Friends

While in Arkansas this time, we got to see several of my friends who live in the area. One friend, Dena, I haven't seen in a LONG time! She and her family have been living in Southern California and recently moved back to NWA. It was so good to see her! The last time we saw Dena and John, their son Jack was just about 10 days old. He will turn 5 in May! They also have a sweet baby girl, Alli, who will be 1 in June. Dena also brought her mom, Barb, out to my parents house. My parents and Barb enjoyed catching up since it had been about 10 years since they had seen one another. Jack & Henry had lots of fun playing while Ben tried to keep up with the big boys.

Jack!

Henry!

Ben...with the help of his Daddy!

Buddies, Jack and Henry

Dena, Alli, Kara

Fishing

While in Arkansas, we walked down to the dock and the kids "went fishing" with my Dad. Basically Ben walked around on the dock and threw rocks in the water. Henry fished for about 2 minutes then threw rocks as well. They loved to play with the minnows in the bucket. Saturday was a beautiful day, so we had a very pretty evening to be down at the lake.

The sun is setting.

Bucket 'o minnows

Henry and Papa (my dad) getting ready to fish.

Ben checking out where he is going to run off to next.

Making faces

Henry fishing

Throwing sticks for Turbo. She was in heaven!

Arkansas Fun

After work on Friday February 26, we left to travel down I-44 to Arkansas. The last time we were there was to celebrate Christmas! We were suppose to go about a month ago, the end of January, to celebrate my birthday, but they got lots of ice down there. We had a fun time which included my birthday dinner, fishing, and getting to see several friends. The kids (and Turbo) had a blast.

G and Erin.....I guess they do fit into our "weird" family after all! They are the only children who have to get used to LOTS of noise being in our family!

No, I am not 87.....we get a birthday equation we have to figure out and the answer is our age.

My camera has a weird flash as you can see in this picture and the one below!

Too bad my camera has the weird flash, because this would have been a GREAT picture!

Henry and Uncle Will

Autn Erin, Henry, and Uncle Will

Silly picture time!

Me and my littlest brother!

My Boys

Love these two little guys! This was the other night after bath....love Ben's curls and Henry's smile. They are getting SO big!!

Henry & Charlie

Henry and his buddy Charlie were born just 5 days apart. This year neither one could attend the other's birthday party, so we got together and let them celebrate. We went to the Berry's house and I brought a cake (2 actually) for the little party. Below are some pictures of the fun time. Little brothers Ben & Matthew had fun playing with the big boys too!

The cakes I made....yes, I know it looks like some sort of chemical formula!

Charlie, Matthew, Ben, & Henry

Happy Birthday Boys!

Yeah for the 4 year olds!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from all 4 Mohrmanns!!

Sending you lots of LOVE this Love Day!

I sure love all 3 of my guys. Did I mention they sent me flowers on Thursday? The card said: "We love you past space and back. Love your Mohrmann Boys"

I Love You G, Henry, & Benton!

Zee-Zee's Birthday

Tonight was Zee-Zee's birthday celebration. We had a delicious dinner and yummy cake to celebrate. Henry and Ben sure enjoyed having their grandma and great-grandma over for dinner. Happy (late) birthday Zee-Zee!!

Such a good picture of all 3 of them! I just love Ben's face in this picture.

Attempt at a picture with NoNo. We are lucky Henry is looking at the camera!

Loving Papa

Just a few pictures of Henry & Ben hanging out with my dad (Papa). Ben is totally a Daddy's boy, and since G was camping, Ben was attached to my dad all day! Of course, Papa loved it!

Henry and his Papa....Birthday buddies too! My dad's BD is New Year's Eve and Henry's BD is New Year's Day!

Very cute picture of Henry, Ben, & their Papa.

Silly picture time!

Nana's Birthday

My parents are in town this weekend. They arrived Friday at dinner time and are leaving tomorrow after church. Henry & Ben are in heaven with them here. We had a cake for my mom's birthday last night after dinner. Her birthday isn't until 02.23, but we don't see them again until the end of the month. This morning G left for a winter float/camping trip. He'll be back tomorrow afternoon. I ran a 5 mile race this morning with our friend Steve. My parents entertained/watched the kids while I ran.

Rae came over for a special "Grandparents Valentine Lunch." Since my parents were in town, we had Rae come over so Henry & Ben could enjoy all 3 grands.

Tomorrow night Rae & Neen will be coming over for Rae's birthday celebration dinner. Her birthday was Monday, 02.08. Last weekend she was out in California running state #48 marathon! Just one more (Delaware in May) then it's ALASKA (#50) in June!

Happy (early) Birthday Nana/Mom!

We love you!!!

Another Snow Day

On Tuesday February 9, we had our third snow day. Henry still had school, so it was just Ben and Mommy for the day. When G got home from work, we headed over to the golf course at the end of our street for some sledding. It was freezing, so Ben and myself only stayed about 30 minutes, but Henry and G were out for close to an hour. Everyone had a great time!

G, Ben, and Henry ready to sled.

G was very excited....probably more excited than the kids!

Mommy & Ben, freezing!

Henry takes a turn.

Mommy & Ben have turn down the "hill."

Henry having FUN!

Yeah Ben!

Randoms

Last weekend, we were BUSY! We started Saturday (02.06) with haircuts for all 3 Mohrmann Boys. Then we headed to Adelaide's 2nd birthday party. We went home for much needed naptime then were off to the Richmond's house for dinner. Sunday we went to church and after naps, went to the Davidson's Super Bowl Party! Henry and Ben enjoyed it all and loved being with friends and playing lots. The weekend flew by and we hardly felt as if we were at home! Below are a few pictures.

Addie, the birthday gal!

Ben LOVES cupcakes! Can you tell?

Brothers who love each other....most of the time anyway!

Catch Up

UPDATE: As of Friday Feb. 11, I have added new posts, so click on January and you can see all the fun Henry & Ben have been having. Finally!!

Yes, I am behind....that is what being a full time wife, mom, and teacher will do to you! My plan is to catch up on pictures and the latest happenings of Henry & Ben tonight. I will post them with the dates they happened, so you may have to click back on January to see what we did the last part of the month. We may be getting snow here....and possibly a snow day tomorrow! What fun for Henry & Ben! (Except this means I would be in school until June 11!) Stay tuned...don't give up on me! Just got a little behind.

Ben's 4th ER visit

Ben made another trip to the ER today (Feb. 1).....lots of things were ruled out (pneumonia, flu, RSV virus, other random viruses). We were told after a chest x-ray, numerous visits from nurses and the ER doctor, and an awful blood draw, that Ben has a viral upper respiratory infection. Basically there is nothing we can do, just lots of love and tylenol and motrin.

Poor little guy hasn't caught a break since getting swine flu the beginning of October. Ben has had 4 trips to the ER, starting on October 6, 2009 and the 4th one being today. We hope he doesn't have anymore anytime soon! His fever broke and was able to go back to the sitter on Tuesday. He has been feeling better, just the continuous runny nose. We are very ready for the warmer weather that we hope is around the corner!

Poor Ben!

Ben's owie....he HATED having blood drawn and had to have the IV stay in while we were in the ER. He was very ready to leave, as it meant the IV came out!

Mommy & her poor baby boy!

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Feeling better and playing with the foot-lever for the sink. They wouldn't let me dress him yet, but I had to put on his shoes before I would let him walk around!