Happy Passover!

Happy Passover!
Well this year I decided to Learn more about Passover and read up on the it. We celebrate it at Chruch and have a nice Dinner but I didnt know about the Unleven bread part. I mean, I knew we eat Matza at chruch with dinner but I didnt know that your not supposed to have it in your house for 8 days! I thought it was a one day event! Wrong!!! I didnt do it very traditional since its my first time going with out unleven bread for eight days..I thought What were we going to eat, we live off breads and pasta! Well, I went online and read what we had to do to get rid of our Leven in the house and I removed it from the cupboards.. A Lot of food has leven in it!!! It felt like never ending, taking stuff out of my cupboards!! I also went on my Favorite Website (www.tammysrecipes.com i think its listed on the side of this blog..) she has some Amazing receipes for passover and non passover dinners (you should check it out!) This friday at chruch we are having our annul Passover Dinner! (Hopefully i can post pics) I cant wait! Learn more and remember what God has done for us! Shalom! and Happy Passover!

Happy Birthday L.J

April 2nd 2009 L.J. Turned Two!
we had a big day ahead! first thing was his birthday pictures! we left and went to the Mall to go to Pennys for our 10:10am apt. We walked into the mall and I checked my watch. it was 10 min to 10am so we were about 20 minute early (so I thought!) I figured we should grab a bite to eat before the photo shoot just to keep the boys happy and their smiles on. Off the the food court we went. Mcdees was still serving breakfast so i asked LJ what HE wanted for his Birthday breakfast Pancakes or Pizza. Pizza it was! we ordered our pizza then found a seat in the food court. we were enjoying our once slice of pizza then i checked my watch again. I couldnt believe my eyes it was Still 10 to 10am!! My watch battery was died!! quickly i grabbed my cell phone and it was 10:13 am!!! Hurry I grabbed the kids put them in the stroller and Off we Jogged though the mall to Pennys! *Few* they were running behind so we were not late. Well LJ wasnt having a good photo sessions.. I kept saying "its his party and he can cry if he wants to" lol! We did get a few Great pictures! we also snuck some Easter/Passover pictures in there too of both boys! After the pictures we went to build-a-bear and Larry jr made his very first Bear! he got a Brown bear and named him "Birthday Bear" I got a sound thing where YOU record what you want to say so i had larry Jr say "Happy Birthday" Its so cute!

LARRY MAKING HIS "BIRTHDAY BEAR"

After Build-a-bear we headed to costco for some gas. then we went to Party World gathered his balloons and plates for his part. Then we met up with Nnenna and Amaris at Chuckie Cheeses they had a blast! we played for a while. After we were both Pooped! we went home and Larry jr and Zachary took their naps! (Yes Both at the SAME time!) that gave me time to finish L.J.'s basketball cake! I think it turned out pretty good! About 5:30 all the family showed up and we ate tacos, opened gifts and ate Cake! Larry jr slept All night long! He had so much fun on his birthday!! Thanks everyone who came!!

Friends Party on Saturday 4/4/09
We had his friends party on the 4th at Odyssey 1! Party started at 2 so the boys and I left early to set up the table. The second I park the car Both boys fall asleep! hum.. what do i do?! Wake them up and have two crankie kids?! or let them sleep for a little bit?! ....You guessed it!! i let them sleep! (you dont mess with crankie kids! LOL) All larrys friends came and played in the jungle gym. From the looks of it every one had a Great time! LJ did have a moment of a meltdown but what do you expect with only a half hr nap?! After he opened his gifts he was back to himself again, off and running around playing with the kids! We all had fun! Thank you everyone who came and made Larry's Second birthday a special one!

Last day being ONE

Today is a Bitter Sweet Day, its Larry Jr's LAST day of being One! Tomorrow is his 2nd Birthday!! Wahhhooo My baby boy will be TWO! I asked him the other day what he wanted for his birthday, it went a little something like this:
"Larry what do you want for your birthday"
he said" Balloons",
"what else?"
"uhh Cake"
"What else?"
"Kids, Hannah & Mee" (to come over and play, Mee is "Emily")
"what else?"
"uhh...Cream!" (aka ice cream)
There you have it folks! thats what he wants for his birthday, what a normal two year old would want: cake, ice cream , kids and balloons! We are having a Family party for him on Thrusday he will have all of the above! I am going to take him to this place called Chralies Safari and he is scheduled to go get his pictures taken! He has a Big day ahead!! turning two takes a lot of planning! He will have his Friends party too were taking him to Odyssey 1 in tacoma! Im sure he will have a Blast!
The Joys of becoming a Two year old, you get CAKE, ICE CREAM, BALLOONS AND KIDS!!! My baby boy is Growing up!!!

Starting Solids

Two weeks ago Zachary showed interest in eating, so I handed him a graham cracker, he put it up to his mouth and went Nuts! He enjoyed the new taste and it actually had a flavor unlike his hard toys! He got mad and cried every time he dropped the cracker, and would look at me like I Did something wrong hahha! I went out and got him some of the Gerber crackers, its a lot easier for him to hold and I'm not digging in his mouth every five seconds scooping out chunks of cracker! He had his first expirence on baby food too! the first food he had was Organic Pears, he didnt like them to much but I am wondering because it was the First werid texture in his mouth. Next he had Organic Bananas! Oh My!! he LOVES bananas!! he says "mmm mmmmmm" even after he is full he still says MMMM!! its so cute! I know im Not supposed to give him the Sweet stuff Yet.. dr. said start with veggies first then sweet stuff last because he will enjoy the sweets and not want the veggies later.. So we've moved on from the banans and on to Organic Green Peas..he likes them but Not as much as the Bananas! haha! My next adventure is making my own baby food! I am going to order some special freezable continers and pull out my Magic Bullet, we will see how that goes!! Wish me Luck!

Our Family Gathering

On January 16th I had emailed a guy who I thought could be my half brother Shawn Ransier. Every day I would check my email to see if he had responded. Finially on January 21st he responded he said, he was 99.9% sure I was his half sister!!!! A Dream come True!

Shawn Ransier

I have been searching for years for Shawn and thanks to "Myspace" I found him!!! We talked via email for a while, then exchanged phone numbers and talked for hours! He said he would have gotten back to me sooner but he was in the hospital having his first baby!

Akasha Ransier born on 1-16-09! So not only did I gain a Brother, I got a Neice too!!

We all arranged it to meet at the end of Feburary. Sine Shawn and his Fiance Jen and the kiddos live in Salem OR, and we live in Tacoma we met at our Aunt Joan's & Uncle Davids house. The whole family made it. I picked up Karl, we carpooled down to La Center Wa. We spent the whole weekend catching up on 21 years!!

Karl and Shawn Ransier

It was So much fun. Shawn looks just like the Ransier side, it was rather funny watching Shawn and Karl playing pool, they acted the same and even talked the same! Its strange how Genes work! Im So glad that we got the chance to all come together and have a family gathering! Hope we will be getting together very soon again!!

Keller's Birthday is the next gathering! He will be turning One!!! Its amazing how time flies!! Keller Matthews

The family:

(top) David Ransier, Josh Matthews, Larry Jr, Larry Sr Sund, Karl, Shawn Ransier, Chad White

(Middle) Melissa Ransier, Serena Sund, Amy White.

(Bottom) Marvel, Grandma Patty Ransier- Holding Zachary Sund, Joan Ransier- Holding Keller Matthews, Jen-(shawn's Fiance') Holding Akasha Ransier

(floor) Carl, Jessie, and Rosie (Jen's kiddos)

I've been Bag Tagged!!!

My cousin tagged me to empty out my bag and show the whole wold its contents... Yeiks!!

So my contents in my Eddie Bauer Diaper Bag are:

1. wipes- with two kids (Boys) you can NEVER have to many wipes!

2. $50 Visa gift card -an xmas gift for the boys *they had two but only one is in here*

3. 2 pacies- I got two Babies!

4. .96 cents in change-this will be goin in the boys piggy bank lol!

5. 4 Autism Awarness Lapel Pins- I sell these when I do my fundraisers for the Autsim Walk.

6. Mark Kay Lip Gloss- Gotta have my Gloss...

7. Mini Bite Size Oreos- Nice healthy Snack huh!! *sigh!*

8. baggie of Lucky Charms - Breakfast in a bag.

9. baggie of Formula- this is for the road trips when Zachary is Screaming in the car and i cant feed him while driving.

10. change of clothes for Zachary

11. 2 disposable diapers for Larry Jr.

12. 1 cloth diaper for Zachary

13. 1 wet bag

14. 1 reciept for University Place Pediatrics (co-pay and a bill of service I had to pay)

15. a Brochure for First Prebysterian Chruchr School- I just signed Larry Jr up for School on Friday. I went to the Open house on Thrusday and I fell in love!! (ill blog about this at a later time!)

I think thats everything in my bag... Looks like i need to clean some things out of there..

Here are the bag tag rules - (As stated by Katie.)1. Post a picture of whatever bag you are today - not last weekend when you and your hubby went out to that fabulous restaurant. No cheating!!! 2. Tell us how much it cost. This is a no-judgment zone -- there will be no ridiculing or eye rolling here. And, if there is a story to go along with how you obtained it, I'd love to hear it. 3. Now tag some fellow bloggers and link back to this post so people know why you are posting pictures of your bag.

A Letter To My Boys:

To my Boys:

Dear,

Larry Jr & Zachary,

I Love you both very much. You two mean the World to me! I am such a proud mommy to have two wonderful, blessed and healthy young boys.

Larry Jr,

You are a "Giver" you love to give hugs and kisses and your quick to know when something is wrong. You are always there to give a pat on the back and a Recovery hug or a pacie to one in need. When I look at you I think how blessed your wife will be to have such a great husband. You take after daddy. He is a wonderful loving hsuband and he has been teaching you to act like a young man! You have such a Contagious smile, you light up the room with your Blue eyes. I love everything about you! I love how you never give up and you always try your best. You are also a Great big brother and a wonderful son! Mommy and Daddy are very proud of you and love you Very much.

Zachary,

You are small but "Mighty" You let every one know what is wrong with a little tearful cry, that is all you know. You are so important, you mean the world to me! I love you so much!!! You make me smile when I look at your cute little face. When Im away I imagin your giggle, it remindes me of Gods Love, its never ending! You are truly a blessing from God. I almost thought I would never meet you but God had other plans, you are very dear to my heart! When I saw your heart beating for the first time it brought tears to my eyes! I will never forget the day God gave you to me.

To my boys I dont know what I would do with out you, nor do I want to know. What I do know is our life is complete with you two. Thank you for being my angels and my Pride and Joy! You two are growing up and one day will become Hebrew Men, Give thanks to God daily! He is the reason you two both are here! I love you my sons!

Love your, Mommy.