Goofy boys

I didn't have anything special to blog this week. So I just put up a few pictures of the boys. They are growing up so fast, I guess it is good to get a random photo once in a while.

Nathan lost another tooth this week. He really, really, wanted to pull it himself and tried very hard to do it. In the end though, his daddy pulled it. Nathan didn't even know it had happened.... The tooth fairy came, just the same.

Xander got into trouble at school this week. He was throwing snow with his friend. The school has a VERY strict policy regarding throwing things on the playground. No picking up anything, rocks, pinecones,, snow, gravel, grass, etc. The principal called Aaron and he chewed her out for not "reminding" the kids of the rules. They haven't played on the playground in weeks, due to the amount of snow there was out there. It would be an easy thing to forget. After all, throwing snow is FUN! He didn't get sent home. He was lucky this time. I don't think he'll be picking anything up from the playground for a while though.

Nathan came home from school yesterday and informed me that he'd had a fight on the playground. He wasn't caught by an adult this time.... Nathan and Dante were playing a game and Braden started to tackle Dante over and over again. Nathan pulled him off his friend. Then Braden started to tackle Nathan. Which turned into a shoving match. This is the 2nd time I have heard of Nathan fighting on the playground. The first time, the pricipal called me and told me that he had hit a girl! He told me about this one on his own... He was a little bothered by it. He doesn't like it when everyone isn't getting along... My kinda kid. Today Braden is his friend again. : ) Aaron was hoping that Nathan had a chance to use some of his Aikido. But I think he was mostly taken aback by someone attacking him!

This weekend we are off to go skiing. Nathan and Xander will take a lesson so Aaron can ski and I will sit in the lodge and drink toddy's! Can't wait!! We are staying at the lodge over night, and then will go swimming in the new water park. I am simply looking forward to a weekend away from thinking of work! I have my fingers crossed that I can finish up a report tomorrow. Then I'll be able to relax a bit before I wrestle the next one!

Quilt Therapy

Check out the quilts on the Quilt Therapy page. This is a project our quilt group has been working on for the last few months. Each person chose a fat quarter. Then we passed them around the group. You had to cut the fabric and add to it. We passed them around 4 times, so 4 different people worked on each one. No one was allowed to see their own fractured fat quarter until tonight.

Mine is the best one!!

100 Things.

My friend recently posted this list on her blog and challenged others to do the same.

To participate just copy and paste in your own blog, and bold all of the things you have done. (If I was close to something, I added text in parenthesis.)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not (physically) ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen an eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (working on German)
37. Had enough money to be satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (drove an ambulance)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (been to the bottom)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (Czech Republic)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Milked a cow