Time to Make the Donuts!

Last summer Porter had a donut birthday party and Krispy Kreme had donated several dozen of their reject donuts for us to use in our donut relays and other games. I have to say most of those donuts seemed perfectly fine to me and tasted quite good! Anyway we brought in a thank you note for their generosity and the owner was so excited about it that he hung the note up in the store and asked us to come back with the kids from the party so he could give them a tour of the shop.

The kids loved learning how they made the donuts. The tour lasted almost 30 minutes and Alex (the owner) kept the kids captivated the whole time. At the end they each got to choose their favorite donut to eat. Krispy Kreme's is the Best!

I didn't get to hear everything Alex was saying because I was chasing Jack around the store during the tour, but here are some fun facts about Krispy Kreme.... They use on average 30 50-pound bags of sugar each day (that's not including the amount of powdered sugar they use in the frosting)....They can make 289 dozen donuts per hour....They make between 14,000-20,000 donuts on busy days. Again, remember this is coming from the mouths of 5-8 year olds so some figures may be a little off, but who knows maybe they do know what they're talking about!

Ouch!

(Please excuse the camera man, he didn't realize he was filming this sideways. Just tilt your head to the left and you won't even notice:)!)

Megan has been wanting to get her ears pierced for awhile now. We told her she could do it when she turned 8. So the very first thing we did on her 8th birthday was get her ears pierced. We have video of her actually having it done, but it seemed way to sad to put in the blog. She didn't cry, but you can tell she's in pain. I know she doesn't seem very happy in this clip either, but she was still getting over the shock of the pain! She absolutely loves her new earings and will even let me put her hair up so others can admire.

Megan Turns 8!

We can't believe Megan turned 8! For her birthday this year the theme was "Megan's Favorite Things". We did a craft, ate pizza, and for the finale had a volcano cake! I have to say the volcano cake was the funnest cake ever! Leave it to Megan to come up with something like that!

Here we are driving to Rose City Ceramics to paint our projects. We have the Pittsburg Steelers Super Bowl song in our car and the kids wanted to sing it over and over again. It was pretty fun and luckily it was a short ride.

Zoie, Zachary (we're pretty sure Megan has a crush on this boy, but she won't admit it), Cali, Megan, Porter Y., and our Porter
One of the presents Megan got was a Snuggie! Have you seen the commercials? To her it's the best thing ever! Megan's in heaven and sleeps in it every night.

Here's the cake! It may not look very appetizing, but it was fun!

Happy Birthday, Megan! We Love You!

What Kung Fu Panda did to my Baby!

They'll love this new trick when he starts nursery next Sunday!

Porter Lost His 1st Tooth!

Porter lost his first tooth on February 23! (I know this is old news, but I'm trying to do a little catching up with this blog!) He got 4 quarters from the toothfairy. He says getting 4 quarters is better than getting a dollar bill because it's easier to split up. Porter has been wanting to buy gumballs out of a machine for months and now he had the capital. So I took him to Fred Meyer to spend his quarters. The first gumball to come out was pink....I was waiting for him to be dissapointed, but he wasn't. He got a smile on his face and said, "Megan likes pink, I'll save this one for her." Then the next two gumballs he said were for Dad and me, the last one was for him. My eyes got a little misty! My kids aren't always so nice to each other so it's always wonderful to see little glimpses of love.

Side note - My kids do earn allowance by doing chores each week so normally Porter would have money to buy a gumball or two, but early in January he broke our less-than-a-year-old 46 inch LCD TV downstairs with the Wii remote (just wait 'til you see that blog) and is now saving every penny he earns to help pay for a new one. He can only earn up to $3/week so we're only making him pay $30. Good deal if you ask us!

Sean's 40th Birthday - Rock On!

I can't believe it, Sean turned 40 this year! Luckily the week after this happened a lady working at the post office thought he was 28 or 32 at the most. This made his day and the trauma of turning 40 was gone!


Because he was turning 40 I thought I'd better do something big so I planned a Rockin' Surprise party for him. Sean loves 80's rock and so everyone dressed as an 80's rocker, sang karaoke rock songs (from the 80's, you guessed it), ate, and shared stories about Sean. The party started at 7pm and lasted until 1am! Who knew karaoke could be so much fun?!

Running With the Devil

Sharp Dressed Man