new family picture

so, if you go to this website:
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/tryFaceRecognition.php
you can put in your picture and it'll come back with a list of celebrities that you look like...
mine came back with a 86% match to jessica alba!!!! unbelievable... but my brother, marcus, told me that it's not really fair when it's just face shots and that it should be the entire body - whatever, marcus, your first match was some crazy old, hairy man... it was also interesting that about half of my results were oriental...
jason's was fred durst.... he also had aretha franklin
then, we put the boys in and both of their number one results were oprah winfrey!!! well, look how that face did on tv... brandon was very upset...
anyways, thought you all could go and try it out and let me know what your results were...

pirate birthday party

happy birthday to you... brandon turned five!!!!

he got a party at the gym and we had pizza, pop, chips and cupcakes in the home ec. room and tag, races, floor hockey, soccer, and more floor hockey in the gym...

this pirates of the caribbean theme came from him seeing the first movie when jason and i were watching one evening and he had snuck out of his room and watched the entire movie without us knowing... the second one he saw on a hockey bus and just really loves it...

this year i actually have to throw ethan a party though - in the past i have gotten away with pretending like brandon's party was ethan's... when he says, 'when's my party?' i would say, 'oh, you don't remember that fun party we had for you' and then i'd turn the tv on and he'd forget...

actually, after the party i did have for ethan on his second birthday - which had around 10 two year olds here - i kinda decided smaller is better...

... and speaking of smaller is better, one might notice my cakes getting alot more.... lazier??? yes, i find that putting toys on a cake is very easy... and they like it!!!

when in rome...

there had been a few (by that i mean one) request for pictures of this whole mid-life, 'hockey playing' craze i'm in right now... here i am... and yes, that's all me in those shoulder pads...

i played three games now and one against my son's initiation team (didn't put all the equipment on for that, but i have a strick rule of not skating without a helmet on?!?!)

i was thinking that in the community i live, the only opportunity for sports is... hockey, badminton, volleyball, skiiing, waterskiing, and baseball... unfortuneatly, after attempting all of these, i've realized why my parents encouraging me in the basketball area... i really cannot do anything else... like, not even remotely well...

i'm hoping the boys don't get anything from my personal gene pool - my family's is actually ok i think, just not mine personally...

'narnia' with the boys

couldn't find a nice picture... you get the idear...

chronicles of narnia... my favorite story

i just watched this with my boys tonight and it's so funny to see the difference between the two in a movie - i'm sure some of it is age related, but none-the-less, very different reaction to it...

brandon cried when asland was killed, bawled actually, and then said after the movie that his favorite part was when asland became alive again and his least favorite when he died..

ethan said his favorite part was when they killed the lion... should i be really, really concerned at this point?!?!?

my favorite part is the conversation at the end between thomas the fawn and lucy the lil' girl... when thomas says, (referring to asland) 'you don't want to press him, because he is however not a tame lion. (and lucy says) but he is a good one'... just liking that quote... kinda reminds me of my relationship with my heavenly father, that being God...

i tried to sit the boys down and have a conversation about the allegory this movie is to the Bible story of our salvation and after my 10 minute speal... brandon says, 'that was so cool how the white witch had polar bears pulling her chariot' and ethan said, 'and then the lion died... got killed'

my birthday present - two months early

my new thing in the kitchen... and yes, this is my own picture from when i made a french loaf, some cookies, daquiri's and had flowers just sitting there...

i'm loving this bosch... i've made orange julius, iced mocha's, buns, bread sticks... not dieting obviously...

and then sometimes i just stare at it and touch it... it's really lovely...

michigan wolverine's fab five

ok, i found the picture of them... you wouldn't believe if i told you how this impacted my life...

i even had a huge leather michigan jacket that i wore... just horrible...

and i got black shoes and wore black socks, cuz they did...

this is when i fell in love with march madness.. also, after i had brandon jason and i got to watch the entire first round in the hospital... good times...

my favorite hockey player

this lil' note is going out to my favorite hockey player... he tries very hard on the ice for a four year old boy and now has to wait until next year to resume his play on the ice...
the only redeeming factor now about the spring is that i get to coach him in ball again.. fun, fun..
brandon got his first penalty this last tournament at swift current... for body checking!!! he was so excited to get to sit in the penalty box, so that's not good... and it's all he could talk about after the game!?!?! i'll miss sitting at the rink, listening to strangers talk about the 'girl' with curly blonde hair... (that being my boy)..

March Madness Begins

well, thusday is when it all begins... i had pictures of the winning team to put on here, but it just so happens that i put a new antivirus program on my computer and now i can't have pictures... have to get to the bottom of that quickly...

the winner will be... drum roll... FLORIDA GATORS!!!

as usual, i am completely guessing and wishing it was still michigan's fab five playing...

March Madness Begins

well, thusday is when it all begins... i had pictures of the winning team to put on here, but it just so happens that i put a new antivirus program on my computer and now i can't have pictures... have to get to the bottom of that quickly...

the winner will be... drum roll... FLORIDA GATORS!!!

as usual, i am completely guessing and wishing it was still michigan's fab five playing...