Gabriel

Minecraft  Enderman Cupcakes In February I showed you how I made Minecraft Creeper cupcakes for Nate the Great’s birthday.  Now I get to show you the Minecraft Enderman cupcakes I made for Gabriel’s 9th birthday. I used my new favorite Wilton Square Cupcake Pan and liners.  Then I used the [...]

Every year we take pictures on Easter.  This year the boyz decided to be silly after taking their obligatory pic for mom… Eli, age 4 Nathan, age 7 Gabriel, age 9 Seth, age (almost) 13 All five of my guys Momma and her boyz We had a great day that [...]

This is our Halloween Parade Float 2012, The Wild West Yesterday was the annual Halloween parade in our town.  I love participating in this community event each year.  I remember doing so when I was a kid growing up here.  And I love being a part of the Halloween Parade [...]

I have four very active sons, and when school is in session they come home with a ton of extra energy!  After spending the summer swinging, having lightsaber battles, swimming and running around all day having to switch to sitting in the classroom and giving it all of their attention [...]

  Pee Wee Football practices have started!  Gabriel is excited to start his second season.     Nathan is loving his first week of football ever.  He is ridiculously excited to start tackling teammates tomorrow night.  He loves tackling the dummies and pushing the sleds.  It is actually been a wonderful [...]

                               Last day of school                                                               [...]

Today was the end of the year Elementary School Awards Gabe received the Be Responsible award for his class. Very spot on, out of our four boyz he is the most diligent about getting his work, whether school or household, done. Nathan received an Outstanding Student award. As they read off [...]

  Last month the three older boyz participated in the End Bullying day at their school. I especially loved the discussions we had once they came home. Talking about how you treat others thoughtfully is always a good thing.

Last weekend we headed up to bed.  I checked the little boyz room at the top of the stairs, and the bunk beds were empty.  I looked in the next room, Seth’s, and it too was empty. Four boyz all grabbed blankets and pillows and snuggled into Gabriel’s bed all [...]

Gabriel turned eight last week.  For his class cupcakes he chose Plants Vs. Zombies.  Just last month I had to come up with the Angry Bird cupcakes for Nathan.  But these were even more challenging! The hardest part of these cupcakes was coming up with the support system, in that [...]