Current Events!

Remember that class?! That was terrible. Sorry for any of my friends that teach that class...or for those of you who enjoyed it as a student... AT ANY RATE... to keep you updated, here's the latest! Again with the food. At almost 5 months old I guess there's just not more you're into, sleeping and eating. She laughs alot now, and has kinda let go of her crying-when-its-not-mom-holding-me stage, which is nice. But she can sure pound the food (just ask her thighs!!)



And I think since the boys are constantly running circles around her, she is trying to quickly learn how to keep up! She is way faster then this video shows now, cause this was last week... Baby girl growin up!

Joe Thomas

Now that is one funny guy. If you dont know, that's Ryan's dad, and somehow in his crazy busy days he finds time to send me some forwards....inspirational, political, humerous are usually the topics... today he sends me this, and I laughed out loud in a few parts. I don't think I've ever shared any of them with you all, so here it goes. Know that Ryan and I or our marriage are NOTHING like this. ? haha Enjoy some Joe humor!

MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE


NICKNAMES

If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other
Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to
each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.



EATING OUT

When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20,
even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything
smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.



MONEY

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on
sale.



BATHROOMS

A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste,
shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.
A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.



ARGUMENTS

A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.



FUTURE

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.



SUCCESS

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can
spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.



MARRIAGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.



DRESSING UP

A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the
trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.



NATURAL

Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.



OFFSPRING


Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows
about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite
foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

The Barricklows......

Josh, Erin and Renae went home yesterday. It was sad...but I'm pretty sure they were ready to get back to their quiet home with only one kid....especially Josh. hahaa. Anyhoo, we had LOADS of fun while they were here, pretty much tried to jam as much as possible in 11 days. Here's a quick recap of our time together:

-small group 2x
-dinners with friends
-Easter Sunday with our respective families
-awesome Easter basket gifts for the kids!
-Josh's grandpa's funeral in Ohio
-Park trips
-Clue, book it, and 3 puzzles
-reformatting our computer (YES - thank you JOSH!! and Nate E)
-LOTS of desserts
-more Barricklow family visits
-eating some GREAT food
-time with our fam who lives far away
-NCAA basketball games - Josh won the bracket in our group! (pretty sure I was last)

For the most part the kids did ok and the girls got to share a room since they're both sleeping thru the night. Which was nice cause then we didn't have to have a babe in our room or theirs. At times it was hard to tell which one was crying when they were taking naps, but we figured it out. I also have NEVER mixed up the boys' names as many times as I have Sydney's and Renae's. TERRIBLE!!! Got to be kinda a joke though, cause all of us were doing it. ha

SO. below for your viewing pleasure is just a snipit of our fun, as we took well over 600 pictures/videos of the action. (many have since been deleted by Ry) Maybe we were a bit crazy with the cam, but when your kids are cute.... =) This slideshow is looooooong, enjoy!

Easter Eggs!

Here's a little egg hunt fun from a few days ago. Grandpa Joe does a pretty dang good job hiding things, and I'm sure he's ready to bring on more challenging hiding spots as the boys get older... I thought it would be fun to watch a little big of last year's action to see how much they've grown in 12 months. They were a LOT slower (funny I didn't think so at the time), but they still totally have the same mannerisms...like Ethan swinging his arm like that when he runs. Funny! Anyhoo, CLICK HERE if you'd like to preview Easter's Past, and then grab your popcorn for Easter Part 2 below!


Ok so I just watched it and decided I had to add a few comments since I haden't watched it before just now. Pretty much it's windy and you can't really hear them talking. Darn it! And both of the video's are kinda boring, so you'll just have to take my word for it when I say it was pretty fun! haha. And Susie put an m&m in each of the eggs so they made noise, and once Garrett discovered that, all he wanted to do is just open ALL his eggs to get the candy. And then Ethan continued to give his eggs to G, so G pretty much ate all the candy and Ethan ran around. hahahaaaa. All in all it was a great easter once again. Great family fun, but more importantly it's a great chance to remember what Christ did for each of us on the cross. As the kids get older we look forward to time when we can teach them the true meaning of that day. =)

The reunion. =)