Sad.....

It was brought to my attention that someone has taken over my Meet Me On Monday meme!! I was very sadden to hear this as I was never asked or told about this until after the fact. I worked really hard to establish that meme and for someone to take it over like that is very disheartening to me. I started the meme in June 2010!!!  Almost 2 years ago!!
Now that I am starting it back up again this person has decided to keep it going but changing it just a bit....and I mean bit as it is almost exactly the way I host it. All my hard work and efforts all for someone else to take it over. I hope that you will remember this and link up on the "original" Meet Me On Monday starting this Sunday night!

We have not heard back about the house yet and Wednesday it will be 1 week! That is really poor communication and we can't believe we haven't heard anything yet! I know no news is good news but its driving us crazy!!

I hope everyone had a nice Easter! Mine was really nice! Here are some picture of the boys!! They could not find their Easter baskets again and the Easter bunny hid them really quick on Saturday night because she was tired! Grande's was on the washer behind the shoe basket, Tall's was in the bathroom cabinet under a hand towel (they looked there at least 4 times and didn't see it!)...and Short's was in Venti's old room in a box! hehe....I finally had to give them hints while not being obvious as Short still believes in the Easter Bunny!

Happy Tuesday!!

New and REVISED!! Over 40 List!!

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Today is Venti's birthday!! Happy 24th Birthday Venti!!

Counter

The builder did not accept our offer but did counter and now we have gone back and forth 3 times! It is now down to a difference of $2500 and it's in their hands. Last night we submitted our final offer but they don't seem like they are willing to budge. I am waiting patiently to hear back but I have a feeling that it will not be in our favor.

I came home from work yesterday to a beautiful bouquet of flowers..."just because"....made my day!!

Short has a half day today and is going home to a friends house and then he has off tomorrow and Monday. Grande and Tall come home tomorrow. They told us yesterday that we could work tomorrow 8:15am-12pm and still get paid for the full day! I am so excited because I still have to get all my Easter basket goodies for the boys!!

Enjoy your day!!

What's been going on......

Whew....thing are hopefully settling down for me!   Taxes are done....Venti, Tall and Shorts birthday's....done...our Anniversary done...Easter....done....now its smoothing sailing until our vacation in June and Grande's birthday in July!  Maybe now I can get back to some regular blogging!!

In case you missed my last update and want to catch up, start here.

My job is going well.  The other girl that I started with that doesn't like it and is looking for another job is still there.  I'm hoping she sticks around but if not I'll be fine without her!  I have the job pretty much down pack now so its much easier and I feel like I know what I'm doing!

I did end up getting my period but it was really light and only lasted 2 days which is kinda strange but I'm gonna guess that the vasectomy did work and I'm not pregnant.  I was nauseous the other day after lunch and my boobs feel heavier but I just find it very hard to believe that after all these years it stopped working.  It has to be something to do with the beginning of menopause and just leave it at that.

Short just had a birthday and turned 11!  We look him bowling which we haven't gone in years and everyone had a blast.  I couldn't believe how many muscles you use when you bowl because when I got up the next day I could really feel it!

His birthday choice was orange sherbert!  He didn't want cake!

He got an Ipod Touch which he was thrilled with!

Tall and his girlfriend at the bowling alley.

Short and his friend.

Tall is going to the prom with his girlfriend next Friday.  We just ordered his tux and the flowers.  I'll be sure to post lots of pictures!!

I hope everyone has a nice Easter.  Mine was okay.  If you remember me saying that when Venti moved out to Chicago that we could communicate via Skype.  We did Skype on Short's birthday and it was awesome!  That was on the 20th....well ever since then we were saying that I would bring my laptop to my parents house to Skype on Easter with Venti and Mocha and that way everyone could say hello and "see" each other.  Venti said that was a great idea.  Well Easter morning he text me to say Happy Easter and I text back saying the same and to let me know what time he wanted to Skype.  He wrote back saying they were going to Mocha's sister's husbands house for dinner and they would be eating at 2pm and that he would let me know.  So I took my laptop to my parents house, hook it all up..connected the internet and waited..and waited.
Finally at 5:15pm when I didn't hear from him yet and my one sister and her family were leaving, I text Venti and asked him what time did he want to skype because people were starting to go home....he never text me back until 5:30pm and said that they just got done eating (even though he said earlier they were eating at 2pm) and that he wouldn't be able to skype and that maybe we could do it next weekend!  I couldn't believe it!  Like everyone was going to come back next weekend just to skype!  He didn't call all day or did he call his Grandparents.  If you remember from Christmas and the incident that happened that day you would think he wouldn't have pulled another one this holiday!  Sigh...

Tall and his Girlfriend helped Short dip Easter Eggs!

Easter Morning!

Tall finds out this week his SAT scores which will determine if he gets into the college he wants to go to...the one that Grande already got accepted to.  I'm crossing my fingers!

So that's whats been happening in my neck of the woods!  

The Basket Search

First of all I did NOT hid my kids Easter Baskets in the car and they did NOT search forever for them!

Also I did NOT tell them they had to find 20 eggs each when it was actually 16 each...I did NOT count them wrong!

It was all the Easter Bunnies fault!

This is how it all began:

As the boys get older the Easter Bunny has a harder time finding good hiding spots for the boys baskets.  The Bunny has hid them since they were little and will hide them as long as they are getting a basket in this house!  We have lived in this house for 17 years so the Bunny is running out of really good hiding spots.

Every year Tall gets discouraged.  Saying that his is always hid the hardest.  Its not...but he seems to think so!

Last year his was hidden amongst the food in our pantry:

So this year the bunny really had a tough time on thinking where would some good spots be?

I was talking to my Mom on Saturday and telling her the bunnies dilemma.

Her suggestion was...

Hide them in the car!

Perfect!

The boys know that their baskets are only hidden on the first floor...and the garage is still on the first floor....right??

So this is where the bunny put them:

In the car!

First came the egg hunt.  They boys each had 20 eggs to find.

After about half hour there was still 15 eggs not found!!

Turns out the bunny counted wrong and they were supposed to find 16 each....oops!!

After this half hour of egg searching, I said...ok...now go find your baskets!!

"Baskets?"

"Yes....baskets!!"

"But we searched the whole first floor for a 1/2 hour looking for the eggs....and we didn't see any baskets!"

"Well you better search again cause the Bunny said they are on the first floor!!"

So they searched..

And searched...

And searched...

And no baskets could be found.

Tall sat down on the couch and said "I'm happy with my eggs...I don't need any basket!"

Venti walks by and says, "This is an outrage!"as he smiles..

I said well they are here...so keep searching!

After another 20 minutes, Venti wanders out to the garage and returns with his basket!!

The other boys didn't see him go out there and couldn't believe he found his!

I said, "keep looking...Venti found his!"

Finally Grande says, "In the garage!"

Off he runs...Tall and Short right behind him.

And the baskets were found!

The Easter Bunny

How much easier it was to be the Easter Bunny to my boys when they were younger!   The Easter Bunny could fill those baskets and squeals of delight could be heard all around.  Eagerly digging to the bottom...opening plastic eggs and yelling "yeah" each time!   Those were the days!  I miss those days.   The Easter Bunny of this house now has to re-think the way he fills those very same baskets as those little boys are now big boys and wouldn't think much of a lollipop shaped like a chicken!

How the Easter Bunny came to realize that times have changed is when he went searching through the house for the baskets so they could filled again this year and found this:

This is the remnants of Tall's basket from LAST year!  Upon further searching I found Venti & Grande's bucket with lots of remaining candy in it too!   Gummy Bears?  Who wastes Gummy Bears?? 
Short's basket has long been devoured and gone!

So this year I took a different approached....I sent the 3 older boys a text asking them to send me a list of 5 things that they want the Easter Bunny to put into their baskets.  Short decided he needed to send the Easter Bunny a list too!

Venti's (remember..he's in college) list:

1. Chap Stick
2. Deodorant
3. Body Wash
4. Socks
5. Dark Chocolate

In an Easter Basket???   I did see one kind of candy...but I couldn't believe the things he wrote!   My little boy has truly grown up if the things he wants in his Easter Basket are clearly necessities!  Part of me was sad to see this and part of me chuckled!   Guess those things won't go to waste!

Grande's list:

1. Nerd's Rope (and only with the red wrapper because they are fresher)(he seriously wrote that)
2. Tic Tacs
3. Orbit Spearmint Gum
4. Skittles (I threw out 2 bags from his last year's basket and yet he wants more!)
5. Deodorant (I'm starting to see a pattern)

Tall's list:

1. Starburst Sour Gummies (look at all the Starburst Sour Gummies he didn't eat from last year!)
2. Trolli Worms
3. Reese's Sticks (can't find these anywhere!!)
4. Deodorant (do my boys all stink??)
5. Trident Layers Gum

Short's list:

1. Push Pops
2. Tootsie Pop Candy (without the sticks...can't find these either)
3. Trident Layers Gum
4. Tic Tacs
5. Club Penguin Cards (forget it...there are already 100 of these lying around his room)

My thinking was that if they gave me a list with specific things then it would not go to waste!  We will see in a couple of months if this works or not!  Having lists is also more difficult because then I had to search for each of these things which was not an easy task!  I put in some surprises too!

I found some Easter Bunny pictures that I wanted to share.

This one was when Tall was just a week old!

Venti, Grande & Tall

 Short was only a couple of days old!

Short was just 1 year old and super cute!

This was the last year all 4 got their picture with the Easter Bunny.....sniff...sniff

This will be the last year that Venti will be living here....I don't even want to think about it because I'll start to tear up.  Why can't time just stand still??