It's Been A While

 It's been a bit since I have posted. There hasn't been anything too crazy thankfully. 

March Madness ended. The one person we thought would fail miserably was the one who won. 

He may have picked one of the worst teams to make it to the finals, but he picked the team who won. Better yet, 3 of us beat Brad. 

For Christmas Camden got a game called Pandemic Legacy. Each round you win builds onto the next. You are working to eradicate a disease. Some times you add new characters or make it hard by bringing in Zombie. Some cards you tear up in the end or if the character dies. We failed a hand full of times. Only killed one character, but finally beat the game a few weeks ago. We want to get another one to do during summer. 

It was prom time. Emery went with her group of friends again this dance. Of course you still have to ask someone to go with you, so she asked Jenna. 

They took all day to get ready together, went downtown to take pictures, ate dinner then the dance. She did stop by so we could see her. She was not super excited to do that, but it meant a lot to be included one tiny way. 

Nails

                  Brad had the idea to get the products so us girls could do our own nails. Cailey does her own often so I asked her for help what to get. It took a while, and mine looked 'special'.                                

The end products!

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. 

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. 

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. 

 

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. 

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. 

 

Cookie Decorating

 

Today we went to Twin to learn how to decorate cookies with the girls in the Barnes Family. Thursday Beck filled the car tires; it didn't seem to work so Brad took him later that night and filled them up. The next day Brad went out and the tire was down to 19 PSI. Weird but maybe the cold did something. We filled it up and then today I went to leave and it was down to 25 PSI again. I didn't feel comfortable taking that car, so we went back and got the kid's car. A few minutes after I left brad sent me a text, the tire had a screw in it. So good we didn't take it. On the freeway that could have been really bad. Brad took it in and they fixed it for free. 

I can now see why they charge so much for these cookies. It was fun to do, but a lot of work! You have to do them in layers or parts and getting good lines is hard to do. 

She did a good step by step and they all turned out at least semi cute. 

Theses are mine. Not too bad, I think. 

Emery and Cailey's. Not going to be my next hobby, but still fun to do. 

Photo Dump

Cam got glasses. Not having these did not aid in his wreck. Which for an update, he is doing well. Still doesn't like being in a car, little anxiety with that, but each day, his headaches get a little better and happen less. He has check up #2 soon.  Looking good and can actually see now. 

There was a random winter dance at Emery's school. Her friend group decided to wear dresses last minute. She had a lot of fun and they all looked amazing. 

They traditionally go to IHop afterwards, even though she actually hates IHop, but tradition. 

This past weekend I went to a party with my friend from work that was call "Favorites night". You brought something that you love or is your favorite thing. You bring three of them and leave the night with three different things that others loved. It was lots of food and talking. It was my first time and so I didn't know what to bring but no one just brought one thing, it was favorite few small things.  

This is what I brought...

What I took home. While I have a small big group limit, it was a lot of fun. It was a cool concept and just fun to try new products. I am very glad I did two items since no one just did one. I was told by my friend that I have to go next year, so I know better what to bring.