Weekly Happenings May 10-16

1.  My Mother's Day evening consisted of dinner at Cheeseburger in Paradise (they have the best virgin daiquiris and sweet potato chips) then feeding the ducks and geese behind the restaurant.  I LOVE feeding them this time of the year when their babies are with them!

We also found out that kids eat free on Tuesday nights!  Definitely need to remember this!!!

2.  Hayden had his 6 year checkup with our new pediatrician.  (I'm still loving her btw and would highly recommend her!). He was 78% for weight and 86% for height.  He had a great checkup with no shots! Woo hoo!

3.  The last time I was at Target, I decided to pick up something for CeCe.  I went to the doggy isle to see what they had she could chew up and found an interesting selection of "Antlers" next to the raw hides.  They looked interesting, were kinda pricey, but the label said, "Dogs love them," so I decided to give them a try.  CeCe loved it!  She only gets it when she comes inside (#1 bc she would bury it outside, and #2 it prevents her from chewing up something in the house she's not supposed to!).  Because I was so pleased with it, I wanted to do a little research to see if they came in bulk.  While looking, I read that elk antlers are recommended over any other kind.  I'm not sure what kind CeCe's is.  I'm going to find out because the deer antlers have been known to break teeth or fracture dogs jaws if they are aggressive chewers... And CeCe is just that!  In the meantime, I will let her chew chew chew, but with supervision!

4.  We usually get Donut Bank a few times a month.  Every now and then I get sick of my usual (long johns {or "llama johns" as the kids call them}, glazed donut holes, or a cinnamon roll) and I look through their website to try and find something that sounds good.  I was pleasantly surprised to see they had updated their website!  Now each donut has a picture and short description of what it is!  It also says nutritional info and ingredients are coming soon... Not sure I really want to know!  Sometimes I can't handle the sweetness of their glaze or chocolate in the mornings and I decided to try their crumb cake donut.  I'm in love.  Only problem is they sell out fast every day!  The first time I had one was just luck, but I've tried 3-4 times to get one and they are always sold out!  Kevin was able to work day shift this morning and he went at 6:45 and got the last 4!  Two for me and one for each girl.  The Devine girls love them!!!

5.  I love the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and watch it most evenings!  One of my favorite segments is when they show stories from the news that are full of irony.  I was catching up on the news with my 14 news app and clicked on this story.  I'm not going to submit it, so I thought I'd post it because I found the irony hilarious.

7th drunk driving charge and her last name is Drinkwater?!  I'm sure the police get a kick out of pulling her over.  Hopefully this crazy lady gets her license taken away forever and stays off the roads!!

Have a great weekend friends!!!  

Weekly happenings May 3-9

1.  My little Hayden Dale turned 6 years old yesterday! One of our few birthday traditions is to measure the kiddo on the kitchen wall on their birthday.  Hayden woke me up bright and early and asked if I could measure him.  He's grown 3 1/2 inches over the past year!  I made him sock-it-to-me cake for breakfast, then we had Gattitown for lunch.  I had planned on making his favorite Salisbury steaks for dinner, but my beef had expired.... So we had a frozen Alfredo.  We had a little camping themed party for him on Friday at Christmas Lake {which is why this post is days late}.

He loved his tower of gifts - and his favorite present was the "fishing net" from the $1 bin at Target!

Krissy liked his sunglasses a little more than he did!

A build and paint your own bird feeder set!

Bike gear - so we can take those training wheels off soon!

Can you guess which one is the tv junkie?

We don't normally play games, so it was an extra special treat to do so.

They are following in their parents footsteps - we are so proud!  (Kevin and I love air hockey)

I recruited them to help make fruit kabobs for the party!

A couple cousins

Hayden LOVED his BB gun.

More gifts

Almost a descent family picture - if Kevin wouldn't have given Hayden bunny ears!

The kids were laughing at Tyler and poor Austin didn't know what to think.

He loves when everyone sings Happy Birthday!

Make a wish sweet birthday boy!

Krissy approved of the cake!

2.  CeCe got shaved last Monday.  She's staying in the backyard {for the most part} and we have been letting her inside a little more often.  It actually makes her calm the more she's inside.  I have no plans of having an inside doggy anytime soon though.

3.  My dad was a candidate for Sheriff in Spencer County.  Primary elections were last Tuesday.  We were all pretty bummed he lost by 25 votes.  Not sure what his next step will be, but I do know that I'm really proud of him, and he was definitely the best candidate!  Spencer County will be missing out.  

That's it for the highlights.  It was a super busy week with Kevin working 12s, Hayden's birthday, and the elections so we didn't really have time for much else!  And since the post was so short, how about I update my blog with pictures I have taken on my camera over the last month!  {Eeek - need to get better about that!}

I heard the girls giggling in the bathtub.  They were pouring water on each others heads and thinking that was pretty funny.

Kevin fishing at Barkley

 Easter 2014 pics.....
(egg hunt at home)

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(dying eggs)

(Easter Sunday)

Spoon feeding Austin for the first time.....

She was my big helper.

Weekly Happenings April 26 - May 2

1.  Austin turned 4 months old on Saturday and had his well check on Monday.  He's "thriving" as the doctor said.  He weighed in at 18lbs 1oz, which was 91% for babies his age.  He is 27 inches long, which was 99% for babies his age.  (At Hayden's 4 month checkup, he was 16lbs 3oz and 26 inches... And we thought he was big!) Lately he's been grabing anything he can get his hands on and chewing, chewing, chewing!  He loves all the kids but is especially fond of Krissy.  He thinks everything she does is worthy of a big smile and giggle.  When we are out and about, he's so quiet we sometimes forget he's there (that has seriously happened more than once).  He's been spitting up a little more but still nothing like the girls did!  I bought rice cereal for him to try.  He thinks spoon feedings are funny and he doesn't really get the concept of swallowing yet!

2.  I saw lots of cute hair styles on Pinterest that I wanted to try.  Most of the week I stay home.  I pat myself on the back if I take a shower and do my makeup, so it really doesnt cross my mind to style my hair.  I felt a lot more put together when I spent some time on myself!  

Allie joined in on the braid fest this week!

3.  We got ceces electric fence moved out back.  We've been waiting about a year for this to get done (we'd still have TJ if it would have been moved when I asked...).  So all that is fantastic, but she's running through the fence.  It looks like she has some mats of fur on her neck and she's not getting shocked like she should be!  I made her an appointment to get groomed next week so I'm crossing my fingers the mats are the problem and there's not a problem with the fence.  I'll update you next week!

(She likes to sit on our back step while it rains and make me feel like a bad dog owner.)

4.  Austin makes the saddest pouty lip I've ever seen!  Exhibit A:

5.  I wanted to mow this week.  Kevin and I usually fight over who gets to mow bc we both enjoy that chore.  Well I won... And I mowed the first non-rainy day we had this week.  I avoided spots in the backyard that looked really wet.  The mower is heavy and it's easy to get stuck if you aren't careful.  Well I was proud to say I'd never gotten stuck...... until this week!  We ended up having to pull it out with the Expedition.  Kevin thought it was funny while I was just mad at myself for getting stuck.  Lesson learned.  It's wet behind our barn.