Super Busy Easter Weekend.

Today was the start of our Easter festivities.  It started bright and early this morning with an egg hunt at the local high school.   This was Cole's first 'real' egg hunt, for some reason we didn't go to any last year.  It was actually really nice, it wasn't very crowded and the parents all pretty much backed off and left the kids have at it.  They were split up according to ages so I stayed with Cole at the smaller field while Ryan took Logan to the older kids field.  At the 2-4 year olds field they had 2,000 eggs spread out and there might have been about 50 kids (if that) there so Cole made out pretty good.  Though he really didn't understand the point at first but once he got the hang of it he was grabbing handfuls of them to put in his basket. 

I just realized this is the only picture I got of Cole at the egg hunt.  I couldn't figure out how to snap pictures, hold a basket and point him in the right direction.

Now I feel really bad because this is the only picture I got of Logan at the egg hunt.  He's way off in the distance in the center.  He did awesome though, his basket was overflowing with eggs, so much so that Ryan said he had to stop because he couldn't fit anymore into the basket.  After the hunt we had to go and empty out the eggs to see if he got one of the prize eggs. Cole and Ryan were already in the prize line because the Easter Bunny that was walking around gave Cole a special prize ticket.  So Logan and I picked a spot out of the way and started the long process of snapping open the eggs and emptying them out.  I must say this year was a lot better, normally they don't put very good candy in the eggs, its a lot of taffy, starburst type candy which my kids don't normally like and its not even the starburst kind its the knock off kind that taste like plastic.  This year we got alot of coupons to local restaurants for kids meals and stuff.  Not just kid restaurants either, it was the nicer local steakhouse places.  My kids actually like going there but its rather pricey and we usually only get to go there once a year.  As we were going through the eggs, I dumped on into the basket thinking it was candy but when it made a funny noise I looked down and it was a green colored cube...one of the elusive prize eggs!  So we went and waited in line...I wasnt' sure how they were giving out prizes because there were an awful lot of people waiting and alot of little things being given out, books, stuffed animals that kind of stuff.  Not to sound ungrateful or anything the books would have been fine we love books here but I was praying it was not another stuffed animal...I swear those things breed, we have a million of them.   So we finally get up to the table and they start making a big deal when Logan says he has a green cube.  Then they pull this out of  a box behind them....

It is the Toy Story 3 in 1 playset. He was pretty excited about it and I was too, I almost got it for him for Christmas, so glad I didn't now!   After he won that he got to get his picture taken with the Easter bunny because he won it.  I wish I would have gotten a picture of that too but I just wasn't thinking. 

After we left there, we went home for a little while and then headed to my fil's house for Easter dinner there with my sil her family, fil, his wife, her son and parents and fils parents.  I have more pictures and stories from that but I think I will save them for a later day, I don't want to overwhelm you with pictures all at once ;) 

On the knitting front I'm having major issues.  I was working on my monkey socks the other day and my yarn would not come out of my center pull ball anymore.  It kept getting hung up and snagged on itsself.   So I had the bright idea to rewind it from the outside well that just made an even bigger mess.  So right now its in a time out.  Last night I started working on my Multnomah and I ended up having the same issue with that.  I'm almost finished with the shawl and want to get it DONE.  So I started rewinding that from the outside too and made another HUGE mess.  I tried for about an hour or more to get it fixed to no avail.  I ended up having to cut it and rejoin it to the non messed up ball.  I have no idea whats going on.  Any ideas?  Could it be my winder or just something that I'm doing wrong in the winding process? I didn't get the chickens finished for the boys baskets.  I have one almost done but there is no way I'm going to get the other one done and in the basket for tomorrow, maybe I'll give one to Cole and make Logans later I don't know...
I'm just not feeling the knitting love right now.  I'm at a loss as what to work on, I'm not finding anything that I really really want to make.  I need to find some things soon so I can take a shopping list along to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival!!

Well we have another busy day tomorrow, Easter with my family and visiting with more of Ryan's!

Crazy Week

Things have been crazy around here this past week.  As I mentioned yesterday there was a family medical emergency and I've sort of been tied up with that.  I don't want to go into it all online but just know that the person is OK and doing better.

On top of and because of all of that Cole and I have been spending the week with my mom...let's just say I am so glad tomorrow is Friday!!  Not that I mind or anything but I just need to get back to some sort of normal routine around here.  My house is a wreck, laundry is piled to the ceiling and I need groceries badly!

The bed situation is still working out nicely, though Cole is still sleeping in the big bed and Logan in the small one.  Whatever works.  Though there are some mornings I go into to get them up and they are both sleeping in the big bed, its cute :) 

During last weeks madness, I went with friends from knitting group to get this The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Two-Disc Special Edition) at midnight Friday nigt/saturday morning.  I wasn't going to go because I was exhausted but I ended up caving and going.  OMG! it was so much fun!!  My friend called the store while we were at knitting to see if people were lining up yet, this was around 8:30, the worker said yes.  Well, we thought there were all kinds of people there so we rushed over to the store.  We get there and there were only TWO people in line!!  So we hoped in line and were #3 & #4.  Another friend from knitting came over a little while later,  another showed up awhile after that to make fun of us.  THEN the prizes came out, that convinced the friend that was there to make fun to stick around and actually get the movie.  The first 24 people in line got an aluminum Team Edward water bottle and than when we were checking out the first 100 got a pack with postcards, some other cards, tatoos and stickers.  It made me feel old and like a dork but it was still so much fun.  After a long week it was just what I needed, a night out with my girls just being silly. I wanted to get pictures to share but forgot about it while I was actually there. 

I've finally picked some of my knitting up again.  I've made some more progress with my monkey sock, I have two more rounds of the lace pattern then its onto the heel.  I can't wait to finally get one done!  I've also started working on these cute little chickens for the boys Easter baskets.  I'm hoping to have them done tomorrow night at knitting, I need a little help with the feet and I have to get some fiber fill for them.  I'll post pics when they are done. 

I think that's about it for now.  I need to get to writing some letters!

Where did the weekend go???

I can't believe its Sunday already...why does the weekend fly by in the blink of an eye but the week drags on and on and on....

It was a semi eventful weekend...well  I guess not really eventful but...well let's just say I didn't want to be here this weekend. 

As those of you who know us know, we have 8 million chickens...ok not really 8 million but it seems like it sometimes.  I honestly don't know how many we have because I refuse to have anything to do with them.  Ryan thinks we have somewhere around 50 +.  Anyway Ryan has been saying for awhile now he would like to....kill some of them so we have chicken to eat.  We had tried finding some places that would process them but couldn't find any locally enough.  He had mentioned something to his dad at one point or another and he said he'd help him do it himself.  So, can you tell yet what was going on at my house this weekend???  Yeah.  Blah. I don't know why it bothers me so much.  It just does, I guess because the chicken I buy at the grocery store, I never see out in the field eating and 'know' them.  Though from what I've been reading I'd rather eat my chickens than the one at the grocery store.  I just watched an Oprah epidsode the other day when she was discussing the movie Food, Inc. Its sad how those chickens are raised.  At least mine had a decent chicken life, they knew the sun and they lived a lot longer then they normally would have.  Now to just get up enough courage to cook them....

 So bright and early Saturday morning I left with my mom and the boys' for a day long shopping trip.  I was pretty excited about it even though it was going to be more of a window shopping day for me.  But it would be nice to go and be out all day.  First we went to Toys R Us so my mom could get a new booster seat for Logan, then we headed over to the mall to get Logan a new bookbag because his broke.  We no sooner stepped foot into the mall and Logan starts complaining that his ear hurts.  He was in full out tears until we walked halfway down the mall.  We left there and grabbed lunch and medicine for Logan and headed to my moms house for the afternoon.  I had to make a quick detour to my house to grab my knitting though.  I had never been so afraid to go to my own house.  I had all of these terrible horror movie images in my head.  I'm not really sure what I thought they would be doing.  It really wasn't that bad though.  When we pulled in they were plucking feathers over a garbage can but it didn't really bother me.  I didn't see any blood or guts so all was good. 

I would like to spend an afternoon every week at my moms house from now on.  Do you know how nice it is to be able to sit back, knit and watch a movie?  How comes my kids are not up my butt there?  I guess its always more fun at Grandmas...While there I finally got to watch The Time Traveler's Wife.  It was OK.  I couldn't pay complete attention to it with the kids there but I think the book was better.  Its been awhile since I read it but it seemed like they left alot out. 

While there I started on a new knitting project.   I decided to finally make a pair of socks.  A friend of mine from my knit group picked me up a pair of addi 8" circular needles.  They are so friggin cute!!  They were a little weird at first but I love them, so much easier than messing with dpn's.  For my first pair of socks I decided to make monkey socks from knitty.  So far so good, my only complaint is when I'm not working on them, my stitches come off the needles.  I'm using Dream in Color Smooshy Sock Yarn - Lunar Zazzle.  Its not a color I would normally pick but I'm really liking it.  I'm also almost ready to start the border on my Multnomah shawl.  I'm trying to decide if I want to make it bigger than the pattern calls for and I think I am.  I have a huge ball of the yarn left so why not. 

So that was about it for our weekend.  Today was just a lazy day at home while Ryan took care of more chickens.  I now have 8 fresh chickens in my freezer.  At least I know what to scratch off my grocery list!  I think he'd kill me if I walked in with a grocery store chicken!! 

Finally, an intro....

:::sigh:::


Today was our second snow day. Its not so 'fun' anymore. I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. I can't stand sitting at home. Don't get me wrong there are a million things I should have been doing today but I just didn't feel like doing any of them.

We really didn't even do anything 'fun'. Honestly it seemed like all I got done doing today was preparing meals, washing dishes, preparing meals, washing dishes, preparing meals...you get the picture. It seems like all we get done doing is EATING!

I guess I never really gave those of you who don't already know us (if there are any) any background info on us.


My name is Kim and I've been married to Ryan for the past 8 years, though we've been together since I was 16 and him 17. Crazy, huh? Yeah I know. Though I can't imagine being married to anyone else..well, maybe Kenny Chesney but well yeah don't think that's gonna happen. ;) (Kenny, if you're out there, call me ;))

We have two boys. First there is Logan, the 6 year old. He just started Kindergarten and he loves it. Thankfully. He just got put in all day school after Christmas break. I was a little mad at first and worried. But he seems to be doing well now. Though I didn't think he was doing all that bad before, I think they expect SO much out of kids now at such a younger age. But whatever that's a post for a different day....he's my laid back kid, doesn't really let anything bother him. He can be silly and crazy and totally not as quiet/shy as his dad and I can be. Not really sure where he gets his outgoing nature from. He loves spongebob, icarly and video games.

Finally there is Cole, the 2 year old. Oh boy...where do I start with Cole? He is completely the opposite from Logan in every way. While Logan was the easiest baby & toddler in the world Cole is/was not. He is a crazy, wild BOY. He's full of energy and is usually running wild through the house or jumping off the couch. Cole is also a total mommy's boy he can't stay away from me. He loves Spongebob, dinos and any kind of heavy equipment/tractors.


We have a crazy house full here. I think though we are finished having anymore kids. I think one more would send me over the edge. Along with the people in the house we also have two dogs, Mac, who is SUPPOSED to be an American Bulldog/Hounddog mix I don't really think he is. He's basically just a ginourmous dog.



Then there is Ryan and I's first baby, Buddy, he's our daschund, we got him before we were married and he's spoiled rotten.




Then Billy, the cat. He is Logan's cat and he is the weirdest, friendliest cat I have ever had. Normal cats run and hide from kids no matter how long they have been around them (at least all of mine did!) not Bill. HE comes looking for the kids. He even lets Cole hold him. Crazy cat.


Whenever I have spare time (ha!) I like to read though I haven't been reading anything lately. Though I do love the Sookie Stackhouse series and Twilight ;) I also really like to knit. I was on a knitting 'break' because I just couldn't get into anything I was making. Now though I can't knit enough and its sort of hard to do when a 2 year old feels the need to walk off with the ball of yarn attached to my project. During this fabulous snow break I finally got my "Bella's Mittens" done. I love, love, love them! Its a pattern I found on Ravelry that is a take off of a pair of mittens the character Bella wears in the movie Twilight and I saw a glimpse of them in New Moon as well.

I hope to use this blog to 'show off' some of my finished projects, maybe that will help me get more things finished!