Our own March Madness

So Jeff and I got the kids to bed on time, which is blog worthy itself, and decided to play a game of crib. This has been one of Jeff's new favorite past times lately. He made his own crib board out of a scrap piece of wood we had in the garage and now whenever someone comes over (ok, only my dad and grandpa Johnson) he asks them if they have time for a game of crib. They always beat him but he still gets a huge kick out of this game.

I am a long time crib "knower how to player" which means my dad taught me when I was younger and I have watched him and my grandpa Froberg play this game a million times but never really got into it.....until now that I have my own homemade crib board and a husband who is fascinated by the game.

So tonight it was on. Jeff likes to play me because he usually beats me, this is true of most games we play together, which is annoying but I get over it.

So Jeff has the lead for basically our entire game of crib. I would occasionally get a really good hand and almost catch up only to be followed by his, better hand, and a greater lead.

So the game is ending, Jeff has a 27 point lead and is 1 point away from winning, he thinks it's in the bag and I'm ready to smile and say, "good game, babe." He get's this smirk on his face that says, "I'm the winner, you're the looser, hahaha." I hate this look, it's so obvious and silly and he really can't help his face when it turns into this shape.

I ignor the look and the smirk and look at my hand......"I think this could be my break," is what I say, really nonchalantly to not give anything away. I score 25 points and Jeff scores 0! Really 0! I am only down by 2 needing 3 points to win the game. What happens next? It's Jeff's crib so I lay down first:

Me: 4

Jeff: 7 makes 11

Me: 4 makes 15 for 2

NOW WE ARE TIED WITH 1 POINT TO WIN

Jeff: 10 for 25

Me: 6 for 31 Wooo Hooo (I now have the ugly smirk on my face)

Jeff: Now can we play strip poker?

Too bad the Huskies couldn't have that sort of comeback today!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

Here is to the greatest example of love and marriage I could ever have! Thanks Dad and Mom for loving each other first and for teaching me the love and respect and tolerance that marriage requires. Thank you for sacrificing for each other and for stickin' it out through good times and bad. We love you both so much......Happy 28th Wedding Anniversary!

kissin' cousins

Here they are modeling Adelle's hats. They got their backpacks and suitcases and said they were "going to Arizona."

Jeff's sister Gabe and her daughter Riley came to visit us a couple weeks ago. Braxton and Riley are the best of buds. They are a year apart and they have so much fun together. What one doesn't think of, the other one does. They had a great time playing and being crazy.

Thanks for visiting us Riley and Gabe! We love you and can't wait to see you again soon!

Miss Priss

Adelle is such a little ham. She is anything but a Miss Priss but my sister still calls her that and I think it's funny. She is usually the only girl with Braxton and Carson and she can sure hold her own. These pictures are from Carson's Birthday last week. Adelle was practicing her lady like mannerisms (dress up around her neck most of the day, playing ball, and tearing paper into shreds). I love this girl, she is such a hoot!

Drawing 101

Braxton and I have been really enjoying our time together while Adelle naps. We have been working on shapes and drawing people. His favorite thing to draw up until today was a snowman. I'm not sure why but I think because we have been focusing on circles and a snowman is 3 circles on top of each other. He's really into consistency like that.
Today we drew self portraits. My child continues to amaze me as I watch him learn. He's so stinkin' smart and so hilarious.
The conversation
Me: Ok so first we are going to draw a circle for a head, like this...
Braxton: ok (then he draws his circle)
Me: Awesome, now we need to draw arms and legs
Braxton: (draws a straight line down the middle) first I have to draw my penis.

The rest of the conversation was about the eyes, nose... but seriously...Where did this all come from? I have never suggested drawing this body part, nor do I ever have to bring it up. It just automatically presents itself during many of our conversations.
Anyway, I think the picture is pretty impressive. It's the first picture that really illustrates that he knows where everything goes. It amazes me really, I didn't have to point to where things went. I just said, "eyes" and he put two on the head. Brilliance!? Maybe not but still awesome I thought.

OUT-DONE

Ok so I really don't like to be outdone but I came home tonight and Jeff and the kids had made me this "most specialist" valentine! Jeff thought about it all by himself. It's all three of thier hands in different paper forming the heart. How clever! Wow....I was impressed.

Jeff asked Braxton what his favorite things about mom (me) were and this is what Brax said, in order

special

nice

cute

happy

I love my family. They can out-do me anytime as long as I get to be the happy recipient!

quick....cheap...easy....CUTE!

So my friend, Kerry, from MOPS showed me these so I totally copied them. The best part was I already had everything I needed (excpet the googly eyes)! So you need a big heart for the body, a medium heart for the head, a small heart for the tail and a tiny heart for the lips! Easy sneesy!

Wa....la..... A Valentine fish. So cute, and easy! Braxton had a blast glueing the fishes together. I cut out the hearts but he got to pick out which ones he wanted. They are pretty cute and fun since all the patterns on the paper is different.

These are the one's we've done so far. I'm sure there will be like a hundred more since we have soo many valentines!

This is such a fun holiday and I hope if any of you are searching for quick ideas that this will help you out!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!