Valentines Swap!

If you read my blog, you know I participate in a blog swap for holidays. Well, we couldn't leave V-day out! I've been waiting by my door all week and it finally came today! And just so you know, it wasn't late, I was just super anxious. I found the package in my mail box this afternoon and had to restrain myself from opening it until tonight at church so my friend Mandy could take pics of me opening it. That might sound really weird to some of you, but everyone involved in the swap knows what I'm talkin about. It has to be well documented. So, without further a due....
WOW! I love it! The apron is totally me! And I just commented on someone else's blog that I need some of those spatulas and low and behold, look what I got! And that big one, well can you believe how awesome that is. It will double nicely as Mr. DoRight. Watch out my sweet little angels, mama's got a new spanking device! No, I'm just kidding, my children are PERFECT! They will LOVE the heart shaped pancakes I'm going to whip up on V-day in my new apron. Thank you sooooo much Glenda! I absolutely loved it all!
And for all of you asking, Are those guitars on her shirt? And is there a red stripe in her hair? Yes, both are correct. We got RockBand 2 for Christmas and I am now a Rock Star. So if I don't answer the phone when you call, you might think I'm changing a dirty diaper, doing educational crafts with my children, reading them books or feeding them, but really I'm on tour in my living room rockin out. Don't judge me until you've played!
I have added a poll to the right. Please vote on what color I should have done with my hair on Friday. I love having something different done with it!

Dogs and Turtles, Oh My!

Ok, so I'm skipping ahead to now, but I will back track this week. We still have Tyler's bday, Christmas, New Years, and more to do. But I wanted to keep you afresh with now too. So, yesterday we went to the library and read to the dogs. It was so cool! There were 2 dogs there, Cramer and Miracle. They are specialy trained to go into nursing homes, hospitals, libraries, and for physical therapy. The kids got to read to them if they wanted to and just pet them if they can't read. It was pretty neat!

Last week, we saw our turtle again. We know it's ours because I spray painted his butt silver. Don't worry all you animal lovers, I didn't harm him. Just a little paint on his shell. It's what my dad always did growing up. Our turtle had yellow paint on him. So I'm carrying on the tradition. Here's some pics with our turtle. We need a turtley name. Any suggestions?

And here's some random pics of the boys from last week. I caught Tyson in mid air playing soccer. And yes, those are water shoes he's wearing. Hey, he wanted to wear them and we were just in our backyard. Don't judge! Nana sent a box in the mail. The 2 backpacks are from the box. They are so cute! And then we have some brotherly love! They are so sweet when they're not being rotten!