Saturday, the family came to my apartment to celebrate my birthday and my cousin's birthday. Here's a few photos to commemorate the event:

This flower is out in the garden, it was all by itself - there are a couple more there now.
Very pretty

Another view

Sitting inside watching TV

Sitting outside enjoying the wonderful weather

Chloe had a lot of fun walking through the leaves

Jarren is going to be our family football star!

Jake decided to stretch his legs... He jumped over this going down first, then tried it going up - he made it!

Chloe learned how to say 'pine cone'

Father and son - very handsome

Such a cute girl - I can't get enough of her

These are only a few of the pictures that were taken. It was a fun party with yummy food, good laughs, awesome family, and many memorable memories ;)

The Jabber-talky

Last night, my niece started talking up a storm. It was so cute, I had to video record it. She probably talked for a good half an hour - all of it very similar to the video :) Such a cutie!
I only wish I knew what she was saying...

Easter Party (Yup, a Week After the Fact)

Today we had our family Easter party at Grandma's house. I decided to try and make something fun to bring to the party (besides a bag of chips). I fried up some tortilla strips and put cinnamon sugar on them. Everyone liked them and I think Chloe won for eating the most.


As we started last year, we went to the park to have a soccer game and this year we added bubbles. Jess and Avery had a lot of fun letting the wind do all the work... it was awesome.

Chloe and Jarren had a lot of fun chasing the bubbles and then trying to blow their own bubbles.

I had fun trying to get pictures of the bubbles as they came off the wand... this one is really big.

So many pretty colors

Chloe was so cute trying to blow bubbles...

Here's a shot of the soccer action.

Some of the little boys had fun playing on the playground.

Me and the cutest (older) niece and nephew!
I love you Avery and Jordan!!

When we came back from the park, we had our egg hunt... Our beloved Uncle has now been banned from hiding the Easter eggs - he was shoving them in his pockets instead of hiding them in the yard. HAHAHA!

I was surprised when this cake showed up and everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to me. It was fun - we're celebrating as a family next week, my birthday, my cousin's birthday, and my nephew's birthday. It will be fun.

Another activity after the park was helping plant flowers in Grandma's yard. I had gone over Thursday to do some of the yard work (I got attacked by a tree, and my hands got all sorts of muddy; but it's awesome!), so today we just needed to plant some flowers. James and Robert did a great job!

Morning Game Answer

Answer is: B. Good guessing Ann and Kristina!

It's gross, I know. I use my mug every day and was very disgusted to see a spider fall out when I pulled the lid off. He'd been very busy, my straw was stuck to the lid by a web. I freaked out, then used soap and very hot water to clean it out. I had to push the incident out of my mind before I could drink out of the mug again.
Yuck.
Hopefully during this break from work no spiders decide to bunker down in my mug again... I think I left it in a safer place :) I guess I'll find out in a week.

Morning Game Question

First question, worth a pat on the back:

What happens when you get to work and try to fill up your mug with water?

A- You find dirt in the bottom of your mug.
B- A spider drops out of the lid when you pull it off.
C- You splash leftover water all over you.
D- You drop your mug on the floor and it breaks.

Leave a comment with your guess. I will also be posting this on Facebook... feel free to guess there too (but it won't be on Facebook until later today)

Happiness Is...

Finding bird tracks in the newly fallen snow...

Not sure why... but they just made me happy.

I took these yesterday... but didn't have my camera cord to upload them :( Lucky I remembered to bring it today! Hahaha