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After they took them down, the two little ones cut all the yarn into small pieces.

And, yes, I was being the very attentive mom who knew nothing of the matter until tiny pieces of yarn were scattered all over my house.

Brilliant

Bridget

Spring Break

We took it easy over spring break. On Tuesday we went to the lake with some friends. We took a picnic and did a lot of hiking. The weather was beautiful and the kids (and Mamas) were thrilled to be outside. Unfortunately, Popeye was running a fever before the day was over and by Wednesday we had three sickuns at our house.

And that's how we spent the rest of our spring break. But I doubt you want to see pictures of that so I'll just show you pics of our day at the lake. Bridget

ROLLERCOASTER!

For some reason as I started to type the title of this post I heard a song in my head. I'm not sure if I'm just making it up or if there really is a song that says 'Roller coaster...of lu-u-uv'. Obviously, this isn't about that. It's about an actual roller coaster that Bobo got for Christmas. It's huge. HUGE. And it has a camera attached to the car so he can make videos with it.

He started putting it together around 11:oo in the morning.

This is where he stopped for a lunch break.

As you can see, it takes up my whole dining table. Now my table isn't huge, just 3x5, but where in the world are we gonna store this thing? My first thought is that it can stay up a few days and then it's coming apart and going back in the box. Bobo was a little distraught over this idea bc by now it was 3:00 in the afternoon and he wasn't done yet.

But we don't have the luxury of a formal dining room with a table that is only used once or twice a year. We not only eat on this table, we do school on this table, I sew on this table, unload groceries on this table, the kids play on this table. It can't be out of commission.

He trudged on anyhow.

Here it is almost done at 5:20.

It even has a loopty loop.

There were a few technical difficulties so Dad stepped in to help.

He got it up and running and took all the video he could fit on the camera. Now he's just waiting for mom or dad to install the software onto the computer so he can play with it.

And we came up with another solution to the storage problem. One shelf in Bobo's room had Husband's keyboard and one of his guitars on it. We found a new home for those things and put the rollercoaster on that shelf.

Bobo was thrilled.

Bridget

Snow Tubing

Sunday afternoon we got together with my Mom's side of the family for Christmas. We spent the afternoon snow tubing in Bricktown. Here's the gang getting our 'ticket/bacelets' on. Princess checking hers out.

This is my cousin Whit snuggling her 3 week old Maggie Beth.
Here's my cousin Bryce (Nana's only grandson) helping Bobo get his bracelet on. Bobo also rode to Bricktown with Bryce.

Dad and Kara waiting in line. I have other pics of the gang in line but I feel weird about posting pics of people I don't know when you can see their faces so I'm not posting any of those pics cause you can see the faces of people I don't know and I don't know if they want their picture posted. =)

Oh, how I love my mom. She rocks!

The three amigos. Popeye, Princess, and Brown Eyes. He belongs to Whit and is six months older than Princess. They are best friends.

Brown Eyes with his tube.

Popeye with his tube.

Princess with her tube.

Almost there!

Aunt Rita (Brown Eyes' Grandma aka YaYa, my mother's older sister) went first so she could be at the bottom when the kids slid down.

Then it was Popeye's turn.

Then Princess.

Then Brown Eyes.

Then Hubs went.

Then John, Brown Eyes' dad, went but I accidentally deleted the picture I took of him bc I had only opened my new camera that very morning and still wasn't at all sure of what I was doing. Sorry John!

Then I went but no one was left to take my pic and there was no way I was gonna hand my new camera to some stranger. No way.

After we slid down I went to the bottom of the big slide to try to get some pics of the other members of our group while everyone else got back in line.

This is Mom on the far right and Aunt Abby (mom's oldest sister) in the middle lane. The big slide line went much faster bc there were four lanes to slide down. So the taller folk got to slide many times while the little guys only got to slide twice bc that slide only goes one at a time and the tickets are only good for one hour and things moved much much much slower. But the little ones didn't seem to notice or mind. They were having a blast.

But back to Mom and Abby:

This is the best pic I have of Bear. He is celebrating bc he won the race. I forget who he was racing.Mom and Kara after their slide down the big slide. Mom is in focus and Kara isn't. I'm still learning, but Hubs said he liked it this way. I decided to camp out at the bottom of the little slide to get pics of the little ones sliding down. Hubs decided to camp out with me and then after a bit, Bear joined us. What else are they gonna do to pass the time? Here's Bryce again. Yes, girls, he's single. Popeye came down first. Then Princess. Then Brown Eyes. Then AJ. Then Bobo. Then Aunt Rita. And just a reminder: All these pics were taken with my new camera while the subjects were in motion! I love it!

And what do you do after a busy afternoon of snow tubing? Well, you eat ice cream of course... While the adults sit a spell... And the bigger kids admire fountains... And try to pose for mom's picture while poking and pushing each other. It was a wonderful afternoon!

Bridget