My 1st Ryoal wedding......

Our invitation must have gotten lost in the mail :-) That's ok though. I didn't really want to buy a new dress, and go through the hassle of customs. So i enjoyed the wedding of Prince William The Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus and his beautiful bride Catherine Middlteon Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge from the comfort of my couch. I was to young to watch Prince Charles and Princess Diana get married, so i missed that massive to-do. But i did get up at 2:45 am and watch this wedding and i am glad i did. It was amazing. Kate was beautiful, William looked so handsome and then they both looked so nervous, and happy and in love. I was able to watch the entire wedding including the Kiss which took place on the balcony of Buckingham palace, just as Charles and Diana's had. I loved Kate's dress, i loved the decor that was used, it made Westminster Abby look a little cozier, more welcoming. I also like that Kate already has a place in the people's heart. I hope she can stand up to all that is ahead of her. I Really Like this article i found about thier relationship
Royal Relationship Rules Marriage experts say this royal marriage may be built to last. Here's how we commoners can steal the couple's healthy relationship secrets.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health-pictures/0324/royal-relationship-rules.aspx

Tithing the Spillman way.....

We dot not tithe money to our church. This is a mutual decision of Eric and I. Based on a couple different reasons, my aversion to giving money to an organization that i am not 100% sure where said money goes and Eric has grown up tithing by doing. His great-grandfather was a doer. He also did not tithe, but he was willing to make or do anything the church wanted. We have decided, that we will tithe by doing also. That said, the work that goes into the Edge church each week is overshadowed by the production that is put on. But please believe the Edge would be nothing without the people that do "set up" and "take down" each week. One of the things that gets transported every week is the stage. It was given to the Edge for use, and it had seen better days. It was gray and needed to be painted badly, each week it was getting covered by carpets and tape, and just generally didn't look pleasing. So as he's way of tithing Eric painted the stage pieces last week. We parked both cars in the driveway, and he went to town. He spent all last week after work, and after the boys went down painting and touching up the pieces. They turned out great and looked wonderful. I hope the church was as happy to recieve these pieces of stage, as he was to do them for the church. They turned out great!!

Last weekend while Auntie Bri was here, Aragorn took a ride on the big boy bike he got for his birthday in November. It was the 1st weekend day, that has all these factors

1. It was warm out

2. Dad was home and didn't have 10 million things to get done (i refused to teach Aragorn, i think this is a great DAD job, must like teaching a kid how to drive)

3. I was able to hold my composure long enough to let them try it. I was all to terrified at what could happen, with the falling, and getting hurt.

Aragorn did OK, and i say OK, because he never fell, but he never really got going either, he's having a hard time pushing the pedals, he'll get it eventually, and then well........See rule #3

ps-Remember when riding your bike meant MAYBE you put shoes on? It ook 2 adult people to get him ready to ride his bike.

Happy Easter!

Here is the ONE picture I got of all of us today at church. The boys got Easter baskets this morning. Some chocolate and a new toy and a new outfit for today. Rohan actually ended up wearing jeans, as it was WAY too cold for shorts. I don’t think we got to 30 degrees this morning. But it was fine, better than what it could have been in this state. The boys did the Easter dash the church put on, they each made out like bandits with buckets full of candy. With Eric having to work until 2 pm at church today, we opted to not do a huge lunch/dinner thing. Instead I made a pork chili in the Crockpot, which is fine, the cold weather has me wanting chili anyway. We met the Weinmaster family yesterday and did an Easter egg hunt at the local YMCA yesterday, the boys had a blast scooping eggs, but they had no interest in meeting the Easter bunny.

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My 1st......

I don't post about my 1st child nearly enough. I actually have 3 :-) Tabby is my only girl and although i don't speak of her much, and most of the time i am more annoyed with her than happy, she is part of this family and i love her to death. She got a haircut yesterday because she needed it, her fur was suffering from the winter blahs, and it was just icky. She won't let me do her face or legs, so she looks like a little lion now. So cute!

Randomness in the kitchen

I always find randome things in the weirdest places.

and suddenly........SNOW

Remember that GORGEOUS weather i told you about in my last post? We went from high 70's to this the next day. Ahhhhhh Colorado, how i love you!!

Great day......

We took the boys to the park last Saturday because the weather was GORGEOUS!! T-bri joined us, We picked up some KFC on our way, and we had a great picnic. The boys played soccer with Eric and Bria. Aragorn is really pretty good at it, maybe we'll enroll him and see how he likes it. Rohan, had another sport in mind as he kept running and then falling onto the ball to grab it with his hands (I'm thinking we'll out him in football) the boys then ran over to the playground for some more fun. Rohan did the rock wall all by himself, he's a little monkey that one, but he must get that from Eric, because Eric climbed one too. As a typical Colorado spring day goes, the clouds rolled in around 3, and we packed up to go. But, on our way out we had to feed the ducks. I loved doing this with the boys, my mom used to take me to Washington Park when i was a kid, and i have great memories from it (except that 1 unfortunate time the goose got my finger) that kinda trauma sticks with you. It was a wonderful day, we all came home tired, sunkissed and happy. I hope that was just the start of a great spring and summer for all of us.

2 heads are better than one.....

Naughty, naughty

Ok yes, this was taken in church, and yes he's playing a video game, (he was in with the grown ups instead of the youth, had to keep him seated somehow) BUT i love the photo.

11 things you will NOT be taught in school

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: They called it opportunity. Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. *This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. *Do that on your own time. Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.