Our Latest Family Portrait...

Just wanted to pop in to show you all our latest family portrait...





Confused?

All 5 of us are in quarantine for 7 days with...SWINE FLU!!!!

Pretty, yes???...

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In December...ABSOLUTELY!!!

At the end of March...NOT. SO. MUCH.

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(above: the bench in our front yard)

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(above: ice-covered trees)

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.(above: my newly finished SUMMER patio set on our back deck)

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(above: our across the street neighbor's house...I would have had to actually go outside to take one of our house)

Quick Post...

Just a quick post to share some GREAT news...

Remember in this post I told you guys that F had been selected as the 5th grade poetry winner at his school for the PTA Citizenship Essay/Poetry contest? Well the 1st place poems and essays from each school went on to compete at district level and we received a letter informing us that his poem placed in the top 3 in the district!! WAHOOOO!!!!!!

Now to give you some perspective, there are 35 elementary schools in the district. Each school was able to send up to 4 essays/poems - their winning poem and their winning essay for 5th grade and their winning poem and their winning essay for 6th grade. To the best of my knowledge, once the entries were recieved by the district, they were combined and no longer competed by grade level. My math skills aren't too sharp people, but I do believe that means he competed against approximately 139 kiddos! Pretty good, huh!?! He will be honored at a reception on March 30th which also happens to be his 11th birthday!

WE. ARE. SO. PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FFF; "Green"...

Can you believe I'm doing Favorite Foto Friday again? When I saw that this week's theme was "green", there was no way I was missing out on this one! F's favorite color is, and always has been, GREEN! So I knew I'd have no trouble finidng a good picture. Here is my favorite green picture...

F and his best friend D...

Green enough for ya!?! For more green posts, go see Sarah!

Once Upon A Time...

there was a boy named Tarzan. He had two sisters, Jane and Baby Jane.

Tarzan and the Janes were on Spring Break and looking for entertainment while Mama Jane worked on Hut-Improvement projects. Tarzan found a wonderful vine hanging from a tree in the woods behind their hut. He pulled the vine to test it's strength. Ahhhh, just perfect for 3 little monkeys to swing from.

Tarzan and the Janes spent the next few hours playing with the vine. They pulled it, they climbed it, and they swung from it. Mama Jane was delighted that Tarzan and the Janes had found some good old fashioned entertainment. Nothing could put a damper on the fun they were having.

UNTIL...

An occupant from the next hut over informed Tarzan and the Janes that the vine was...

POISON IVY!!!!!!!!

Yes, it's true. Not just one, but all three of my lil darlins swung for hours on end from a Poison Ivy vine.

Good times, my friends. Good times.

So far, so good - no rash yet. That may have to do with the fact that I scrubbed most of their skin off of their bodies in a frenzied attempt to halt the entire disaster. They probably didn't need that much skin anyway. I've read that the rash can appear from 4 hours after exposure to 10 days after exposure. Good Lord, it's going to be a long 10 days!

40 'til 40

It's 40 'til 40 day. Anyone wanna take a guess at what that is???

Introducing...

My precious new nephew...

Donovan Jason Brandt
7lbs, 14ozs
March 12, 2009



Isn't he just gorgeous! I've been wanting to do this post since Thursday when Donovan was born but I didn't have a picture to post so I decided to wait.


Donovan is the first child of my little brother Jason and his wife Mar. This child has NO IDEA what amazing parents he has and what an exceptional life he is embarking on! I absolutely cannot wait to see him! I want to hold him and kiss him and whine about how I want another babyyyyy.


Donovan ~ Auntie loves you already!!