A funfilled Saturday ....

Look who came over to play at Grandma's house. I haven't been feeling very well most of the week. I got a text from Heather Saturday morning saying she was taking the kiddos to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", and wanted to know if I wanted to go with them. Well, I really wanted to see the kiddos, but was worried about sitting through a movie and not feeling all that great. I decided these moments don't come around all the time, so I was going to suck it up....oh yeah, and share my germs.....it's only fair, they share their's too. ha ha ha

It was a really cute movie, and even more fun to watch the kids....and Amy....giggle through the movie. After the movie they came over to play while they waited for Rick to get off work. Hayden's Grandma Kathy, who lives in Seattle, was in Santa Monica and wanted to visit. So, they got ready at our house and headed on up to Santa Monica. The boys built some tower thingy....yeah, that's my word for it....it was fun to watch them play together....even Zach got into it.

Hayden was very proud of his creation thingy....and wanted me to take a picture of it. So, here is Hayden's, Erick's and Zach's masterpiece.

How cute is this little girl? I really don't think this one has an ounce of testosterone in her at all. She is ALL girl. Ali put hot rollers in her hair, and she loved it.....Have I ever mentioned how much I love this little girl????? She is so stinking cute.....I just love her.

And isn't she absolutely beautiful?????

I'm so glad we got to spend a fun Saturday together.

Flattery or frustration????

They say when someone copies you it is the best form of flattery right????

Well, I'm going to jump to conclusions and assume that Amy is flattering me and not just frustrated with me. ha ha ha For those of you who know me, know I love to make cards and scrapbook....I call it playing with paper...thus the name of my blog. Well, Amy asked me a few weeks ago to make her 2 cards. I would have normally been all over that, but lately my mojo is just not there....that happens every once in a while. I told her I would make the cards, and just dropped the ball and never got them made....I'm soooooo sorry Amy....I really am.

Well, Amy needed another card for a good friend. So, this is where I'm wondering if she was flattering me, by wanting to make cards too....(the copying part)....or just plain frustrated with me (because last time I dropped the ball) These pictures are of Amy at my desk making her card herself. I was VERY proud of her and her determination to make this card. She literally spent HOURS in there creating. (If you're reading this Dave you will see just how much time and love went into that card for you.) ; )
I love you Amy and am proud of the awesome card you created all on your own.
(You'll notice her Blackberry isn't very far away as she creates. That thing is always close by.....ha ha ha ha)

Yep....more pictures with the babies....

I was feeling very grandmotherly....ha ha ha...and made some chocolate chip cookies. These were my little cookie monsters. Erick and Haylee kept sneaking cookies before dinner. Grandma caught them and captured their "sneakiness" on camera. How can you get mad when they have such cute faces while they enjoy their dastardly deed????

How cute is little Erick in this picture? You can tell that Zach wasn't feeling very good in this picture. Poor little Zach has been sick all week. He was happy though for not feeling good. He is such a good baby. Rick and Ali sure got lucky with that one....but who knows what's ahead right???? ha ha ha

Who is this stranger in this picture with me???? Well, that's my brother Dwayne. He is down visiting from Minnesota. It was good to see him. He got to see little Zach for the first time. Unfortunately, they both weren't feeling their best. (Can I just say that my smile in this picture is just plain goofy.....oh well)

Another fun time together as a family. Can't wait to do it again.

It's the little things in life that count....

Last Sunday was such a GREAT day!!!!!!!!!!!! We haven't been able to have Sunday dinners for a while because Rick's schedule had him working Sundays. Well, his schedule has changed again and he once again has Sundays off....Yippee!!!! We were lucky enough to have EVERYONE there too. It was just a wonderful day for me.

Erick and Haylee wanted to wear an apron like Grandma and be here helper, so they each got to pick one....(grandma has plenty). They were so excited that they were Grandma's helper that they wanted to take a picture of all of us in our aprons. Aren't they just adorable??? I love my little helpers.....and especially those great big smiles on their faces. At one point, Erick went into Grandpa's room and put on his work boots. It was just too cute to not get a picture of that.
The above picture is of Grandpa and the little bundles in the spa. This was Zachary's first time in the spa.....and he LOVED it. It was so cute to watch him splash the water. This is Grandpa's special time with the kiddos. He loves to go in the spa with the kids and just watch them have fun in there. (Erick had pink eye and as a result of everyone being in the water with him....they all got pink eye the next day....Grandpa said he would do it all again, it was so much fun.)


The picture below just makes me smile every time I see it. Let me set the stage for the picture here...I wasn't sure what to make and asked everyone what they wanted. I got a few different requests. So, I made 3 of them. We had homemade Lasagna, Chicken Enchiladas, and homemade Macaroni and Cheese. For dessert, I also made 2 different things. Haylee was my little helper remember, so when we went into the kitchen to serve dessert, she said, "Welcome to Best Friends Bakery." I thought that was so stinking cute. She helped Trevor and I serve the dessert and then she got down to business. She made her own menu for her "Best Friends Bakery". The picture is her menu.

She wanted to post it where everyone could see it from the dining room. I have this display of pictures with magnets facing the dining room, so that's where we put it. The thing I love the most is on the bottom of the picture frame it says, "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." Well that's how I feel about Haylee's sweet little menu, it's a little thing, but one day when she's all grown up and we look back on this day, it will be a big thing....just being together as a family is a big thing.

These sweet little moments with my family are the best.

Labor Day Weekend Fun

We hung out at Rick and Ali's on Sunday. Unfortunately Rick had to work, so we had fun with the babies. Zach is getting so big. He can crawl all over, and goes to a sitting position by himself now. Such a big boy!!! Such a cutie pie!!!

When we first got there, Zach was sound asleep. I love sleeping babies, they are just so precious.

Great Grandma Thompson and baby Zach.

Great Grandma Suppenbach and baby Zach.

It was great to be together again.

Happy Birthday Barbara!!!!

Well today marks the 82nd birthday of my dear, sweet Mother in law, Barbara. Last Saturday Rick, Ali and the kiddos and Gary and I went over for a little visit. It had been a while since she had seen the babies and with Zach crawling, she needed to see that for herself.
Last year around her birthday we took a picture of her with the great grandkids, so I thought it would be fun to take some again....well Erick had a different idea. As you can see, he was sooooo tired and NOT in the mood for Grandma's camera.

Happy Birthday Barbara. We love you!!!

Snowball Express Fun....

Rick works at the John Wayne Airport, and on Saturday American Airlines put on a really fun day for the kids whose parents have died fighting in Iraq....they called it Snowball Express. They invited all those that work at the airport and their families to join in on the fun. I was so impressed with all they did to make it a fun day for those families who have sacrificed so much for all of us. As you can see there were pony rides for the kids. Haylee and Erick both just loved it.
Look at that smile on Erick's face.....OMGosh he is so stinkin happy. He said it was like being Woody on Toy Story 2. What a funny kid.

They had a bounce house with a slide. You can see Hayden and Haylee inside on this picture. The kids probably spent the majority of their time inside the bounce house.

There was a helicopter there that they got to sit inside of.

And there was face painting. Just about everyone there had there face painted in some way. Haylee wanted a pink pony and didn't want it on her face, so she put it on her arm and we talked her into getting a pink heart on her face. Can you tell her favorite color is pink?

Here she is getting it painted on.

This was Erick the whole time we were around the clowns that were painting the faces. He was scared of the clowns.

Little Zach trying to get his hands on that watermelon. He loves watermelon Ali said.

There was tons of food there and it was all you could eat for free.

This is Hayden with the clown "Scribbles" who painted most of our faces. She was a really nice lady. She was from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She works for American Airlines during the day and is a clown on the weekends. She said when they asked her to fly down for this event, she was more than happy to do it. She said she volunteers at the Children's Hospital close by her and paints the kids faces who are terminally ill. What a big heart she had.....and so stinkin funny.

Hayden as a monster.

Ali and Zach got their faces painted too. When Scribbles was painting Zach's face, there were so many people that gathered around to watch him. He was so chill and just sat there and let her do it. He was the hit of the day. Everyone just couldn't get enough of little Zach that day.

Scribbles gave him a mirror to look at his face, all he wanted to do was look at her.

The cutest Tiger I have ever seen.

Zach just kept wanting to stare at Hayden's face. He still knew it was Hayden though.

I even got my face painted. I told her to just do whatever.....oh my....she sure did. If I had known what she was going to do, I think I would have just passed. It was a little bit more than I was comfortable with. In case you can't tell, I'm a peacock. I couldn't wait to get to it with the baby wipes.....Thanks anyways Scribbles. :D

Just before we left Haylee also got a pink pony balloon, and a pink heart balloon. I told you the girl likes pink.

Afterwards we went to Heather's place and went swimming.

I think Zach is part fish, because he LOVES the water.

At one point Erick grabbed his chair and decided he just wanted to watch.

Little Zach's shriveled up feet from the water.

Then we went up to her place and Rick and I played Wii Bowling. I had never played before. This was Zach watching us play. Just chillin.

It was a really fun day. I hope the families that were there had as much fun as we did. Thanks for taking me along Rick!!!