Yo Gabba Gabba!

Josh's 3rd Birthday was a super fun Yo Gabba Gabba party! We had dancing, food and tons of balloons! Lots of friends from church and the neighborhood showed up.


Dad painted us a Muno game and a Brobee cut out to take pictures in! Thanks Dad!

It wouldn't have been a party without our own DJ Lance to conduct! And yes I made him wear underwear underneath his costume.

Opening presents from friends is so much fun.

Birthday cake face, I can't believe this guy is already 3.

One last picture with mom after all the friends left.

Happy Birthday Joshua. Our Josh weighs in at a whopping 25 lbs. He loves cars, trains and playing golf still. Josh takes a lot of energy because he likes to do everything himself, his own way. His kisses and hugs sure are sweet though. He has been fully potty trained for a few months and has started preschool this week.

What's for Dinner

I thought I would share a dinner idea for anyone out there who needs one. A couple times a month I buy a whole roasting chicken, they usually only cost around $4, this week though I got one for $2.25 cents. I'll make one dinner from the whole roasted chicken and then shred the leftovers for another meal.
Roast chicken recipes:

Pesto Chicken- rub pesto (jarred or homemade) inside and outside of chicken and cook for 1 hour at 400
Dr. Pepper Chicken- Pour out half a can of Dr. Pepper, position chicken standing up with can most of the way in the cavity. Then rub the chicken with a mixture of brown sugar, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin and chili powder. I usually set this guy standing up on the grill on med-high for about an hour.
Lemon Herb Chicken- salt and pepper chicken, fill cavity with lemon halves, garlic and any fresh herbs you have like thyme, rosemary or sage. Pat outside of chicken with olive oil or butter and cook at 375 for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Then later in the week I use shredded chicken for:
Chicken tortilla soup
Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas
Chicken enchiladas

Have fun cooking!

Mother's Day Video

This is the video my boys made me for Mother's Day. Brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch, partly because it's so funny and because it's so sweet.

Spoiled Boys

My boys are so spoiled but I just can't help myself. They are growing up so quickly and soon they won't want to hang out with their mom. We love doing fun things. I am just not good at staying at the house....but then later I complain that I never have any days to relax at home. This summer we are: going to the movies on Mondays, a good deal of 50cents a movie couldn't pass that one up, doing the reading program at the library and attending story time when we can, going to the gym a few times a week, and swim lessons on Fridays. Here are some pics from swim lessons. We go to the Hubbard school, a little more pricey than others but the indoor pools are sooooo nice. They also offer family swim time on Fridays after our lessons.

And this is what happens when it is time to leave the pool.

Disneyland 2010

Our Disneyland trip was so much fun! Here are just some of the highlights and I have more pictures on my facebook account.
Here we are waiting for the Aladdin show at California Adventure. Its a really good show that is ending this August to be replaced with something new.

Joshua eating cotton candy, a love of both mine and his. Joshua was scared riding on the Matterhorn the first time but rode a few more times and now says that is his favorite ride.



One of my favorite pictures of Michael and I. We had so much fun taking our family to Disneyland.

Grandma Connie and Uncle Tayler came with us and it was fun to have a larger group. Tayler loved the rollercoasters but also was willing to go on the kiddie rides with us.

Here is Joshua's excellent driving skills on Autotopia.





An interview with Ethan while riding the Chew-Chew train in bug's land.



They don't have a big parade with floats and lights like they usually do at Disneyland, but they do have a dance crew that comes by on a parade and Ethan got to go out and shake his groove thing!

The long ride home is always sad....but you can't stay at Disneyland forever.

The Races

Grandma and Grandpa came to town to help out with the kids after my surgery and we ended up going to the Nascar races on Friday night. So much for laying on the couch and recovering right : ). We had a blast, the boys loved it and so did I.

Sneaky Snake Ethan

Anyone who knows my kids, knows that Ethan is often a very picky eater. He is also very sneaky, which he probably inherited from his own mother. Unfortunately for him, his parents are smarter than he is sneaky right now. Yes he did get in trouble after this, but its hard to punish him that much when you are laughing hysterically.
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