Spring Is in the Air...Thank God Allergies are not yet!

I guess technically spring has been in the air ALL winter. Other than a couple of days in single digits, this winter has been pleasant. In fact, it is officially the warmest winter in DFW history! So far, our allergies have been almost non existent. I really hope it stays that way. Nothing is worse than the prolonged misery of allergy season! The weather is so nice that my garden of lettuce, onions, broccoli, and strawberries are doing fantastic. D and I have decided that the 4 zones we could never get to work must be broke. I don't really care too much though because the ones that work cover the front yard and I really do not need to use all my well water up trying to keep the backyard lush, if I am honest the front yard won't be lush either.....just less dead and bare with hopefully live trees.
We went to a baby shower last weekend for someone D works with. I really felt like the old farts since we were almost the only ones with kids except for the grandma and grandpa to be, though it was amusing to listen to those who had obviously never been around babies talk about life with them. I wish I could be a fly on the wall when they figure out how wrong they had it! Oh, newbies. They had gone all out and the house was beautifully decorated in a purple theme and they had a fantastic spread for us to eat. They even set out onesies of different sizes for us to color. It sounds like fun, but it was actually a little stressful to come up with a design to put on someone's outfit! I ended up just going for a basic spring scene and D made a pumpkin design for Halloween.

It was super cute finished.

Some people are so artistic.....not us.

My spring scene.

T is doing better in football and played quarterback this week. He completed the first pass he made! He did pretty well. I hope he gets to try quarterback some more this weekend. L is excited about her birthday coming up. She wants some friends to spend the night and to go skating. A is learning how to knit and crochet at scouts. It should be fun, They are making baby hats to donate to the crisis center. Unfortunately, C has been under the weather again. He is complaining about stomach pains again. It took almost 4 years last time for them to figure out his gall bladder needed to be removed so he is discouraged about the possibility of repeating all the tests and doctor visits again.

Working on a cute project. Look how well vinegar works on removing rust!

This use to be white vinegar. YUCK! My horseshoes look great though. I can't wait to show off the final product!

We are down to the last 10 weeks of school. YAY! Hopefully then I can sleep without dreaming of the slope intercept formula!

A loved her Hershey Kiss the size of her palm.

D made heart shaped pancakes for V day. He is so sweet!

Why even in February in TX you can't leave chocolates in your trunk!

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The Bunch Have A Hard Week

This was actually part of T's present. He had been begging D to do it.😂 It only stayed around a short while. After throwing such a fun and memorable birthday party for T at the lake with his basketball buddies, we have decided to part ways with the basketball organization. I cannot get past that evil man being anywhere near us or people I care about. I did make sure to give everyone a fair warning about the evil man and they can now hopefully make an informed decision about their level of involvement with him. I don't think T's too bothered by it. He didn't want to play this year anyways, but I had originally really wanted him to be around his friends. I am not sure what we will do instead, but I know he is happy to NOT have to run. He hates running. I am basically just feeling completely defeated. I trust no one and have a complete LACK of faith in police officers and lawyers. I know my husband is a good officer, but that's about it and the count is on until June

The Bunch Enjoy Easter

The Bunch ready to head to church to celebrate Easter. We had a wonderful Easter. The kids and I dyed eggs together. T made a fairly intricate Guns N Roses logo egg while A and I just enjoyed making pretty eggs. We have discovered that using food coloring makes for way brighter eggs than using the horrible Easter egg dye kits from the store. I participated in the egg hunt with the kids this year. It was so much fun! We laughed so hard as we all ran around trying to beat each other. Afterwards, we had our traditional egg gravy and went to church. We enjoyed a ham dinner and watched HOP. It was a great day. T worked a long time on this egg. It was by far the most intricate egg he has ever done. He did a fantastic job! T actually fell down (you can tell by grass on his knee), but he wasn't going to lose no matter what! We had so much fun and laughter! It was great!! All smiles on our way to church. It was a little early still for A. The week has been pretty good. Better than I though

The Bunch Celebrate Valentine's Day And Grandma's Birthday

Obviously, now that my kids are all pretty much grown Valentine's isn't as big of deal to them. However, in keeping with tradition, not to mention the fact T still wanted out of school for the day, we still had a mini party. I told them that this year I wasn't going to get them any candy, normally I get balloons and special treat for each of them, but this year I just wasn't feeling it so I decided I would buy them all pizza (a treat since I rarely allow pizza) and I had some little Bundt cakes to celebrate with. They all said they were fine with that. L doesn't really do sweets, A doesn't like chocolate, and T doesn't like truffles, but they all like pizza. We took the day off and fortunately didn't have any basketball related stuff. No practice, no games, a rare no basketball day. We watched a movie, played some minute to win it games, and just basically enjoyed a nice low key day. I remember the old days when they were little and we would all make

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