Haiku (kinda) for the Birthday Guy

Twinkle in his eye
Awesome funny dude
Missing a tooth
That's cool!

Happy Birthday Big Ethan!!! We love you!

Funny Kid Pics

Pic #1: Gavin instinctively knew which canister held the brown sugar and went for it with gusto.
Pic #2: David redux?
Pic#3: Though not pictured here, this was the work of the "white tornado" (aka Gavin) as well. We had a veggie platter with ranch dip sitting out on the table. From the other room I heard a huge crash and went running into the kitchen to survey the damage. The veggie tray had been dumped on the floor (presumably by Gavin who was trying to grab it and pulled it down), carrots and broccoli EVERYWHERE! The dip was on the floor as well, but lucklily had only fallen on its side so very little dressing made it on the floor. Skye (who, as you can see, was showcasing all her hairbows that day) was standing there with a shell shocked expression on her face. I noticed some of the dip had splattered on her arm so I grabbed a rag to clean it off. I couldn't figure out why she would be so upset just because of a little ranch dressing -then I saw it. A huge glob of dressing had plopped right on top of her head covering her flower clip. How the heck that happened is beyond me. Guess we'll just have to chalk it up to being in the wrong place at the wrong time and some very aerodynamic
ranch dressing.
Pic#4: As much as he likes to get dirty, Gavin's quite anxious to get clean again.

First-the kids and dirt category....

I thought there were some real winners here. The boys gave it a good shot, but I think Amarra takes the cake.

funny pics

Thanks Kimily for the idea, even though nobody else seems to care too much. But I am going to post a couple of pics that are not of the kids, cause my kids are really to hard to sneak up on with the camera, and none of them want to be on camera with the exception of Lucy........ while she is posing.

So I will share a few pictures from my travels.....


Everyone knows that in the South people tend to be a little..... hickish, well, in Florida I went to rent a movie and the largest single section of this video store fit the bill..


All the retired widowers come to the same summer camp in one area,..... I don't who's teaching but they must be good.

And last of all, when you need the best to represent you and get you top dollar for your house look no further than Jack.........

Funny Picture Contest

Hey all... I was thinking, we're not very good at posting on this here blog... so I thought maybe if we had a purpose for posting it would help get the ball rolling.  Now, I know we don't all have a gem like Gavin in the cupboard, BUT I'm certainwe all have at least one picture of all our kids that makes us laugh. 

So, I'm starting the funny picture contest.  Everyone please, please post pictures of your kids!  Make us laugh!

I'll get us started with this funny one (or two) of Jonas.  He was rummaging through my closet and found a box.  Inside what do you think he found?  Well, it is Jonas, so no matter what it was, it could be transformed into a cape.  He was delighted with his new cape...What better cape than this lovely floral lingerie?

Kari, Kari, Kari

Happy Birthday Sista!  When we met and I realized you would be absolutely perfect for my cute brother... I had no idea how perfect you would be for me too!  You are such a fabulous friend!  I love you so much.  I love that you answer the phone when I call (most of the time :) and we can talk about everything.  I love how you help me get through some pretty crummy moments by understanding that I just need to talk to someone about anything.  I love how you take care of your kids.  I love how you take such good care of my brother.  You are an amazing woman!  Hope your day was as awesome as you are!  LOVE YOU!

Happy Birthday Richy!

Happy Birthday Richy!  

You are such a great brother.  

You take good care of your family.  

You are smart.  

You work hard.  

You play hard.  

You make us smile. 

 You have an awesome voice.  

You tolerate talking on the phone to me.  

You are a great dad.  

You are a great husband.  

You are honest.  

You are faithful.  

You are a great example.  

You are a great friend.  

We love you, bro!