Zoo Day

 Today we decided to go walk around the Zoo. We have not been in years and it was a beautiful day. The kids all laughed at us going, but ALL the kids wanted to go. 

Emery and Jenna got a cool picture of a meerkat. 

The boyz and the Penguin's.

The Sloth Bear. This animal just always looks rough. 

It was fun to walk around and see the animals. They always look so sad though. Love but kind of hate Zoos. 

March Madness

 

Brad is trying hard this year to get us all into March Madness. He has a bet with the kids, whoever's bracket beats his gets $20. And to keep track, we put a big bracket up on the wall. It didn't take too long to make, but it's fun to see it up big like that. As of this morning, Camden is winning. However Cam has a 16 seed winning the whole thing, the odds are not in his favor for that outcome. More to come on who wins big. 

Projects

 

Emery and I have done a few projects recently.

I wanted to try a new hobby, so I tried a Woobles. They are crochet kits that are pretty east to follow and have a lot for beginners. I got two and have finished one so far. It's supposed to be Funshine Care Bear, but he's a special one. The more you look, the more you see things that are off. Not sure if this will be my new hobby or not, but I'll finish the second one I got and go from there. 

Emery likes to search Pinterest for small projects to do and has made a few cute ones recently. A monster mirror and a shadow box. 

Pie Day 3.14

 Jackson and Uncle Paul have one restaurant they both love, Dave's Hot Chicken. Today Paul text Jacks to see if he wanted to go get some Dave's. It is also pie day. I'm not the best pie maker, so I didn't think anything of it. However Paul mentioned it to Jacks and they went and got the ingredients to make key lime pie. It was fun watching and helping Jacks read the recipe and make the pie. It turned out SO well and so good. He was, and should be, very proud of his dessert. 

Another Fun Run

Emery's friend Jenna signed them up for another holiday fun run. This one was for St Patty's day. It was today, which was a little rainy and cool, but it helped with the run. They finished in about 40 minutes, which isn't too bad. And got a cute shirt out of it too. 

 

Best Purchase this Year

Brad and I have a goal to walk to Florida by November. For our 20th, which was last year, we are going on a cruse that departs out of Florida. For a few weeks I tracked my steps that I do just day to day and it was pathetic. A lot of my coworkers have walking pads and so I caved and got one. It was the best idea. I walk for a couple hours in the mornings. I try to get to 10K before I stop. I don't always hit that, but the amount I move now is literally miles ahead of what I did. While were working together in our miles, there is a little completion in reaching at least 10K a day. It has helped Brad get his septs too. He was the one to start and always get 10K, I just joined his party. So far we are about 460 miles out of 2500 miles! 

Friday the 13th Take Two

 February and March end up having the same day/dates so that meant there were two months in a row with Friday the 13ths. This time we did not make skin cookies, but we did get McD's and watched "The Conjuring, Last Rites." Movie was okay, not great. I think there is one more Friday the 13th this year. Maybe skin cookies will be made for that one. 

The Dogs

 Brad and I have been going on walks at lunch for the past month or so. It's gotten to the point that starting about 12 the dogs get excited and run back and forth between Brad and  I until its time to go, which is about 30 minutes. They love it but wear themselves out. When we get back, they sleep the rest of the afternoon until the kids get home from school. 

Friday the Thirteenth

 

Every time there is a Friday the 13th Brad makes what we call skin cookies. It's just sugar cookies with frosting that had melted gummy candy mixed it. The texture is kind of weir but its a must every time. We watched Halloween from 2018, which was pretty lame, but the cookies were good. 

Super Bowl

Cam and Cailey came up for the Super Bowl. It was a fun weekend to go make cookies, play games and watch some of the 'big game'. We did our annual BINGO. Beck chose to work so his coworker, who loves one of the teams, could watch the game. The prizes for this year was gift cards. One $10 and one $15 each. It was a good plan but  by half time, only Cam had one BINGO. It was still fun, we just let them pick in the end. We know they don't really care about the game, but the time as a family is what matters.