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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Leaping Leap Frogs...

This is the best product I have ever purchased. Benjamin watches it over and over again.... Benjamin doesn't like to admit he knows his ABC's, but if you trick him, he gets it right, most of the time. I thought I would give it a try, so before going out and buying all of the videos, I decided to Netflix one of them and try it out because Benjamin does not like educational videos(anything that deals with A B or C). Anyway, he loves it because it is a cartoon and it is very entertaining. There are 5 DVDs included in this set. It teaches letters, numbers, phonics, silent letters, and anything else that deals with reading. It is educational and entertaining all at once. The songs are very catchy!!!

Anyway, I would suggest getting them for your 3-6 year old!!!!

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Let's Pray...

Could everyone who reads by blog, please pray for my father-in-law (Walter) and my brother-in-law (John) and Heather ( a fellow blogger). My father-in-law just found out that he has malignant melanoma on his neck and will be having surgery soon. John had a tumor in his brain, he has already surgery to remove and is doing will, but he could use a prayer to stay in remission. Heather is having surgery to remove a tumor from her brain today and could use all the prayer she can get to make the surgery go well.

So if everyone could take a moment and pray, I would greatly appreciate it!! Prayer is very powerful and does truely work!!!

Thanks!!!

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Drink of Choice...Fuze

I normally don't endorse products, but Fuze is awesome. I love it!!! Fuze has a light taste and it is not to fruity. It also suppresses your appetite and sure beats drinking soda. You need to try it. I purchase it at Sams.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

A Very Rocky Evening

What an eventful day. Griff and I both worked and came home and started our new rock border around our flower beds. Those rocks were HEAVY!!! We managed to ge the rock done in the front yard and tomorrow night we plan on getting the back flower beds done. Benjamin has been a big help by putting the rocks in the back of his John Deere motorized tractor (it's so cute to watch him). Anyway, the reason why we did it tonight and tomorrow night is because on Saturday we are going on a train ride called the Cottontail Express. The Easter Bunny is going to be on it handing out Easter candy. It's going to be fun. Sunday it is suppose to rain (60% chance). I will post pictures of our progress, so stay tuned.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Who is this???....Could it be Sanjaya?

Who does this remind you of??? I will give you a hint....American Idol. Doesn't this remind you of Sanjaya Malakar. I just don't understand how he is getting so far in the competition??? He isn't that good. Is he trying to make fun of American Idol?? I will have to agree with Simon on this one ...If he wins, Simon isn't coming back on the show and I refuse to watch it. I have liked everyone who has won American Idol...Even though, last year I would have liked Chris to win. Taylor Hicks was my second choice. I just hope anybody but him will win American Idol this year.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

New Look...Do you like?

I am soooooooo excited about my new look!!! Does everyone like it??? Visit Lindsay over at Splat Designs, she is WONDERFUL!!! You won't be disappointed, I guarantee it!!!! I had my design done in less than a week!!!

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Benjamin learning Karate

Benjamin has started new activity....Karate. He is in the Little Dragon class. It is for 3-4 year olds. He loves it so far. We get the first month free, so Benjamin can try it out. I like it because the don't require you to sign a contract, like most of them do. There are 7 kids in his class. He does it once a week. We will see how he does. I haven't taken any pictures yet, but I will soon.

Weekend Yard Work

I promised pictures and here they are. We created this bed...I know, I know, where is the color?? It looks so bland. We are going to put flowers in a couple of weeks. The flower shops didn't have that many flowers because it's still a little early. It took us a half a day to create. Our next step is putting stones around the edge of all the beds in the yard.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Warm weather and Flower Beds

I haven't posted anything in awhile. There has been beautiful weather here in Huntsville,AL. It has been in the 70s, close to 80s. It's suppose to get colder by the weekend, but after that, the weather man says it's going to pretty much stay warm! WOOHOO!! We were busy this past weekend. We made a new flower bed in the back of the house. I love it!!! It sure does make a big difference. I will most likely post a picture tomorrow.....so stay tuned!! The weekend before we rented an aerator and aerated the yard. So now all we need is the Scotts man to come and fertilize and we are good to go.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

The Ultimate Blog Party 2007!!!!

Welcome to my blog!!!

Hello Everyone and welcome. Let me introduce myself. My name is Chrissy and I am married to a great guy, my best friend, and lover, Griff. We have a beautiful son, Benjamin. I started blogging in October 2006. I am hooked. I find it fun to not only to share thoughts, but to read how everyone else is feeling. I am glad 5 Minutes for Mom came up with the Blog Party idea, so we can all get to know each other....so on that note..............LETS PARTY!!!!

Monday, February 5, 2007

Super Bowl 2007

The Super Bowl is always fun to watch, not necessarily for the game, but also the commericals. This year I would say the commericals were not as good as years past, but a few were good.

Here is a good link to see a good majority of them.

I also enjoyed the Half Time Show. Prince did a very good job. I really wanted Chicago to win...oh well.

Sunday, February 4, 2007

5 Minutes for Mom Blog Party

Come on over to the party. It will be a week long bash starting March 2, 2007 and ending with the big prize giveaway on March 9, 2007.

All party guests who sign the Mr. Linky by 12pm Eastern on March 8, 2007 and who invited guests (invited friends via a post and have an Invitation Button on their blog) are eligible for our random draw prizes. Prizes will be announced at 5 Minutes for Mom at 7pm Eastern on March 9, 2007.

Friday, February 2, 2007

Happy Birthday to Becca!!

It's our niece Becca's Birthday today

We wanted to wish her a ...

Happy Birthday!!

We hope you enjoy your special day!!!

Love,

Uncle Griff, Aunt Chrissy, and Benjamin

Thursday, February 1, 2007

It Snowed!!!

It snowed!! Can you believe it!!! It hardly ever snows in Huntsville, Alabama. I think it has snowed(actually sticking to the ground) maybe twice since I have lived here (10 years) Griff stayed up last night until 1a.m. and took pictures of it physically snowing. Benjamin enjoyed waking up to snow. Some schools were opening late or if you lived far out, you were off of school. Hope you enjoy the pictures...There are new pictures on the photo page.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

HG TV Dream Home Giveaway

Imagine winning the gorgeous 4,000-square-foot Colorado home complete with furnishings, $250,000 from LendingTree.com and an SUV! Don't forget to enter to win the HG TV 2007 Dream Home. Take a tour of the home. It's beautiful!!! You have until February 16 to do it!!!

You can see the HG TV Dream Home 2007 on the HG TV channel on the following air dates:
•Saturday,February 03, 2007 6:00 PM ET/PT
•Thursday,February 15, 2007 6:00 PM ET/PT

Monday, January 29, 2007

Let's Go Fly a Kite...

This weekend was pretty restful. Griff was off the whole weekend. Saturday it was almost 60 degrees. Benjamin was able to ride his 4 Wheeler that he got for Christmas. Sunday Benjamin was able to fly his kite that he got from his Aunt Vickie and Uncle Dave. Benjamin enjoyed every minute of it, even though it was about 40 degrees outsite.

See Kite Video

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Good bye Gamecube, Hello Wii!!!

Well I never thought I would see this, but Griff went to Best Buy this morning at 10a.m. (the store opens at 11a.m.) and stood in line to get the new Nintendo Wii. The reason why I thought I would never say this is because every year the day after Thanksgiving, I stand in line to get a good deal. For instance, this year I stood in line to get the robo dinosaur (retail: $100, I got it for $50). Anyway, Griff would always say, "You are crazy". Well today he is officially crazy because it was not only cold, but it was raining. Best Buy in their ad said they only had 20 in stock. Well, when he got to Best Buy there were at least 20 in line. They handed out the tickets and guess what, HE actually got a TICKET.
Well, everyone else who got at ticket went back to their cars. Griff decided to brave the cold and stood first in line until the store opened. Just because you have a ticket doesn't guarantee you will get one. Well HE GOT one!! He was like a kid in a candy store. He came home and he was grinning ear to ear!!! He even got to use his gift cards he brother Nick gave him for Christmas.(Thank you Nick)

Monday, January 15, 2007

Our Budding Artist

Benjamin painting a toolbox he received. We are so proud of our little Artist. It took him approx. an hour and a half to paint the whole thing (with mommy and daddy's help of course).

Weekend in Nashville, TN

We decided to enjoy the weekend and escape Huntsville and visit Nashville, TN. We stayed at the Embassy Suites Hotel near the airport. It was nice. Benjamin and Daddy swam and we took games to play. It was a nice relaxing weekend.

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Car Troubles (Part 2)

Well if you read my previous post(car troubles no more) about my car getting towed like 2 times and needing new tires....well I have an update, my car quit working this past Friday, so we called our handy dandy AAA and they came and towed the car to a local mechanic...Harding Auto. I do say though, my car does like to fall apart in the driveway, so I was lucky there. Anyway, come to find out the fuel injector gave out. The car is 10 years old, never had any major ($$$) problems, just regular maintenance, so we are lucky and like everyone says, it sure does beat a car payment. I have a feeling by the end of 2007 we will have a new car.