Justin's newest trophy

Justin has earned many trophies over the last few years. Mostly from bowling. He's been bowling in a league since he was four-years old. He been bowling without bumpers for almost three years now.

He and one of his team mates bowled in a doubles tournament back in January and won 2nd place in their division. They received their trophies today. Good job Justin and Alex!!!

Happy birthday, Tony!!!

Today is my little brother's birthday. He's 32. He'll be celebrating with his fiance tonight by having dinner at his favorite Italian restaurant. He's got to load up on carbs for his marathon in St. Louis next week. (I think this is like his 10th marathon.) Then we'll be celebrating as a family tomorrow night at our parents' house.

Happy birthday, Tony!!!!!!

Good news!

Happy Easter everyone! I hope the Easter bunny visited you. He came to our house. He brought the boys a couple things and had an egg hunt waiting for them.

The good news is that I have a new family member! I mentioned in my March birthdays post that my cousin Rob and his wife Sue were expecting their first baby this month. Well, she was born last night, happy and healthy! Sadie Estelle Rhoads (our Grandma's name is Estelle) was 7#7oz and born around 8:20 last night. I'm very excited for them and can't wait to meet my new little cousin!

Congratulations Rob and Sue!!!!!!

Happy Easter, almost!

Tomorrow is Easter, and we have eggs. I found a Star Wars Easter egg coloring kit at Target, of course. It was really just the usual colors with Star Wars stickers and egg stands. Except for the C3PO one. It has a stand and kind of an egg mask. It's very shiny so it looks a little blurry in the picture. On Thursday when I was at work, Justin and Kyle colored and decorated the eggs with my mom. Now Jason and I will eat them.

My little leprechaun

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I just picked Kyle up from school and all the kids were wearing these hats that they made. It's pretty windy today so all the streamers were blowing around. I don't think Justin will come home with a hat, but if he does, I'll try to get a picture.

Kyle with Justin's 9 balloon

If you saw the pictures from Justin's birthday (2 weeks ago), you saw the big balloon I bought him in the shape of a 9. When I brought it home, Kyle grabbed it and turned it upside down, because he is 6. Yes, he was born 6 years ago, but I'm pretty sure there's a 40-year old inside of him.

Art projects

These are the latest projects brought home by my talented children (I should really brag more about my sons!). Since Justin is in 3rd grade, he doesn't bring much home unless it's something he actually did in art class. Kyle brings home silly little things all the time. That's one of the reasons kindergarten is so great! So here we are: We have Kyle's shamrock that he colored (currently hanging on our kitchen cabinet), Justin's name written in hieroglyphics (hanging on the fridge), and Kyle's George Washington project. Pretty creative and cute.