Goin' Broke!

So the tooth fairy has been a regular visitor around here lately. I think she is about to go broke! Little Man is up to his 7th lost tooth, Laura has lost 8 teeth and has 2 loose right now and Kenni was a tooth pulling machine the last couple of weeks. He lost a tooth on friday the 15th, another a week later on friday the 22nd and then another on sunday the 24th!!!! So with the exception of the front tooth that is growing back in on the bottom Kenni has no front teeth! I LOVE IT!!!!

Where's Grandad when we need him?

For some time now I've had a tremendous fear of getting bit by a black widow spider. Or any poisonous spider really. Grandad of course always made fun of me because he didn't think black widows lived in IL. We found one once in our garage there and saved it for Grandad to see. He shocked us all by eating the thing!

Now we live in an area full of deadly poisonous things! Today Kenni was outside playing and he found a HUGE mama black widow and her HUGE sack of babies. I have the same fear instilled in my kids so now whenever they see any spider at all they think it is a black widow. I was inside and Little Man came running in to tell me what Kenni had found. I really didn't think it was going to be a real black widow but I grabbed the bug spray anyway. They were right though! There she was hanging upside down in her web! I sprayed the heck out of that thing and she just wouldn't die! She finally died when she was totally submerged in the bug spray. I am so thankful that I've have freaked my kids out about spiders because the way Kenni is with his catching bugs it could have turned out really bad!

House of the missing teeth

It seems lately that someone is losing a tooth every week! I guess that is what happens when you have kids so close together! James lost his 7th tooth today! He's got another one loose, Laura's got a loose tooth and Kenni's got 2 loose teeth!

Alaska or Bust

Recently Grandad and Mary Lew went on a cruise to Alaska. While they were there they got the kids some souvenirs. They got each of the kids their own hat, shirt, and since this is Grandad a whistle! I wanted to get a good picture of the kids in their hats and shirts but since this is my children......I got 2 bad ones!

Mi Vida Loca

I was able to get on video just a fraction of how crazy it is in our house on a daily basis! Laura singing and playing guitar. Kenni playing air guitar, dancing, and singing in Japanese. Maddi throwing a fit because it wasn't her turn and James just soaking it all in.....

http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk149/ozbirn454/?action=view&current=2010-10Oct011.mp4

http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk149/ozbirn454/?action=view&current=2010-10Oct012.mp4

Gotcha

This past week our friend Mike had some work stuff to do in Tucson. Since he was going to be down this way and drive right past our house he had planned to come and stay with us for a night. Becky unfortunately had to stay home because the kids are in school and football right now. So her and I have been sulking and having a pity party because it wasn't fair that Mike got to come and see James, and Becky and I are miserable being apart. Well lo and behold the sneak walked through my front door (elk burgers in hand by the way) a few minutes after Mike! Mike being the awesome guy he is arranged for the kids to be taken care of and brought Becky to see me! It was a short visit but it was a great visit! We went and had coffee (4 hours of gabbing and catching up) with the girls just like the good ole days and we had some much needed laughs. It was a totally AWESOME surprise and I loved every minute of it! Thanks Mike for making my week and thanks Becky for a great time!!!! I miss you guys!

Backyard ropin'

I took these pictures the other day of the kids for Laurel's birthday coming up. She is learning to barrel ride so what better picture right? The kids weren't really in the mood to co-operate for a picture (imagine that!) but they turned out alright. I just thought that these pics were super cute and the series of pictures shows how well my kids listen to me when I say "Smile and don't move!"