5 eggs!!!

tweetie had babies! im so 'cited :) about two days after i wrote the last post, daniel noticed (some of us are a little too short) a couple eggs in there. then she had more! there were 5 (with this pic, you can only see 4) when we came back from mexia this weekend (family reunion-will post on that later tonight)! as of last week, we do not use the front door! when we notice someone coming up to the door, we open the garage, so they won't disturb the birdies, or knock down the nest when we open the door. i pray they stay safe & are healthy! i love having animals around our house.

growing up, when we lived in cedar hill, our house backed up to land, and we had quite a few critters! we had a family of opossum (which one was albino) and we had a family of raccoons too! they would all climb up on our fence & get in our backyard to eat (yes, we did feed them). once we apparently had not put food out, and we heard something on the backdoor. went to look & there was a dang raccoon. he knocked on our door for food-not kidding!

i will post pictures once the eggs hatch :)

this and that

brenden was pretty sick last week with a bad cold. we kept him home on monday, because he had a low fever on sunday, then he began to feel better. thursday, the school called & said he didn't have fever, but just wasn't himself. we went to pick him up early and poor thing, he looked awful! shortly after we got home his fever was almost 102! he fell asleep on our bed, would wake up to cry & fall back to sleep. all i could do was just lay there & cry with him. he got to stay home again on friday though, and him & daddy had a good day together! he's all better now :)

last year around this time, i wrote a blog about peetie & booty call (two little birds that made a nest in our christmas garland, so we had to leave it up until like april)! well...peetie is back with a new lady :) her name is tweetie. she is just a pretty gray, no red. they decided to make a nest in the wreath on our front door. our door has a arch of glass at the top, so we get to see the nest and watch them from inside our house. it's pretty neat! yesterday, she stayed in the nest all day! babies?? we will see...

daniel will be taking the engineer test next wednesday (april fool's day-who decided on that?!?) to hopefully promote to engineer! he has been studying for the past three long months for this. a couple hundred firefighters take the test, but they only take as many holes as they have open-i think it may be like 17 right now. and the guys that have been on the dept longer than him, get extra points, so he feels like it's a long shot, but i know he can do it. God's will we know, but man, it sure would be an amazing blessing! so, send up an extra prayer for him, if you have a chance :)

oh, we got family of the month at brenden's school for march! i wanted to ask if that means we don't have to pay tuition for this month, but i figured the answer would be no, so i didn't waste that oxygen. they wrote a little thing about our family & we got to bring in a few pics to put up on the board at the entrance.

stars are not doing well at all right now. that's all i have to say about them.

i could probably go on & on for a while. but it's all really just mumbo jumbo. just sitting here at work, waiting for the rain to come :) have a nice wednesday!

our sunday morning worship

As I am getting ready for church on Sunday mornings, this is what I usually see & hear. I got Daniel a guitar for Valentine's Day, which he plays it every chance he gets and Brenden loves to play the piano. They make the most beautiful music!

my bathtub rocker

someone needs a haircut! :)

wish i had the balls to actually do his hair like this. i think it looks cute on him!

Happy Birthday Bubba

23 years ago today a little man was born that I claimed to be "My Bubba," and apparently let everyone who wanted to see or hold him, know that. To this day, that is his name and always will be. I have never called him by his 'real' name (Christopher). We've been through our share of things together. Homes, schools, sports, family members passing away too soon, fights (oh, so many fights. i think we are probably tied on who won them, but sometimes i thought i wouldn't come out alive :)), animals, tears, smiles and among plenty of other things, firework accidents (because we had no adult supervision).

He's an awesome hockey player, an amazing photographer, a great brother & an even better uncle. Bubba, I hope you have a happy birthday. I love you.

Last night him, my dad, mom, grandmother, Daniel, Brenden & I went to Dave & Busters to celebrate. We had a blast & did not want to leave that place. Here's Brenden & Bubba after he opened the present Brenden picked out for him...(Reese's peanut butter cups-with one missing, because Brenden ate one while he was wrapping the present)

Daniel and Bubba racing cars, while Papa & Doodle look on...

We decided to race each other, but Brenden couldn't reach the pedals, so I just had to race too :)

Daniel, Brenden & me. He was too wired to do a normal smile...

He could have spent the night on this thing & not known we had left...

Weekend What-not's

This past weekend was beautiful. Mid 80's and sunshine! What more could you ask for? Saturday, my friend Vipha's little boy turned 2, so we went to his party & Brenden got to hit a pinata for the first time. We had a really good time there & ate yummy food! Went to church that afternoon, because they started doing a Saturday service also, and we love that! Then we finished off that day with grocery shopping, which we love to do (seriously we do :)). Sunday we woke up at uh, 7 (or at least I did-the boys slept a little longer) to go to my brother's hockey game. They won 5-1; he scored one goal & had one assist. I always enjoy watching him play! They play their home games at a rink in a mall & the mall was not open yet that morning, so Brenden took advantage of the play area being totally empty...

Bubba on the ice (in the middle with the blue helmet) Go Bubba!!!...

Me, Doodle & Bubba after the game...

The rink was empty for quite a while after the game, so we just slid around on the ice a little & Daniel & Bren played a little broom ball...
This was how our weekend was spent every time we were in the truck-windows down, enjoying the weather...

We have an ostrich!

Or that's what Brenden thinks, anyway! On Friday, I had the backdoor open so he could run in & out to play, because it has been beautiful the past few days. While I was in the kitchen, he came in & (quickly but easily) shut the door and this is how it went...

Bren: (whispering as he shuts the door)"there's an ostrich"

Me: "what?"

Bren: "there's an ostrich out there"

Me: "an ostrich? what does he look like bud?" (all the while trying not to laugh my head off)

Bren: (while flapping his little arms like a butterfly) "like a butterfly"

Me: "he looks like a butterfly? wow, i've never seen an ostrich in our backyard!"

Bren: "the other night, daddy & i were eating pizza, we had the door open & an ostrich came in!"

Me: wondering what in the world they did the other night...just went along with his story & giggled about it, telling him the ostrich won't hurt him.

I told Daniel about it on Saturday & he said he was talking about a moth! :) haha too cute! Don't know where he got ostrich out of moth, but I liked it.

Stars (Penguin) game

We went to the Star's game on Sunday, which ended up being the Penguin's game, because they spanked us 4-1. We had six games in a row at home & lost five of them. Granted we had 5 players out because of injuries (& 1 out for being suspended for apparently trying to "gouge" out another players eye at the end of the Duck's game), but we could've done better. But, we won in Cali last night! March is the month with the most games, so I pray we get to be in the playoffs. Hopefully some of the injured ones will heal quickly, ahem...Morrow! Here's Brenden (named after morrow by the way-i may have mentioned that a couple times :)) on the mini zamboni...

A picture of the warm-up, thanks to Brenden. He loves taking pictures.

I took a picture of Daniel & Brenden, then wanted one of him & I. Well, little man was not cooperating. The second Daniel would take the picture, Brenden would look away. So...after we got him a little bag of popcorn, I said show Daddy your popcorn...meaning hold up the piece in your hand (thinking this would make him look at the camera for longer than half a second). He thought I meant this...

Haha! Well, it worked, just not the way I was intending. He's still handsome, even with a mouth full of popcorn. Here's him & his daddy...
Someone next to us offered to take a pic of the three of us. You see that behind us? Yea, the wall! I swear I thought I was going to pass out being that high. We have never sat this high at a game, & don't plan on it again. We got the tickets from someone at my office, tried to upgrade them, but couldn't. So...here we are in the nosebleed section.
Go Stars!!!

His time is changing

About a week & a half ago, Brenden started waking up around 6:30am. Well, that doesn't fly very far in our house. If it's earlier than 7, we don't function properly. His morning routine consists of watching a 30min cartoon & asking for cereal (in a cup). So, this past week I've walked him to the living room, turned the TV on & walked back to a warm bed. Once his show is over, I hear a little voice, "Mom, you told me you were gonna get up!" So, I rooollll out of bed & start the day.

We tried putting him to bed later, then earlier & his wake up time never got any later. Then a light bulb went off in my head. I asked myself, "self, when is daylight savings??" I was so excited to see that it was coming up on the 8th!!! I don't know how he knows, or what changes in his little body for him to start changing his internal clock. Who needs a calendar! I've got Doodle :)

Bring it on, daylight savings! We need that extra hour. Oh, and, uh... Spring, you can come a little early if ya like :)