We sent him to the porcelain god...

I'm not sure where fish go but we sent our dear William to the porcelain god this morning. We came home to find poor William at the bottom of the bowl. He gave a good fight but did not make it through the winter storm. I'm afraid he was turned into a fishcicle since we had no heat. I do not know why it did not cross my mind to pack him up and take him with us. We will be replacing William this weekend. Oaklen said he would like to name his new fish either Will or William Jr. in memory of his beloved William. Oaklen took it very well with an "Oh well we'll buy a new one"...however since I am the one who cleaned the fish bowl it makes me sad. All those times I was afraid that I would lose poor William down the sink during a cleaning all those times I had to clean out the extra food because Oaklen dropped half the bottle in the bowl. Just S-A-D sad.

Our home is without power

Last night I was awaken by the babies monitor. It had lost reception because the power was out due to the ice storm. When we woke up this morning it was pretty cold. At first we were unsure how long it would be out and since we had no lights we had flash lights. No lights scared the babies until we gave them the flash lights. I took some pictures and will try post them soon. Adam turned the grill on out back and boiled some water so I could make some oatmeal. When Adam called they said it would be midnight before we got power. So we packed the kids up and headed to my parents house. On the drive over we saw all these trees weighed down with ice. This completely blew me away because I heard nothing all night long! Adam said on his way home from work their were trees all over the roads. Later this afternoon we were told not to expect power before Sunday! So Adam and I will head over to the house tomorrow to see what we can save from our freezers and fridge and pack up a couple more days of clothes. I miss my home already!

Weekend fun

Saturday night my family came over to celebrate my sisters birthday who are 21 today. We had a blast. My mom had bought 10 cans of silly string and we went outside to have a silly string fight. It was after dark and I am sure half my neighborhood came out to see who was making all the racket. I wanted to point to take a second to point out a few cheaters....Oaklen who wore night vision goggles and Adam and Wes who got two cans of silly string when the rest of only had one. CHEATERS!

We also played a game of cranium. For those of you with kids or even just the adults this is a very fun family game. I bought this for my sister for her birthday but think I am going to go out and buy one for us.

Shhh don't tell Oaklen I wore his shirt. He did not notice all night.

Don't they just look thrilled!

Jessica got the worst of it. I think Wes saved all his cans just for her.

This is one of my favorites. Donna in action with Dave spraying her.

I should add that I had a very colorful yard when I got up the next morning. Oaklen was worried that we would get a ticket for making such a mess. He's so silly

You vote.....

Who looks like who. We get a lot of he looks like him and she looks like her. So we thought we would take a vote. I have scanned in a few old photo's of Adam, Oaklen and I and paired them up with picture of the babies. We have an average of 40 readers everyday. So I know there a lot of you out there reading so please leave a comment and let us know your vote. You are more than welcome to leave a comment anonymously. All you have to do is hit the little word comment below this post. If for some reason these photo's come across super small you should be able to click on the picture to enlarge it.

Starting left to right is Oaklen, Nikki, Adam, Adam, Oaklen, Addison and Nikki. I tried to get these into a better order but my program was not working with me.



Oaklen, Nikki, Adam, Adam, Oaklen, Tyler, and Nikki.
(I think this one is a no brainer)


Oaklen, Nikki, Adam, Adam, Oaklen, Brock and Nikki

Birth to Three

We had one of our evaluations today with birth to three. So far is looks like speech is the only thing they are behind in. She felt that they would be caught up by the time they do a six month evaluation. She said she was very impressed with all that they can do and would never guess them to be preemies. So I leave you with some snack time pictures.

Addison says "I have my eye on you".

Sundaes and Games

Last night we had planned on having another family over for game night, however their youngest boy is in the hospital with RSV. Oaklen was very excited about having his friend over so we tried to make the most of it. Here is a picture of Oaklen with his Sundae. I think he still had a good time and we will try to have his friend over another night.

Oh what fun!

Sometimes it's the silliest things that are the highlights of their day. The babies had a blast jumping on the couch today. Shhh don't tell daddy. He's a mean grump who says "No jumping on the couch".

I cleaned out the fridge the other day and the babies had fun with the fruit.