Knock knock jokes & brain teasers

Tonight when the girls and I were in the livingroom (they were doing homework (sort of) and I was working on my computer) McKenzie found some brain teasers and knock knock jokes.  No, that was not part of her homework!

Q:  What do you get when you eat yeast and shoe polish?

A:  When you wake up, you rise and shine!

We got to laughing so hard, we were all crying!

Q: What do you call a fake noodle?

A:  An Im-pasta!

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Q: What always goes up, but never comes down?

A: Your age

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Q: What has a head, a foot, and four legs?

A: A bed

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Q: What is the longest word in the dictionary?

A: Smiles.  It has a mile between each S.  :)

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Q:  What do you call a guy who doesn't fart in public?

A:  A private tooter.

McKenzie had a whole list of them and we read them for about 20 minutes!  It was even funnier when she read the joke wrong or forgot to read the punchline! :)  We had such a good time!

In other news...

I am getting closer with my pictures.  I am in 2013 photos now, I have finished with the 2012 photos.  I have also finished two more games and uploaded them to share with the other parents.

Easter is Sunday!!  I can't believe it is almost here!  I knew it was going to be near the end of April, but since April JUST started, I knew it was still a long way away.  But...nope!  It is on Sunday.  The girls were asking what we are doing this year and I think we are going to stay home and just not go anywhere or do anything.  There is no soccer because of it being Easter (yeah!!)  and I have sooo much I want to get done here at home.  I am hoping for nice weather to get some outside work done, but I have lots of inside work to do if the weather is not nice.  I will hide some eggs for the girls to find (I have tons!!) and we may pop over to see Alyssa and family if they are home, but I think not going anywhere sounds good!

Off to bed!  Long day tomorrow.

Busy soccer weekend and hanging out with the grandkids!

The weather this weekend was fantabulous!!  Sunday was the nicer of the two, but Saturday was also beautiful.  We went to Renton on Saturday for Alex's soccer game.  They ended up with a tie (0-0).  We played better than the other team and had control of the ball more, we just couldn't put it in the net.   We ended up with three ties and a shutout win, which still gives us enough points to move on to the quarter finals.  I am not sure where we play, but the game will be on the 26th.  All of my pictures are still on my camera from the weekend games, but I will get them done soon.

McKenzie played today.  It was a home game and they lost.  They played Seattle United (who were very good!) and they fought very hard and did very well against them.  Our goalie had an own goal to give Seattle their first point, and then she let three more go right by her without even trying to stop them in the next 3 min.  Thankfully it was then half time and they got a chance to get a pep talk and regroup.  They played the next half really well again only giving up 2 goals for a final score of 6-0.  They have one more game (on the 26th) and then their season will be done.

This is the before and after picture of my front yard.  It was getting a little long :)  It seems to go from a little long to super long overnight.  When we left for soccer yesterday, our whole neighborhood had long grass.  Apparently they also had a lawn mowing party, because when I came home last night, all the lawns were nice and short except for mine!  I ran to the gas station to get gas for the mower, but it was too late last night to mow.  After we came home from McKenzie's game though...I mowed it all down!

Such long grass!!

Now to keep up on it!  It grows so quickly during the spring and the first part of summer, with the sun/rain/sun/rain that we have.  Once July hits, it usually turns brown and I only have to mow the weeds down a little bit.  The problem I had with mowing the yard and having my grass all nice and short is that now my flower/weed beds look terrible!!  Another project for another day! :)

Ryan and Maximus!  

Ryan just loves his kitty! (yes, Maximus is asking to get down!)

Alyssa and Richard had softball practice tonight so I got to hang out with these cuties tonight!  McKenzie came with me to hang out with them and Alexandra went to youth group with some friends.  

We played with chalk in the driveway.  Rode scooters.

We went for a walk and found noisy things to jump on.

We came back to the house for a juice break and I couldn't resist taking a picture of Maximus all curled up on the chair.  It looked like he was posing! :)

We went for another walk.  Aiden rode his skateboard for a little while.  (yes, he did go get his helmet!)

The dirt pile.  Boys and dirt.  Cars, rocks, sticks, and dirt.  Very happy little boys played here for about 20 minutes.  They loved every minute of it.  The only reason they left was for a water break!

I love it when they play nice together!

We also found a house that hasn't mowed their beautiful yellow flowers.  It made these two very happy!

Aiden loved to throw rocks over the fence into the water down below.  He was a pretty good shot!  I was surprised at how far he could throw.

It was a great weekend.  Lots of sun and fun.  (We even got a little sunburned this weekend!)  Time to stock up on the sunscreen again!  AND rememeber to put it on!!!

Off to get ready for the week ahead!

Thursday

This week has just flown by!  I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday already.  We have been so busy.

Alex during hurdles last year

Alex started track on Monday.  She is doing the 800m, 1600m and possibly the 4x200 relay.  They might have to do the 4x100 relay instead, but she wants to do the 4x200.  They had a great relay team last year, but two of the girls are not participating this year.  One is not doing track this season, she is doing basketball and soccer, the other got transferred to Horizon.  Alex and Paige are still doing it and they have two new girls joining them.  It will be fun to see how this team does.

Her coach wants her to do the long jump, but she is not sure she wants to.  Her coach told her she would be great at it because she has powerful legs and could jump far.  She said jumping hurts her knees and ankles.  I guess we just have to wait until the first track meet to see who wins that argument! :) (Personally, I think she would be fabulous at the long jump!  Her leg strength is amazing!!)

Beautiful sunrise picture from fall 2013

McKenzie is still just doing soccer.  She informed me the other night that she will never, ever, ever do school sports.  EVER. Not going to happen.  I told her it was required by law and she had to pick at least one after school sport to participate in.  She only believe me for a second.  ;)  I did say that she might want to try middle school soccer next year, but she is pretty set on not ever, ever doing school sports.

This Saturday we are going down to Renton for Alex's soccer game.  Right now they are in first place in their flight for the Challenge Cup.  The team they are playing on Saturday is in last placed in their flight (out of 5 teams)  The top two teams from each flight will go on to the quarter finals.

Mt Baker - fall 2013

Sunday will be McKenzie's game.  They have a home game at Civic.  Yeah!  I love close to home games! :)

I still have to get ready for this weekend.  I am driving a van load of girls down to the game (the more the merrier!) and I have to figure out when to leave, what order to pick up girls, what snacks to bring, when to fill up on gas (probably Friday night!) and where I lost my mind! ;)  Also don't forget the camera and make sure the battery is charged and the card is empty.  We are also having a team lunch/treat, so I have to figure out that too!

I hope you enjoy the random pictures I posted!  I have been going through all the photos on my computer.  I am trying to condense, upload, delete, and sort all the pictures on my computer.  HUGE job!  I always say I am going to keep up on it, but I always let it slip.  I promise that THIS time, I will keep up on it!  As soon as I get caught up! ;)

Sunday - A day of rest

Today is a day of rest.  We are catching up on homework (the girls (actually Alex!)) catching up on housework, planning meals for the week, and I am still going through my photos.  The photos are a never ending job!!  I am trying to find a better system for my photos and keep up with it.  

These are from about 4 years ago when Aiden was a baby.  I think that was the last time we went.  I know it has been awhile.  I remember one year was so rainy that we never made it.  A couple of years we had so many soccer conflicts, that we never made it then either.  I am hopeful that this year we will get a chance and the weather will cooperate with us.  

My little family :)

Alyssa with her new mommy yawn! :)

Aiden :)

I love all the colors of the tulips in the fields.  They make beautiful backgrounds in pictures and they are gorgeous to photograph by themselves.  I have been playing around with manual settings on my camera these last couple weeks.  I am getting more keepers than not.  I am still deleting a ton of photos that are not turning out how I want, but I am keeping more and more each time!  I am hoping to be able to post some this week, but I still have a ton of photos to go through on my computer first.

I am off to enjoy the last few hours of Spring Break!  I may even mow my lawn :)

Spring break is over and now it's back to school...

Actually we still have two more days (Saturday and Sunday) but we have two soccer games tomorrow and Sunday will be going to church in the morning, cleaning a house in the afternoon and getting ready for the week ahead.

I got to babysit and kitty sit last night.  Alyssa and Richard went out to dinner and bowling with friends so I got to hang out with the three cutest kids and the bestest kitty

We had a fun night.  We watched the movie CARS and read stories and played with cars and ate banana bread for dessert and played with Maximus and had fun!!  :)

Maximus came over and snuggled with me and then woke up and started to attack my hand.  His tiny little teeth and claws tickled.  After a couple of minutes, mid-attack, he fell asleep!  With my finger in his teeth! :)  Then he woke up and curled up in my neck and fell asleep.

We might try to go to the tulips this weekend, but with soccer I am not sure we are going to have enough time.  I tried to go on Tuesday, but the website said they weren't ready yet.  They were hoping that they would be ready this weekend.  I will check the website and see what the weather and the tulips are like this weekend.  I hope they both cooperate with me! :)

I am off to pack for soccer tomorrow and get ready for some sunshine! :)  Have a great weekend!

New haircut(s)

Monday night, McKenzie wanted her hair cut.  She was thinking about donating her hair again, but after measuring it, it was going to be to short.  She wanted it to be shoulder length after it was cut, but that was only 8 inches off.  They wanted 9-11 inches which would have given her a really cute bob, but that wouldn't fit into a pony.  :)

We didn't have enough time before soccer on Monday, so we scheduled an appointment for Tuesday at JCPenny.  The hairdresser we got was so nice!  She talked to McKenzie about what she wanted, listened to McKenzie, and gave McKenzie a perfect haircut.  McKenzie LOVES her haircut!  She couldn't stop playing with her hair last night.  :)

The after shampoo, before haircut picture!

Almost done.  She took off about 4-5 inches and gave her some layers.  The hairdresser was so nice that I went in today to get my hair done by her!  I haven't been to a hairdresser for a haircut in FOREVER.  I went in and told her a bit about my hair and what I didn't want in a haircut and she worked her magic!  She only took a couple inches off and gave me a few layers, but it looks good.  I really like it!  I will definitely be going back to her again!  I didn't get pictures because my phone died, but I will take some in the morning.

Last night I went to coffee with a friend and this is the mountain view I had on my way there.  So beautiful!

Our coffee date was amazing!  We had a peach scone (that we split) and some hot tea.  It was fun to get together during the week.  We usually make it on Sunday nights, but we had a celebration to celebrate so we went on Tuesday night!  So much fun!!  And the scone was DELICIOUS!!! 

Spring Break

Our spring break started Friday at 2:30 when the girls were out of school.  McKenzie went to see her teacher from last year after school with a friend and then we came home and got ready for weekend soccer!

Alex had two games this weekend.  They tied both of them.  It was a very rainy weekend and the games were pretty wet.  On Saturday, we drove down to Sammamish for the game.  I had a car load of girls and it was pretty fun.  They watched Frozen on the way down and listened to Disney songs on the way home!  I love that 14 year olds still love Disney! :)  

After we got home on Saturday, these three cuties came over to spend the night!  Richard had a birthday party with friends so they got to hang out with Grandma!!  We watched Frozen :) and had dinner, popcorn and M&M's.  Then we had BATH TIME!!  The boys LOVE bath time!  They run down the hallway leaving random pieces of clothing behind them.  Here a sock, there a shirt, next is a pair of pants...a little trail of clothes that lead to two little nakie bodies with their socks on, ready for bath time! :)  They make me smile!  Elizabeth is catching on to this game...She doesn't take off the clothes yet, but she hightails it down the hallway as fast as she can and tries to climb in, fully clothed. 

Rub-a-dub-dub three cute grandkids in a tub!!!

When Alyssa came over on Sunday to pick up the kids, she brought over Maximus.  He is six weeks old and is the cutest, smallest kitty ever! :)  

Katherine came home for a week visit.  She came home on Wednesday and went straight to camping with friends.  After they came home on Sunday, we met at Lorenzo's for some yummy dinner.  It was fun to hang out and catch up.  Mom, Dad, Mike, Katherine, the girls and I all met there.

I was dumping my pictures on my computer and since I didn't have very much room on my computer, I was going through all of my pictures and deleting and moving them.  Merlin decided to help me.  He wanted on my lap and I told him no.  This was his compromise.  He kept inching over, closer and closer, until he was almost on my lap.  Silly kitty.  It makes it very hard to use my hand with a cat on it!

Today, we went in to the mall before McKenzie's soccer practice.  The girls wanted to go shopping and look around for a bit.  Alex has been looking at curling wands since before Christmas.  She has asked all her friends what kind they use, where they got it, how they liked it.  She has been finding out prices and where the best deal to get them is.  At the mall today, the kiosk with the curling wand had a 50% off sale and they did their hair for them.  We took our money that we had been saving for a curling wand/straightener and bought the set! :) 

Very beautiful girls!

I am not sure what the rest of our week holds.  I know I have a few things to get done.  I think mostly it will be relaxing and play it by ear. McKenzie went over to Emily's tonight to spend the night.  Alex's friend asked her to come over Wed-Sun, so we will see.  They still have soccer practice and games this week.  I hope the sun and nice weather hold out for most of the week.