Easter

I have absolutely no excuse for not keeping my blog up to date! I have just been lazy! Anyways, here is a picture of David and Raine and Harrison and Erik on Easter. We had lunch at the farm. Erik is actually smiling in this picture, which is a big thing! Of course, Harrison is goofy as usual....

Christmas 2008

It's been a crazy couple of weeks at the Lane household. Between trying to get ready for Christmas, bad weather and kids activities we have been really busy! Now we are on a restful Christmas break and relaxing. Harrison bought himself a camera with his Christmas money. Kayleigh bought some clothes. Kayleigh was very excited about the acoustic guitar that Santa brought. She has calluses already on her fingers. Harrison was ecstatic over the Wii remote chargers and DS charger (he lost his) that Santa brought. They both got new Wii games and have been playing them a lot. I bought a new computer with my Christmas money. With the kids needing one for school more and more, I bought an inexpensive one for myself to use and the kids will be able to use my old one. I think Erik bought a gun with his money. Just what he needs.... more hunting stuff. I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year!!

Early Christmas brunch at the farm

Justin and Sheridan were going to their mom's for Christmas, so we spent the Sunday before Christmas with them. We did our brunch that usually takes place on Christmas day. Here is a picture of Kayleigh, Ashley and Kirsten after we ate.

Annual Cookie Exchange

Saturday I had my annual Christmas cookie exchange. Everyone brings enough cookies for each person to take home a dozen and they have to prepackage them. I give prizes for the "most Christmasy cookie" and the best packaging. Emily and Kathy won the prizes. It was a tie for both of the prizes between the two of them. :o) We made lots of sugar cookies and decorated them. Everyone took home sugar cookies too. It was a lot of fun as always. Erik took the kids bowling after their 4H party and they had a good time also.

4th of July

Here is a picture of the kids playing in the pool on the 4th. We went to a party at Rick's house. They enjoyed playing at the pool as usual. We watched fireworks from the edge of Rick's corn field. Rick had a few, but we could also see Jeff's from across the field. The kids were exhausted. We all dropped right into bed when we got home! Of course all morning on Friday we spent pulling weeds and mulching the flower beds. They do look nice, but it's a lot of work!! Saturday, the kids and I went to the farm to swim with Marty's family. They enjoyed that too. I am on vacation this week, so we are going to hang out and do some fun stuff. Kayleigh's 14th birthday is Friday, so she has some friends coming over to hang out with her all day. I told her I would go to Havana and pick them up and take them home later in the afternoon. She's pretty happy about that. I hope everyone here in the states had a great holiday!

Harrison's Valentines

Here are Harrison's valentines. I cut and assembled, but Harrison did the coloring on the main image. The pink part is embossed using my Cuttlebug. A very cool little machine that dry embosses as well as has cutting dies. Harrison was enthralled with it. The cards are 3x3. I really love this stamp set for kids valentines as well as other projects!

Have a great day everyone!!

Kayleigh's Valentines

Here are the chocolate bar holders that Kayleigh and I made for her friends. (ignore my messy stamping desk) Lisa didn't seem to believe that I did it!! :o) The ribbon at the top pulls out and the candy bar comes out with it. They are just plain Hershey bars. Very easy to make. I'll post Harrison's valentines in a minute. I forgot to take a picture of his mailbox! I'm sure it will get destroyed before it gets home.

Halloween

Wow! I didn't realize it had been that long since I posted anything!! Here is a picture of Harrison (the bat) and his friend Mariah on Halloween. I took them Trick or Treating at the Jr High the night before Halloween. Kayleigh and Harrison wanted to stay home and pass out candy. We actually had 2 trick or treaters come by for goodies! They were disappointed, but I don't know why. We usually have none! :o)