Evan's Spring Concert

Today Evan participated in the spring concert at his school. He still doesn't want me to put his photo on the blog, so no pics with this post. I was so proud of his performance in the concert. Typically, since he has started school in fact, he has pretty much just stood there, barely moving his lips during any type of singing performance. Today, he actually sung and even did a duet with another boy in his class. It was awesome to see him singing so confidently in front of a packed room of parents and teachers. Way to go Evan!

Laid Back Sunday

The weather was really gorgeous on Sunday. Todd worked in the yard and the boys were great about helping him.

We played a little basketball and I ended up knocking Evan in the face with my elbow. He recovered after a little ice. He is tied to Todd at the hip and helped him cook some pork chops on the grill. They were very tasty!







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Ready, Set, Action!

Every few months the Sunday school class at our church makes a movie. The students decide on a theme, write the script and play all of the roles (under the direction of their awesome teacher, Mrs Jennifer). After months of preparation, today was finally the day of the shoot. The whole group met at our house about 9:00 this morning and the work began. We had planned on having lunch about 11:30, but by 10:00 the children were starving, so we put the food out early. It was pretty much gone in about 30 minutes.

After the filming was done, it was play time. The boys played Madden football, jumped on the trampoline and threw the football in the yard. The girls did some playing outside, but it was really humid, so they finally ended up playing some games on the Wii. It was a great time for everyone and we can't wait to see the final result.

Mrs. Jennifer shooting some of the action.

 "I'm ready for my close-up."

Movie making made everyone really hungry!

The boys playing Madden football.

Look who else likes watching the Madden video game.

Thanks to the chief cook and bottle washer!

Muddie Gets a New Habitat

As you can tell from my updates on Muddie, she is growing like crazy. Since the day that Evan brought her home, he knew that she would one day outgrow the original habitat that he bought for her. He has been saving his money and finally got enough to buy a larger tank for her.

Yesterday after school, he, Chad and I headed off to the pet store to see what we could find. We got the largest reptile tank that they had and it should be the last one that she needs. Evan was so proud opening up his wallet and giving his hard earned (and saved) money to the cashier.

We decided since the tank is heavy and glass, that it would be best to wait until Todd got home from work to help us get it in and set it up. Evan and Todd used a cart from my office and between the two of them, were able to get the tank in without any mishaps. Now, with all the room that Muddie has, she almost looks small. I am proud of Evan and the great job that he is doing taking care of his pet.

Be careful, we don't want it to fall off!

Getting this thing in takes teamwork.

Evan can't wait to get the new habitat set up.

Now she has lots of room!

Evan's photo of me and Muddie.

Have you ever seen a happier lizard?

Busy Saturday

Todd woke up yesterday and noticed that his clock was not illuminated. He went and checked our electric panel and saw that one of our breakers had tripped. To make a long story short, it turned out that there was a short in our septic tank pump and that it had bitten the dust.

Todd is very good at mechanical things, so we started calling plumbing stores to see if we could find a replacement pump. After instructions to use as little water as possible to avoid a backup into the house, Todd was off on his quest. One trip to the plumbing store, two trips to Lowe's and several hours later, Todd had the pump changed out and we were up and running again.

In addition to that project, we also had our friend with the tractor return and do more leveling of the dirt in our backyard. Who knew that owing a house was so much work!

Septic crisis of the day.

More backyard work.

The boys played outside a lot since the weather was beautiful. Evan has insisted that I don't put any more photos of him on my blog, so it may be a while before you see him again.

Chad throwing the baseball.

"We love to play catch!"

Muddie

Friends have been asking how big Muddie is getting. Here is the answer. She's not a baby anymore.


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New Monitor Setup

My awesome husband set up my work area with two monitors. I just have to use my one mouse to go back and forth between the two screens. It is pretty sweet. Thanks, babe. Now, let's see if I can get twice as much work done!


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