Sunday, March 23, 2008

Castlegate Easter Egg hunt...









The boys and a neighbor all went to the neighborhood Easter Egg hunt last week. They had a great time eating snowcones. Sammy wasn't to happy to meet the Easter bunny though!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

George Bush Presidential Library Annual Easter Egg Hunt





Hard to get one good picture of 4 squirmy worms!





Jail Break....

Karsten is our 4th boy to live in and chew on this crib!
Wow, who would have thought when we bought it in Kansas in 2000.
I'd like to speak with the warden. I have rights!
I'll just chew my way out of here.
Sammy, get me outta here, I'm innocent!
Me trying to escape? No way.

Sleeping Karsten...




So sweet...Fast asleep on Daddy

Etsy

Some of you might noice the link to the left that says ETSY. For those of you who don't know, ETSY is an online store of sorts where people sell their handmade items. Its a great alternative to Ebay. I had a friend encourage me to open up my own shop on Etsy. My store name is Grantzie Pantz. You can reach it directly by going to www.GrantziePantz.etsy.com, or you can view what I have for sale by the pictures to the left of our blog. She has had great success and I'm hoping I will too. I was able to sell the cowboy outfit that Karsten modeled last week (on ebay). I've been invited to several design groups for launches this spring, so hopefully that will work out! You can really waste a lot of hours on Etsy seeing all the neat things people have created. Check it out (and if you see something you like, email me--and I just might be able to make it for you! LOL!)

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Cowboy Karsten

Howdy pardner!
Check me out riding the Texas bucking chair, woo, there goes my sombrero.
I gotta ride it for 8 seconds.
Yessir, in Texas we all dress like this.
OK, I don't want to be a cowboy anymore.
What happended to my cowboy boots?
The cowboy life ain't easy
Mommy can I get out now?

Thursday, March 6, 2008

The Museum



Luke and Grant have been playing in the empty lot next to our house since we moved here. They and their friends have collected wood, scrap lumber and rocks from the "forrest" and built what they call the "museum" right next to our driveway. We started with 4 connected empty lots and the boys had trails running through the trees and bushes where all types of adventures occur. It's great fun to get the boys away from the computer and TV and watch them exploring, building and organizing & bulldozing. They will work out there for hours and I can sit in the garage and sip a beer (assuming it's 12:00 o'clock...somewhere!) and watch them. A few days ago the bulldozers showed up and leveled the 2 farthest lots so we think that the museum's days are numbered. Maybe some nice kids will move in next door.