NKOTB

Thought this was hilarious! Did we really like these boys when we were younger?

Following two months of rumors that New Kids on the Block might be back on the block, the '80s boy band is slated to appear on the April 4 edition of NBC's "Today" show.

Lake Of The Woods Ice fishing trip

This was our Ice Fishing set-up at Lake of the Woods. The 4-wheeler on the right is mine. It is a Polaris 700. The 4-wheeler on the left is my brother-in-law Todds', it is a Suzuki 750 with his Ice house. The sled behind my 4-wheeler was another family members which we used to haul two of the five kids in our fishing group. There were 4 adults and five kids in our group. All related in one way or another. The island behind us in the picture is Garden Island on Lake Of The Woods. By GPS our spot here was 22.93 miles from our resort straight as an arrow. But, actual mileage was between 26-32 miles out on the lake from shore. We all had our own 4-wheelers and drove them out. We were up here from thursday March 27th to Sunday March 30 2008. We caught our limits of Walleye and had a great fish-fry out on the lake friday afternoon. Only one trip to the E.R was made when one of the kids in our group got a treble hook buried in the palm of his hand. Nobody else was "seriously" injured on our trip. This was my 3rd year going on this trip and I am already counting down the days to go again. The last few years I have gotten so much into ice fishing that I'd have to say I enjoy it more than summer fishing. Maybe I'll sell off all my summer equiptment and buy more ice fishing gear. Yea right!!

What the.....!

Hey Mom and Dad. So help me this picture better not come back to haunt me later in life! I can say though that I do thank you both for keeping this picture rated PG and not The Unrated version. Hey, I just noticed there is something on my head, What the....!

Jeremy dancing

Check out Jeremy here

Too Funny!

Click here to see Alexandra all pimped out

Click here to see Savannah doing the poindexter

Something New

Well, I see other people can do neat stuff, maybe I should give it a try. Sadly, this is the most recent footage I have. It was our last day at the hospital, crazy how time flies. Alexandra will be 8 weeks old tomorrow, March 24.

I still need to learn how to link other people's blogs on the sidebar--Like "My Friends" and I would also like to know how those Nelson girls posted other blogs links in their posts on their '7 things' post. (Which by the way I haven't done yet!)

One small step for Katie, maybe more another day!

Happy Easter, Say Cheese!

Savannah has been wanting to hold Alexandra more & more lately. I love to get pictures of them together. Alexandra has started to smile. She likes it when you wipe the corners of her mouth with the burp towel.

Jeremy & I sometimes wonder if Alexandra will squirm right out of Savannah's hands, but I'm pretty sure with this grip, she's not going anywhere.

We decided to buck the system this year and not go spend money on Easter outfits. I think it worked out pretty good! Savannah had this dress from last summer, we just added a pink t-shirt. Alexandra's outfit was a gift from Shawn, Greg & Pat at work, not bad for boys!

Freegan

Well, I dumpster dove today. Before you stop reading this, totally disgusted, watch this clip from the Oprah show.

http://www.oprah.com/videochannel/videochannel_player.jhtml?video=1962&category=31

I was pulling into CVS pharmacy to use my $15.00 coupon I blogged about on a previous day & I watched CVS employees pulling multiple carts out to the dumpster with boxes of food. Had I not seen this episode on Oprah, I would have wondered what the heck they were doing, but that would have been the end of that. I went in and picked up by diaper wipes I needed, used my coupon and called my husband for moral support. I knew they had just thrown away boxes. I eyed up the dumpster area, there was no lock & a privacy gate around it. I went for it & holy cow I hit the jackpot. The boxes were still in clear garbage bags, and nothing was on top of them. I reached and grabbed what I could, the bags ripped as I was pulling on them. I was even choosy with what I grabbed. There were cheese puffs & fudge covered cookies I tossed back in (none of that belongs on my or my husbands' backend)

In the end I grabbed:

• 3 Special K
• 2 Raisin Bran
• 4 Planters Trail Mix
• 7 Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs (Chips Ahoy & Oreo)
• 2 Butterfinger fun packs
• 4 Chewy Trail Mix Fruit & Nut
• 1 Nilla Wafers
• 3 Cinnamon Toast Crunch Breakfast Bars
• 6 Go Tarts

Not bad for my first grab! (At least I didn't bring home any produce for my family!) Savannah asked why I had brought all these great treats home & I told her someone had thrown them in the garbage. She was very confused, "So, we can't eat these? They were in the garbage?" I told her it was OK, we were going to let dad try it all first. When we went to WalMart tonight for Milk (again, not in the dumpster) and an oil change--Savannah was so excited to point out every dumpster we saw (even in front of the WalMart employee writing up my oil change).

Nemo on Ice

Grandma Ila & Grandpa Jim took us to "Nemo on Ice" on Saturday. I would have to say it was a BIG hit. Alexandra slept through it beautifully and when she did fuss here and there, the show was so loud you couldn't hear her anyways! I was warned by Melissa (who went to Thursday's show) of the $$$ trap they had going on. We had prepared Savannah that we weren't buying any treats there and we only bought this souvenir for her (It's a foam hat & program combo for $15). She lost her hat shortly after getting it and Daddy took his little girl back to the guy we bought it from to see if we could get another hat or not. Well, they are sold as a "combo" and HE couldn't do that, but--go talk to 'that guy'. Well, 'that guy' couldn't do it either, but go talk to some 'other guy'... While Jeremy was standing in line to talk to the 'other guy' with his sad eyed little girl 'that guy' tapped Jeremy on the shoulder and gave him a new hat! Together, Daddy and 'that guy' saved the day.

After "Nemo on Ice" we went to lunch at the Holy Land Bakery and Deli in Minneapolis. It was delicious and Savannah couldn't get enough of the pita bread, meat and cucumber sauce. After stealing mine (after I MADE her try it), Grandpa Jim had to go make her another one (which she ate in its entirety)!

Bathroom redo

Well, we finally painted our bathroom and hung our new fixture last weekend. We decided to go with a color called "Cooled Blue," however I think it looks a little more like green then blue. The accent color in the bathroom is black--wrought iron towel bars/hooks, black shower curtain (I still need to buy black rugs). I'm so very proud no one got electrocuted and it really adds something different to the bathroom. The fixture before was a lovely shade of cheap looking brass. I am so excited to have this project done! Well, it's done for the most part--we need to touch up the color by the ceiling and touch up the ceiling where Jeremy got a little crazy with the roller.