WiFi...yes please!

I'm sitting at the car dealership...not because I'm car shopping (I guess if you know me you know I love cars! It's always fun to look) but because I'm getting an oil change. Don't worry I am still loving my Mini Cooper. Especially since the gas prices are SKY high! I brought my laptop and am taking full advantage of their WiFi. Thank you very much. What better time to blog? We have had a busy week this week. I have been hunting for the perfect job. There isn't a lot out there in case you were wondering. But if I could nail it down to one profession or field it might be a good starting place. LOL! I think that's the part that is making the search a bit harder. I have a lot of options. I'm choosing to look at that as a positive. There are a couple of things that I am praying about right now and so we will see where the Lord leads.
This past weekend the kids were with their dad who was in town. I picked them up Sunday afternoon and took them to our favorite restaurant for lunch. Chinese of course! As the waitress sat us at a booth...they wanted to all three squish in on one side. As I was sandwiched in the middle they kept hugging me and squeezing me and Tanner looked up at me and said..."Let the hug-fest begin!" It's good to be missed my friends. Very good. When we actually sat down to eat I sat across from them in the booth because there was not really enough room for us to fit and Chloe kept climbing under the table to come over and hug me...she kept saying "I just can't help it Mom...I just have to hug you!"

It's good to be loved and missed. Very good. And since I can't seem to post a blog post without some photos...these film strip photos Chloe took of the two of us. (Using the PocketPhoto app on my iPhone.) She is currently obsessed with taking photos. Gee I wonder where she could have gotten that from? ;)

And just because today is a beautiful day and we have a weekend forecast calling for 80 degree weather...thought I would share a picture of Minnesota weather. Hmmm...so nice to NOT be there! :)

So very grateful!

Where have I been?

Well there have been some BIG changes for the 3 Musketeers! First of all...if you didn't know we are back in Illinois. The land of warmth! After a LOOOONG and freezing cold winter in Minnesota I am beyond thrilled to be home again. Yesterday it was 83 degrees. Seriously. It doesn't get better than that! So much has happened since my last post in January!! I really don't know where to start!

We just celebrated Tanner's birthday party last weekend...he requested a "green frog party" which was a breeze to pull of with the help of my Slice die cut machine. (I am still squealing with all the fun I am having with that silly little cutter!) I made the kids pose for a very green picture before the party got started.

Then a silly face picture...oh my...their teacher is a saint, because these kids are FULL of energy! LOL!

Green paper lanterns, and frogs dangled from the chandelier. We made a frog craft that was fun, and had green cupcakes and green mint chocolate chip ice cream.

This tree house was one of Tanner's gifts that I had gotten for him and I thought after he opened it that it would be the perfect place to house all of our green frog cupcakes! The table was also filled with green snacks. Green grapes, green apples, strawberries and a little candy too. I apologized to all the parents as they picked up their kids as they were very wound up! :)

I will be forever grateful for the sweet, precious boy that the Lord blessed me with 8 years ago. He is a true GIFT! His love for life and art and animals is contagious. I can't help but be excited for the things that he is passionate about. I don't think Tanner will ever wonder what he wants to do with his life. He is absolutely fascinated by so many things. He has so many God-given gifts and talents...and I love him like crazy!