Updates

Sorry I haven't posted in a while...just laziness on my part!! haha...guess it just kind of sneaks up on me that I haven't posted in a while and then all of a sudden it has been a week or better!!!

We have been busy playing outside this week, enjoying the wonderful weather!!! I even got some pics of the kids playing out in the sun...didn't get a good one of Ayden...that boy is ALWAYS on the go!!! no time for pictures apparently!! but I will post what I got...

My birthday ended up being pretty low key and great!! I got my presents early, so on my actual day, we just made sandwiches for supper and then went out to Perkins for dessert!!! yummy!!!! the kids loved it and SOOOO did I:) and Chris too of course:) Then for the weekend, the kids have been begging (not to mention Grandma and Grandpa too) for a weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Lansink...I think it has been about 5 or 6 months since they have had a weekend all to themselves with G & G...so I had TONS of cleaning to get done, so we decided on this last weekend as the weekend!!! and BOY did they have FUN!!! they got to pet the baby calf, Elliott got poop on him (or so he keeps telling me), they not only got to ride in the tractors but they also got to DRIVE them...apparently you only have to be 3 to drive a tractor these days!!! anyway...they LOVED it and had SOOOOOO much fun...I wouldn't call cleaning fun, but it is one less thing to worry about...plus chris and I got to go on a DATE!! so I think we all had a great time...Thank you very much Grandma and Grandpa for the fun, fun, fun weekend!!!

So, other than that excitement...not much new...hopefully I will get some more good pics soon and will be better at posting:)

Have a great weekend!!!

Presents a day early!

What a lucky girl am I!!! I got my birthday presents a day early:) WooHOO:)

Chris found these awesome wall hangings for me to decorate my walls with!! The kids brought them too me and were sooo excited about giving me presents, it really was too cute:)

So tomorrow is the actual day...yeah, another year older, oh well, not much can be done about it except to celebrate it, so that is what we will do...nothing too exciting planned, but maybe I can get out of cooking or something, huh:)

Here are the pics of the FABULOUS birthday presents I got...Lucky ME:) Thank you Honey & kiddos!!! I love you very much:)

Sleep Tight

Ms. Ashley Jo has decided that it is NOT enough to sleep with just ONE baby in her bed....she has to have 2:) She says that they are her twins!!! HAHA:) too cute... so anyway, I went to check on her after she was sleeping and found her like this....How adorable...:) what a sweetie...

I also had to snap a pic of the "real" twins:) they were sleeping too...it is amazing how quiet it is when those two finally decide to give in to some sleep!!! they did have some pretty cute things to say tonight though...First Ayden was eating the corn that we were having for dinner, and was inspecting, then said "the combine harvests the corn"!!! well, thank you Ayden:) he is full of knowledge...he also said "it harvests the beans too...and the tractor helps!!" what would we do with out him!! cute little boy:)

Since it was sooo nice today, we went out to play on the driveway this evening after supper...it was getting dark and the moon was visible, but it was only a "half moon" or whatever you call it....well Elliott noticed it and said "look mom, the moon is broken"....hmmm!!! would never have thought of it like that...what an imagination, huh???

Enjoy the sleepy pics and have a good night!!!

Big Day for Ashley:)

So....Today was a great day for Ashley Jo!!! She went potty on the big girl potty for the 1st time!!!!!!!! She has wanted to sit on the thing forever, but has never actually gone in it...so today was a big step:) She even told me she had to go!!! we were in the living room reading books right before nap and she said "I go potty mommy"...I said "let's go in and be a big girl" and she said "yeah"....so we went in and soon enough she had gone!!!!!!!!!! HOW EXCITING:) I know this is probably just the first of the long road, but hey, yeah have to start somewhere:)

Here is the proud little girl...SHE was SOOOOOO excited:) and her brothers were too!! It was cute:)

Working on the house

So, not much has been going on around here, so I have kind of slacked off on the blogging thing, but I am trying to be better about taking pics and stuff...so I will try harder:)

Last weekend, Chris' parents came to help with some house stuff we wanted to get done...our first project was to get all of the yucky nasty white trim that we HATED down and to put up our new stained wood trim....it looks amazing:) we have a few peices left to finish on it, but for the most part it looks totally awesome, just changing trim can give a totally different look and feel to the house:)

On the kids front...we got to go visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Kelly on Saturday while daddy and Grandpa George worked hard on the trim...we had a great visit and the kids LOVED playing there..

Tonight...we had spaghetti for supper....so of course we had a bath afterwards to wash those spaghetti faces up:)

Enjoy the pics and I will update more soon!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello--

We had a pretty low key Valentine's here at the Schrunk house...I made some yummy cupcakes for the kids to have for their snack on Friday...and trust me...EVERYONE enjoyed them...maybe a little too much, if ya know what I mean...but it was fun and a special occasion....I also got the kids a new book and a treat for the big v-day...the little ones, Jamison, Samantha & Ashley got coloring books and colors and the older ones got Lightning McQueen books!!! they were a big hit!! It was a fun celebration...

We also got our Valentine's presents early from Grandpa Doug and Grandma Teresa...last weekend they got their new Jammies:) very cute and comfy!! Thanks...

We also got Valentines in the mail from Grandpa George and Grandma Jane and Great Grandpa & Grandma Spotts...Thank you for the special mail...the kids LOVE it and it is too funny to see them rip into the mail!!

We also got pictures taken this weekend...the boys for their 3 year pics and Ashley for her 18 month pics...they turned out super cute:) can't wait to hand them out!!


We had a great V-Day and hope you did the same!!! Have a great week

Weekend

Well, it is Tuesday again, and I am just getting around to updating the good old blog!! sorry, just seems like I can't get to it...or I am just too lazy, hum, take your pick!! but anyway, better late than never, huh???

So our weekend was not TOO exciting, but fun just the same...On Saturday morning, we got our taxes done!!! now that it is done and overwith it is such a relief...this was my first full year of my "business" so it was nerve wrecking on how things would turn out, but it all worked out well...

After getting that taken care of, we headed down to Ida Grove for the Section Wrestling Tournament...we hadn't been to a meet all year, and my cousin Tanner was wrestling, so we definilty wanted to get a chance to see him wrestle!! and he did awesome!! he got 1st place and is moving on to district action this weekend in Cherokee:) Good Luck Tanner and way to go!!!! The kids did pretty well at the meet, ya know, they don't sit still for very long so they got pretty antsy, but they got to run around the cafeteria so they were better after a few laps!!!

After a supper with Grandma and Grandpa the kids took baths and then it was on to home for a good nights sleep!!

On Sunday, we meet up with our friends Tom, Randi and Logan for a yummy lunch at Famous Daves!!! We LOVE having the Hudson's back in Sioux City!!!! YEAH...and then a relaxing afternoon at home:)

So since the boys got to watch wrestling, guess what their new hobby is???? wrestling with each other!!! pretty funny to watch, although they can get pretty rough at times...Ashley likes to join in the action too, even though they are a little rough for her, she holds her own!!! tough little peanut:)