My date with Cale

I was able to have a date with each of my little boys this past weekend. On Friday, Zach and I went to the 3 D movie, Monsters vs Aliens. It was a fun movie and it was the first 3 d movie Zach had ever been to, so he thought that was pretty cool.

On Sat. Cale and I got to hang out at the mall together. Zach has never been a big fan of sitting on someone lap that is strange to him, so I have never pushed it. But, Cale didn't seem to mind and the Easter bunny and him seemed like they were life long friends.

Cale loved the train ride at Merle Hay Mall.

Due to our schedules, I don't seem to get to spend a lot of time with Cale during the week. He is growing up so fast and it was nice to spend an afternoon with him. I don't think there was one second of silence, he is a talker!

Book Club Book

Mercy by Jodi Piccult is a book I just read (not with the book club), but I loved it and love her style of writing. I am looking forward to reading more of her books. I really like books that make you think even when you are done reading them. This book dealt with mercy killing.

Water for Elephants was our book club book this month. It was an enjoyable read. I learned some things about the circus that I never knew, but to me not a real page turner.

NCAA Basketball, fun and friends

This past Friday and Saturday, we got to feel like college kids again. No work, no kids, hang out with friends, act goofy, watch endless basketball and play as many games as we can fit into a 12 hour period. Eric and I get our NCAA brackets filled out (we pick opposites the whole way through so we are always cheering against each other, so all the games are of interest). We invite whomever wants to hang out and play with us. We played 500, hearts, up and down the river, Texas hold em, wii tennis, Mario cart, wii fit and outdoor adventure. Of course, everything has to have a wager, and most of the wagers involved running around outside with toilet paper on our heads(I know real mature). Eric's parents are nice enough to watch the kids, so we may regress to our college years and not be bad influences on our kids at the same time. Now tomorrow back to the real word . . .

Swimming at the Mercy Pool

We are always looking for ways to help with the kids endless energy. On weekends when we didn't have anything planned we would take the kids to the pool at the Mercy Wellness Center. The awesome thing about the pool is that the temp of the water is really warm. They use it for patients and for water aerobics most of the time, but have family time on Saturdays.

They also have a small hot tub that we enjoy for a few minutes.

Mom and Dad are here for Spring Break

It's been a long winter, because we haven't been able to see mom and dad since Christmas, but now we are lucky enough to have them stay for several days. Zach is off this week from school, so they are helping us out by watching Zach for the first three days of the week. Thanks mom and dad!

Quote

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." ~~~ The late Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931 to 2005.

Almost done

The finishing touches will be added tomorrow to our basement. The top picture is the door to go outside, but you can see the tile and the color of the carpet in this picture. We picked a darker color for carpet and to have the tile there so when our kids (and neighbor kids) come in from the sandbox, the swing set or playing I may not be as uptight as I am with a light colored carpet in the rest of the house.

In the next picture, if you look to the right you will see some simple built in shelves, the door to the storage area and to the 1/2 bathroom. I can hardly wait to get stuff moved down there.