This Is Us

  We bought some berry bushes and planted them by our side fence. Hopefully they grow good and we can make jam from our own berries. We bought a Golden Raspberry, Red Raspberry, Blackberry, and a blueberry.

I couldn’t find any other photos from past Star Wars days. I’m missing a few years, but I did find these two from Facebook memories from 2017. The caption says: So for dessert tonight I borrowed my parents Death Star waffle maker to make brownie waffles. They are not coming out of the waffle maker very well. So instead of a Death Star brownie sundae, we will have destroyed Death Star brownie sundaes. We are such Rebels! 😂 That caption still makes me laugh! 🤣 Happy Star Wars Day!! 🛸💫

We are trying to be more organized around here. So today Melissa organized under our sink! All while having 5 kids under the age of 5! 😯 She used a Coke can box for grocery bags (looped a bag through the handles of another bag shoved it in, then looped another bag through those handles, and so on). She folded and put the paper bags on the side. Our griddle is to big to fit in any other cabinet, so it goes under the sink. Along with mugs that we take with us to the zoo and amusement parks. Hopefully it can stay organized. Well, at least for a couple months! 😂

We had a fun Star Wars day! We had a marathon of Star Wars movies... For dinner we had TIE fighter pasta (Creamy Parmesan Pasta from Land O'Lakes butter package), I used the bow tie pasta; Yoda ears (green beans); and The Millennium Falcon bread (French bread that I cut a triangle out of). Then we had Leia Buns (Cinnamon Rolls) for dessert.  

  Brichette wanted to try track, so she joined the track team at her Junior High. So far she seems to enjoy it.  Today she had a meet, so my mom and I went to watch her. I didn't get any photos of her running because it was too hard to catch her. haha!

  The carpet on our stairs was getting warn out and gross, so it was time to replace it. We went to the home improvement store and picked out a carpet that we like from the ones they had available in the store. We also got a good carpet pad and the other stuff we needed so Nick could install it. Nick did an amazing job! I am so very grateful for him and all that he can do for our family!

  Tank loves to sleep with his people. Anytime he gets a chance to, he will cuddle right up next to us. His favorite spot though is right next to you on the couch. Lydia fell asleep on the couch and tank curled right up next to her. Aren't they just so cute! That pink blanket Colleen made for Lydia when she was born, and she has slept with it ever since. It goes with her everywhere!