2.24.2009

I participated in a fun Valentine's Day goodie basket exchange with my cousin and her friends this year...and was talking to a friend yesterday and mentioned that I'd love to do something like that locally, and she said I should do one for St. Patrick's Day instead of waiting until next Valentine's Day. What a good idea! St. Patty's Day is a small enough holiday that it doesn't take too much preparation to make it fun for your family...and probably just gets totally overlooked by most of us! (Being that we don't really like to drink green beer...or any beer for that matter!)

So...with St. Patrick's Day being 3 weeks away (as of tomorrow) I thought I'd put this little idea into your heads and see who would be interested in doing a swap with me? Here are the rules:

  1. Put together a fun gift box/bag/basket/etc. full of St. Patrick's Day themed goodies (i.e. decorations, traditions, recipes, games, etc.)
  2. Don't spend more than $20
  3. Deliver it to your person within a week of St. Patty's Day
  4. HAVE FUN!

If you're interested in participating (and remember we're keeping this local (FV/HB) sorry out-of-state friend/family!) then leave a comment on this post, or email me at sharibeth78 AT hotmail DOT com by March 3rd - NEXT TUESDAY.

I hope to hear back from a lot of you...it will be really fun!

2.18.2009

A missionary, grandparents and lots of Guitar Hero!


Our nephew Michael just returned from his mission to the Phillipines (Bacolad) about 2 weeks ago! We all went up to meet him at LAX and it was so good to see him again! That night, after he was released, everyone came over to our house for games and visiting...and GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR! I'm not sure if this was the type of activity Michael was expecting to be doing just hours after returning home from his mission or not...but it was fun! Everyone got a turn...here's Joshy...

...and even Grama gave it a shot!

We also played alot of this game called "Killer Bunnies" -- can you guess who this is?

We had so much fun seeing everyone and loved having Grama and Grampa Hanson and Aunt Heather stay at our house. Here is a sweet picture of my boys with their grandparents:
WE LOVE YOU!

2.16.2009

brusha, brusha, brusha...

I love that this kid already loves to brush his teeth...isn't he such a cutie pie??