Brite Idea!!

For Christmas, Gracie got her first Lite Brite. How many remember those?!? I totally remember the "classic" version, a flat board, black construction paper (usually left my hands with black all over them), colored pegs, and one single Christmas light bulb illuminating my masterpiece. It fell over a lot, the pieces got lost (the dog enjoyed them, I am sure), and it was sometimes hard to see the depth of my creation. Now, I am not knocking this groudbreaking toy by any means. I LOVED my Lite Brite! Truly, ask my mom. (Mom, tell them.) But I am amazed at how far toys have come in 20 some years. Now, it is a cube, much steadier, the paper is still black, but doesn't come off on your hands. It has a centrally located light, illumens all 4 sides at once, and it shines so brightly, you can actually tell the peg popped paper is a car! As for the pegs themselves, nothing new under the sun there. Same pegs, different dog. Sorry Chewy! But as for the enjoyment of my kiddo, priceless!! Please enjoy Gracie's first ever published Lite Brite materpiece! (If you can't tell, its a butterfly.) Love to all, happy creating!

Mother's Day!

So Mother's Day was so much fun this year!! We had an AMAZING musical that the K-6th graders put on, and WOW!! They did a fabulous job! I was so excited to see these adorable little ones honor their mommies in this way. I also thought it was a great day to take pictures of some of my buds and their kiddos. I hope everyone had a great and special day, and to all those mommies out there, I love you and thank you for doing a great job doing the hardest job out there!! Love to all!!!

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Our Disney Adventure

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Gracie, Brian, Gammy, Poppy, and I all went to Disneyland and California Adventure for Gracie and Poppy's birthdays. We all had such a great time together! It truly was a blast! Enjoy the slideshow!

Friends!!

Just a few pictures of me with some friends. The first two are Ashley and me. We always seem to be going a little nuts but always having fun!! Love you Ash!! The last is of me and Jessica. Jess you are the greatest! Love you too Jess!! (Jealous of your tan, but I still love you!!) A tribute to my friends...hope you both are blessed and find rest. May God grant you laughter, time, energy, and lots of sleep. He has blessed me with you both in my life, and I am forever grateful! Love you!!!

Heigh-Ho!! Heigh-Ho!!

Gracie's friend Natalie had a birthday!! She is 3! Natalie wanted to celebrate with her favorite princess, Snow White, so her mommy Christine threw the cutest theme party. Natalie was Snow White and all the guests were to come as dwarfs! Gracie decided she wanted to be "Happy." I figured this is appropriate most of the time, so we did our research and checked out Happy's outfit. Well, at least what mommy could throw together in 15 minutes since she forgot it was a dress up party! Oops!! Anyway, Gracie looked cute and she even got to wear some of mommy's makeup! OOOOHHHH!! (Don't tell Gammy...she didn't let mommy wear makeup until she was 13!) The kiddos all had a great time, they made beards, decorated mirrors, played an apple game, and mined for jewels...just like the real dwarfs. Thanks, Natalie, for having such a great party!! We had a great time!! Happy Birthday!

Tortillas!!

So, not that I am anyway Martha Stewart, but in one of Gracie's books there was a recipe to make tortillas. It seemed easy enough, and looked pretty fun. So we tried it! And let me tell you, nothing tastes as good as a hot, fresh, homemade tortilla. Now, for those of you that have had tortillas in Mexico or in Old Town near San Diego, these are probably not quite the same, but compared to the cold ones in the grocery store, YUMMY!! And, only 4 ingredients that I can even pronounce. So relatively healthy. Anyway, she enjoyed them, I enjoyed letting go and letting her get messy, and the result was delicious!!

Gracie rolling out the dough...she really got into it.


cooking one in a pan...yum! Even Minnie was enjoying it!

Lunch, yum!!!

Awana Grand Prix

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So the past few weeks, Gracie and Brian have been making their Awana cars for the Awana Grand Prix that happened this past Wednesday. Gracie instantly knew she wanted to make a train like her favorite Emily of the Thomas the Tank Engine series. Emily is green with gold and red...as you can see from the slideshow, Gracie decided to use these colors plus so many others. It was beautiful!! She tied first place with her cousin Ephraim in design, and her super fast train took second in overall speed in her Cubbies category! But Gracie wasn't the only Jacobs in the house competing. Brian also constructed a car, like he has for so many years before. He was a little more excited than the kiddo, but I am told that is normal. Brian made a replica, almost exact, to the new 2008 Knight Rider car...known as the KITT3000! I am so proud of my husband, his car took first prize in speed! YEAH!! So, we brought home three trophies last night. And to make the night sweeter, Gracie's cousins won trophies (Hayden and Ephraim) as did her Aunt Becky and Uncle Mike! Good job family!! Way to go!!