Kite Video

So here's the video of us flying kites today. Ryan put some great finishing touches to it. Enjoy!

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Nathan strapped the stunt kite to his back and pretended to be a superhero. It was great!


So here's a shot of David. He tied his kite to the pole and let it fly by itself. Too much work doing it on his own!

Strawberries

Just thought you'd like to see the berries!

Finally!

Well, there it is. Ain't it a beauty! My first cucumber! I bought the plants that would yeild small cuc's so I could pickle them. I'm so proud!

Ahhh, Mother's Day

Aren't they pretty? Ryan sent them to my work today with a card saying "Happy Mother's Day from your three boys". I never get flowers so it was nice. Well, ok I shouldn't say 'never'. He did bring home some daffodils a few months ago mumbling something about it being a fundraiser of something. They were pretty too.

This Mother's day is bittersweet for me. It happens to be my dad's birthday too. I miss him alot. I remeber my grandma inviting us over for a celebration dinner and cake. She thought she'd save a few penny's and buy a dual cake. Poor dad would have to blow out candles on a cake that said, 'Happy Birthday Larry~ Happy Mother's day' and it had flowers and roses all over it! He hated it! I can laugh now but man, no guy wants flowers all over his cake. Ok, no guys I know!

I laugh with Ryan every now and then thinking about how dad would probably be trying to help us redo the basement. He wouldn't be able to help but he could give great advice on how to use the tools. An armchair quarterback. I wonder what he would think about our house. Our boys. He died when David was 4 and Nathan was 2. He would be looking eye to eye with David now. No more rides on the riding lawn mower for David. Now we would send him to cut Grandpa's lawn. And Nathan barely remembers.

I know God spared my dad from alot of pain that was coming his way. But I wish he was still here to ask advice from. To laugh with. To hug.

I know I got serious here. Thanks for letting me ramble on. I just want to say one thing more. Don't take for granted the family you have. Good or bad they are what God has given. Cherish them. One day they may be taken away suddenly just like my dad. A phone call early in the morning with no warning. Poof. You can't go back and change what's happened you only have from today on. So do what God comanded and love each other. Thank for listening. : )

Happy Easter!!

I was downstairs Easter morning (we decided to go to evening service) when I hear Nathan upstairs yelling for me. And yelling, and yelling! I gripe and complain all the way up the stairs only to find bunch of blood droplets. I followed the trail of blood around the corner to the bathroom where I find Nathan leaning over the sink and washing his thumb. There's blood everywhere and he keeps saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!". Come to find out he was trying to put a hole in a guitar pick (for a cool necklace...). He was using his new 4 inch blade he got at the gun show. He had the knife pointed up and he held the pick between his thumbs and pressed it down onto the knife to create the hole. Well, he got a hole alright! The blade ran alongside his nail almost to his knuckle and went clear through. So I patched him up as best as I could and we were off to Urgent Care. Three hours later we left with 5 stitches. Yikes! He even has a stitch through his nail! Ewww. So here's a few pictures for you.

Spring Break

I thought you'd like to see what we've been up to this Spring Break. We decided to redo the basement. Tear out all the paneling, ceiling, update wiring, new lights, put up drywall and make the rec-room a bedroom with walk-in closet. After this side is done we'll move on to the other side. So enjoy some pictures and I'll keep adding ones as we go. ; )

The guys decided to write some fun stuff on the foam insulation. I figured it was ok because no one else would see it. This was supposed to say "Chuck Norris was here" But after Ryan put up the wall it now says, "Huck Norris was here".
I took us 2 days to put up dry wall! Ugh! I love the lights! To the left is the stairs, dugh! And the right is the new closet.We had to leave the weird cut out in the wall because of the supports holding up the upstairs fireplace.