cousins and siblings...

Here is a lovely slideshow to show you how adorable everyone STILL is...

mystery bag....

I fell in love with shnoop.com they have the "deal of the day" and I have been waiting for this stroller to come up again, because it was a WAY good deal but they sold out really quickly...anyway, so I check it everyday. This was today's post...

The snow is still coming, and winter gear is in full use. I am sure your palms are clammy and your armpits stinky with long lasting anticipation for the upcoming summer season. Tonight we have the $5 mystery box. What does $5 get you? Well, these days, it may get you two gallons of gas for your car and a quarter to call your mother / lawyer. But what will $5 get you tonight on shnoop? It will be a surprise, as we all love--like those wonderful blue strips on those preggers tests -just this is waaay better... Your ticker will beat really fast, and your eyes will sparkle when you see the loot you're getting. Hey, we please to aim. Um, huh???

So for tonight's shnoop item, we bring you a pathetic inexpensive price, with a beautiful touch. Happiness is our goal, and so far all of this group of poster adults for Prozac Nation will only be happy when we see you smiling from ear to ear. We will use our rage-management visualization removal techniques, for happiness insertion techniques. Dang...we are smart....Forrest Gump ain't got nothin' on us. All he got was a bunch of chocolate... And you will get the real stuff that make all smile, minus the cellulite and anti-oxidant baloney. Watch out people, and hurry as our $5 mystery box will run out as soon as we put it up...

I confess it was probably silly but hey it was only a $13 mystery ($5 for the mystery bag and $7.95 for shipping)...now I will be waiting breathlessly by the mail box everyday until my mystery arrives....
you can't wait either...I know it!!! Haha!! Get your own! :o)

Highlights of the exchange...

Here are the highlights of our time with this last group of exchange students...
Their first Sunday here we went to 'Manda's ..flying children anyone?
This was Ashton and PG in there...
Go Raul and Jon...PG is a big dude!
One weekend we went to Logan, I had to take this picture because it was the FIRST time Tiago sat in the back ...all other times he road shotgun, but on our trip to Logan, that was MY seat! :o)
Logan was COLD but really pretty. We hung out with Dave and Fam. and Joy and fam! Thanks guys for letting us hang out! :o)
We spent our other Sunday's at Mom's watching Steeler Football! We're going to the Super Bowl!!! "Here We Go!"
On Martin Luther King Jr Day we went to the Car show...
I LOVE Corvettes!!!
PD was helping Tiago get apps for his new touch!
And last but not least...on the day before they left we took our usual tour of the Hill Air Force Base Museum/ They LOVED it...I am glad!
PG was really into it this time too! It was a lot of fun to watch him loving planes! he is a Papa's boy...just like Mom! :o)
Farewell Fellas Enjoy your time in CA and have a safe journey home!

Cutsie-Putsie Pants!

Here are my little cutsie putsie pantses....I love them!

Look at PD, she is getting better at sitting up everyday.
He thought he would be like Mommy and read in bed...in MY bed, with MY book and MY blanket! Heehee!!

Look at her! She LOVES to be on her tummy and play!

Eating cereal while staring out the window! :o)

Our little drawing dude...

He will now actually sit down and color. I have a little drawer in the desk that has paper and pencils for him to use and this is what I found one day...it was cute!

She looks like a little Princess in her pretty red dress...I had to get some good pics of it!!!!

Have a great Day!

From my cutsie pants to yours!!!

Jumpin' Jacks Acrobatics...

They opened this place out my us called "Jumpin' Jacks" and Manda and I take the kids there a few times a week to get their energy out! It is cool too because I can play with the kids. Going down the slides and having fun...it is awesome! :o)

Ashton and Ransom LOVE it! The slides are big and FAST!

PG prefers the smaller less threatening things....like the tramp....

They even have one for little kids...aren't they cute!

Ransom going up to slide down the steep slide...

We're cute too! :o)

Then there is the at home acrobatics that we do. Sometimes as a Mom I feel like a human jungle gym...I think KJ feels like that more often!

Tiago joined in on the fun too...

KJ wanted his turn too....

Look at PG doing his headstand...he is amazing! :o)

And we can't forget about PD, she is cute and amazing too...she can do acrobatics in a dress even! :o)

Snow caves....

So i am a little behind...what else is new? But I guess some things are better late than never! Last weekend we made a snow cave in our front yard. We got 16 inches of snow on Christmas and several more since then. We have a north facing house so the snow sticks around. Everytime KJ shovelrd the drive way he would pile it up in the same spot. Then since the exchange students were here, we made the cave together! I think they enjoyed it as much as we did...PG was just SOOOOO happy to be outside!!!! (big surprise there!)

So here is our snow cave adventure! Rodrigo and PG were shoveling the icy steps.
PG also did a lot of playing!!!
Raul dug...

along with KJ and Tiago!

Then we got to play in it!

it was rather roomie...

Raul fits in just great....

Tiago too....

Both KJ and I fit in it... we could lay down side by side flat one our backs and not touch the sides.

There it is, our lovely snow cave in our front yard! It is still there over a week later, it is a little shorter but still there, chillin' out in the yard waiting for more people to come venturing in! :0)

My babies are getting bigger!

This week PD turned 5 MONTHS!  

That is CRAZY! 

she is rolling and talking and laughing.

She LOVES to watch PG!  She only has eyes for him MOST of the time.  She loves to be nibbled on, she just laughs and laughs.  She got a fabric quiet book for christmas and it seems to be her favorite thing.  She loves to sleep with her elephant "ella" and her baby.  

We just started solids but she isn't sure what to think about that yet.  

There she is peeking out to say HI!

I had to throw this one in too...He looks not really like himself in this picture but he loves to wear headbands.  (Because Mommy does and PD does...so why shouldn't he??!?!?!!)

a new group....

I love when the snow collects on the trees...it was so pretty looking out the blinds at the white coldness and being in the warmth of MY livingroom. 

We got a new group of exchange students.  They were excited to see snow too.  

We got our first 2 on Saturday - Tiago and Raul

Then Sunday Rodrigo and Lucas finished up our group.  

Like usual, they LOVE to SHOP!!  And here they are after a trip to Best Buy and one got an iPod touch.  KJ cheated and won a game in like 1.5 seconds and they were all amazed!  It was funny!!

Here is our group!  Lucas, Rodrigo, Raul and Tiago!  

Welcome to our home!  We are happy to have you with us!  :o)

Natti came to visit us too!  We were very happy that he did not get so excited about the Sugar Bowl that he forgot about us!  :o)