We are Home Onwners

Well, I did not want to mention anything about this until it was all said and done. Now it is. Mike and I bought a house yesterday. We are SOOO excited. It is a great home in the best neighborhood in Marysville. The people that were living there before
left in a hurry, don't know why, so it was a mess. Mike and I went over there until 2:30 in the morning cleaning it last night. We had to because the carpet cleaners were coming this morning. We are going to move all our stuff over on Monday and start living there. I am so excited and can't wait to put my touches on our new home!

Kid Moments

Well, things are crazy around here. We have been busy with normal life. But the kids have been so cute latley. The other day I was wearing a plain gold chain. Jordan came up to me and touched the neckless and said "Mom, your neckless is not beautiful" I asked him why. She said "Because there are no diamonds on it." I died. I never talk to him about diamonds. He must get alot out of those diamond commercials right now. What a great husband he is going to make.
Also, the other day we were in the car. Mackenzie was just talking and talking and talking. I asked her if she ever stopped talking. She answered "no", smacked her lips and said "It's my job". I died.
Then McKay the other day came up to me and said, "Mom, where is my stickwhip" I said, "What is stickwhip?" We walked around the house looking for "it". We could not find it. Finally we found it. It was chapstick. I thought it was so cute calling it stickwhip that I could not correct him.
It is so fun to hear them talk and learn so much. I am so thankful for my three beautiful children that I have to take care of.

Jordan's 5th Birthday!

I know this is a little late, since Jordan turned 5 over a month ago, but here are some fun pictures from his birthday party. We had a superhero's party. Everyone came dressed as their favorite one. We had 2 Batman's, of course, MR Incredible, 2 Superman's and a Power Ranger. Mackenzie of course had to dress up in her Halloween costume. So she was the danzle in distress. We played superhero games and ate cake.
Jordan picked Pancakes as his Birthday dinner and that was sure nice and easy to make. We put candles on the top of the pancakes and he blew them out since we had already had cake. It was a great way to celebrate Jordan turning 5!!!

Halloween Pictures

Mr Incredible
Our Spanish Princess
Batman!

Here are this kids on Halloween. They looked so cute!

Here is the boys with spong bob at the zoo!

Here are some picture from Halloween. The kids had so much fun. We went to the ward Trunk or Treat the Saturday before and then trick or treating on Halloween. The really knew what to do and the loved it.

Decoatiing Cookies.

We made sugar cookies in all halloween shapes. Then we decorated them with fun sprinkels and colored icing. The kids had so much fun. Jordan really has learned a lot since the last time that we did this. He was doing them perfect. The twins were just having fun dumping spinkled all over the place!!!

A Little Horse Ride

The other day we went to a farm here in town and the kids got to ride a pony. The loved it. They were all smiles, as you can see, the whole time that we rode. The horses name was Rosie and the kids kept calling her "posie" It was really cute.

More shots from Nana's Visit

Nana's visit

We have had a visit from Nana Pickup. The kids and I have had such a great visit since she has been here. Today we went to a museum here that was so much fun. They had tons of interactive things for the kids to do. Our kids are just the right age for most of it. They had one display on the decades. The old 1900's phone rang and McKay went to pick it up. He listened for a minute and said to Jordan "It's Shrek". My mom and I laughed so hard. They had a 1960's diner there that you could pretend to make ice cream and burgers and things. Grandma was the short order cook and "made" the kids ice cream. They LOVED it. After she asked for their money and rang them up. It was so much fun. They had a juke box that actually worked. We turned on a song and danced in the diner. They also had a TV station that the kids could play in. They sat in the anchor chair and read the news. Jordan kept hitting the button saying "that's the news".
They also had a water world area. They had a submarine that was in the water. They kids got inside of it with Nana and it was so cute. I stood on the top and took pictures.
In the space area they had a space capsule that you say in and it took off. The kids and I got into that. I would say all around we had a great time and can't wait to go back again soon.

We have had a visit from Nana Pickup. The kids and I have had such a great visit since she has been here. Today we went to a museum here that was so much fun. They had tons of interactive things for the kids to do. Our kids are just the right age for most of it. They had one display on the decades. The old 1900's phone rang and McKay went to pick it up. He listened for a minute and said to Jordan "It's Shrek". My mom and I laughed so hard. They had a 1960's diner there that you could pretend to make ice cream and burgers and things. Grandma was the short order cook and "made" the kids ice cream. They LOVED it. After she asked for their money and rang them up. It was so much fun. They had a juke box that actually worked. We turned on a song and danced in the diner. They also had a TV station that the kids could play in. They sat in the anchor chair and read the news. Jordan kept hitting the button saying "that's the news".
They also had a water world area. They had a submarine that was in the water. They kids got inside of it with Nana and it was so cute. I stood on the top and took pictures.
In the space area they had a space capsule that you say in and it took off. The kids and I got into that. I would say all around we had a great time and can't wait to go back again soon.

A day on the farm

Last weekend we went to a friends farm and went on a tractor ride. The kids loved the tractor and everything that went along with a farm.

Trip to Dayton

This week we have had my dad come and visit. He had some work to do
in Columbus and Dayton. We went along with him to Dayton. We walked around downtown Dayton while he was working and then after we went to the Air Force Museum. Well, just the outside. They have som huge planes from different wars you can look at. We walked around a little and enjoyed the time with Grandpa. It sure is fun to have Grandpa come and visit.

Apple Picking

For a play group, we went to an apple orchard and picked our own apples. It was so much fun. The kids loved it. We picked 20+ pounds of apples. It was great. I am going to make lots of apple stuff... for a while.
We got to ride a tractor out to the orchards. The kids had a great time and we are going to go back and pick some pears when they are ready. Look at all the fun things we are learning to do.

Another Soccer Player

After find out that three year olds can play on the soccer league, I called to see if McKay could still join. Good News!!! They let McKay join Jordan's team. After his first practice, he said to me "Mom, I'm 4 now?"
He thought that he had turned 4 so that he could play. He loves to play and it is very cute to see the boys playing together. During one drill, Jordan was at the end of the field cheering McKay on. It was very sweet!

Our Little Soccer Player

Our little soccer player, Jordan. He loves soccer and is getting a lot better each time he plays. Mike trys to play with his a few times a week and help him be a little more aggressive. He seems to do a dance around the ball before he will kick it. What ever it is... he is still the best little player I have ever seen!!!!

Honda Family Days

One plus to working for a large company is they have LARGE partys. The had everything that you can imagine. They had kiddie rides and our kids LOVED it. They wanted to go on more and more. Mike and I were tired just wantching them. They also had concerts all day long. The rented out a whole movie theater for the day and we took the kids to see Barnyard. We wanted to see more because they were all free, but only saw one. It was a lot of fun. I think that we are going to like it here!!!!!! SO here are a few pictures of the kids playing on the rides.