Fun May!

Jacob had a music program and an academic award ceremony, he started baseball, and Emrick had a dance recital. I started a job jar with the kids for daily chores. Jacob had his last day as a first grader, we went to lunch on the lawn at his school. I had a gestational diabetes screening for baby Carson. And we had Mops park days. Starting last week Burger's work schedule got all crazy and he has been working weird hours. That one's not so much fun, but we're dealing with it. For June we have a couple of really fun weekends planned. First with my mom and the kids and next for Burger and me.It has been really rainy and flooding but we are getting outside when we can! :-) Hope your May was as fun as ours!

Oh, hello again!

Hello! We have been busy busy people lately. I helped with the Mops garage sale in the end of April. We are gearing up for Emrick's dance recital, there will be a special dad and daughter dance. That's at the end of May. The same time t-ball and a-ball start for the kids! I'm busy growing a special baby person :-) He is moving a lot now, at 25 weeks. His movements are big and somewhat uncomfortable! 

We were walking around Lowes the other day and I happened to see out of the corner of my eye, this color of paint that really struck me as absolutely perfect for our kitchen. So we bought some and are painting the kitchen and updating the cabinet handles and hinges. We are also planning a bathroom remodel. We could use some luck with that one! So, that's what we've been up to lately. I'm sure there's a lot more... Will try to up date more often! 

It's a boy!

On Wednesday, my dad watched Jacob and Emrick while Burger and I went to my 20 week appointment and ultrasound. Baby looks good and healthy and we found out we will have another BOY! We stopped at the bakery on the way home and had them write, 'It's a boy!' On a chocolate chocolate cake to surprise the kids. Jacob and Emrick are both very excited to be having a new brother! Carson feels like the right name, there is no middle name yet. ;-)

Good News!

The best news is that I'm back in the blog world. ;-) The even better news is that we are expecting a baby! The due date is August 20, 2013. The same due date that we had with Jacob! Everyone is very excited. Burger, Emrick, and I went to my 12 week appointment this morning and got to hear the heart beat. Healthy and strong! I have been suffering from extreme fatigue. EXTREME. And there have been several occasions where I have asked Burger to make me something specific for dinner, and once it was ready to eat, I couldn't stomach it. Poor Burger. But he's a trooper and takes the best care of me. :-) 

Hockey!

Jacob loves hockey and is excited to go every single time! We all love to go, watching the kids skate is hilarious! Enjoy! Jacob is the guy in the dark helmet and socks, with the number 11 on his back. Hard to spot but worth it! 

Busy but Fun!

 Emrick's dance class had a family visit day. So my parents, burger, Jacob, and I got to stay in and watch along with all the other kids' families! Emrick did great and loved it, until the last 10 minutes. When she didn't love it anymore. She came and sat down, refusing to dance. Who can blame her? I mean, what is she a trained monkey or something?! The recital should go fantastic!

After hockey last Sunday, we went to the pumpkin farm! It's the first time Burger's ever been able to go with us, and we had a great time even though it was freezing and windy. Burger felt sick after jumping on the bounce pillow. We went through the haunted corn maze twice. Burger carried Jacob through the kid's haunted house, Emrick refused to go anywhere near it! We posed for pictures with the funny cutouts, petted some farm animals, Jacob and Burger got to shoot the Punkinator! We also went on a hay ride. It was pretty worth the $40 it cost to get in...

Family Pictures!

I found this photographer advertising on this facebook group that I buy/sell stuff on. Christina Sents, I sent her a facebook message and booked a family photo session. And I love all of them! She did an amazing job even when my kids were less than ideal! There are several more pictures I would love to share. And I might, someday... :) But for now, here's your blog sneak peak! 

Jacob's hockey is going fantastic! He loves it, and even after only 2 practices, is showing so much improvement. I think we might be in for the long haul with hockey! I am trying to decide if I want to sign him up for the extra Saturday practice. He says yes...

Oops...

I accidentally left the Ipad on top of the car when we went to lunch yesterday. It stayed on until we got up to 50 mph on University. When it hit the ground, the case bounced off and landed in the middle of the road, while the Ipad stayed near the curb.It still completely works, its just really really banged up. Probably the dumbest thing I've ever done...

Dance and Other Things

As I mentioned before, we signed Emrick up for dance classes! She had her first class two weeks ago and absolutely loves it! She loves her tap shoes the most, but she also loves her ballet shoes and her leotards! And she loves the balance beam they have there. She is one happy camper, um dancer...! :)

Most of you know, we signed Jacob up for hockey! Only a few more coupons to sell, so if you want one you need to let me know! :) He starts practice on October 3 and will have practice on Wednesdays and a game every Sunday. If you are interested in viewing a game, give me a call and I can let you know times! He is very excited and loves to wear all his gear. Hopefully he can skate while has all his gear on!

Things that Happened

Since last time I posted: Jacob turned 6, we went on a weekend vacation to Minnesota, Jacob started 1st grade, we signed Emrick up for ballet/tap dance lessons, Emrick turned 3.5. Wow, right?! So, we'll start with Jacob's birthday. He had a party at Chuck E. Cheese and we all had a great time! 

On our vacation we went to the Science Museum in Minnesota and the Mall of America. Jacob gave Burger a bloody nose in the hotel pool, and we had a look around Ikea. We got stuck in a forty-five minute long traffic jam on our way there. Yep, a basic weekend vacation!

Jacob started first grade this year! His teacher is Ms.Biggs. I'm not super happy with the classroom he's in but apparently the school doesn't care what I think. I will be supplementing his education at home, working on spelling lists and math worksheets. He thinks these things are fun, and I love being able to teach him things that public school won't!

Emrick kind of speaks for herself. She will start dance in September and is most excited about her tap shoes because they sound awesome! She also loves the leotards and skirts but we haven't actually bought on just yet. I'm sure I will share lots of dance pictures! We had cake for her half birthday. Her and Jacob both got to blow out candles. She picked white confetti cake with pink frosting and sprinkles.

Summer days are going fast...

 We had a family reunion with Burger's mom's side of the family. We got there late late late because I had a MOPS planning meeting, so we didn't get to see many people. But we had fun at the park!

 I drove to Clarion to visit an old friend and the kids played at the park!

 Jacob being his sassy self.

 Playing on the swings together. They really are good friends to each other. :)

 My friend that we drove to visit. It's always good to see great people from your past!

The kids and water. This is by far their favorite thing to do this summer!

About Jacob

 Jacob with his splint and ace bandage. His shirt says 'Obey gravity, it's the law'

 Jacob and Daddy all geared up for pin removal surgery!

 Right after surgery. They gave him Mountain Dew and chocolate pudding! He hadn't eaten since midnight the night before surgery, and his surgery was at 1:30 in the afternoon. He was starving!

 The pins they took out of Jacob's arm. That's a quarter for size reference.

I'm sure you all know that Jacob broke his arm. It was four weeks ago at a MOPS park day, and he fell from the monkey bars. He fell onto his back with his arm behind him. He came to me holding his right arm saying that it really really hurt! I had him sit down for a few minutes so I could observe him when he suddenly lost all of the color in his face. I decided he must have really hurt himself and we left for Urgent Care. They took x-rays there and said that it was most definitely broken. So off we went to the orthopedic surgeon! They told us there that it was right above his elbow and that the bone was broken and angled and would require surgery and pins to heal. Off we went to surgery! My parents and Burger met me there and stayed for moral support. Everything went smoothly and the surgery took about 20 minutes or so. They put 3 pins in and a splint wrapped in an ace bandage, on top of that a sling. We were told to keep it clean and dry! He was such a champion through the whole thing! Today he had another surgery to remove the pins, he was so excited! the removal surgery took all of 5 minutes. His range of motion will take some time. We go back to orthopedics in 2 weeks and then probably will start physical therapy.

Beach Boys

I love it when she dances.

Hello!

I have been a busy lady, but nothing too exciting, don't panic! I cleaned out the basement room and converted it into a toy room/office. It is working out very well! The kids like being down there and having room to play with their toys. Soon I will be tackling the other side of the basement and doing a major declutter. Someone pointed me in the direction of a group on facebook where I can post things I want to sell and sell them to other people in the cedar valley. I have sold several things, it's working out great with my basement cleaning!


We are looking at new sofas. We are thinking we will go with a nice sectional this time around. We were talking about and thinking about it, as in, some time in the future. But then Emrick keeps peeing on our couch and now I can't get the smell out! I can't get the pee smell out of my leather couch. Super awesome. So, if you have any ideas for getting the smell out of the couch I already own, or have seen a lovely sectional for sale somewhere, you know who to call! :) 


Other than Emrick peeing herself all of the freaking time, the kids are doing fantastic! We are enjoying summer and have been relaxing and playing. I made play dough for the kids the other day, which they loved. We had the furnace guy come earlier this week to fix the wire on the ac that Peter chewed through. The kids loved the furnace guy and followed him all around while he was working and chatted with him the entire time! The guy didn't seem to mind too much, so I just let it happen.

My goal is to update this lovely blog more often! Apparently between the last time I posted and today, they have changed some formatting. So, you will have to excuse me if things don't seem right for a while. I'm not too smart with these things and when they change it, I get confused!

What We've Been Up To:

 We went to the zoo in Des Moines and had a great time! Emrick's favorite was the pink flamingo and Jacob's was the tiger!

 Jacob ended the year in public school. He won an award in reading and math. He is excited to go to first grade next year!

 We went swimming at Grandpa Oldenburger's over Memorial Day weekend. Jacob and Emrick had a great time playing with cousins and running around.

 We went fishing with Grandpa Oldenburger. Emrick LOVED the fish and the worms.

 I caught my first fish!

Burger grilled. The patty looking things on the end are grilled cheese sandwiches. They were delicious and perfect.

Catch Up!

We ate at Perkins, the kids favorite place to eat! Everyone ate their food then we got cookies to take home! I asked Burger to take this picture of me with the kids because I never get to be in pictures...

We saw the Easter Bunny at the mall. Both the kids were really excited and jumped right up there with him! Emrick is wearing her tulle tutu that Bonnie made for her, and she loves it more every single day. We also had Easter with all of our family. Hid and found tons of eggs with candy and money in them. The Easter Bunny surprised the kids by hiding eggs in our own backyard for Easter morning, and lots of candy in Easter baskets. We all really enjoyed Easter!

Emrick got to hold Monica's bird. It was the highlight of her little life!

I tricked the kids on April Fool's Day by making meatloaf that looked like cupcakes and a cake that is supposed to look like meatloaf! Emrick did not find this entertaining, and was a little angry. Jacob thought it was hilarious! Wonder what I will be able to come up with for next year?

And, last night, we went to the hockey game! It was Emrick's first game ever, and she was a little unsure at first. She quickly got used to it. Though she absolutely did not, under any circumstances, want to take off her noise cancelling ear muffs! We cheered for the Hawks and won the game 6-4.

All Good

We had such a fantastic weekend! On Saturday the kids spent the day at my parent's house while Burger and I had lunch at HuHot and then saw The Hunger Games. We shopped at Lowes for some garage organization.

Emrick got a gift car from Aunt Pam for her birthday. We decided to use her gift card to pay for part of a new bike! We got the bike while the kids were at my parent's and surprised her with it Sunday morning. She loved it! I took her to the store last week to see which one she liked and fit on. The one she picked came with a little purse that attaches to the front of the handle bars and holds a little stuffed kitten. She hopped right on when we showed it to her, and pedaled away!

Sunday, we spent the day outside! Burger was organizing the garage, hanging his pegboard and putting shelves together. Then he built our little garden area, and we planted our broccoli! Not sure if it will grow or not since Peter has already been digging around in there. Keep your fingers crossed then come visit in July to have some home grown broccoli! :)

Lets Go Fly A Kite!

Me and Emrick flying her princess kite!

Jacob, with Burger in the background.

Emrick was a quick pro!

Burger helping the kids get set up! We flew our kites last Sunday and the weather was lovely. Both of the kids caught on immediately and were able to fly their kites solo! When we were done flying our kites, we went to the park!

Happy Birthday Emrick!