This weekend Luke had his first babysitting experience. He watched Jake, who just turned 5....watched him for about 6 hours.....Great Job, Luke!!! Luke had a chance to play Army Men, Star Wars, Nerf gun wars and even got out Mr. Potato Head.....
Here they are....hard at work- but still having fun !!!
Bella gave us a little surprise yesterday morning...... She went outside for awhile and came up to the patio doors with a squirrel in her mouth. She evidently scared it off of the birdfeeder, and then chased it and caught it before it ran to the woods. WOW! She's never done that before. She was so proud to show me her "catch". Good thing John was home and could dispose of the body....ewwww....
This recipe is a family favorite.....1 lb ground beef or turkey
1 med. onion, chopped
1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce (approx. 26 oz)
12 oz container cottage cheese
1/2 c. grated parmesan cheese
1 egg
12 oz lasagna noodles (no need to cook!)
12 oz shredded mozzarella cheese (reserve 1/2 cup)
Directions:
Brown meat and onion in skillet. Drain off fat. Add jar of spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes (if the sauce is too thick, you may want to add about a 1/2 cup of water to thin it). In a separate bowl, combine all the cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese (except reserved 1/2 cup) and the egg. Mix thoroughly. Spoon a layer of meat sauce onto the bottom of crock cooker. Add *two* layers of uncooked lasagna noodles (broken into small pieces to make them fit) and then top with cheese mixture. Repeat with sauce, noodles, and cheese mixture until all are used. Sprinkle reserved 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella on very top. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for approximately 3 hours.
I have to send a "get well soon" to Mr. Jonnie Wolf. One of our finest players who injured his knee in the last game of the tournament. I won't even go into the details about the fact that the referees kept the teams playing for over 30 seconds while Jonnie was laying on the floor in extreme pain.....ugh......good thing I had taken my blood pressure medicine. 
The 6th grade Math team won the Competition at our local high school this week. Luke was teased earlier this week and called a Math Nerd because he was a part of this team. Well, it's not so bad being a Math Nerd when there's a trophy involved.......
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are the last days of the semester for Ben....therefore, he is taking his finals.....Yesterday he had 3 tests. Evidently, it's very draining on the brain to study for that many tests and you need to wrap up in a blanket and watch a movie in order to decompress. As you can see, he has made himself at home on the couch, where he stayed for about 2 1/2 hours.
I took Mr. Andrew back to college yesterday.....it was a terribly snowy day, but we made it! I could tell that he was OK with being back with his buddies, living the college life. I will see him later in the week...his books didn't all arrive on time to our home, so I will deliver them =)
The only basketball game we attended this weekend was Anna's.....she's learning to be more aggressive- and she looks so darn cute in that little pony tail (she's #1)!!! The whole gang watched, including the brothers and Gma and Gpa. What a great cheering section!!
I was looking through some photos from last Spring and ran into this picture....we were in the middle of our kitchen remodel and were living in our basement while the front of our house was ripped apart....I guess it's not every day that you have a HUGE truck in your driveway!! All of the sacrificing was worth it....we LOVE our new kitchen!!!
Personally, I think he looks like a stuffed animal that I had as a child....Le Mutt! Don't you think he looks like Le Mutt??
John even had a soft spot in his heart for little Marlee....
On Sunday, we watched the Packer game. Some of us were so nervous that we knelt in front of the couch-- and some of us weren't quite so enthralled with the game......
It was a wonderful weekend!!!
We even saw Curly Neal, a retired Globetrotter.....
The team made many fabulous dunks and even a few 4 point shots.... yes, 4 point shots...
Here are the fabulous Globetrotter fans......too bad my camera focused only on Ben!! 
