Long time, no post!

I have been MIA for a while...computer issues, let me tell you. Thank goodness I was able to get things fixed yesterday thanks to Best Buy! We are up and running again...

Since the last time I have posted, I became an aunt again... times two!! On April 19th my brother and his wife welcomed two healthy babies into the world! Gene Louis and Ella Margaret. Love them to death already!! With a winter storm on Tuesday and work committments I was not able to get up to the hospital. So yesterday I got in a quick visit (not to upset a certain little girl who has been so patient in waiting to meet her new cousins!) I just love holding babies...so little and precious! Makes me think back to when mine were that little, and for Derek wasn't that long ago!


Today we were cooking and baking up a storm for the new family of four and for Easter dinner tomorrow. I even got brave enough to try my hand at making homemade cinnamon rolls... we'll see how those turn out!

The kids also had to color and decorate their Easter eggs. Eryn wasn't near as excited to do this as Nolan was, but it all worked out. I will post the pics later as my camera battery is dead:)

Catch Up!!

Things in the Sabelka household have been a bit hectic over the past week or so. Rewind to last weekend...the weather was awesome and we got a lot accomplished: the kids and I went to the movies in Sumner with Cindy and Lexie, Eryn and I cleaned church, and I got caught up on laundry (hardly ever happens with five of us now!). On Sunday we went to church then headed to Decorah to a benefit breakfast for a friend of mine. It was so good to see her:). Then we went to the fish hatchery and saw the HUGE eagle's nest, and then Eryn headed to her last offical Luther PALS event with her friends Alice and Chelsea. They are seniors this year and Eryn will be so sad to see them go! They have been so good to her and helped her get "out of her shell." While Eryn was having a Easter scavenger hunt, the rest of us went to Walmart where Derek graduated into his next car seat... yes already!

So, as you can see the weekend went well.... that is until Sunday night. We could tell that Derek wasn't feeling the best. He had quite a cough, and we decided to see how the night went as to whether or not we would take him into the dr. Needless to say the night didn't go the greatest, and even though he was still smiling, we decided to take him in on Monday. The verdict: Broncholitis. They did a nebulizer treatment in the office then prescribed some albuterol to help with the coughing. Day by day he's been better, but he's also working on some teeth, so I think now that is making him a bit irritable! He also started baby food last night! Apples it was, and I thought for sure he'd make a face I could catch on camera, but he gobbled it up as if he'd been eating it for weeks! Even though he's not been feeling well, he is still such a smiley baby!!

Yesterday Eryn and I went shopping in Roch with Stacy and Jodi. It was a fun day despite it being downright cold and more like December. There was also an EASTER BUNNY sighting at the mall!!

We were tuckered out when we got home last night, but were up and at 'em early this morning (partial thanks to Derek) to get a start on housework and homework.

PS: I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my new neice and nephew! So excited to finally meet them :-)

A Long Week!

This week was a long one indeed! So much going on and so much to do! First off, I have had Spring Fever like no other, and started cleaning the house; what a good feeling to get rid of things we don't need anymore:)

It was finals week... grrrr... but it's over now, so a week of NO HOMEWORK due to Spring Break... YEAH!! Good thing too, cuz my laptop has been infected with a virus and has been in the hands of the Geek Squad since Wednesday night.... still isn't done today, so I will have to make a quick trip south to pick it up later this week.

The kids have had a good week; Eryn is still got a touch of swollen tonsils, and I am not really sure what that is all about... time will tell. Nolan has had a touch of Spring Fever as well, wanting to wear shorts and a tshirt (and his flip flops) around the house! Spring cannot get here fast enough in this household!

This weeked was busy too. Yesterday Lacy and I spent some girl time shopping and catching up. It has been since FOREVER since we hung out. It was a great time, not to mention good buys shopping!! Eryn and I went to church last night and then it was home to hit the hay early.

Today was my nephew Keegan's 6th birthday party so we all headed south this morning. We made some stops in Waterloo to check on a few things for the garage (and check on my computer!) before heading to my sister and brother in laws. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins. They both dozed off briefly on the way home. Now to get ready for another busy week. Lots of cleaning and baking to do (on top of a full work week!)

Step One of this Year's Project

For those of you who know us, since we bought our house 5 years ago, we have done several remodeling projects. Well, this is the year for another project:) Step one today was to take down the HUGE tree in our backyard. The kids loved to watch them up high cutting down the branches; great entertainment for young kids.... and a chance for them to ask all sorts of questions!

On a sidenote Happy Bday to my little sis Cindy, who is all of 26 today! Hope you enjoy your day!!! I made a "crazy cake" (chocolate cake) to help her celebrate tomorrow at mom and dad's. YUM:)

Well, its off to church and then back to make a delish supper of steak, baked potatoes and green beans!

Eryn is still complaining of ear pain from time to time... I only hope it gets better in the next few days!

This is the last week of Term 4 for school. I am really looking forward to spring break= a week off from school = spring house cleaning!!

Eryn's Ear-ache

As you probably have read, Eryn has been sick since last Thursday. I thought she was on the mend.... and it took a lot of persuasion to get her to go to school yesterday, but when she got home last night she said her ear hurt. So, I thought, here we go, ear infection. I have a CRAZY schedule at work this week, so I figured the sooner the better to get her in to the MD. So this afternoon I picked her up from school and away we went to the Dr. office. Well, the good news is that she does NOT have ear infection! (I cringed at having to wait for the meds at Walmart!). The bad news is that she has fluid in her ear, which could very well be from the cold/virus that she has. Hopefully it will go away in a few days. But the dr. said it may not go away and if that is the case we may need to look at tubes in the ear. GRRRRRR, really don't want to put her through that! So my fingers are crossed that it will go away in a few days. At the moment, she seems to be doing fine and has her brother talked into playing "cheerleader" with her:)

Not much else is going on today. Caught up on homework and housework for the time being, so I can enjoy more of the Olympics on television tonight! It's leftovers for supper, so even easier!

Home Sweet Home

We arrived back in Spillville on Tuesday evening; tired but glad to be home and to see the kids!! They were glad to see us too, and really happy to see what we had brought them! I spent yesterday running errands and trying to get caught up on everything. Eryn was not feeling well this morning and stayed home from school, so the kids and I had additional bonding time!

I said I would post some of the pics from our last day in Florida so here you go: We took an airboat tour of Lake Toho, with an awesome Captain (Mike). Ok, so I see I also uploaded a funny pic from Wednesday when we were crusing down the street in Orlando. Ha Ha....

Our Last Day in Florida

Today was our last vaca day. The weather was great... 71 degrees!!! I wore capris and flip flops!!! We went to some flea markets this morning, and back to Old Town before lunch. The guys had fun on the go karts, while the girls soaked up the sun. This afternoon we went on an Airboat tour of Lake Toho. It was so fun! We got to see Gators! We actually held a couple of baby ones too! I will post the pics when we get back tomorrow. Anxious to see the kiddos!!!!