Spring Break

Spring has sprung! My hibiscus survived a couple hard frosts this winter...

This was our welcome back to Kansas!

Marcus LOVED the snow

Him and his cousin Alex had a snowball fight...you can see we were a little unprepared...we didn't have gloves or hats...so we had to go to Walmart.

Marcus' first snowman!

The special lady we came to see!

The snow kept us from seeing her as much as we would have liked.  Our intentions were to bring her to our hotel, but it was way to cold and slick.  :(



The grandkids together for the first time in a long time :)

Ahhhh, the weekend!

Panther can't seem to get enough of Marcus lately.  After he sniffed the pencil he laid right on top of his homework. He lays with him on the couch and watches wrestling videos on the laptop. 

Yay! Finished with homework!  He also made the honor roll again this quarter!  Way to go Marcus!

The weather has finally warmed up and of course around here it's Spring Training time!  Mitch and Marcus have been out playing catch every night for several days in a row.

Happy Birthday Mackenzie

Happy 12th Birthday! 

Daddy's little girl is growing up...



I remember the big day like it was yesterday!



Her heart still belongs to One Direction!

Trials, children and cats!

This trial of Jodi Arias is making me crazy!  I can't sop watching it.  Anyone can ask me any question about this case and I am pretty sure I will know it...



Look at our beautiful daughter!  I can't believe she is going to be 12 this week!

Marcus has been under the weather this weekend, fighting flu like symptoms and a fever.  So he was hanging out and apparently Panther was very intrigued with his wrestling video.

That totally cracks me up!  :)

Birthday party fun!

Marcus was getting ready to head out to a birthday party today.  His friend Bryce that is in his class (it was his birthday)...he is actually a triplet, so it was quite the party.  It was at a place called Jumpstreet. Trampoline's and dodge ball and lots of fun!

Hanging out

It has been forever since I have posted.  Marcus likes having his pic taken, however, Mac runs when I get the camera out.

 

Last night Mitch and I had The Dietrichs over for dinner.  Mike and Michelle have a 40 game season package to the Diamondbacks and we went in on the package with them this year.  So we had to sit down and divide out the games.  I made a roasted chicken, wild rice and asparagus along with mom's super yummy chocolate bundt cake!

Panther and Marcus relaxing

This is something that rarely happens in our house...peace among the pets!  These 2 constantly fight for dominance; apparently they are too tired to care today :)

Quiet February

                                     These are cornbread stuffed jalapeno poppers.  I found the recipe on Pinterest, but I doctored it up a bit.  Instead of stuffing the popper with just cornbread only, I put cream cheese mixed with some shredded pepperjack cheese underneath...to the cornbread batter I added diced jalapenos, shredded sharp cheddar and a little bit of corn...delish! They were supposed to be my appetizer to take to a Super Bowl party, but our hot water heater burst right before we were supposed to leave, so I shared them with our nice neighbor who helped us out....

                       This is a stuffed pablano pepper...I used the left over cream cheese mixture and popped it in the oven....

                                                  Ribs....One of Mackenzie's favorite meals!

                        Marcus is still nonstop wrestling!  He posted this sign to make sure none of us touch his WWE stuff....

                              This is why he posted that sign.  He has it set up like a match, so I wanted to take a picture....and then look who came to inspect....

                                   Snuggles!  You better hope Marcus doesn't catch you there!


This is Boris after I cleaned his tank!  Things are fairly quiet around here....and I like it that way...and my children have not been in the mood to have their picture taken...geez!