Consequences of thinking your 20

Talan is showing his dad how to really use the crutches...
It's just a sprain said the Urgent Care Doctor...

But he will need to ICE (Ice, compression & Elevate) the sprained ankle. After slam dunking a basketball Cody came to the harsh realization that he is no longer in his 20's and needs to take special care and play with the older generation where dunking is not allowed and the pace is slowed way down. Apparently Brae and Tal are just too much skill for him :)

Season's First Rides

Co broke out the motorcycle this weekend and we couldn't keep the kids off of it. Lexee and Talan both learned how to ride a two wheeler without training wheels.

Brae says it again...

A car had stalled across the street and someone made a comment, "Is that a man or a woman?" Braeden out of nowhere says, "A Christian!"

We are the Champions with the help of a few experts

We are the champions (or at least we know a few) and have now crossed the finish line. With a couple of months to spare, we had "no time for losers" We can't thank everyone enough for their help in finishing our basement. This is leading down the stairs to our "reading room". This is a perfect space for some bean bags and a book shelf for silent reading.

Braeden moved his stuff quickly to his room. He makes his bed every morning now and has requested no blinds or curtains saying, he likes to "watch the trees move"??? Talan has also spent the night here with Brae...Aww he misses his buddy.

Thanks to mom and dad for helping out with the $$$ and broken water pipe, Kenny for too much to list (electrical, heating, framing, insulation, mud, doors & molding), Justin for spending countless hours "bonding" with Cody as he sheetrocked & textured, Alyssa for the paint (LOVE the color) Richard and Dad for framing, Steph for letting us use her sprayer and telling me to have Cody do it and for everyone and their encouraging comments as we tried our hardest to learn from others as we go. For those of you who know Cody and I really understand what a huge feat this was for us. We do not ever claim to be handy (just ask Cody about the Christmas lights, shelf in the garage and dog run...) Anyone missing any tools please check with us as we didn't have more than a hammer before beginning and have aquired a few things that we really don't know what to do with :) Co and I will keep on fighting to the end :)

Easter

The Easter Bunny visited and left a "romikle" or motorcycle for Talan. He thought it would be perfect since Talan is OBSESSED with Cody's motorcycle. I guess McCoy will get more use out of it. Of course the Easter Bunny purchased it before realizing he could now ride a "two-wheelo wif no training wheels".

Ang planned a fun Easter afternoon equipped with cupcakes and all the fun stuff to decorate them with and everyone helped provide a delicious meal. It was nice to get together with little to no stress.

Baseball season arrives in FULL SWING

Ready to steal 3rd base!

Hits a double

He's ready to SMACK it!

Playing 3rd base Brae catches a fly ball...2nd out

Catches a grounder and tags the runner...3rd out in a row. The coach told our coach he wanted to see Brae's birth certificate :) Great job for your first game Brae!

Nearing the Finish Line with Doors!

They are up and they open and close!

Little Bunny Foo Foo arrives early

Nana & Grampa have to work on Easter, so we celebrated a little early. Because of the weather our party started out at Nana's house to decorate Easter baskets. There was $5 prize. To our surprise everyone WON!

Then we moved to our house and played "Don't eat PETE!" It's a great game that is entertaining for both big kids and toddlers!


Then we traveled a while (across the street) to Steph's for the Easter Egg hunt!

Out of the mouth of Brae...AGAIN

Talan learned how to ride his bike without training wheels TODAY. Yep in one day. So I mentioned to Brae how I bet he can't wait to teach McCoy how to do stuff. He replied, "Yep I am gonna teach HIM(with emphasis) how to do the work. Before you GOT PREGNANT (more emphasis) YOU (the most emphasis) used to load the dishwasher!"

Texture, Sanding and Paint...

Mud and Tape were done by Mr. P and Kenny. Thanks again!
Texture was done with the help of Justin and the broom stamp...if you don't have one get one! Thanks again!
No one ever told me to wear a mask when spraying paint. People should know I have no common sense when it comes to remodeling...just ask Kelley. I spent all night long coughing and blowing paint out of my nose, but the primer was accomplished! And now comes the color...Thanks Alyssa for the paint! We love the color!!!