Ellie moment

I have been wanting to post this for some time now... It was about a month ago when Ken was out of town and the girls and I were sitting down eating dinner. Usually when Ken is gone I don't go all out for dinners I try to keep it simple and easy like pancakes, hot dogs, and sandwiches. Well I was kind of getting burnt out and wanted something nice so I made this chicken bake. To me I loved it but my girls not so much. Ellie takes one bite and turns to me and says "Mom this food taste like CRAP"! She spits it out on her plate and then if that was not enough she says "Crap, Crap that all we eat around here". Well I didn't know what to do, I do know that I had a Big wake up call at our house on the things we say and what the girls pick up on.

Wacky Dinner

The other night (well it feels like it was the other night) but about a month ago we had a Wacky Dinner. The kids loved it and have been begging to do this more often. So everyone gets to eat with and off of the wackiest things in the kitchen, for example instead of using a fork I had to use a, gosh I don't even know the name of the thing I was using to eat but it was hard to use and I ended up making a huge mess (that was part of the fun). Here are some pictures and this will definitely become a Sorensen tradition at our house.

Summer

Tonight Ken is "MIA" and Maci was asking how come I don't like to write on my blog anymore. "Oh that's right I have a blog that has been totally neglected" It has been way to long that I have made a post and there has been so much going on that I don't even know where to start, so my goal is by the end of this week or next I will be all caught up, but please no name calling if I get it done next week or the week after that. It's not that I don't like to write on my blog it is so hard sometimes to find the time (excuses, excuses I know) So with that being said...

School is out! Well it has been for awhile now and I am loving having Maci around more during the days, there are some days that we have nothing planed, you know the lazy days where you do nothing at all except for the last hour right before the hubby comes home and then in that hour you rush to put your bra on (or not) brush your teeth, change out of your sweats, change the kids into clothes because after all it is 4:00 in the afternoon, pick up a few things and then make some yummy dinner up and all is perfect when he comes home. To tell the truth this has happened alot this summer (hehehehe).

The day after school was out we went with my parents to Nebraska's Lake McConaughy to do a little camping.... IN THE RAIN! The only water the boat saw was the buckets of rain that fell on it day after day. But we didn't let a little rain (tons of rain actually) spoil our fun we still had a great time and it was so relaxing. Maci ended up getting sick on the trip and we left a day early but during the time we still managed to roast marshmallow's, laugh, take a ice cold freezing shower, play with kids drive around the little town and get a speeding ticket (sorry dad) and just enjoy the view, it was really pretty there and can't wait to go back when it is a little dryer.

These next picture's are so funny the Lake's water is used for irrigation and the water level is so low that all of the boat ramps are way up on the shores so they were putting the boats in the water by tractor so the trucks won't get stuck in the mud. I have never seen this before and had to take some pictures.

Update

Alot has been going on around the Sorensen house, so here is little of what we have been up to... About a month ago we needed to get out of the house and get away for the weekend. We decided to take the girls and go to Colorado Springs. There is so much to do there is it is simply beautiful there we loved every minute of our time together.

The Cave of the Winds was the girls favorite part of the trip, they loved going inside of the cave and especially liked it when they turned out the lights.

We also went to a Dinosaur Museum up the Mountain a little bit, it was fun but a little disappointing because the fossils were all man made and the museum itself was pretty small, but the girls had a good time.

Easter Weekend

We had a good time just hanging out with family and being lazy, Janelle and Kent came down with little Mason (the girls were so excited to see him) and Jill and Ryan are here so it was nice to have them all close for the holiday. We went to the Hammond's Candy Factory and did a tour of the factory while they made some of their famous hard candy's, the girls loved every minute of this.

After the factory we headed to this chicken place. Now for those of you who know my dad he is always trying to find either the best Bar-B-Que, best hamburger, best fried chicken well lets face it if the place has cars out front and they serve good food chances are my dad knows about it. So we ended up at this place called White Picket Fence or something, this place is huge! They are known for their fried chicken and not only that they had a huge playground out front, a petting zoo, horse rides, ponds, antique stores it had is all, but sorry to say that Babes Fried Chicken in Texas had them beat on the food, it was fun to walk around and take good pictures, but I'll take Babes anyday.

and then Easter day...

Well that should be a good update for now, sorry about the lack of updates on this blog, it seems like it is harder and harder to update things are always so busy and I am to busy hidding the markers from Presley.

BUSY!!

Here are a few reasons why it is hard to find time to blog. Presley is into everything, she is by far our busiest child we have. If there is a lock she can undo it, if there is a door she opens it, make-up, dishes, toilet paper nothing is safe around this girl. And yes that is markers on her face and that was the second time she did that in one week, and again she did it yesterday, she must have a secret stash hidden in her diapers because I thought they were all out of her reach. Yea, nothing is safe when Pj is around!

Kitchen re-do

Before
After

We have been in this house for almost four years now and have done nothing in the kitchen, until now! We painted, tore off the granite up the back wall, added a tile back splash, added knobs to the cabinets and my friend Darcy who is a awesome sower redid and updated the drapes and valance. I love love love my kitchen.

Birthday Girl

Yesterday our little Ellie Lynn turned four! She has been looking forward to being a year older for awhile now. I forgot to take a picture of the table, Ellie wanted a Star Wars themed birthday this year. I tried to talk her into something a little more "girly" but she is her own person with her own ideas so mom lost a battle. Happy Birthday Ellie we love you so much and you are such a joy in our family.