Fun-filled February!!!

The kids were out of school for President's Day. I was going crazy having the whole gang home, so I decided to take the kids swimming at the Apple. We get there and swimming lessons are in full swing, so I decided to take the kids bowling. The kids had a great time. Tanner and Abbey couldn't push the ball very hard so it took an hour to get to the pins!!! They were cute.

We took Hannah's little friend Marlee. They are in the same class at school and her mom and I are close friends, so it works out nicely.

We took a trip to Boise this month. Mike's nephew was seeded 2nd in the state wrestling tournament. We went to watch him and to just get away. He lost in the first round!!! But, the kids had a great time anyway, staying at the hotel, swimming, and eating out!!

We also got to spend some time with Mike's brother who lives in Boise. He lives out in the boonies and has some beautiful horses that the kids love to help him with.

Hannah was a little bit nervous to get on this horse, but Uncle Kent finally talked her into it!!

And finally, every year we rent a cabin with Mike's family in Island Park and go snowmachining. It's always very fun. There is so much more snow this year than there has been in the past. It was really beautiful up there. The cabin was nice. We did theme nights for food - one night was Mexican night and the other was Italian night. Lots of good food and a fun bingo game. I think that the kids' favorite part was playing in the hot tub!!

Every time I have to dress the kids for a ride, I think of the movie "A Christmas Story" It's so much work to get them dressed and then I'm sweating already and have to get myself dressed, but it's so worth it once we get out on the trail! The kids have a blast and Mike finds great joy in that.

This is Hannah. She decided to ride with her dad on his machine for this ride. She still hasn't recovered from crashing her machine into the ditch by grandma T's.

This is Abbey all decked out with her pink helmet!!

Tanner loves "zoom-zooming" with his dad. He did really good staying awake on this ride. Usually about ten minutes down the trail he's out cold!!!! We had fun in the powder and made it to the top of Two Top. We had a great time!!!!


And finally, a little bit of humor. A girl can never have too much eye make-up!! If it weren't for our kids, would life really be worth it? They definitely keep it interesting!!!

Man tagged and a birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday Mike!! He turned 33 today! He celebrated his birthday by working a 12 hour shift!


Aimee tagged me with the "man tag" so here goes:



Name? Michael Douglas Storer



How long married? 11 years


How long did you date? 3 months


Who eats more sweets? Marisa


Who said I love you first? Mike did.

How old is he? 33


What is he afraid of? losing his family and failure


Who is taller? Mike by a country mile


Who is smarter? we're different kind of smart. He is hands-on smart, I'm more book smart


Who can sing better? Marisa


Who does laundry? both of us


Who pays the bills? Marisa


Who sleeps on the right? Mike does to protect Marisa from the intruders she's sure are coming


Who mows the lawn? Mike likes to but sometimes doesn't have time


Who cooks dinner? both


Who drives? Marisa because Mike's legs go to sleep


Who is more stubborn? pretty much a toss up - like Aimee and Justin it sort of depends of the issue


Who kissed who first? Mike kissed me first

Who proposed? Mike


Who has more siblings? Mike has 11 siblings including all the steps and halfs; Marisa has 4

Who wears the pants? Our pants are the same size!!!! We both do.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Mike always sends us girls flowers on Valentine's Day. Hannah got a call over the intercom at school to come see her delivery! She thought that was pretty great!!

Mine and Abbey's were delivered to the house! Tanner got a Spiderman valentine and the movie "Surf's Up!" It was a pretty fun day!! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa T for the pez dispensers. They lasted about 2 seconds!!!

POTTY TRAINING!!!

Yes, it's that time! Tanner is 3 and a half. We've tried Transformers, Cars, and Spiderman underwear. Finally the thing that clicked was putting a plain white sheet of paper up by the toilet. Everytime he went potty he got to put a Spiderman sticker on it!! He called it his license. Anyway, so far so good! He's been a little bit easier than my girls!! Thank goodness for that!





This is the last time I'll have to potty train! There isn't anything more exciting to check off than that!! Sad, but so exciting that he's getting so big.

















HALF NAKED HELPER!!!!

We've had so much snow this year!! My kids have been loving it. This particular morning, it had snowed about 6 inches over night. I was out shoveling and out comes Abbey to help me. She was so funny!! She said, "me got my boots on all by myself!" I said, "That's great!! Where are your pants?"
She turned to me and said, "I'm ok mommy!"
She stayed out there and helped me shovel for about 10 minutes and then decided that shoveling without pants was a little bit chilly!!
One thing about my Abbey - she keeps me on my toes!!

I have begun to blog!

Mom helped me set up. So here goes.