my husband, my dork

Fun at the park!

Professional Bull Riding Friday night.

Maddox celebrating Coop's birthday...

Birthday celebration at Applebee's

Maddox's Dedication

Cooper's Birthday Weekend

Dinosaur fun

The cousins playing at McDonald's playland

The birthday cake

Paducah fun!

This is the "special" fireplace log that came with Erin's house. The light bulbs are red, to give a nice glow. That is silver garland that rotates and brushes against the light bulbs. It give the sound of the crackle... Like I said, it was special.

Erin and I were dressed for an 80's themed party. From this picture, it looks like we were dressed to walk the main interesction of Paducha...

Another party with all of the heroes.

happiness is...

Pepperidge Farm Dark Chocolate Brownie soft bake cookies. There is nothing better after a rough day with 3 cranky boys!

haircuts

We took the boys for haircuts on Sat in preperation for school pictures this week.
Cooper got it in his head that he wanted a "cool big boy" haircut. While looking at pictures with Travis, he fell in love with David Beckham's haircut.
Here's Cooper:

Here's David Beckham: (For those that don't know him, he's a HUGE soccer player in Europe, was with Manchester United and is now with Real Madrid in Spain. (I know, you are all blown away by my footballer knowledge.) and will be playing with the LA Galaxy starting in August)

Afternoon naps

This is my definition of an afternoon nap...


This is Cooper and Nelson's definition...

Dad's away, we will play.

Travis has the "privilage" of being on the Germany rollout team. That means he went to work at 7AM to do his scheduled installs and then had to stop doing that at 11AM to begin working with 70 branches in Germany. He is helping someone else who is in charge of the rollout. As of 5PM this afternoon, they got someone else to help, and he (Travis) was hoping to be able to leave his office at 10PM tonight.
I had to make the best of it, so we had fish sticks on the family room floor while watching Lord of the Beans. That wasn't enough fun so the boys and I made chocolate chip cookies and had to "test" them with a bowl of ice cream.

Cuteness from the past week.

To recap, Maddox was healthy. Cooper had a fever from Sat until Sunday afternoon. Nelson got a fever starting Tuesday night and it stuck around until Thursday afternoon. We decided that after 7 yrs of looking at primed kitchen walls to paint them. I took the opportunity to also update the cabinet color as well.
In spite of the craziness the three boys stayed absolutely adorable and behaved like angels. Travis and I think the older two are going to be "rewarded" this week with a trip to their favorite place on earth, McDonald's (or Applebees, or Steak and Shake. It depends on who you ask and what day it is.)

Good News, Bad News...

1. Good news, we openned the cans of paint and painted the kitchen walls, and the cabinets. Bad news, the cabinet doors are still in the carport waiting for their turn with the Egyptian Nile colored paint (that's just a fancy word for deep green).
2. Good news, because the cabinets were exposed for all to see, I cleaned them out! My tupperware has never been so organized!!!! Mom, you would be so proud!!!! Bad news, the tupperware will be a mess as soon as I get to the fridge and cook again.
3. Good news, the floor under the fridge is so clean, you could eat off it. Bad news, my fridge is right now against the living room wall! It's a pain to walk into the living room just to get a Diet Coke.
4. Good news, CLR Kitchen can clean everything! Bad news, it cleans the cabinet door hardware so well, that paint will no longer stick to it.
5. Good news, I found the perfect place for Maddox's highchair, it's out of the way and I don't trip over it trying to get to the kitchen table. Bad news, for it to stay in its "perfect place" the fridge will have to take up permenant residence in the living room.


Without further ado, previews of my new kitchen!

Note to self!

Sher, when you think you are bored and need something to spice up your life (since 2 trips to the doctor's office, a hospitalization, and three sick kids in 5 days isn't enough) save all your previous settings before changing your blogger template!!!!


side note: if I am not giving kudos to your blog, and you would like them (kudos) send me your URL, I didn't save the previous ones before I re-did this template.

Aunt Sheila Rocks!!!!

Sheila sent a "thinking of you " package to the boys and me after the events of last week. (She didn't send anything to Travis but says she still loves him.)
Maddox got a really cool Bears recieving blanket. I got a cool/pretty/awesome chcolate brown coach I.D. holder/coin purse I love it!!!! (Yes, I've petted it a few times). Cooper and Nelson got cookies that they could color and then eat.

Such a good kid.

Maddox has been doing really well with his breathing treatemnts. He's to the point that he hold the mask on his face and smiles thru the 20 minute session.

Hot chocolate!

Thanks Lindsay!

While home this past weekend I spent a few hrs with Lindsay. She had the most "beautiful" gift for me! It's a pearlized/pink/white mini Christmas Tree. To make it a little more "punchy" she purchased glitter ornaments! I love the purses, high heels and (as Cooper calls them) hoochie boots!
I hope a place in the blog is the perfect Thanks!