I know many people think video games are a bad thing and that kids spend way too much time on them. Well a few weeks ago I bought a baseball game (video game) at Blockbuster for cheap, I wasn’t sure if the kids would like it but hey it’s a game right?
Last night the hubby and SoccerBoy decided to take it out of the box and try a game. It was great hearing them laugh, soon we were all in the room laughing and watch the two of them try to figure it out.
Today, I decided I’d try my hand …read more

Over the weekend we had a great time. Why did we have a great time? The simplest answer I can come up with is because we spent time together and you know the old saying, “Family time is quality time,” I really do think someone was onto something when they came up with that. But it is true, the more time you spend with your family the more you get to know them.
Friday we all decided to hit up a brand new chinese restaurant out here, “Aikou” and I must say it was delicious. I made sure that we all …read more

It’s been a very white winter here in the Heartland. We’ve had a lot of snow (and awful ice) storms. On Friday we were supposed to get 3 inches. We got 8. Today we got another several inches which continues to blow all over the streets. We are currently under a blizzard warning, a winter storm warning, winter weather advisory, and a wind chill advisory as temps hover around 7 degrees BELOW zero. Good times.
But there is one good thing about all this snow. Sledding.
We got the kids new sleds for Christmas this year. [And then we forgot all about …read more