Weekly Wrap-up #6

So I know it hasn't been a full week since I updated, but I am trying to update from Sunday-Saturday, so here we go! On Sunday, we went to a Super Bowl party that was combined with small group. I made potato skins again since they were such a big hit last time. We made 40!! Shawn was a big help scooping the potato out of the skins! There was only one left so I figure we did good!!

Karsan's school had a festival last Thursday night. They were serving cheese enchiladas, Mexican rice & beans. They also had a silent auction and a bake sale. From the looks of things they made quite a bit of money!! We purchased some items at the bake sale (imagine that)!! Karsan was also Star Student last week. She filled out a poster about herself and it was hung up in the class. We went up to the school on Thursday and was her lunch buddies. It was fun!! Her daddy also wrote a poem about her for the teacher to share with the class!

Karsan is a Star!

Karsan is a sweetheart.

She's kind and full of care.

She used to be an only child,

But now she's learned to share.

She has a baby brother,

Who turned one not long ago.

Wherever Karsan leads,

Gunnar is sure to follow.

Karsan has a dog,

And Grover is his name.

Although they love to fight and play,

They love each other just the same.

As winter slowly says good-bye,

And springtime draws so near.

Dust off those cleats and fill the seats,

'Cause softball time is here.

That's right sports fans,

Drink it in.

She loves to catch and bat around,

Just lookin' for another win.

Her mom and dad are proud of her,

All the achievements and awards she's won.

But above all else and nothing less,

Than the little lady she's become.

Now I think Gunnar says three words....dog-dog, dada and hi! He makes lots of funny sounds, but none that I can make into words! It sounded like he was saying mama the other day when he was upset, but I couldn't get him to say it again, so I think it was just the sounds coming out at that time. He has started getting the microphone that goes with the Wii and walking around "singing". Every once in a while he will sing and dance at the same time! It is hilarious. I really think he is going to be like his daddy and big sister. He is already doing things just to make you laugh!

On Friday, Shawn got out his electric truck set from when he was a little boy. He set it up on the dining room table and worked for HOURS getting it running again! He looked on ebay and found several other trucks for it! Him, Karsan and Gunnar had quite a time playing with it! I tried to get him to take it down Saturday afternoon so we could eat our nice Valentine's dinner at the table, but instead of taking it down he just went in and played with it again. He found in the box a "ticket" that Amber had written to Cash. Super funny!!!!!!!!

NAME Cash I Diel

Limet was 551

You were running 552 1 mile over

I am giving you just

a worning

Do not do it again!

H.P.Cop NAME

Amber L Diel

We decided this year we would just make a nice Valentine's dinner at home. We knew we would be going out for lunch on Sunday with friends from church and that we would have small group that evening, so we decided to celebrate on Saturday. Karsan and I made chocolate covered strawberries on Saturday for small group. We had a blast and ate way too many while doing it!! We made plain chocolate, chocolate/pecans, chocolate/heart sprinkles, plain vanilla, vanilla/pecans, vanilla/red sprinkles and vanilla/Oreo cookies. For dinner we had ribeyes that Shawn grilled, roasted garlic herb potatoes, salad with Italian dressing and blue cheese crumbles and hot rolls. Everything was awesome! Shawn got me a dozen roses that are white with pink tips! He also carried on the tradition of getting Karsan a single rose! It is bright pink! They are all very pretty!!

See ya next week!

Weekly Wrap-up #4 & #5

Sooooooo, I have slacked with the weekly wrap-ups the last couple of weeks. I would say that things have been busy around here because that is what it feels like, but when I think back at what all has happened, I can't think of much!!!!

Karsan has been busy with school. She had a project due week before last. They were studying the Pony Express and she had to do a collage about how we get mail and news today. I should have taken a picture of it. It turned out really good. She had 9 pictures that we printed in black & white. We covered some poster board with scrapbook paper and she used letter stickers for the title. She also had to do a presentation about the pictures. I helped with the collage and Shawn helped with the presentation. It was awesome. She sounded so grown-up. She saw her teacher write down that she made a 100!!!! I am so proud of her. Last week, they had their 2nd grade music program. It was so cute!

Gunnar has started getting so excited when he sees animals. It doesn't matter what animal it is, he starts laughing and sometimes even screaming! He has a word for all animals. I can't describe it, but it is the same word every time. I think he is calling them all dog-dog. It is pretty funny! One day last week, he went and got a diaper and laid down in the middle of floor. He did it twice that day, and both timed he had pooed in his pants. I think he knows what is going on! He has started sleeping in late in the mornings. I try to make sure I wake him up by at least 9:30! He is just taking one nap a day, but it is usually at least 2 hours long!!! His hair is really growing now! He has tons of curls!! I just love it! He loves talking on the phone. Shawn gave Gunnar his phone the other day and then called it with mine. Gunnar was laughing and kept saying "da-da".

Shawn and I went out to eat the other night; just the two of us! We had a good time. We went to Wall Street Bar & Grill in downtown Midland. They have awesome steak. Shawn had a porterhouse and I had a ribeye. They served it with salad and house dressing. We got a side of sauteed mushrooms. I don't like mushrooms, but these are delicious! The food is really wonderful! We got a piece of cheesecake with chocolate and strawberries. Seriously, the cheesecake melts in your mouth!!!! I think I'm ready for another piece right now!!! The kids stayed with some friends of ours from church. They are really wonderful people and have made us feel very welcome in not only the church family, but their family as well.

Karsan and I went to Midland one evening a couple of weeks ago and had a Momma/Daughter evening out! We ate at Olive Garden and did Shawn's birthday/Valentine's Day shopping. For Shawn's bday, he got a new pair of square-toed boots from me and from Karsan and Gunnar he got a new Ariat shirt. We went ahead and gave him his Valentine's Day gift because we were so excited about them and didn't want to wait!! He got a new pair of TwentyX jeans and another Ariat shirt. He looks soooo handsome in his new clothes and boots! For my birthday/Valentine's Day, I got an Ipod Touch! I love it!!!! I downloaded a free grocery list application the other day and put my list on it for when I went to the grocery store. It was very handy!!!

For the last two Friday evenings, we have had game night with two other families from church. We have had a blast! We had it at our house last Friday night and I had so much fun making goodies to snack on. The other two families have kids, but they are all older than Karsan. They have been real good at accepting her in to the group. Three out of the four other kids are boys. The girl is a junior in high school, so she hasn't been coming to game night. The boys and Karsan have been having fun playing games and the Wii.