Days go by...

I really have a love/hate relationship with this blogging world. I do absolutely love to visit every ones cute sites, but keeping up with our little world is sometimes impossible. I vowed to myself I was going to start doing this on a regular basis. However, I have also vowed in the last few months to walk in a 10K, and I have yet to hit the pavement. So I will quit making 77 excuses and start with the update.

Easter: Was actually one of the most successful Easter's we've ever had. Usually one child finds more eggs than the other, or the Easter Bunny leaves the wrong kind of gum. Trust me, we've had some Easter issues. This year, fabulous. We dyed over 8 Dozen eggs (I know borderline ridiculous, but the kids love it) We usually make eggs for everyone in the family. Although Tye decided to make the different NFL Teams...shocker!

The sparkle eggs, are mine...who doesn't like a little bling!

We actually went to 3 Different Easter Egg Hunts throughout the day. I'm telling you , Wisconsin can have some hoppin hunts! We came home with so many toys and candy, I could have saved the Easter Bunny some money! Luckily we have great friends to join us is these adventures.

Lexington Kentucky

A highlight of the spring was when we were able to take Tate to Lexington Kentucky. It was just Wes and I with Tate. We try every year to do a little something with each child individually and it is always worth every second. (and penny) Tate LOVES horses, and it obsessed with Horse Racing. At first, he wanted to be a jockey, but we all know that is out of the question. He then decided he wants to be a horse trainer. He literally spends hours and hours training his horses. If you ever drive past our house and see a little boy trotting around in circles, don't worry, he's just training. In fact on Wednesday I asked him to help me pick up the trash from the wind. He looked at me, dead face and said. "Don't you know what this week is like for me?" I just kind of shook my head, and thought, What? In my mind I'm thinking 2 things. 1. You have school, and baseball practice....Whoa! 2. Take a look at my calendar buddy! He then looked me straight in the eyes and said. "It's Derby Week!" Off he ran, getting his horses ready for the Kentucky Derby. (Which happens to be today, and yes we have planned a little Pizza Party for the occasion....the things you do for your children!)

We spent 5 days and 4 nights visiting every horse sanctuary you can think of.

The Thoroughbred Training Center, The Equestrian Horse Park, different horse farms, retired horse farms, you name it, we saw it! Tate was in heaven the entire time! The horse below is actually the horse they used to film the movie Sea Biscuit, his real name is Popcorn.

I Love This Picture, I would love to be in his little mind,

I can just imagine what he is dreaming about!

On the last day of the trip, he actually got to meet his "Dream Horse" Big Brown! It truly was a very magical day for him. There is nothing better in this world than to watch the little dreams of your children come true. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it!

FYI, Tate literally had me take over 450 pictures of this trip, 107 of them are of Big Brown!

Unfortunately Wes had to leave early for a business meeting in Indianapolis, but the morning he left we took take to the Keenland Horse Track, ate breakfast with the Jockey's and watched the morning horse workouts.

What was fabulous, was my Best Friend, and Sister joined us!
Luckily, she was a good sport about the whole situation, except for the breading farm we got to visit up close & Personal!
I did make it up with fancy hotel & Chocolate cake each night for dessert!























So you can't visit Kentucky without going on a horse back ride. However, if you go to the Kentucky Horse Park and get "Lips" - the horse pictured above. Ask for your money back!
It was the worst horse,

I should have known by the

stupid fly mask it had on.

Tate thought his horse looked more like a mule,
but we still had fun.

The horse parks, barns and horses
were all very beautiful. I will

definitely visit Kentucky again.

But what I will remember

the most is laughing

with my sister and

watching the dreams of this

7 year old little boy

come true!

Taylor also turned 5. (My Baby is 5, and personally I'm having some issues with it...)

We spent much of February/March celebrating her little life.

She truly is our little princess so we had a little "Princess Night" for her. We dressed her up and took her out to Dinner and then to Disney's Princesses on Ice!

Seriously, who does not love

Disney on Ice!

Even the boys enjoyed it.

It was so fun to see her so excited
as each princess came out and
did their dance.

For days later all she
would do was "Ice Skate" around
our house, asking when they are
coming back to "Isconsin".

We also had her Birthday Party. Chuck E Cheese was not really the party theme I had in mind. In fact Wes kept asking her, don't you want to do this? Don't you want to do that? But she was adamant about having her Party at good old Chuck E Cheeses!



She invited 18 little friends, and the party began.

It was actually the easiest birthday party I have ever thrown.

The most ironic part is that when Chucky came out to sing Happy Birthday, she got so scared.

She did not want one thing to do with Chucky, even if he was giving

away free tokens.

She soon cheered up...as soon as the Present Began!

She loved all the attention. On her birthday all of her family called to wish her Happy Birthday.

Every time the phone rang, she would run in and say. "It's for Me!"

This is a picture of her little cousins in Wyoming Singing to her!



My favorite part of the month was her end of year dance recital. She was so fun to watch.

During the car ride there, she kept saying..."I'm so nervous, I'm so nervous....how big is the stage...are people going to be watching me...I'm no nervous..."
She was Fabulous!

Her big part in the dance, too bad her underwear are hanging out!

Of Course, Dad brought her flowers!

Because she finished the whole year she got to go to Build a Bear and

make "Marrying" Bears as she calls them.

As for Tye:

He moved from his full leg cast to his half leg cast. He then wore a walking boot for a month. We are currently in the Physical Therapy process, 3 times a week. Six hours a week traveling back and forth to therapy. The sad part is that he is not healing as fast as we had anticipated. He lost a lot of strength and still walks with a limp, his hip is also in bad shape. But he keeps going!

He's started to ride again, but can't put his foot in the stir-ups.


He is currently
OBSESSED, OBSESSED & OBSESSED

with Turkey Hunting. He will be old enough in the fall to hunt,

so they have been leaving early in the
mornings and heading to the blind.

Twice they have called the birds into
shooting range so they better watch out in the
fall. It looks like he is following his dad's footsteps.

Wes is always busy just working and being a Dad.

We did make Davis family

history when we acutally got

kites to fly for the first time. We usually

have to tie them to the back of the 4-wheeler.

Now, if we can catch a fish sometime

during this earthy voyage,

we'll be in good shape!

As for me, I did celebrate my birthday. Wes & the kids planned a birthday party for me. For the 1st time in our marriage, Wes actually made me a cake. He called my sister for directions, but when the cake batter didn't fill the whole pan he got worried and made another mix. You can imagine, a heart cake, burnt on the sides and jiggly in the middle. Nevertheless it was one of the sweetest gifts I have ever had on my birthday!

If I ever have to load this many pictures on blogger again, I will shoot myself, this post has been disaterous...but hopefully you all enjoyed!

PS. We also got rid

of our little shetlin Pony...it was scared of adults!

It was a crazy horse anyway!

Story of my life...

The story of my life with my son Tate goes something like this....

Scene 1:

Mom: You have to do some chores before you can play

Child: Can sharpening pencils be my chore?

Mom: Nice try, but sharpening pencils is not a chore. Go clean the bathroom.

Child: I'm not cleaning the toilet, people poop in there.

Mom: Really, who do you think should clean it.

Child: Tye

Scene 2

Mom: It's time for Dinner

Child: I had 4 Ding Dongs, I'm not hungry

Mom: You ate 4 Ding Dongs?

Child: The white stuff is healthy.

Scene 3

Mom: Go take a bath.

Child: I don't want to.

Mom: Your stinky and sweaty go get in the tub.

Child: I'll just wipe my sweat on my sheets.

Anyone interested in a visit?

Scene 4

Mom: Wash your hands before you eat.

Child: Surprisingly washes his hands.

Child: Opens the drawer, sees that there are not any clean towels, comes behind me and wipes his hands on my pants, and walks away.

Mom: Speechless....

Scene 5 (Payback time)

Child: 5:45 am child is spanking mom on the bum thinking he is so funny.

Mom: Trying to pretend to still be asleep

Child: You got some junk in the trunk, giggles, and continues to spank, although this time to a little rhythm of some sort.

Mom: Decides it's payback time and let's one rip - (I normally do not admit these things, but it was so funny, right on his hand)

Child: Jumps back, can not believe what really happened, and left the room shaking his head in disbelief.

Mom: Seriously laughs out loud for 10 minutes, almost crying, it was soooo funny.

Child: Leaves mom alone for another 20 minutes.

Mom: Smiles & still continues to laugh every time I start thinking about it.

Scene 6

Picking up the kids from school.

Mom: Hi guys, how was school?

Tye: Fine, what's for Dinner.

Tate: I had to flip my card today. (It's what happens when your disrespectful, or bad at school, you go off the green card to yellow...then possible red)

Mom: Why did you have to flip your card?

Tate: I told my class how you farted on my hand and I couldn't stop making farting sounds.

Mom: Hung my head, totally humiliated, but still can not stop laughing....

Such are the stories of my life......Can't wait for Teacher Parent Conference next week!!!

Snow Fun!

A scrapbooking design by Smilebox

We had a Great Time Skiing & Tubing with the Shulz family...
Winter can be Snow Fun!!!!

While the boys are away

Last weekend Wes took the boys to Winter Scout Camp. My original plans went something like this. "While the boys were away, the girls were going to play!" However, after they came

home with the camera I think we might have got the raw end of the deal....

Waving Goodbye to chaos and hello to peace, is what I thought.....

Since Tye's wheelchair and crutches aren't 4 wheel drive, we took up a sled and Wes & Tate took turns pulling him around to all of the activities.
They ice fished, went on a scavenger hunt, did some sort of widdling badge and orienteering badge, but the one part my boys do not love to participate in, is the skits and singing....it is a very dreadful night, for them

(and for Wes - scout skits - painful!)
Notice the smiling faces below.

During all of the activities Wes did manage to snap a few great pictures,
below are my favorites from the trip.


You would think having a full leg cast would hold this boy back, but he managed a few rides down the sledding hill.

I loved this pictures of Wes & the boys...thank you to who ever took it!

As for Sissy & I, not to much to mention. We cleaned the house, danced, did the laundry, listened to Princess songs, danced, watched Barbie nutcracker more times than I want to remember, we mopped the floors and danced, made cupcakes (surprise surprise) played school and danced, read books, went to the grocery store, paid the bills, danced, organized the coat closet, and to think I was actually looking forward to it all.

(Did I mention that we danced?)

We did get to go see a play, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and went out to eat, she choose KFC - literally, KFC - it was terrible, but I smiled as she ate her mac and cheese, at least I got a break from dancing!

The majority of the time we spent getting ready for New Beginnings. We had a full dinner and a great program, with all the help from my dear friends, the night turned out fabulous!

See those fancy Puff flowers and balls - thanks to the queen of decor, my sweet Ashley, the night could not have gone better!

Note to self: next time Wes takes the boys away for the weekend, hire a housekeeper, sprain my ankle, do not attempt New Beginnings, remember to tell Taylor the DVD\CD player is broke and KFC is closed, at least take one picture (although no one wants to see a picture of me dancing around in my nightgown with a mop in my hand.) Pray for sunshine (so I have a desire to leave the house) have more candy in the house (to keep my energy level to that of a 4 year old,) and start watching "so you think you can dance" to brush up on my dance moves.

Lovely Valentines

I have never been one of those girls who have thought that a way to a women's heart is through food. But just like many other things, I was wrong. This past weekend seriously bumped me up to the next pants size.

On Friday Wes & I sneaked away for massages and breakfast at this great restaurant in Appleton called the Machine Shed, I am a Breakfast FAN, and we never get the chance. I ordered the Farmers Special, which basically included everything you can think of. Ok, it wasn't anything compared to the Gunther House in San Antonio, but much better than your IHop/Denny's ordeals.

On Saturday it was our turn to host a Dinner Group, we had a fabulous menu.

Tortilla Soup, Cheese Dip, Black Bean Salsa, a salad with some cilantro

lime dressing that I could seriously drink, and Carne Asado Tacos - with beans and rice (that I burned). To top everything off my friend (who is a master chef) made this dessert, that was a little slice of heaven - I don't even know what it is called. I'm not even a rich chocolate fan, but I might be converted. She left me a slice of pie and seriously at 5:40 am on Sunday (Valentines) I couldn't resist!

What a Breakfast! It looked so much prettier the night before - but you get the idea!

As soon as the kids woke up we made our annual Sugar cookies.

(Thank you Chris, I still use your recipe - it's the best!)

After Church our Friends joined us for a Candle Light Dinner. We ate ribeye's, parmesan potatoes, corn, pinacolada smoothies, bread and

my friend brought these brownies - they were delicious!

I also decided it was time for a little Chocolate Covered Strawberries

- with White Chocolate, my favorite!

And to top everything off, my other friend gave me this loaf of Bread, that was mostly consumed - by my husband. He even asked me if I would call her and ask her to make some more! It was so moist, unbelievable, I get hungry just thinking about it!

The last piece - trust me, there will be a battle!

I did get even more spoiled, this time not with food - but Diamonds.

He Still Loves Me!!!!!!

Wes always felt bad that he didn't pick out my first Wedding ring, so a few months ago we started looking at rings. I had found a few that I like when he pulled this ring out of the counter. He said, if you going to get a ring, then you better get a ring, and handed me this one.

(Let's just mention it's one of the few times I choose not to argue with him - instead I said, "Hope you brought your checkbook Cowboy!")

I Love, Love, Love it, (I should have let him pick out the first one!)

I am a very lucky girl, and after this weekend,

I should say I'm a very lucky chunky girl!!!!