Spring Break is Here!

We began our first day of Spring Break with a visit to everyone's favorite pink castle in Denver--Casa Bonita! My friend Christina and two of her kids joined us in the Baller Bus, and we met up with the Wagner Family, including Tim, (you are a brave man, my friend!) The kids had a ball and somehow the adults managed to leave with our sanity in tact.

Men In Trees, Anyone?

Have you fallen into the same rut as me when it comes to reality television? It seems that reality t.v. is dominating most of my "prime time" viewing slots. I don't mind a couple of the shows, but I need something a little more "retro" to keep my mind sharp, (ha ha.) Last year I got attached to the television show on ABC called, "Men In Trees." Would never have claimed to be a fan of Anne Heche (after all, she is nuts!), however, this show has hooked me in. Its kind of like an "Into the Wild" meets "Sex in the City," although I must admit to never seeing that movie or show, respectively. ANYWAY, the show is funny and does not give me nightmares (i.e. "Law & Order," "CSI," etc. which just a few short years ago I was addicted to these shows, but they were disturbing my healthy frame of mind--totally serious about the nightmares!) The big bonus, this show is filmed on location in British Columbia and takes me back to one of the bestest times in my life when I lived in the rugged wilderness of B.C. for a summer. It is simply breathtaking. And with that said, the show is kind of like a breath of fresh air--as good as one can get from watching t.v.

Good news and bad news

Please continue to pray for our family's health. Last night Syd became very ill during the night with croup symptoms. After trying all of the home remedies, she still had 102.7 fever and difficulty breathing. Based on her fever-related seizure issues, we decided it was best to take her to the ER rather than wait until the morning. She was treated for croup (with steroids) and sent home. Our pediatrician called this morning to follow up and was kind enough to go ahead and write a prescription for Will, just in case he develops the symptoms tonight. We are all getting ready to take a nap. Whew! The good news? Because Lance and I are still recovering from our lovely stomach issues, he is not in London right now. He postponed his trip by a week. I know it can always be worse so we'll glance at the negative and focus on the positive. Thanks for your prayers!

The future's so bright...

Our poor kids have cabin fever! We have all been hit by the wacky illness bandwagon, lastly, Mom & Dad. This is yet another attempt at trying to keep the kids occupied while we try to recuperate!

Spring, we welcome you!

Thank you, Lord, for the beautiful weather the last few days. Thank you for bike rides, play grounds, swings, sidewalk chalk, and smiles. Amen.

Fun Valentine's Week

We have had a glorious week of festivities in the Baller house. Lots of Valentine surprises for the kids (well...actually, just the girls!) Katie had been begging to see the "Hannah Montana" movie, so I surprised her and we went Monday night. My friend, Sue, joined us and Katie was pretty much in awe the whole time. Don't you love those cool glasses? My first 3D movie they were paper! Here are a couple of pictures of our little rock star.
Sydney also had a fun week. I had a coupon and some "bear bucks" to spend at Build-A-Bear, so she got to go build something for her surprise. She is really into Cinderella, who has a dog named Bruno, so Syd made a Valentine dog and named it Bruno. To top it off, Lance surprised us all by bringing home some mini diamond earrings for the girls for Valentine's Day, which prompted Syd to declare that she needed to get her ears pierced "tomorrow!" So we went just this morning and got it done, she was a trooper and is loving her big girl earrings!
And just because he is so cute, I will also post a couple pix of my little man.

Space Bag, anyone?

My three year old has a fetish with the vacuum cleaner. Now after seeing the "Space Bag" commercial a few times, she is obsessed with getting one. (We like to watch PBS Sprout and they advertise the Space Bag on that channel quite often.) Just now we saw the commercial and she declared that she wants some for her birthday (8 months away,) and that she would like to try to suck all of the air bubbles out of the Space Bags all by herself with our vacuum. Strange.