They Listened!

The other night we were driving home from candy gathering and spotted the Sonic sign. Corndogs $.50 that night only. Cheap food, always hungry boys? We pulled in. Ordered up 6. They brought out the bag. There were 7 inside. Caleb noticed first. He said we need to tell them. Brian and I said to go ahead. He suddenly got shy. So Jacob took it and went inside to tell them of the mistake and return it. They said go ahead and keep it. So we each got an extra bite, passing it around the table.

I harp and harp on being honest. No such thing as a little white lie, etc. Even if for convenience. Rules are rules. But not only that, we want to do what is RIGHT and honors God.

Caleb knew not telling would be the same as stealing.

We didn't have to say anything. But he wanted them to know.

Proud that the boys listen and want to do what is right, even when it would be easier to keep quiet.

Banana Pops!

My friend Gwen recently shared these amazingly easy delicious treats on her blog. We made them a couple weeks ago and the only reason we haven't again is because I need to grocery shop.

Take a bunch of bananas, peel them and cut in half. Into the bottom of each half, insert a Popsicle stick. Then lay on a wax paper lined baking sheet. Freeze for a few hours.



When then bananas are frozen, make the dip. This is 1/2 cup melted coconut oil, 1/4 cup honey, and 1/4 cup coco powder. Feel free to double if you have a lot of bananas. I had 12 halves and the amount came out just right.



You can also have different roll-ins. All I had at the time was shredded coconut and chopped almonds. You could also use sprinkles, other nuts, mini chocolate chips...


So working quickly, dip the frozen banana in the chocolate sauce then roll in the toppings. The sauce hardens very fast once on the bananas. It also makes a great ice cream sauce!




I hope you will try these with your kids this summer! They'll love the entire process and it is a healthy cool treat to boot!





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Our Boys

Since I am terrible about posting regularly, I thought I would just post some pics of the boys to see when I come to read my friends blogs. hehe

Father's Day

I am so blessed to have Brian! He is the absolute best Dad for our sons! Yesterday he took them to a friends house to go horseback riding. The boys were beside themselves with excitement!





The baby horse is only 1 month old!

Cousin Buddy's

Jonathan and Nathan snuggle with Grandma B. Easter afternoon.

End of March???

We had a "spring blizzard" blow in over the weekend. Friday about 11:30 it started sleeting ice. This continued to increase as the day wore on. During the night it changed to snow. Most of the day Saturday it snowed. We stayed in close to the fire. By Sunday morning the snow had stopped,leaving the perfect day for the boys to play in it outside.

With the ground covered with a layer of ice topped with snow,they discovered the art of homemade skiing. All you need is one or two pieces of leftover scrap wood and two long sticks to act as poles. A small hill,and your set to go!

Here is a picture of the boys demonstrating.



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Nathan and Thomas

Our youngest boy, Nathan, is crazy about Thomas the Tank Engine.

A few weeks ago Bri and I were at Goodwill and he found this little couch. It had no price on it so we asked a salesperson. The manager come over and said,"Oh, how about $2.99." We snatched it up! Later Bri did some research and found that new it retailed out for around $45.00!



Nathan sits on it most days and looks at books. For the first several days he pulled it all over the house. He would sleep in it for naps and even at night. He is back to sleeping in his own bed again, but still loves his Thomas couch! (as well as anything else Thomas!)



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Eeyore's New House Take two

A few weeks ago the boys built this lean-to out of sticks from the brush pile we keep at the back of our property. I think it looks just like Eeyore's house in the Hundred Acre Wood from Winnie the Pooh. (take two because I tried to post this once before when I didn't know what I was doing! Thanks to Bri and HB I can post pictures now!)