A little Of This and That

A cute picture of Hudson~such a cutie!

We had a cat-for like 2 days and then we found the owner:) the kids were sad

might have to get another one:)

I started on my yellow craft project:)

And here they sit-I'll post them when I get them hung.

They are paper lanterns for Katiera's room.

Game night-Uno

lots of fun:)

Max and Kam enjoying the sunny warm weather we had for a couple days

Max~self portrait;)

Kam helping out with some baking:)

So thats a little of what we've been up to

Just a little:)

A Little Easier

Really quick update:)

Friday nights game was once again Pictionary-kids edition this time, making it easier for the kids.

Tiera giving a thumbs up on this game night snack:)

I made these Peanut Butter Bars they were a hit!!

If you want the recipe I will be posting it over at The Peppered Pantry either Sunday or Monday morning. Also if you haven't been by you should!! :) Just click on the link above or the button on the upper right hand side of this blog. We now have printable recipes too, makes it easier for everyone to send them to the printer.

Anywhoo, shall we get back to the game night;)

Shane approves!

Tiera drawing the word "teddy bear"

Pretty good hey?!

Shane on the same word. He did a good drawing too but I was on Tiera's team and didn't want to miss out on guessing!

The boys team game piece:)

They won....again....I was really tired though!!

Another Go at Monopoly

The kids chose to play Monopoly again and they did really well. It was cool to see them enjoying them selves and learning at the same time:) It funny how the game is so different every time you play it- this time Bruce wasn't doing very well and Shane was buying up properties like crazy! Tiera and I held our own though:)

Tiera looking pretty pleased with her purchases:)

Shane- notice how he has all his little toys;)

Tiera had to pretty much climb on the table each time she had a turn.

She didn't want anybody to move for her!

Here's Shane- the winner!

Yay for him!

Game Night X 2

Last night it was Go for Broke- basically you try to spend all your money before anybody else does. Sounds easy but it's actually kinda hard! Last Friday we played Cranium Cadoo, it was alot of fun- playing with clay, drawing, picture puzzles and acting.

This was our snack for last nights game- apples and caramel-peanut butter dip and cheesecake dip- just added cheesecake pudding to cool whip. So yummy:)

Shane on one of his turns.

Shane and Katiera at the casino;)

Good way to get rid of some cash hey?!?!

Shane likes to use his Lego guy's for his game piece:)

Cranium Cadoo!

Got this game from Lily:)

The kids loved this game- very hands on!

Katiera drawing for the rest of us.

Shane acting out his card- can you guess what it was?!!? ;)

Fun Fun!!!

Pictionary-Game Night

Katiera's Pick

Can you blame her? Perfect for a family who loves to draw, hey?

"Boys against Girls"

Towards the middle we came up with "skip the green," since the difficult category proved a challenge to find one that the kids could draw...or guess!

Let the graphite dust cool..... Boys Win!!!!!

another fun Friday.

Ponopoly???

Last night, after a delicious pizza dinner, we treated ourselves to chocolate fondue!! Then, finished of the night (...and a teensy little bit of the morning) playing Ponopoly with the two older kids. It was a fun evening at home:) We are thinking of making it a Friday night tradition! By the way, those who are wondering... Ponopoly is what Katiera thought it was called... so, by woopsy intervention, Ponopoly was born in OUR home!! ;)

mmmmmmmm! Kamdyn's first go at fondue... LOVED it!!!

Here we have our platter of dippables! And a very pleased

Shane... Two graham cracker clutching thumbs up!

Getting set up. I told the kids before we got into it that this game really is about luck. It depends on what you roll and what you buy that decides how you do....

Katiera's first first purchase... of many.... This real estate mogul dominated the Ponopoly board!

SEE!?

Shane, not being so lucky... here, paying Katiera for landing on one of her properties...

I guess Bruce was her collections agency since he sat between them?

Shane, hopeful to land on his Electric Company, since Katiera owned the rest of that street!

Katiera's Hotels.

And Shane's Lego jailer guy.

Giddy! As she rakes in another property rental!

Not so giddy. 12:30 a.m. Some properties in foreclosure.... and living paycheck to paycheck! :)

All in all, a great time! The kids are looking forward to playing it again. So are we! How come we didn't know they were ready for Monopoly yet? Do now!

How To Play Nerts....:)

*This is for you Kristi* ;) LOL

Everybody needs thier own deck of cards. (No 2 decks should have the same design on the back) On go each player counts out 12 cards facedown in a stack, 13th face up on stack then 4 (the cache pile) more card are laid out face up side by side to the right of the 13(the nerts pile). Aces go into the middle for everyone to play on. Cards played on the aces are in same suit, A-2-3 order. whoever finishes the stack with a king takes the pile and puts it off to the side. Anytime during play that you can play a card from your cache, you replace it from your nerts pile. When a card is played from the nerts pile either to your cache or the ace pool, the next facedown card is flipped over. In order to get rid of your nerts pile you can play onto your cache piles as in solitaire black red in the decending order, but beware you must use them from the last card laid down. At the moment that someones nertz pile is gone, they call out NERTZ!! Then each player counts what left of their nerts pile including the face up one, take that number and double it- this is your penalty number. From the ace pool all cards are seperated by their back designs and given to player of that design. This number of cards is counted and the penalty is subtracted from that amount. example: say you have seven cards left in nerts pile including face up card... double it = 14. 14 is your penalty. say from the ace pool, you got back 23 cards. subtract your penalty. 23-14. your score is 9. Obviously, if you called "nerts" you have no nerts pile, therefore you have no penalty to subtract from your ace pool cards.

Score is kept and first person to 500 (or whatever number you decide to play to) wins!

Hope this isnt too confusing to everyone. This is a lot more fun to play than it was to explain. :)

NERTS!!!

This card game is awesome fun!! It's like solitaire but with a bunch of people and it's really fast paced so fun:) You have to be able to think fast and move quick or someone might get their card down first! My family was over for my birthday perfect opportunity! Of course i have to put a picture of the cake my hubby made for me:) Deep Fried Pumpkin Cake with an Orange Cream Cheese Frosting....yum-o;) lol (thats for you Michelle!)

Pretty intense:)

Hands flying!

Lily gets pretty into games!

Apparently so do I? LOL

getting ready for another round

Fun Fun Fun:)