At 4:09pm...

it will be Erika's 14th birthday! I can't believe that she is that old. It truly seems like she just turned 1 yesterday! She is a great daughter and me and Brian are blessed daily to have her in our family. She is a peacemaker, build-in babysitter, loves to read and play games (on her DS or Wii mostly), a good student (on the honor roll), a hard worker, willing to help out, my GPS when we go places, a friend and a wonderful big sister to the twins. She is growing up to be a great young women and I can't wait (or maybe I can) to see what wonderful things she will do in her life!

Happy birthday, Erika! We love you very much!

When it rains, it brings... DUCKS?

This is what we saw this morning. If you look closely there is 2 ducks walking through my backyard. They were swimming in the puddles in the field behind us. My kids thought it was funny. Just last night (when it was raining, again) Brian said "I think ducks could swim in our backyard" and then this morning, here they are! what a fun thing to watch this morning. They were out there until the sun came out (like 3 hours) It was fun to watch them. (sorry the picture is bad, it was dark, raining and they were on a mission, walking fast)

Did Someone Say BROWNIES!?!

Last night Brian and Brooklyn made brownies for work. They worked so hard and we thought we would share some with you! So here you go...enjoy!