Austin's Birthday Party....but he turns 12 on Feb 6th!

Austin had a GREAT PARTY!! He and his friends made marshmellow catapults and then had a marshmellow fight. They made their own pizzas...and went through 6 liters of soda (I kid you not!!). Then they had a Super Mario Brawl tournament on the Wii. And last but not least they had ice cream and cake! It was a FUN time! (And YES Gene made the cake!)

Snow Days

Normally I wouldn't post so many pics, but the kids didn't want me to leave one picture out! :)

The kids had 4 "snow days" last week...they loved it! But Austin did say that he no longer REALLY LOVES snow...now he just loves it...he didn't enjoy all the snow shoveling of the driveway and walkway. He was a good Scout though and shoveled our neighbors walks too, without being asked!

Here is the mound of clothing I had to "tend" to everytime they decided to go out and play in the snow!

Cheeto SNEAKER....

....AND bandaid sneaker, frozen chocolate chip cookie sneaker, candy from his brothers and sisters rooms sneaker.... He knows just when to do it too...when Mom answers the phone, when Mom tries to cook, when Mom tries to do laundry, and especially when Mom is trying to talk to Dad about something! What a boy!! :)