A Busy Saturday

(Brandon and Mary's schnauzer, BJ)

Saturday was jam packed full of fun! Brandon had his last indoor soccer game. Thinh made it home in time from work to take him and watch B play. They were both excited. Brandon was very happy to have daddy attend a game and equally as proud to show us his medal his coach gave him.

While they were at the game, the little ones and I cleaned up the house and ran to the farmer's market in anticipation of Thinh's stepmom, Mary and her nephew, Peter to come visit for the day. Mary lives in Manheim where Thinh grew up and Peter is from Maine, visiting his PA relatives for a few weeks. He is 12, but is home schooled. The boys had a great time playing with him. Mary came bearing lots of food gifts for us, including quail eggs she had just gathered that morning, fresh corn from her freezer and canned fresh peaches and her famous pickles as well. And, that was just to name a few! Mary can pack a lot into her basket! We had a very nice visit and Mary enjoyed comparing midwifery stories with our neighbor Kim, also a midwife.

About 3:30 the phone rang and it was my friend Amy, from York. She and her hubby and 2 boys were in Gettysburg and headed this way for a visit! Okay! We had a benefit auction at our church that evening and they were going along. So, I called the babysitter to see if she had a friend to help watch 5 active boys and she did. The boys had a fun time playing with 2 babysitters and the grown ups had a fantastic time bidding and catching up.

It was amazing how none of this was planned as of Friday evening, but everything fell into place for a super Saturday!

Fun Friday

This week Andrew has insisted on helping me around the house. He says I work too hard, I agree! Anyway, he loves to do the dishes. I "rinse" and then he dries them. Andrew even helps to unload the dishwasher. Won't he be a great hubby someday in the far, far, future?
Just having a good time helping his mama!

Mason picked out this adorable robe last weekend at The Children's Place. He was very adamant that we buy it. Since it was on clearance and I had 2 coupons, how could we say no to a 2 year old and a 3 dollar robe. He does look adorable in it!

A Visit from Aunt Barbie!

My Aunt Barbie called last week to see if she could come down for a visit on Friday! The boys were so excited!!! However, Andrew was sad she could not bring her cats along though.
Barbie getting Brandon from the bus stop.

Barbie used to read this book, The Stupids Have A Ball, to us when we went to John Beck Elementary. She was thrilled to see we have the set of books now. Andrew enjoyed listening to a very good storyteller read a very funny book!

After reading time, we headed to the bent and dent, Pizza Hut, the fishy store (Barbie gave them each Valentine money and Andrew wanted yet another fish) and the farmer's market!

It was a very nice visit and way too short of a visit, come again soon!

bits and pieces of me!

I do not like getting my picture taken, at all! But, Mason loves to get a hold of the camera and snaps away. This is how Mason sees me!

Valentines 2009

Thinh came home from work Saturday morning, Vday, with these gorgeous flowers and a balloon with chocolate on it. He opened the door yelling for us to come quick into the front yard. So the boys and I went running and looked up in the sky to watch my balloon go floating away! It was so funny!
Our babysitter ditched us, so the boys went along to Aki, the japanese habachi grill restaurant. They loved it!

Mason using chopsticks to eat his noodles, the untraditional way.

Brandon or Mason snapped this picture.

Mason looking naughty, but he did awesome, especially since we had to wait a half an hour past our reservation time and then wait again for drinks and the food. It was a busy place!

Our friends, Todd and Karla, went along. They are getting married April 22 in Belize, lucky love birds!

Brandon's view of the chef firing up the grill.

Notice the little boy bottle in the chef's hand peeing out the fire! The boys got a good laugh out of that!

Brandon, again, snapping the chef playing with the utensils. He was very nice and funny with the kids.

Mason was not so sure about the big fire and this was his reaction before jumping on my lap and we stood back for a minute, it does get hot!

Bike For Sale!

Poor Thinh, currently only has 4 motorcycles and is trying to sell this one. He says it is his favorite sport bike ever. I would like to have more room in the garage and money for a master bathroom, so we shall see what happens! Will Thinh be zooming around on this crotch rocket in the spring, will Heidi continue to have to share a sink with her husband, or will the kids finally convince daddy to hook up the "hot tub" so they can once again take a bath? Stay tuned...

PS~we do have a shower, so no, we don't stink that bad!
Aaron, call with an offer - FAST!

A VERY Windy Day!

Our neighbors, the Cramer's, have some very big maple trees in their yard, and now they are minus one standing upright! They live diagonally from us and at the corner where the bus stop is. Anyway, sometime between the bus coming and Thinh arriving home in the morning, this big old tree fell over, just missed their garage, pulled up the corner of the driveway and landed in the yard between their garage and their neighbor's house. The tree knew what it was doing, because any other way, it would have done some serious damage! The wind reportedly gusted up to 71 mph in Chambersburg on Thursday!