Christmas Tree Nest

I know, I know, I don't post often enough. But when I do, it's worth it right? Anyway, I'm only here because last year I posted pictures of a birds nest we found in our Christmas tree and this year as I was taking our Christmas tree down, (because enough needles fell of,) I saw another one! Can you believe this...2 years in a row! I know what your thinking, "they are just taking down their tree!" Yes it's true. We were very busy and didn't get to it. But, I digress enjoy the pic's. I know, I'm a loser. I don't post for almost 4 months and when I do it's just pictures of a nest. Haha.

Guess what I was making for dinner that night.

Give up yet? It's Sirloin tips! Man were they good!

God's promises!

This blog speaks for itself. I need say nothing except this was across the road from our house.

We're cookin'!

As a stay-at-home-dad, I get to do some cool stuff. One of these is teaching the kids to cook.

Even at the age of 3 I begin this training.

My older 2 are getting good enough to cook some things alone, and help teach their brother's what they have learned.

Toys are really alive!

One day about 5-6 years ago, we had told the boy that any toys left in the living room when they went to bed would disappear for a while. Well, they went to bed and I found toys out. One of the last toys put away in the closet was a Buzz Lightyear toy. The real one that has Tim Allen's voice. I threw him into the closet and shut the door quick so it couldn't fall out. After we had shut the door we hear Buzz say, " I don't think we're in the gamma quadrant anymore. Lori and I were laughing so hard that we could barely walk.

I told you all of that to tell you this. Today, a similar situation happened. I had asked Alexys to put away her puppy dog that talks and help a child to learn colors, the alphabet, and her body parts. She forgot to do it before starting to eat so in frustration, I took it and threw it upstairs right into her room onto her bed. As it was hurdling through the air, it said, "Bye bye." Again, I was laughing so hard I could hardly walk and was able to share all of this with my kids and had a good laugh with them. It was a good day!

Jesus Brownies

Today, Alexys made her first brownies with my help. When we had poured the brownies into the pan, Alexys turns to me and says, "can I lick it?" She meant the spoontula in my hand. I said, "maybe." Completely planning on letting her because it's all part of the experience. She didn't miss a beat though. She turned to me and said, "Jesus said I could lick it." And thus we have Jesus Brownies. Just thought I'd give you all a little laugh.

Refinished Table

I wish I could say that I had a before and after picture but I just forgot to take the before pictures. But trust me, the table looked bad. I had to do some repair work also but I love the finished product, don't you? First we have the legs.....

Then the side of the table. Check out all the nooks and crannies that we had to strip out. What a job, but Lori did an excellent job with it don't you think....

And for a grand finish, the top.

Well, as you can tell, we're pretty proud of the finished product and I wanted everyone to see what it looks like before life messes it up again. This was my Great Grandparents table, then it was passed down to my Father, and he refinished the top, then it was passed down to Lori and I. We refinished the whole table. I wonder what my kids will have to do to preserve this antique family heirloom? As long as it stays in the family and is kept up, I'm happy.