Dirt, Birthday's, and Battle Wounds!

My kids love playing outside. There for a few days we had some beautiful weather. And Landen always wanted to be outside playing in the dirt, since that is all our backyard is right now. When Landen is outside, Sydney wants to be right there with him.


My borhter Anthon and his wife Ashleigh had their first baby on the 6th. Roman David Perkins, 8lbs.12oz. He is so cute. I can't believe he is already 3 weeks old.

On the 12th, it was Byron's 28th birthday. His brother had a birthday on the 2nd, so we sang to both of them. His family came over on the 11th to celebrate with us. And of course, for his birthday dinner, we went to our favorite place, Texas Roadhouse.

This past Saturday, we went to my Uncle Bob's 80th birthday party. While we were there, Landen decided to go for a ride in the air. He was mesmerized by the tire swings and decided to walk behind one of them. It hit him, threw him up in the air, made him flip then fall down. My sister saw the whole thing and thought he was passed out. Luckily, he only got this battle wound. He must have had an angel with him that day.

Landen and Sydney love to spend time together.

This is the cradle that I used when Landen was a baby. My mom used this with all of her kids. Must be pretty strong wood to last 30 years. They surely don't make stuff like that anymore. Anyways, my mom brought it down to let my sister Sherry use it with her first baby. My parents and my brother Brandon and his kids were all staying at my house. Brandon slept in Landen's bed, so I was going to just let him sleep with me. I had told Landen that he slept in that when he was a baby. So that night he wanted to sleep in it. I thought, ok, not very comfortable. I will just let him fall asleep in it, then put him in bed with me. So after about an hour, I went and got him to put him in my bed. He woke up, and was mad. So I put him back in the bed and let him sleep there all night. And all night he did.

Ok.. Finally my last entry. I have been really trying to spend less money. A while ago, I started stalking the website penchingyourpennies.com. I also stalk lots of other websites that kinda do a lot of the work for you. This is one of my shopping excursions. I am still learning, but I got all of this food for 26.00. A saving of 68.00. If I had been better prepared, I could have actually gotten a few things cheaper. Hopefully I will do better on my next shopping excursion.

Tax Time

So if any of you are looking for someone to do your taxes this year, you HAVE to have a friend of mine do them for you. Well, actually her husband. His name is Brandon Flake and the basic price starts at $75.00. Just email me at byron_shannon@hotmail.com if you are interested and I will give you their contact info. PLUS, if you refer someone to him, you will receive 10% off. What a great deal...