NO April Fool's!!!!

I was so excited to discover a note from Mrs. Beamer( Cade's K teacher) to let me know that "Cade has been doing a super job this week getting his work finished. YIPPEE!" As you might know Cade has had a hard time finishing his work in a timely fashion so this is a big step and we are so proud of him!!!! Way to pull it out the last 9 weeks of school!!! Go Cade!!! Cade is such a smart kid and one who would rather be collecting bugs than coloring in a classroom!!!! Only 12 yrs to go buddy!!!! I have faith we will both make it!!

Spring is in the air!!!

I know I have fallen off the "Blog Wagon" but now that spring is in the air it has brought(a much needed)inspiration back to the keyboard and get to blogging. Well I for one am counting the days until summer break for I feel sick and tired of homework as much or quite possibly more so than the boys( mostly Jake)! Maybe the week of Spring Break will give us the push to make to June 2nd! The boys received their 3 quarter report cards and I was very pleased. Jake got 2 A's, 2 B's and 1C(a 78 so we are going to really work on the one) so we are thrilled with all his hard work and couldn't be more proud. Jake once again has proven that he can make it a typical classroom though it's not easy he does his best!!!!! Cade also did fabulous and his teacher commented on how great he is doing in reading and math!!! Cade says bring on 1st Grade!!! Oh and Lila is doing great at her pre-school they are always so impressed by her anyway. We spend most nights making up homework for little miss scholar so she doesn't ......refuses to be left out! She has also informed me that she wants to go to college then get married! I agreed she should get a degree before she jumps into marriage and I for one am glad that we have this problem out of the way at 3!!! Watch out world Lila (and any man wanting to date/marry her) is taking over!!! We also have 99% finished the basement or we call the Wii room. I am so happy that we invested money into another space to enjoy video games...can anyone taste the sarcasm!!!! But the kids love it down there and my fingers are crossed that it will help us sell the house in the near future( yes I am ready to get back home)!!!!!! And as one can see we have a lot of open space and have Incorporated kids plastic furniture to give it that family friendly look or don't want to spend anymore money on furniture look!!!!

Ski trip

Sorry once again that it has been so long since I last posted. Every Stark is doing well and excited for spring and going to Pop-pop and Gigi's for Easter!!! Scott & I went on a skiing trip with some friends last weekend and had a great time! It has been a while since we have had a "child free" getaway and boy was it a nice break.We add all our fun to Grandma aka Jenny for coming to watch the small Stark's. Lila loves when Grandma comes because she gets her nails done and a fresh set of ears to listen to her talk all day long So we want to say a specail THANK YOU!!to Grandma we love you!!!! Anyway,so we tried snowboarding for the first time and despite the bruises all over me I loved it and hope to try it again one day! The weather was really on the hot side for skiing but I for one was not complaining.

Another Snow Day

Well the kids were off from school AGAIN due to bad weather so Scott took them out sledding!! They all had a blast and Lila is a snow bunny!!We finished painting the basement(took 15 hrs)and the floor guys will be coming tommorw to start witht he floor We can't wait to put our new space to good use!!

Tooth #2!!!!

We are proud to announce that Jake has lost his second bottom tooth!! Scott did the ol' tie a string around the tooth bit and out it came!! Jake was so excited. His teeth that are coming in are HUGE!!! I wonder where he got those from??? We are working on finishing the basement and finally had the sheet rock up and 1st coat of primer YEAH!!! can't wait for it to be finished and yes I will post some pics!!

Our little Ladybug!!

Just had to post this pic of Lila in her new ladybug dress, thanks Gigi!! She loves it and it looks so cute on her. She will be wearing it to church this morning and I can imagine all the compliments she will get (as usual)!!!I promise Cade was given NO drugs though he does look a bit out of it!! What can I say he's not a morning person!! Jake's second bottom tooth is still loose and we hope to have another visit from the Tooth Fairy very soon!!! Things are rolling along here and we are almost finishes our basement I will be sure to post some pics when it all done!! Hope all is well !!!

Lila's 1st Christmas and Jake turns 7!!!!!!

Yes I know that it has been a while since I have posted anything here but not much happened before Christmas and since we were in SC for the past 10 days enjoying the family and weather the opportunity never came up. So first of all Lila loved Christmas she was so excited to open gifts that she unwrapped the box and move on to the next. She had no idea that items were inside the box. She was a lot of fun to watch! Jake also celebrated his 7th B-day a little early so all the family could attend. Grandma & Grandpa Bob, Aunt Krystina, Grandaddy Stark & and Aunt Nana all came for the big celebration!! Then the most anticipated news on the rouge tooth..... it finally gave in to all the pressure on Dec. 30th.Jake was officially 7 when he lost his 1st tooth and now the another is loose. We actually had a bit of an intervention with the tooth. We decided to tie a string around it and put in on the door knob and when that didn't work Scott hog tied that tooth and gave a quick tug and Jake was sooooo excited. He jumped up and down and ran to the bathroom to catch a glimpse of his new smile and immediately saw blood and ran back to the kitchen sounding the "blood" alarm. He rinsed his mouth a few times and all was good and he continued to celebrate his milestone with pride!!! We have it all on video!!! We had a great time in SC and the weather was just beautiful for the most part the kids even decided to jump in the ocean and yes it was cold, very cold, but it didn't seem to bother any of the delusional children.