Lego Night

Last friday we had a lego night

at church.

When we started planning this,

we thought it would be good if

we could get 30 kids there.

We never imagined that

there would be around 70 kids.

We figured that there was

around 100 people there.

AMAZING.

God is good.

Everyone had such a great time.

Here are some pictures from

our VERY successful lego night.

The legos the kids got to choose from.

(they each got to take one home with them.)



Caleb & Seth pick out legos to build their creations

 

All the legos the kids could build with

 

 

 

Gabe, Peter, and Logan playing with a lego train set

 

 

 

This train set was a big hit with the younger kids.

Brian & Lisa putting the track together

Seth, Caleb, & Nathan

Brian & Alyssa

All the yummy food

Deb, Lisa, and Chrisy

The legos the kids built

After they were do building legos

the kids had fun playing outside.

A big thank you to everyone who helped

make this a success.

Cheese-Stuffed Shells

This week I found this recipe

And tried it out.

It was AWESOME.

I loved it and the boys loved it.

I didn't tell them they were eating spinach

or I know they wouldn't have ate it.

I always thought stuffed shells looked good,
but I HATE  ricotta cheese and
it was in all the recipes I ever saw.

Ingredients

• 1 pound bulk sausage
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 package (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 1 package cream cheese
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 cups mozzarella, divided
• 2 cups cheddar cheese
• 1 cup 4% cottage cheese
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 24 jumbo pasta shells, cooked and drained
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce

Directions:

1. In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat ontil meat is no longer pink; drain.  Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in the spinach, cream cheese, and egg.  Add 1 cup mozzeralla cheese, cheddar cheese cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper.

2. Stuff pasta shells with sausage mixture. Arrange in baking dishes cated with cooking spray.  Spoon sauce over shells.
3. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Uncover and add remaining mozzarella.  Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until bubbly and cheese is melted.  Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Last Day of Preschool

I can't believe that Gabe is finished

preschool tomorrow

where did the year go?

On Thursday when we left

and he was getting in the truck,

he said " I can't do this".

He is really going to miss Ms Wendy

she was a great teacher for him.

I finally convinced him that

he will probably see some of his friends
next year.
It is hard to believe that both my boys
will be in school next year,
they are growing up so fast.
Gabe learned so much this year.
He is looking forward to going to
kindergarten.
He thinks when he turns 5
he will start going,
but I told him he has to wait until
 the end of August.  He doesn't believe me.

Mother's Day

This year for mothers day

we decided to do something

with our moms instead

of buying them a flower

or something.

On Saturday we took Sam's mom

to see Rio.

The boys LOVED the movie.

It was such a good kids movie.

For my mom we are going

miniture golfing,

Caleb has been asking to go for a little bit.

For Mother's Day

I got a picnic basket and

an iced tea maker.

On Mother's day we went

to Mom's for lunch,

and then took the boys fishing.

They LOVE to go down to our pond

and fish.

There were alot of fish swimming around.

We caught a few.

It was such a beautiful day

for Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day!!!





Family Fun

On Thursday Gabe's

preschool had there family fun day.

He had so much fun.

Gabe is really going to miss preschool,

hopefully he will see some of his friends

next year at school.

One of his friend will ride the bus with him,

so that is good.

I'm not sure how he is going to act on the

last day.

I think he is going to cry,

I am trying to prepare him.

Awana

Last night was the closing program

for Awana.

The boys had so much fun going

this year.

Gabe was so sad it was over.

When they were showing a slide show

of the year, he started crying and crying.

He was so upset that it was over.

I kept telling him he is going to come

back in the fall,

but that didn't help.

I think he thought he wasn't
going to see his friends next year.

Gabe's group singing a song

Gabe getting his award

Bryce

Gabe holding Bryce.  He is so proud that he can hold him.

He is so gentle while holding him.

Caleb's award he got for particapating in the awana grand prix
 



Gabe's Pictures

The other day Gabe took

my camera outside and took some pictures.

He has done this before

but they never turned out,

this time I thought some of them

were pretty good.

This one is my favorite