RoyalMom

We had our first guild party in honor of one of our WoW guildie friends, Nate and his family, coming into town from Washington for the weekend, on his birthday no less.

Every one of the guildies was present and accounted for and let me tell you, we are just as much fun in real life as we are in virtual life. ha!

The founding four of the Switchblade Symphony guild...

and the fun spread to a few more members...

Party animals, eh?

My nephews and their friend who is our newest guild member...(I love the big boys in the front holding their Magic cards and the little guys in the back playing their DS game).

Kristin and Dan have given up the game but once a guildie, always a guildie.

We settled the wild kids in for a movie...

Little Simon took a cat nap on Andy...

And we ALL squeezed into the computer room for a guild-wide raid. We did a low level one we have never run before so we could see something new, have fun and not require too many skills from a healer who had a few mojitos (aka..me;).

I love little Isaac in there, my two nephews, my hubby...it's a family affair and we have made some great friends.

The party was oh so fun! I hope it's an annual occasion.

The kids dive into any activity that suits their fancy at that moment. I love listening to them negotiate activities together...

"Do you want to _____?"
"Okay! Let's go!"

So painting it was this morning right after the breakfast was finished.

and friends to share it with!

In my 34 years I have never eaten liver. The idea intrigued me so what the heck, why not try it?

The package looks like it holds a giant blood clot. Interesting.

I pulled up a liver recipe with rave reviews and managed to turn this...

...into this:

Doused in butter, bacon and sprinkled with lemon juice and zest.

Plated with green beans.

We all ate it, dipped in BBQ sauce. If it was the liver or starve, I'd eat it and say it was damn delicious. But it's not the liver or starve and it's obvious the cover up ingredients were not enough.

We can all say we tried liver now and I think I may live out the rest of my life on that single taste.

Friend Rachele made this adorable hat for Xander's birthday. Looks like a little yard gnome, eh? I love it.

Feeling the Valentine spirit early. hearts and apples.

Xander is sick today but couldn't pass on cookie decorations.

Friends Lisa and kids came over today. Yay! Check out Lisa's awesome new braids. Very hip!

I love how our kids always bring company into our bed to flip through the Netflix watch now stuff. They look so cozy. hehe

...and yes, more Legos.

The roof is complete on the Lego house! Jason definitely has a brain wired for this stuff. The kids were asking me all day, while jason was working, if I could help them build a roof and I had no clue where to begin. The book I laid on top didn't seem to satisfy them. ;)

Jason finished work and came up with this great roof design, complete with skylight.

Jason built a Lego house and the kids are ecstatic!

Complete with windows, door, bathroom, furniture...

Check out that hinged design for more playing options...

The kids are inspired! Xander is figuring out a roof design and Isaac a family car. All the the minifigs have been moved in and the kids are busy in play. I just can't believe how many useful pieces came in our random 12 pounds of legos we bought off Ebay. no kit, no instructions...just raw imagination.

Xander just ran in to tell me the Spongebob minifig is watching his favorite show and eating a pizza in the new house. Ha!

Xander and Simon wanted me to retake the photos with their newest alterations...

Simon added a hat to his guy...

Xander completely overhauled his ship...

I'm certain they are already completely different now...but hey, I did what was asked of me:D

The kids are really into building ships with the Legos lately. Isaac was also wondering if Lego Transformers would be possible and got to work creating his own Lego Transformer that transformed with minimal piece...shall I say "transplants" or "swapping"?

I missed snapping photos of the Transformer but here are a few ships...

Xander build (for Isaac)...

Simon build...

Xander build (for himself)...I like the guy sweeping off the deck.