Legos....

I have a love/hate relationship with Legos. On the one hand my boys love them. They build all kinds of crazy things and I think it is a better use of time than sitting in front of the TV. On the other hand there is Luke. Luke is little, not quite two. He has chubby hands and uncoordinated fingers. He LOVES Legos but can't quite build the fantastic things his brothers build. He tries, and then gets frustrated and ends up throwing Legos all over my house.
Have you ever stepped on a Lego? Then you know my suffering....
Do you know what it is like to find little Lego pieces and wheels all over your house? Again, more suffering....
After throwing them all over the place he will continue to cry about his lack of ability to build things. I sometimes try to help him but he just ends up breaking whatever we have built about 2 seconds later. Then more crying ensues. Yet again....more suffering.....
So what's a girl to do??
I'd like to get rid of all of them, but that would not be a good Mom thing to do. So, for the time being I will just live with it, maybe I will slowly pilfer from the Lego pile and throw them away one piece at a time.....

Confessions.....

On Friday I met some friends for dinner. It was so great to see everyone, I have not laughed that hard in a long time. Some of them I haven't seen for years (like 5-10 years). They are all so beautiful, they all have kids, some of them are working too. It seems crazy that time goes by so quickly! I am a little sad that I lost track of them over the years, I missed a lot of stuff! Sad how that happens huh....

Yummy food....

Isaac decided he wanted Mac & Cheese for his birthday dinner. That sounded awful to me so I made mac and cheese for the kids and then I tried a new recipe for the adults. It was so good and so easy I thought I would share.

Pork Chops with Apples and Stuffing

1 6 oz package Stove Top stuffing mix for Chicken
1 21 oz can apple pie filling
6 boneless pork loin chops

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare stuffing as directed on package.
Spread pie filling on bottom of 13x9 baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Top with pork chops and then stuffing. Cover with foil.
Bank for 30-45 minutes. Uncover and bake an addition 10-15 minutes.

I don't love pork but there is something about pork and apples that goes together so well!! Yumm......

Just for Grandpa and Grandma Miller

Isaac's Birthday Party!

Isaac decided to have a policeman party. I had it at the park so I didn't have to come up with any games. They had lunch and then played with their police gear.

Here are the friendly neighborhood cops.

Here is my lame attempt at decorating (the caution tape)....

Here is the birthday boy!

Remodeling....

Jason and I decided to do a few things to the house to get ready for the baptism. Just one of the many reasons I was so stressed out the 2 weeks before. We put in a new back splash and added a rope decor at the top of the cabinets. We put new bead board on the cabinets sides and then painted and glazed that. Then we painted all the baseboards in the house and did touch up paint on the walls. Crazy that it takes something like the baptism to actually get you to do the things you have needed to do for months! I took a picture of the back splash and cabinets for those of you that live far away and haven't seen it!

Pretty lame....

I have spent the whole day trying to change my template, what a huge waste of time......