The lost updates

HI! It has been a long time since I posted. So here is an update on the Mitchell family. Mother's day this year was spent at home with my three kids. Not by choice. I love my kids but to be held hostage by the strep bug the entire weekend nearly pushed me over the edge. Craig headed to Wichita to watch his brother graduate from college. We are so proud of you Curtis!!! During our "quality" time we did do a lot of fun things we have not done in awhile. We worked out our dvr and on demand buttons. We rented Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. That was one of the best movies for kiddos that I had seen in awhile. Then I gave in after two days of begging to watch Twilight. Now I am hooked! I am patiently waiting for Felicity to finish the book. After two rentals I told the kids it was time to see what the free movies on demand had for us. It was like a trip down my childhood. Anyone up for a little Ernest Scared Stupid??? That's right they had several of the Ernest Scared series. The kiddos thought that Ernest was the next greatest thing. Needless to say we watched a lot of movies. I was so glad when Monday came because they had been cleared to go back to school. Our spring soccer season is almost over.JC has been the goalie for his team the last two years and really seems to love it. So his coach tonight at his end of the year party gave him a new nickname. He is now the Stonewall! He was so proud of his new name. It was really cute!  Now Craig is thinking of coaching a summer indoor team. I think he forgets that our kids are going to be gone off and on all summer. Oh well, he'll figure it out eventually. Today was our schools talent show. They ran over so I have to go back

tomorrow morning to see Felicity and her friend do their act. We have two days left and both are half days. I can't believe how fast this last quarter went by. It was like I blinked and it was gone. I guess between the sports and social activity shuttling that I do I did not realize it was May. I will try to post video of Felicity and her friend doing their comedy act tomorrow. Have a good night everyone and Have a great rest of your week!

Easter Weekend

Our weekend started out on Saturday morning with Felicity's soccer game. It was not a pretty site. They rallied after half time but not enough to win. After the game we left for Le Roy, where Craig's grandparents live. Every year Grandma Ginny has a scavenger hunt for the kids. It is a hoot to watch them run all over the place. I think this year we had twenty one of the great grand kids doing the scavenger hunt. Lunch was delicious as usual. We did not get to stay long because Katie our youngest niece was singing with her choir at the opening night of the Wichita Wild. They are an indoor football league. So after she sang we stayed to watch the game. It was a lot of fun. Very different then a regular football game. After that we went back to Curtis and Mary's (Craig's brother and sister in law) for dinner. After a while we decided that it was time for  the kids to head to bed. I headed to Wal-Mart to get the last of the items we needed. I stuffed all the boxes and eggs. It seemed like it was just a few minutes when I heard the familiar footsteps of someone in the kitchen, then the smell of breakfast wondered in. It did not take long for the kids to want to tear into the baskets. We ate and then then we made them wait. I know cruel isn't it! We had them all go downstairs so we could hide the eggs in the house. We had a wonderful rain storm settle in that morning. Mary my sister in law grabbed the broom and started yelling at the "bunny rabbit" who was running through the house with his dirty feet. Ginny was so excited! She wanted to catch the bunny and take him home. As they came up the stairs they realized that the bunny had left eggs all over the house. Grandma was armed with bags and the race was on. My nieces are old enough that they do not believe any more. However, they were really good sports about it and did not let on. Mary and Curtis cooked up a feast for lunch. It was delicious!! We watched the Royal's game and then packed up the car. It rained the entire way home. We made it home in good time to a very happy dog and cat who I think actually missed us. I hope you all had a very blessed Easter weekend. We had a great weekend and thanks to Mary and Curtis who opened up their home for us.  

The basement project

I thought I would share the photos of our remodel to the basement. Craig has a friend who is a super. with a construction company. He is very helpful and very very willing to help. We would not even be this far without him. Enjoy the photos. Our snow was all gone by Sunday night. We had several thunderstorms last night. Today was just plan windy and cool. The rest of the week looks awesome. I may just get the ceilings painted in both upstairs bathrooms yet! 

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!!!

This is the snow storm that started as rain here yesterday. It has dumped at least two to three inches of snow so far. It is expected to snow all night. The kids are  itching to go outside and play. We are going to wait till tomorrow when it has warmed up a little bit. We made a quick trip to Target to get snacks and a new dominos game. We are in for the night. We saw three accidents when we ran to Target. One guy had his two seater BMW out and had kissed a light pole with it. OUCH!!! Will post more pics when the snow is over. Photos taken by our resident photographer Felicity. Have a good night everyone!

Can you order replacement parts ???

I am so sorry I have not posted for awhile. I have not even been on to check on my friends blogs. Sad, I know. We have started the second phase of demo in our basement. Our house looks like a bomb went off in it. I think the kids are really frat brothers trapped in kids bodies and as soon as the authority figure is not looking the party is on. So I ran my errands today like I normally do. Came home to start the massive clean up. It was so windy today! It made life ruff for Craig at work. So, when he got home he was ready to eat and head to bed. Ginny had come in with a boo boo demanding first aid. She is a drama queen when it comes to blood. I was trying to calm

her down and find a band aid. When I accidentally knocked Craig's power drill off the counter and into my foot. I have never felt pain like that ever. And to top it off it fell on the foot I poked a hole in last night when I decided to step on Craig's  Tae-Kwon-Do bag. On the bright side at least it is all on one foot. I am going to make an appointment in the am to go have an x-ray dToday was not a high point for me today. On the upside..... Tuesday is a new day!! YEAH!!! I just heard the thunder start. It was so windy today. Like Wyoming windy. We are in line some thunderstorms but I think all of the tornado producing storms will stay to the north  of us. Today was the last day for spring break for us. I think even the kids are ready to go back. Well, the dryer is going off so I will sign off for tonight! Have a good week!

We spent the weekend in Valley Center with Craig's brother and family. The girls are in basketball. This was the next to last game of the season. They have gone undefeated. It is a lot of fun watching them play ball. After that the boys went out to Granny Annie's farm and helped clean up. They where gracious enough to take the kiddos with them. Later that afternoon Mary and I picked up some of the kids and headed into Wichita to a ski shop. The girls needed helmets and goggles. They are headed to Weston this coming weekend to learn how to snowboard. Must protect those little brains. Taylor my oldest niece has already had a run in with a tree. She ended up with a broken arm. She didn't let that stop her! Next she got right back on those ski's. Saturday night Katie's school was having a fun night. We spent a couple hours up at the school playing games. It was a lot of fun! After the crazy day we had we sat down and played a domino game I had never seen. It involves a little train gadget. It was a blast!!  Craig and Curtis got up early Sunday and went back out to Granny Annie's and worked on her tractor. They got it running but came home smelling like gas. YUK!!! Needless to say he headed to the shower and the clothes headed for the washer. We had lunch and headed home. We had been home about thirty minutes when we realized that Craig's co-ed game was about to start. We scrambled to get everything and everyone into the car and headed to the arena. Luckily his men's game was right after it. I have never been so glad to see my bed! It was a great weekend! Yet, I am so glad to be home. 

TGIF!! I am so glad this week is over. Both of the girls have been sick. Felicity missed two days of school this week. JC was nice enough to bring his sisters homework home to her so we spent the evenings after dinner getting her work done so she would not fall behind. Virginia has had this stuff for over a week. She had a really bad ear ache the other night. That was not fun! She still has the sniffles but seems to be on the tail end of it. We are going to Valley Center to spend the weekend with Craig's brother and his family. The girls have their last basketball game on Saturday and then the school is having a fun fair. It should be fun! Our neighbor girl is going to let the dog out and make sure that he doesn't eat all the cat food. He will eat anything!! Well, I suppose I should finish packing. I have done laundry all day and got the house cleaned up. I hope everyone has a good weekend!!