My hubby had only one request for his birthday, to spend all day on roller coasters.    We went to Busch Gardens and had a blast.  Maurice is not satisfied with […]

After new IEP meetings and a week long enrollment process we finally got Tres into high school.  He is going to the same school as Jordan which is great.  He […]

I am not sure what you do at Ikea….we like to glide our carts down the aisles.

Nothing makes multipication facts and spelling words more fun then shaving cream on a dry erase board. 

The happy, expectant feeling I get every October is washing right over me.  Not that I can feel fall in the air cause it’s still 80 degrees outside and my […]

We couldn’t figure out what to do with banana’s dangerously close to being over ripe.  Sunday’s became the solution.  I am sure I could have thought of something healthier….it wouldn’t […]

Natalie and Kobe’s elementary school put on a school dance.  It was so cute and a great idea.  At this age the kids were uninhibited and had a great time […]

Our leopard gecko, Joey, passed away in October. The kids held a special service for her outside. Maurice prepared a spot and we planted a flowering bush over her grave. […]

The kids love watching iCarly on Nickelodeon.  On the show Carly’s brother is always making spaghetti tacos.  We decided to try them out.  I just made regular spaghetti and put […]

Jordan decided to join his high school band this year to be on the drumline.  He was tired of the violin and wanted to do something different.  Unfortunately as a […]

The first day of school was pretty big this year.  Starting new schools and learning their way around new environments was pretty intimidating for the kids.  Why no pic of […]

After 2 full weeks of tryouts and watching 50 men get cut throughout Maurice was relieved and ecstatic to find out he had been selected to be on the All […]

I am involved in my jobs volunteer organization and Jordan recently started coming with me to help.  This is a picture of us sorting clothes for Metropolitan Ministries.  He also […]

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The craziness of our day to day routines demand QUICK recipes.  Honestly, I don’t want to make dessert if I can’t do it in 3-5 steps or less.  This one is a […]

A smorgasbord of pool fun with all the people  we were blessed to make memories with! The device in Tres hand is a remote control.  He enjoyed chasing people with […]