Rocket Turned 5!!!

Our Rocket turned 5 years old on Dec. 30th. He's growing up so fast! We didn't have a kid party. Probably next year we'll invite a few friends. So, we just had some family over. Here's a few pictures to commemorate the occasion.

Here's a picture of the cake. For those not familiar with Super Mario, this is the character Boo.

We took him to Toys R Us to let him pick out a few toys for his birthday. This is one of the things he picked. Not sure why, but they were inseparable for the rest of the day!

I think he had a great day!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Rocket!!! We love you!!!

Christmas Update

We had a wonderful Christmas! It started off a little rocky on Christmas Eve. My parents came over for some hors d'oevres in the early evening. (That's NOT the rocky part!) Pokemon King had been battling a cough, but suddenly it got worse and he could not stop coughing. So, Bond took him to the emergency room. The doctors said he might have the beginning stages of Asthma. WHAT? Talk about coming from left field! He got a temporary inhaler and some steroids. (he could use those! LOL!) I took him for a checkup today and he's fine. No asthma, just keep an eye on him.

Christmas Day was great! We had our usual breakfast casserole that had been in the crockpot overnight. After breakfast, we opened our gifts. The boys got a lot of nice things, as did Bond and myself. Bond's parents came over for lunch and we opened more nice gifts. I don't know how his parents do it. For breakfast they go to one brother's house, ours for lunch and dinner for the other. What a crazy day! And they shop for 11 grandkids! Whew!

The day after Christmas we went to my parent's house to celebrate with my mom's brother and his family. We do a gift exchange with them, but we only buy one present. The girls buy a girl gift and the guys buy a guy gift. After the food and gifts, we played Bible Pictionary. It was a lot of fun, but by then Bond wasn't feeling too well. He stayed home from church the next day and I lugged all 5 boys by myself. I'm such a trooper!

I think we are all finally feeling better now! Hopefully, it will stay that way!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and look forward to a Happy New Year!

Rocket Funny

It started snowing this morning. Rocket was very excited and really wants more snow to come. He asked me, "When will the snow grow? I want more!"

My Thanksgiving ABC's

Here's my alphabetical list of what I am thankful for. It is, by no means, complete! There are so many things I am grateful for. This is only a small portion of that!

A-All of my friends and family!

B-Blogging-A wonderful way to keep in touch with family and friends

C-Children-My 5 awesome boys!!!

D-Dreams-I have many wonderful dreams that I know will come true!

E-Everything good in my life!

F-Football-Yes...I love football!! Go Broncos!!! Go Blue!!!

G-Genji Japanese Steakhouse-Need I say more? LOL!

H-Husband-My amazing husband who is a wonderful father and husband! Without him, I'd be lost.

I-Ice Cream-Especially in 90 degree weather, even when I have to cover up with a blanket when I'm finished!

J-Jesus Christ-My Savior, who gave up his life, so we could have ours.

K-Kitchen-One day I will make a meal that ALL of my children will eat!

L-Love-Without love, life would be no fun.

M-My parents and my in-laws-They've stood by us in everything we do and have been there when we needed them.

N-Notebooks-Anything officey is quite cool. I also like the fact that both Dinodude and Rocket carried around their own 'handy dandy notebooks' looking for clues!

O-Online service-I'm an internet junkie. I love to surf...I love Facebook...I love those dumb hidden object games!

P-Pirates of the Caribbean-I really love those movies! I could watch them over and over again...actually...I have!

Q-Quiznos-Their subs are really good!

R-Rain-I enjoy a nice rain shower every now and then.

S-Scriptures-These are what help me through my rough times and guide me in time of trials.

T-Thanksgiving-What a wonderful holiday to spend with family, being grateful for all we have.

U-Umbrellas-Even though we don't own any that work...I'm grateful for umbrellas to keep us dry.

V-Voice-I'm thankful I have a voice that can be heard. (Yes...I do have a loud voice! Just ask my boys!)

W-Words-Without words, my voice would be meaningless.

X-Xylophones-I really couldn't think of anything that started with x, other than this. I remember having one when I was a child. It was fun.

Y-You! All of you that read and follow this blog!

Z-Zinnias-I've never really been a flower person, but I really like Zinnias.

So, what are you thankful for?

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I have fallen off the edge of the earth! Nope! Still here! Sadly, I've been engrossed in that evil conspiracy known as....Facebook! Yes, that darn facebook. It's not even so much facebook as it is the games on facebook. I'm on a quest to plant as many crops as I can and decorate my house. There's Yoville and Fishville and Farmville and Roller Coaster Kingdom and Farm Town and....It is consuming my spare time, which I don't have much of anyway! On the plus side, I've dropped Roller Coaster Kingdom and Fishville. I figure since the boys play their video games (Bond included!), I can play my facebook. After all, it's only fair, isn't it?

Oops!!!

See how brilliant the construction workers in our neighborhood are?

Happy October!!!

I love October! Halloween is my favorite holiday, next to Christmas. After getting our decorations out, I realized we don't have nearly enough. I'm hoping to get some more after the holiday when they roll out the sales!

It's time to decide on costumes for this year. Bond is not a dress up kind of guy, although he did go as a Steelers fan one year. Boo-yeah! I told him one of these years we need to go as Thing 1 and Thing 2. Maybe this will be the year! As for the boys....we haven't decided yet. Dinodude keeps changing his mind. First he wanted to be Mario. Then he wanted to be a blood ghost. As of now he wants to be a skeleton clown. We don't know what he's going to be yet, but I know it won't be too scary. Pokemon King wants to be a Hobo. That's an easy one to do. Rocket wants to be the dinosaur he was last year, but I'm sure it wont fit him. We're trying to talk him into being Pikachu. We already have that costume.

So, to all who read this, please post any costume ideas (preferably very, very, very cheap!) that you have for any of us!

Bond & I started exercising this week. Today is day 4 of the P90X, a very intense workout program. It's going great and I'm hoping we can stick with it. I think since we are doing it together, we'll be able to continue with it. Now we just need to work on nutrition. And that is for ALL of the family!