Who will the lucky people be??

This is such a fun idea. I signed up on a friends blog for her giveaway and am now "paying it forward". Hopefully I will think of some fun things and hopefully they will turn out, but I am really excited for an excuse to do something for someone else!! So if you dare....respond!!

The first five people to respond to this post will receive something made by me. HOMEMADE! The item will be my choice made just for you!

Restrictions and Limitations:
1. I have complete creative freedom
2. What I create will be just for you
3. It will be done within the next 6 months (as long as moving goes smoothly:))
4. You have no clue what it will be.

The catch? You must re-post this on your own blog and offer the same giveaway to 5 people who comment. The first 5 people to leave a comment telling me they are in, will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift from me!

APRIL FOOLS

Being the Sushi Chef I am, I made homemade sushi for dinner tonight!! HAHA- April Fools. Last year, I ran across this really cute idea for an April Fools dinner and to my utter amazement, it worked out. So this year, I was gonna take dinner to some friends and couldn't quite decide what to take. I still hadn't decided on anything for sure as of this morning when I went to work at Kambria's preschool. While I was there, someone mentioned it being April Fools. I decided a repeat of last year's April Fools dinner would be fun.

For the main course I made sushi. It is actually dessert, being made out of Rice Krispie treats rolled around Gummy Worms and wrapped in Fruit by the Foot. It really does look realistic. Last year Kyle was in tears when we tried to get him to eat it. He hates fish and anything to do with it and thought we were the most horrible parents for making him eat sushi. This year he wasn't fooled at all and was excited at the prospect of eating Sushi. :)


The dessert is actually the main course. It is meatloaf with mashed potatoes on top. Of course the mashed potatoes have food coloring in them to make them look like frosting on a cake. Last year I made cupcakes, but this year I didn't have as much time...so therefore made it look like a cake.

The kids asked if we are gonna do this every year. I said maybe it would be fun for me to think of something new each year and see if I can fool them. :) It was a fun day and fun to see the kids eat their "dessert" first! Happy April Fools!!

New Members of the Family

Today was the long-awaited Maire Fair! It was a fundraising carnival at the elementary school that Kyle and Kaylee go to. Each of the classrooms had a game that had to do with recycling and then prizes. It was a really fun time had by all.

The best time of all was in the classroom where each kid got to fish for a paper fish. Then answer a question on the back of the fish about recycling. If they got the answer right then they got a REAL goldfish. So needless to say, we came home with three new members of the Ross Family. Their names are "Smiley Face Girl" (Kambria's), "CutiePaTootie" (Kaylee's) and "Chicken Joe" (Kyle's). Without further wait, let me introduce the Ross Family Goldfish.

New Pics of Kolbi

My good friend Bethany took some really cute pictures of Kolbi last night. THANK YOU!!!

So I am sharing a link to her gallery. I can't believe my little baby girl is already 7 months old!! She is so much fun. I want her to stay little forever! :)

http://storybook.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?swfPop=true&noClickURL=true&url=http://storybook.smugmug.com/gallery/7717082_r48BC#498709041_rnsyY

WYOMING BOUND!!

YEEHAW!!! We are heading to Casper, Wyoming for our residency. We found out yesterday the great news. Sorry for not posting sooner...we had a great party here last night to celebrate everyone getting their residency spots!

We are so excited! The kids each had wonderful responses.

Kyle said, "This is the best day ever! Casper is so awesome! We will be close to Yellowstone National Park and Mt. Rushmore!"

Kaylee said, "Wahoo! So when do we go? I wanna get a house with a big yard!"

Kambria said, "I knew it! I just knew we were going to Casper! Good job Dad!!"

So as you can see, we are all excited! Now we just have to wait until June to actually move!

We are all so proud of Kevin for working so hard to give us this opportunity! He has had the dream of rural family medicine forever and he has done a great job of accomplishing it!

Things I LOVE

It has been such a long time since I have updated our blog, I thought I would just write a few thoughts and then hopefully very soon post some pics and more updates.

I woke up today with a sense of gratitude for some reason. You know how there are just days when you see God in your life and everything seems right. Well today is one of those days for me. So I thought I would share some of the things I love!

I LOVE my HAPPY, snuggly, smiley, giggly, chubby 6 month old Kolbi!! She makes everything right in the world. I love how she is always excited to see me and flaps her arms so fast she looks like she will take flight! She is the BEST baby ever!!

I LOVE how Kambria closes her eyes when her preschool teachers lead her out the door to me. She loves having them lead her and then not open her eyes until I grab her hand. It reminds me how the Lord takes our hands and leads us through the mazes in our life if we let Him.

I LOVE that my husband kisses me goodbye every morning even though I may still be sleeping in bed or have just gotten up and have horrible morning breath.

I LOVE when Kyle and Kaylee come home from school and BOUND in the door with all the energy in the world. I have to remind myself that is their way of showing me how excited they are to be home! :)

I LOVE having people over whether it is friends of the kids or whoever. I love being a hub of fun and entertainment. I am not the best at just relaxing when others are here because I want everyone to have a good time, but I have a good time if everyone else is happy and relaxed.

I LOVE music. I am not picky about what kind of music I listen to really. My ipod has anything from Led Zeppelin and Metallica to Frank Sinatra to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to George Strait to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Today on the way home from preschool I had a 70's CD in the car and I just had to laugh when Kambria was singing along to "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Stayin' Alive".

I LOVE parent/teacher conferences. We had Kyle and Kaylee's conferences last night and it was wonderful!! They are so smart and such great kids!! We are so proud of them!!

Well this post has been longer than I intended, but I just wanted to share a few thoughts and jot them down for myself!!

Early Christmas!!

Kevin left on Friday afternoon for Wyoming for the month of December. The kids and I are flying out to Idaho on the 17th of December. Since we don't want to try and transport Christmas presents and such through airlines we decided to open Christmas presents from Kevin's parents early.

Grandma and Grandpa Ross gave each of the kids a new bike for Christmas. Kevin tied string all over the house on Thursday night and led the kids on a scavenger hunt to their bikes. They were so excited to find their treasure. Yes, a little unconventional to open presents early but it was a great activity to spend as a family before we have to spend time apart.

Thank you Mom and Dad Ross for the presents. We loved them all!!!