Missy's Moments

The boys and I started our spring break by heading up to St. Paul to visit the Boy King- The King Tut Exhibit . The exhibit itself was pretty interesting, what was tough was trying to get the boys interested in the journey to Tut himself- really it was all about the prize at the end for them the mummy. (which is just a exact replica). Sam would stop mid tracks and again remind me of how they make mummies... the gory details of how they are gutted. Nothing morbid or future serial killerish about his fascination but regular boy goofiness. Case in point- one of the statues had his son standing next to him naked- and yes all the parts showed- and yes Sam and Eric pointed, giggled and completely missed the fact that the statue like all the others had incredible details and colors and it was just amazing to me the ability and talent put into each one. I wish we could have taken pictures but they were not allowed inside the exhibit. In fact my friends daughter was scolded for trying to eat a...

For Christmas my mom gave me a new camera. I just w anted something simple to put in my purse and take out and point and shoot. Well I've pulled it out of my purse a few times but really have yet to transfer the pictures. I started looking at them tonight... we've had a busy year so far and we're only 3 months into it. By January we had just a little bit of snow.....    We've all piled in the car to vacate the house while potential buyers looked.  Went to visit Rick's Mom (above) and Dad (below) Some intense games of Monopoly.... no longer is there railroads and Boardwalk- nope now it's airports and disney world!   We are offically a 'WILD' family- we've had the chance to attend a few games and have a blast each time.    Went to the Waterpark of America (above) and Nick Universe (below)   Have a great birthday dinner with ALL my kiddos (at once I might add). Last 30's b-day or should I say m...

I can say that I've managed to stay somewhat on top of things. I obsess constantly over the to-do list and always feel like I'm a day late and a dollar short. There's never room for error and trust me error happens quite regularly in the Eagen household! Part of not playing catch up all the time is this blog... this is it folks , it's either do or die, so hopefully I do. The boys are a bit past cute little daily stories, life is pretty boring, Kayla and Jordan would rather lick a metal door in the dead of winter than to have their mother write about them. That doesn't leave much for material and the keyboard tends to have the backspace button overused for fear I may bore you to tears. So far 2011 has brought about a great Wild Game that Rick and I bought Santa left tickets to. Great game- the score went back and forth and in the end we won in overtime. Of course if it would have went the other way I may not being saying what a great game it was but hey th...

Scene: Driving home from preschool, turning onto a back wooded road Stars: Sam 3yr 8 mo, Eric 4 yr 10 mo, Vanessa 4yr 7mo, Kylie 3yr 10mo Mom turns left onto windy wooded road, Sam: HANG ON GUYS! We're gonna get in the furest ( forest ) There's dragons, and bears in here Kylie: Yeah and MEAN RABBITS! Sam: Yeah and bears and dragons RARRR! and lions Kylie: bears, and tigers and MEAN RABBITS (at this point I'm wondering if they've recently viewed the Wizard of Oz! ) Eric: Guys, guys, GUYS, LOOK OUT THE WINDOW! theres a sun so there's NO dragons and monsters Sam: Yeah there is.... Eric: NO THERE'S NOT, DON'T YOU SEE THE SUN??!! Vanessa: Missy Eric and Sam are gonna fight. Missy: Guys, use kind words please. ( quickly backs out of conversation because I love listening to the little stories :) ) Sam: The mean rabbits are gonna get us in this scary furest ( forest ) Eric: THERE ARE NO MEAN RABBITS SAM ONLY THE SUN! Kylie: I think we n...