May 19, 2009

My new birdbath! This is one of the mama House Finches living in my yard!

May 18, 2009

The boys painting rocks on the deck! We had a science experiment and art day today!

May 17, 2009

Just playing around with my 200mm lens! You never want to get too close to a busy bee! I was several feet away and then I cropped the photo quite a bit to give the appearance of using a macro lens.

May 16, 2009

This is one of the male House Finches living in my yard. I bought a new bird feeder and all the finches seem to be enjoying it.

May 15, 2009

New sneakers for Hunter and Riley...just in time for field day next week :)

May 14, 2009

The boys at the dental office for a teeth cleaning! No cavities!

May 13, 2009

Science experiments can be fun when you make stuff like this!

May 12, 2009

I saw a little bird with nesting material and noticed she was making a nest in my downspout. I don't think it will fair well during our next rainstorm but we'll see. You can see her tucked nicely in it and I just happen to catch a bee flying close-by.

May 11, 2009

After having so much fun playing Guitar Hero Wii at Greg's sister's house, we had to go and buy one for ourselves!

May 10, 2009

I just couldn't resist using this great photo of Greg and his brother Steve rockin' and jammin' to Guitar Hero Wii. I think they were having a great time...as a matter of fact we all did!

May 9, 2009

Family photo...Greg, his older sister Sheila, his mom Liz and his older brother Steve (visiting from Oregon). Greg also has an older sister, Lisa that lives in Montana.

May 8, 2009

Greg and I were busy getting some home-improvement jobs finished up before his brother from Oregon and fiance came to visit (later in the evening). Here Greg is doing some knock-down and popcorn texture(ceiling) on the new closet he built.

May 7, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I photographed a robin making a nest in my backyard tree. Yesterday I noticed she hardly ever leaves her nest so I suspected there might be eggs. I waited all morning for her to leave her nest then I quickly climbed on the roof of the shed and snapped this picture before she noticed me! A few minutes later she was back and hasn't left since :) Here's what I looked like taking this Picture.

May 6, 2009

Riley had his TV debut today! His picture was chosen to be the star of PicMe (a 10 minute cartoon) on PBS Kids Sprout! It was all very exciting for us since it was shown nationwide! Hunter is hoping his picture will also be chosen from their online gallery!

May 5, 2009

Our house in the spring! We are hoping to do some landscaping this summer so there will most likely be some updated pics later in the year! There's Kayla on the front porch :)

May 4, 2009

I spent the afternoon cleaning the playroom to make room for our house-guests this coming weekend. This is just a sampling of the toys I donated!

May 3, 2009

Greg put a nice strong shelf in our walk-in closet today so we could stack lots of bins. Our closet looks so nice now that we have extra storage space and in addition we both dontaed lots of clothes!

May 2, 2009

Riley playing Lite Brite!

May 1, 2009

Our seedlings are really sprouting up! The tall ones are giant sunflowers, the kind that get to be 6 to 12 feet high!

April 30, 2009

The top headline in today's news.

April 29, 2009

Time for a haircut at my brother's salon!

April 28, 2009

As I was sitting in my yard I noticed this robin making a nest in our tree. I grabbed my telephoto lens and waited for just the right moment for him to stop working and sit still enough for me to get a good shot!

April 27, 2009

This is a photo of my super clean kitchen. I spent all morning scrubbing it like it's never been scrubbed before :)

April 26, 2009

The boys were invited to a 'Thomas the Train' birthday party for our neighbor down the street!

April 25, 2009

This marks the end of our old computer (nicknamed 'Breakout') and the beginning of our 4 virtual machines! The joys of being married to an engineer!

April 24, 2009

You know summer is right around the corner when you start hearing the ol' familiar sound of the ice cream truck! Today I treated the boys to rainbow sno-cones!

April 23, 2009

My tulips!

April 22, 2009

In honor of Earth Day, the boys and I planted lots of seeds for a veggie garden!

April 21, 2009

A birthday gift from my MIL, the hit songs from the year I was born :) Love it!

I even got a shirt to match that says "Peace, Hope & Green :) Also, keeping with the theme a diffuser...modern day incense!

April 20, 2009

Well, since today was my 42nd birthday I decided to get out the tripod and take a self portrait :)

April 19, 2009

Now that Hunter's old enough to appreciate the value of money, he likes to do chores to earn some. Today he offered to pull the weeds for me and I was thrilled since that's my least favorite job!

April 18, 2009

We rarely go out to dinner these days but every once in awhile we visit this little Italian restaurant near our home for soup, salad, garlic bread and spaghetti.

April 17, 2009

I decided as I was driving home from my mom's in a snowstorm that I would take a photo of myself driving with my ear bud on. I know, not the safest thing but it only took a second :)

April 16, 2009

One of my favorite meals on a cold rainy day like today is this...tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich and applesauce!

April 15, 2009

Greg meticulously cutting a chocolate bar for some mint-chocolate-chip ice cream!

April 14, 2009

A sure way to get over the boredom blues for my boys is to play in the mud! I was a few feet away reading my book happy they were staying occupied. Eventually the flinging started so I had to end the fun!

April 13, 2009

Here are the boys wearing their new Mario Kart Wii outfits from the Easter bunny!

April 12, 2009

Hunter, Riley and their cousins had a soggy Easter egg hunt at my mom's house this afternoon. They loved it! We gave them the option of having it inside but they said "no way"!

April 11, 2009

Easter egg coloring day!

April 10, 2009 (Photo 100)!

Here I have a photo of my Sweet Potato Souffle all ready to bake and bring to my mom's house for Easter dinner! Yum!

April 9, 2009

Hunter taking his photo-of-the-day!

April 8, 2009

My 3 favorite guys!

April 7, 2009

I'm breaking the rules and posting 2 photos for today. I tried to get both boys to sit next to the Easter Bunny but the best I could get was each of them giving him "five". As you can see, Riley is approaching with the utmost caution :)

April 6, 2009

I was so proud of Hunter today at the pool...he had his first ever jump off a diving board! I never expected it. He saw his 6 year old cousin Jaden do it a few times and said "I want to try,too" and he loved it :)

April 5, 2009

I couldn't resist! Kayla is just so tolerant!

April 4, 2009

The boys were outside for a very short amount of time on this really cold day and wanted to warm up with some hot cocoa and graham crackers when they came back in!

April 3, 2009

I got out some Easter decorations this afternoon and the boys decorated the Easter tree for me!

April 2, 2009

Here is where I went for my MRI of my back.

April 1, 2009

The boys and I went to Kinderskate today and had some fun on wheels!