Seth's first run-in with the Law!!

Have you ever had one of those moments where you just feel frumpy, ugly, and just one of those days where you hope you don't see anybody. Well this was the day. This was a morning that I let me hair air dry (which is something that I rarely do). I hate to air dry my hair because it always dries in some crazy way, and is really frizzy. I don't know about the rest of you, but unfortunately I also suffer from adult acne. It is worse now than when I was in highschool. Anyway, I have some break out right on my chin for the whole world to see, and I am looking as lovely as ever. It is about 10:00 in the morning, and I decide to throw a load of laundry in the washer, as I am doing that my house alarm starts blarring. I can't figure out why it is going off. As I walk over to turn it off, it all of a sudden stops by itself. I turn around to finish the laundry it starts going off again. This time I hurry and punch in the security code and turn it off. I hear Mckayla say something, and I realize that Seth is no where down stairs, and that he has made his way upstairs and found my key pad for the alarm system, and is punching away at the buttons on key pad, thus the turning on/off of the alarm. I yell to Mckayla telling her to take away whatever Seth has in his hands and put it up high. A few minutes later I get a phone call on my house phone, and it is a 1-800 number. Do you know how many calls I get in one day that are these 1-800 numbers. I never answer them, because if they are really important, I figure they will leave a message. Usually when my alarm goes off ADT will call and make sure everything is all right, but the number when they call usually will says ADT. So when I see the 1-800 number I thought it is not ADT because it just has 1-800 and nothing else. So I let it go into voicemail, and nobody leaves a message. A few minutes later I recieve another call, but this time it says County Sherriff. Oh Great!!!! I pick up, and they ask who they are speaking with, and want to know if everything is all right. I explain to them what has happened and apologize for bothering them. The lady sounded a little annoyed, and I was feeling completely stupid. The lady proceeds to tell me because ADT called and got no answer, they sent a police officer out and that I will have to speak with him, and let him know that everything is ok. Do you all remember the description I gave of myself up above, I am so not wanting to deal with all this, this morning. Oh by the way my kids are still running around in pajamas. I know I was looking like the worst mother in the WORLD! The door bell rings, here we go- maybe the police officer will call in for back-up when he sees such a horrible sight. So, I show up at the door with the culprit (Seth) in hand and I explain to the officer what happened. He is super nice and looks at Seth and says, "Is this the little guy right here" I confirmed that he was indeed the offender. Seth has officially had his first run-in with the law. Fortunately, this one is not a punishable offense. The officer just smiles and tells me it is ok, and that it happens all the time. What a morning!!

Happy 33rd Birthday!

I asked Matt what he wanted for his b-day, and he said he just wanted to go and do something with the family. Just about an hour from where we live are a bunch of indoor water parks and hotels. We decided to celebrate his birthday at the The Great Wolf Lodge. It was the best place in the world for our kids. It was perfect for their ages. Mckayla could ride every water slide there, and Isaiah could ride all but a couple. They had so much fun running from slide to slide. We stayed in the family room which included bunkbeds for the kids in their own little log cabin. They absolutely loved it. At night they have story time up by the front desk, where they wore their pj's. To end Matt's b-day we went to his parents house for dinner and cake. It was such a wonderful day. Matt's b-day was May 18th, he turned 33. Love you sweetie!!!





Matt and Seth taking a nap on the lazy river!

Wedding Bells!

Matt's sister Moncia got married on May 16th 2009. Mckayla and Isaiah were part of the wedding party. Matt's sister Natalie got married a year ago, and Mckayla got to be a flower girl for that wedding, and Grandma Hansen made all the dresses. For Monica's wedding they used the same dresses, but changed out the color of the sash to match Monica's colors. It was a beautiful day, and a wonderful ceremony. Congrats to Monica.

Here is some video of Seth, he decided that he was going to start walking at the wedding reception, and has been walking ever since. He had been taking maybe two or three steps, and that was it, but this night he was walking everywhere he has always wanted to go. It was all I could do to keep up.

This is Mckayla and Isaiah enjoying the dance with each other.

Mother's Day

My mom and dad sent me a Hawaiian Lei directly from Hawaii for Mother's day. Here I am sporting these beautiful flowers. They smelled so beautiful, and stood out quite a bit considering no one else had one of these. It was very fun to receive such a gift. Thank you Mom and Dad, I loved it!!

Field trip to the Police Dept.

Mckay's preschool class had a field trip to the police dept. They gave the class a tour of the police dept., and showed them what a police car looked like. I think this was a first time for this police officer to give a tour. He took the kids out and showed them his car, but didn't even let them take a look inside, and let them see all the fun functions that it has. He did get in the car and turn the sirens on, and about broke everybody's ear drums, but that was the extent of it. The chief police officer came in and asked all the kids if they had a chance to sit in the car, so that made me wonder if this was a first time tour for this particular officer. The kids enjoyed it just the same.

This is where he blew out everyone's ear drums. All the kids were covering up their ears, I was a little late on the camera shot, so most of the kids were no longer covering up their ears.

The officer was showing the kids that the cars and motorcycles come to them as just a regular motorcycle or car, and then they add all the sirens and other stuff needed to make it an offical police vehicle. They were working on this motorcycle that you see here.

It's a slumber party!!

Mckayla's preschool is always doing something fun for the kids. This night was a mommy-daughter nite-out. They had a slumber party, well not exactly a slumber party, but an evening doing something together. They had parents and children come in their pajama's, and had a lady come and sing songs and tell stories. Mckayla was so excited, and had a count down to the day of the activity. She was so excited to wear her pajama's to school. It was a good mommy-daughter moment.

Go Cavs!

Matt and I had the opportunity to go to the Cleveland Cavs game. It was the last one of the season, before the playoffs were to begin. Friends of ours had extra tickets, and invited us to go. It was fun to get a babysitter, and have a fun evening. Of course, Lebron James didn't play, of all the luck!! We had fun anyway. It was just nice to be together!