Stay Behind the Black Line

Spencer had his friend Tristan over last weekend and Tristan kindly let us know that we may need to tell him to stand back because sometimes he gets too close to the TV and he broke his dads flat screen when he was playing Wii bowling. So after a few times of reminding him to scoot back, Richard got out his black electrical tape and we put a line down on the floor for the boys to stay behind so we wouldn't have to keep telling them to scoot back. He was a very good kid and always listened when we reminded him to scoot back a bit, I just thought it was so cute that he even told us that he has a tendency to get too close. So below is a picture of the boys playing the Wii....behind the black line.

Cassidy is 3!

Cassidy turned 3 on March 8th. We had her birthday party on that day also. She got a pink motorized Barbie car to ride in outside and she loves it. The boys bought her a backugan (it's a boy toy) so she would have one of her own and stop taking theirs and hiding them. My mom and dad were both here as was our niece Melinda and her husband Jason, who announced that they are expecting their first baby, and Josh (nephew) and Jenny, Haley, Hannah, and Hope were all here too. The theme of the party was My Little Pony. Below are the pictures that I had done of Cassidy today for her third birthday. She's so ornery and sweet and goofy all rolled into one little girl. We're in for it aren't we!

Kids these days

When I was 9 and in the 4th grade I certainly didn't have all the things that Brenden has, so why not add another thing to that list. Brenden got a cell phone this weekend. He was saving his allowance money and we let him get it this past weekend. He is loving it. He is texting his friends and texting me to ask if he could stay longer at his friend Micah's house. It is prepaid for now until we decide if we want to get a family plan which will probably end up being cheaper when you consider the minutes that he'll have to pay for. And mine is prepaid too since I don't really use mine there's no sense in having a plan...until now that is because now it may end up being cheaper. We'll just have to see how fast he goes through his minutes. He set a different ring tone for everyone already and has programmed everyone's phone numbers in, including Richard's work, my mom and my dad. He's been wanting a cell phone for a while and several of his friends have one already so we went ahead and agreed. It's nice for him to have when he is riding his bike around the neighborhood with his friends and he can let me know where he is (instead of taking my phone all the time). And for the record, his phone is better than mine! Mine is 6 years old now. Our original thought was that he could get a cell phone in junior high, then we lowered it to 10 (we were going to get it for his upcoming birthday) but he's been saving well and looking at phones all the time and talking about his friends' phones so we let him get it early. Now we have to figure out something else for his birthday present. Hmm....how about airtime???!!!