did you know

well probably not

since I haven't been blogging

but now you will

Cody was in a school play 

he played Merlin in the play Joust

he had around ten lines to say and he did great

even though I thought he seemed a little nervous he said that he wasn't

and had a lot of fun

I think he enjoyed the singing and dancing more than the speaking

we were proud of him

I finally got a canvas made up from our last family picture

I love how this wall came together

thanks to Amanda and her decorating skills

it just brings a smile to my face every time I look at it

 Heath was home sick two days last week

one of those sick days was his birthday, that's not fun

but it did work out that he was able to go to Ryan's award ceremony, yeah for that

Ryan earned a paw print for respecting others

so he was acknowledged at the school assembly

Ash also earned one, way to go you two.

Cody is playing basketball again this year

and just had his first game over the weekend.

He's not one to go out and want to practice all of the time

(or if ever) 

but Heath and I were very proud of him at his game.

He has a better understanding of the game this year 

and what he needs to be doing, plus he's having fun

so we are excited to watch him grow.

We celebrated Luke with a family party even though Grammy and Papa were missing.

I loved the confetti garland that I made 

and all of his pictures hanging across the room

it was so fun to seem how he changed over the last nine years.

His party was all about his favorite team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Since we always celebrate Heath at the same time

I decided to make them rivals and have it be

Heath's favorite team the Tennessee Titans against the Steelers.

I asked everyone to come wearing colors to support one of those teams

and if you couldn't do that then come wearing your own favorite teams colors

and so they did.

My brother is such a dork

this is how he parked in our driveway

so nobody else would be able to

I actually thought it was pretty funny

Luke's party was also about all of his favorite foods

(like it was last year)

I don't think his favorites have changed much

deviled eggs, turkey & bacon club sandwiches, cheetos, fried pickles & potato salad

He loved it all

especially all of his presents

He is all about the beyblades this year!

 The sun was out yesterday

I could hardly believe it

after being in the inversion for so long

I forgot how needed and wonderful

the sun and blue skies are

I loved it.

  We couldn't let Luke's actual birthday go by without celebrating

so we started it out with our presents to him

doughnuts for his class

doughnuts again after school with the girls

McDonald's for dinner

He is just an awesome kid

and lucky us

we get to celebrate being his parents everyday

(or at least most days).

In other news not too long ago

 I asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grow up, 

Ryan's answer was pretty standard for a little boy when he said police officer or fireman.

Cody's we have heard before too when he said doctor, pilot or video game designer.

Luke's was a complete shocker when he told us a car sales man (because he said if you sold three cars a day you could make sixty eight thousand dollars) or a hair cutter and as a side job he would breed lizards to which Heath replied "Do you plan on getting married someday?" thinking what woman is going to want that.

It will be so interesting to see where life does take them.

And lastly,

I have a new job

it's actually really funny to say job

because I don't get paid

but I am the new 3rd grade keyboarding teacher

as a parent volunteer.

It's something that they just started in the school with the third graders

 so I get to work for an hour and a half, one day a week.

Last Friday was my first day and I was a little bit nervous because this is all new to me

but I managed to do okay except for one mistake (at least that I know of).

I asked Luke if any of his friends said anything about me being their teacher 

and he said, "they told me that you made a mistake".  Gotta love their honesty.

Anyway we will see where this goes and what doors it could possibly open up for me.

Now onto February...