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We were really shocked that Brayden likes to play tennis. I was so surprised to see how much effort he puts into his match. Totally cracks me up when I see him play it. Who knows maybe he will be the next Pete Sampras?

When it is this kind of weather, we like to hunker down in our basement and eat some good old...... homemade chicken noodle soup big cookpot 1 rotiesserie chicken baby carrots (cut in half) celery (cut in bite size pieces) onion chicken buillion powder (I use the Mexican stuff..caldo de pollo by knorr) 2 garlic cloves minced country pasta noodles I used the chicken from Sam's Club as it is less expensive. Debone the chicken and put in with alot of water in your cookpot. Then add carrots, celery, onions. Bring to boil. Add chicken buillion by the teaspoon until you get the flavor you like. Pu other seasonings in such as minced garlic. Cook as long as it takes to have the carrots and celery cooked but not soft. I learned this from Rachael Ray to cook the noodles separate. I do this because I like leftovers but I do not like mushy noodles. Cook the noodles separate. Then when they are finished, put as much noodles as you want in your own soup bowl and then add the soup. Yum! Freeze le...

I bought these for Lyndee last Christmas. I had them in my van. Then they disappeared and I forgot all about them. Clayton was cleaning (yes, cleaning) the garage out and he found them. Lyndee at first thought they were oven mitts. But then I showed that her Barbies should sleep in them. She was head over heels for them. She carted them around and even slept with one of them on her pillow. I bought them from a woman that works in our cafeteria. What a cute idea for extra material lying around? They look really easy to make.

The weather is so nice that I can't sit still long enough to post Oh....my tulips are starting to poke out! YAY! I had duty today and enjoyed it because I got to soak up the rays. Then I come home and get to enjoy the warmth outside with my own kids. Who has time to blog?

Clayton put our summer chairs out on our porch in hopes of an early Spring. I was kind of surprised at how WAY too early it is for that kind of wishful thinking. This is what's left of winter except for the north side of our house. I guess when it snows tomorrow we can sit there and watch. (Shhh...I know I still have some Christmas ornaments hanging from the tree). Then on the south part of house, a little bit of hope has broken through. My crocuses that my dad planted last last year arrived in their purple glory. After I saw these, I searched for any sign of precious tulips and irises. No such luck! Then my children felt the need to jump and dragged me along with them. So I put the safety net up and this is the result. I got to admit I love jumping with them. (And no...I was not injured nor did I split my pants in the rear)

Our card exchange is tomorrow night and I am finally done. The theme was thank you notes. I got my scrapbook paper a couple weeks ago but put this off until tonight. I can be such a slacker!

What a fabulous place to take your children in Ogden! There are so many things for the kids to play with. I really loved the atmosphere of learning and playing. This was the medieval area. They had puppet theater and dress up clothes. I dressed Lyndee up as princess and sat her in the royal chair. This is such a cute little school room. It reminds me of Little House on the Prairie. This is so cute. The only thing missing are the "real" grandmas. This was my favorite room and we visited this twice. Brayden was able bang on the bongos while you can see Lyndee's choice instrument. We came back to this twice. In the back of the truck is the coats the firemen wear. Brayden put that on but the hats were all taken by other kids. What a fun day! .