Ok now the promised videos and pics

The New Cars Tent that gets me out of the doghouse for donating his old torn one to the salvation army.

The Moon Jump that has seen so much use in less than a week!

The Bike riding that the boys mastered! So cool....Reid is a natural and Dale is doing awesome too!

The 4 -wheelers that are now so very loved and driven often, something that makes me smile.

I've been Tagged

My neighbor tagged me and I will tag on but I only have a few bloggers to tag so I have a handicap in my tagging. None the less here are the quid-pro-ques

The Rules:

Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.

Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog.

or

Share the 5 top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list.

or

Share 5 things you never pictured being in your future when your were 25 years old.

Tag a minimum of 5, maximum of 10 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.

Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

The tagees have a choice of which they want to do.

I think I will go with the want to see or see again.

1. In the USA Niagara Falls, D.C., South Carolina, Alaska

2. In the water: The great grey whales swimming while scuba diving with my kids

3. Other places: Italy, Paris, Germany, England, Turkey and the Holy Land

4. A 50th wedding anniversary with Duke

5. See all my Children graduate high school, college, get married and be there for my grandchildren

6. A cure for Cancer

Yea somewhat general I know but hey that is how I am rolling tonight. Ok Carolyn and Erin I am tagging you!

In other news Dale and Reid have each accomplished one of their New Years Resolutions

To ride a 2 wheeled bike.

We took them up to the school for a nice FLAT, OPEN area and had Dale try first. Struggles, frustration, determination and he did it...fell a few times but got the jist of it. We asked Reid if he wanted to try and he said NO....I think because Dale had such struggles and tumbles...nothing big but they were there. We tried to prep them by saying it is a new skill, it will be hard, you will fall. So then we convince Reid to try....the kid was OFF....like he has been riding a bike for years...CRAZY. We took Grandma and Bepaw up to the school to let them show off their new skills today and they both did AWESOME..... video and pics to come soon just realized it is 7:30 and I need to prep for school, bath 3 kids, read, and get their laundry ready.....gonna be a busy 30 mins!

Smoke but no fire...no visible fire

Last night after dinner the boys were wanting a snack before bed....ok what is fast, easy, and fairly healthy....fruit...no dice both said no, crackers, NO again...Popcorn....ok...I grabbed a bag of Microwave stuff....tossed it in and hit popcorn.....ahhh the ease of it all. I go and start folding laundry....I turn to go back and get out a bowl and WOW there is smoke billowing out of the microwave....BIG TIME, I hit cancel on the microwave, left the door closed afraid of what I might find and thinking if there is a fire it will burn up its oxygen and die. Reid runs over to Duke who is wishing for death on the sofa, suffering from allergies....he rolls over and says "what?" DADDY THERE'S A FIRE...."oh" Duke rolled back over and put the pillow back on his head and went back to sleep, well if there is a fire I am not dragging HIM out! ....I tell the boys open the doors to air it out.....as we open the front door Macy is coming home from Kathys house where she was playing in a clean house to arrive here at a smoky stinky house. So I finally get to open the microwave and the entire bag is BLACK and there is no popcorn ....just black char, and WOW the smoke that was in the microwave I think was toxic and the bag I am certian would have caused cancer in california. (why is it only in Califorina?.....another blog...another day) ok so the microwave has a layer of burnt butter/oil/funk that is orange....making me question the healthyness of popcorn but alas another blog as well....

Now 24 hours later my house STILL smells like burnt popcorn, the burnt bag is outside and has been since last night so I am a little puzzled but it will pass so I hope. What happened you might be wondering. Well I grabbed an individual snack size one of the kids got for something and since it was in the regular box I just assumed....yea ass u me....dang the intelligence of it all.

Also the UPS man came and never told us. We were expecting Reids gifts from Momma Sam and Grandma and Bepaw.....out for delivery the tracking said. At dinner I saw the UPS truck pass and said "he skipped us!" Turns out he set the 2 packages in the garage and never told us. So Duke went to feed the dogs at 7:30 and said there are boxes in here. The excitement was to follow b/c not putting it all up was not an option ....I could not make him wait a whole day, bedtime could wait a bit, plus besides a little hot...they were TIRED when bedtime did come.

Happy Birthday Reid-o

We're gonna score tonight,

we're gonna score tonight.

We're gonna rock, we're gonna roll,

We're gonna bop, we're gonna bowl.

We're gonna score score score score score....TONIGHT

Name it.....name it .....come on...... Grease 2 baby


REID TURNED 5..... I am in shock of this fact but face reality mamma....Ok well for Reids birthday we went Cosmic bowling...which is bowling via black light and music....super cool. The kids and adults had a great time no tears....no issues ....that is a great 5 year old party! Reid got a strike, I did not, but I beat Duke! Dale did awesome, claims he scored 102....but I never got the visual proof..., but I do believe him, and Macy even hit a few pins Bepaw was the big winner with 169....WOW nice show of skills Bepaw.

Reid and his buddy Max

The family patriarchsNate, Reid's buddy was SO excited with his first ever bowl and he did awesome!...prior to the picture he was dancing around....it was great! Macy Bowling and yes they do make sz 7 toddler bowling shoes....good to know!

Reid had a great number of friends come wish him well and showered him with AWESOME gifts, monster trucks, remote jeeps, more trucks, more trucks, tools, trucks.... and not 1 repeat and not 1 he already had.....better to be lucky than good sometimes. You might think that is alot of trucks.....tooo many? Have you met my son Reid? That is impossible in his mind of 4 wheelers and trucks, trailers, tractors....he is in HEAVEN. Grandma and Bepaw got him a huge pop up tent ...he is thrilled b/c 2 years ago he got one and it ripped so we a year later gave it to good will....I HAVE NEVER BEEN FORGIVEN ....EVERY time and I really mean EVERY time we pass the donation center he asks can we go see if they have my tent....I did NOT want to give it away MOMMY! I want it back...PLEASE...(tears) I loved it. so now #2 is on the way to be delivered Tuesday by UPS. Momma Sam got him a Bouncy Castle...his very own....for the yard, that in the summer a pool will be at the bottom of its huge slide for more fun than he will be able to handle! Then Duke and I got him the coolest little electric 4 wheeler. It is made by razor...they make the electric scooters.....it is awesome....truly stellar. So now he can ride it any time we are out to play, since the real one requires Daddy sometimes to start it and total parent supervision....so me at home alone with the 3 of them does not work. But this does and it has rubber tires...a huge plus on our sloped cul-de-sac! He loves it, Dale loves it , Macy loves
it .....one of those GREAT GIFTS.

REID-TOPIA

Dale giving Macy a ride...when we said "Dale go slow." she said "NO GO FAST!"

He's a coooool rider...a cool cool cool cool rider.....I got Grease on the brain....

Reid told me tonight even when he is 5 he will still tell me he loves me, and still wants me to sleep with him.....he may be big but not that big. Happy Birthday buddy!

My bad...its January and I never finished December.

oh yea this is the best picture ever......see compared to them I AM normal!!!!

OOPS time flew by so fast I have not caught up yet....

The Eychner Christmas



Following Christmas day Grandma and Bepaw had grandkid pangs and took the crew from wed-Saturday....WOW such a huge treat that was. They played with Brad and Jonelle and Grandma and Bepaw. Reid came bake using many of the same gestures as his Uncle Brad...good ones I might add....yea huge shock if you know Brad...just kidding, brad and Jonelle have VERY well behaved dogs and so Reid came home trying to put sami and annie on "stay" and sami looked at his with the "you talkin'to me?" dog look, and then later Reid went out back and put his hands in his pockets and disciplined the dogs....it was brad in a mirrir....CRAZY! Grandma and Bepaw, Scott and Tanya and Brad and Jonelle with sedona and ally....two VERY well behaved dogs. Again the onslaught of great food, the second using of the good silver and pool table/ dining table combo great company, so many gifts...Then polished off the year with fabulous friends for new years. The 'rare form' that I was last new years did NOT appear this year....an event Duke was very grateful for!