Valentines Day boxes

Am I evil if I admit that making Valentine's day boxes stresses me out?
I sort of hate it.
At the beginning anyway. 

Trying to decide what to do is the hardest part.
Garrett agonized over this the most this year. He knew he wanted it cool. And when he saw Owen's done, he had to make sure his was just as good.

And it was a long process getting it to that point.

 

In the end, he was pretty happy though. The light saber, a last minute addition, was what made it perfect!

Owen on the other hand was in an Egyptian phase. His interests were all about that. Every book he'd been checking out from the library was about Egypt. 

 And you may not be able to see it very well, but that is a 3-d Printed statue of the Sphinx
 (made on Dad's very own 3-D printer!)

And yes, they open. Gotta have a place to put those Valentines!

 

Finished and happy!
...until next Valentine's Day....

Pinewood Derby time!

 It's that time of year again!

  Daniel and Garrett set to work making a derby car. This year's theme?
Epic Mickey!

Garrett got pretty creative with this one.
In the video game, Mickey has a paint brush that paint the scenery for the game (blue) and Thinner he uses to erase parts of the game (green). So Garrett came up with a design where the white car had the paint and the thinner splashed on either side and the Epic Mickey ears on the front.

 

It turned out pretty good. 

 And didn't do bad in the racing category either... :)

 

 Owen can't wait until it's his turn!

When Kids Steal my Camera

I never realize the kids even had my camera until I upload all my pictures and get a whole bunch like this:

 

The cousins were here.
 

 

 

A typical view of the boys:

Great smile, Jacob.

 

 

 

 

Someday I should post all the pictures Justin takes of his shoes.
I'm always getting pictures from this angle. 

 

 

Justin's room:

 

 

 

Peace.

Nineteen Years of Wedded Bliss

October 7, 1993-October 7, 2012 (so far)
19 years!
I've been married now exactly the same amount of time I was single.
19 years! 

 

The reaction I usually get...

 

 

 

I won't tell you what he did to make me laugh this hard. 

Yeah, I like him. :)
19 years and Forever to go...

Twinsies!

Teagan and Beau. (My twin Nephews)
Don't ask me which is which. I think Beau is on the Left.
 Doesn't he have the bigger cowlick in the back?

Anyway, here they are wearing Justin's "Bean" Shirts.
Justin used to draw these BEAN characters and they were so cute.


Here's a play dough model of a Punk Rocker Bean. (2008)


And a little Devil Bean (2008)

He doesn't draw them anymore, which makes me sort of sad.

I thought he could market those t-shirts and make money. :)

Anyway, these shirts...


...used to Owen's and Garrett's shirts.
(2009)


And now they belong to Teagan and Beau.

Or is it Beau and Teagan....?

Oh and below are some other Twinsies we found wandering around the same day I took the above picture.

Awwwwww.....