A trip to the farm...

Tyler's class went on a field trip to a farm out in Midway... All I can say is a picture is worth a thousand words :)

so she is NOT a farm girl... It's not for everyone

And to be honest I don't blame her

Looks like she is NOT the only one

hmmmm... I wonder if they are related???

Are you ready for this?

So you are probably thinking I totally blew my whole 3 times a week thing, but to be honest I have tried… I tried to post(4 or 5 times) a video of Tyler’s clogging performance at Lagoon, but it didn’t work (and I didn’t get any good pictures of her, it is hard when they are moving around all the time) I even had Trav try a few times, he can do ANYTHING but still it was a NO go. So, I thought… K~ fine, I will wait until her end of year performance, Which BTW was AMAZING. Best one to date by far! But again, we couldn’t get the darn thing to work either! And then we got the flu…. So, now you get this... Sorry! And with hardly any good pictures this post is not near as fun as it could be. I guess all that matters is Tyler had fun and did very well, despite the freezing temps at Lagoon. This is what we woke up to the morning of the Lagoon Competition...

Looks fun doesn't it?

Take a bow girlsSome of Tyler's team mates
Ready to start

Tyler and Tara (Her clogging teacher)

Tyler is already counting the days down until it starts back up...
It just might be a long summer :)

Yummy!

we are on this homemade bread kick at our house and Tyler wanted me to put up pictures of the bread she helped me make. Yes it taste as good as it looks:)

It is so much fun that she is always wanting to "make" stuff with me, she'll say "so mom what are you gonna teach me to make today" with a huge grin on her face. And for some reason it always taste so much better with her helpThis time we tried a spinach feta bread

(it is so good ,we made the BEST grilled cheese on this bread. A new family fav)

and regular white bread, both very yummy

We also made cinnamon rolls.

However, we were in such a hurry to eat them we forgot to take a picture

before we just dug in!

OK, CB&T girlie's these are for you! Here are a few pictures of the house(I took some of the outside and the kids rooms , but they didn't turn out, so I will take some more and post them later) Here is the kitchen... well half of it anyway :)
and here is the other half. Trav did a good job didn't he?
at first it looked a little manly, but now I think it fits us perfectly

MUCH to my surprise I sure have missed these guys "Tyler's kids"
I can't remember a day in Tyler's little life they haven't been strung every where. They had to be put in storage when we moved and boy was she glad to get them back! I LOVE listening to her play, teach,discipline and love them. It sure teaches me a lot about how I treat my kids... for better or for worse, I hear her tell her "kids" stuff I tell mine.

This is the kids loft.

It is MUCH bigger than it looks, and they tell us every day it is their FAVORITE room in the whole house.

So for now that is all I have, I will try to get more taken( I will even include one of our messy garage)

The kids and their piano teacher Jenn

The kids did so great at their Piano recital (and much to Brayden's surprise it didn't even kill him) they are getting better and better at the piano every day! I love having the piano in our home and even though some days it is NOT the kid’s favorite thing to do, I love to watch them learn and grow, and how they become so proud of themselves when they learn to play a song they never thought they could. Besides, it is teaching them to love and appreciate music, and that hard work really does pay off. It is hard to believe they are as old as they are… makes me kind of sad! But, it is SO much fun watching them grow into AMAZING kids!

Went and toured the place we will be having girls camp this year.

And I have two words for you.... SNOW AND FREEZING!!

Yep~ that's right it was freezing cold and snowing up there adding to the stuff still on the ground. While we were there we also ran into a GIANT MOOSE.... Oh what fun times.

All I can say is... I am in SO MUCH trouble!!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR WARM WEATHER!!!!!!

we go in 3 weeks ish :)

lessons per month $30

shoes $90

costume $70

gas to get there every month $90...

Getting to spend 3 uninterrupted hours a week (sometimes just Tyler and I , sometimes we get to add Brayden, and on VERY lucky days it is the entire Family) talking, laughing, singing, praying(when the weather is bad) and just enjoying each other’s company....

PRICELESS

So, this is why we are going to take clogging again in Genola. Besides the fact that Tyler REALLY wants too, I also enjoy the time we spend together.

The conversations we have had are absolutely priceless, and in the end it is those memories that make it worth it and last a life time.