Big Project

To keep this from being SUPER LONG I’ll try and stick to pictures, that’s the fun part anyway!

Before the start of the staining week.

Here we go!

So thankful for my dad who came up to help for the week. Couldn’t have done it without him!

No, that is NOT snow..I promise! We had a crazy amount of cotton flying around from our cottonwood trees.

Oh yeah, and you see that little portion in front of where my dad is standing? That was my contribution, I was a slow painter.

More crazy cotton pictures. (Maybe THIS is why I was slow at painting..I got distracted easily).

Our favorite tree finally went into full bloom last week too, can’t get enough of it!

Back to work!

Supper time on the deck!

“How many times do I have to tell you, I’m SEVEN-NOT SEVENTEEN!!”

On Thursday my dad’s sister and husband drove up from their cabin in Walker to join the festivities. Or rather to BRING the festivities. Jerem and I headed out back and pretty soon we had entertainment.

I almost started doing a little polka…

But then I remembered my coordination issues and figured with my location it might not be super wise.

(Who am I kidding, me break out into spontaneous dance?? YEAH RIGHT!)

Proof that Uncle Jerry is good for more than just entertainment.

(Yes, that’s our monkey, a.k.a Ava Lou. She was doing pull-up on the scaffolding all week!)

Sigh…I love it.

 

Side by side, before and after.

Feminists? I’m Thinking Not.

The following story was not intentionally encouraged by Jerem or I. Don’t judge. I’ve been telling Jerem for a month now that I was going to record on here, so I better get to it!

You see this girl? Yes, the one in the orange shirt doing a cartwheel.

Ever since she’s been able to talk she’s kept us in stitches. She has always had such a fun personality. This picture is so typical of her. She may not get the BEST grades, but I challenge you to find one person in second grade that doesn’t like her.

A few weeks ago the second grade class went on a field trip to the Depot to see a traveling exhibit on the life of people in the “old days”. Thank you to Courtney Hanson for telling me the story (and for the above picture).

They were looking at an exhibit that was telling about how the women had to go work on the railroad during the war. I imagine the picture looked something like this.

Paige: I thought that was illegal or something.

Courtney: You thought what was illegal?

Paige: Women, doing a man’s job.

Two days later THIS little monkey had the following conversation with Jerem.

 

Ava: Daddy, why are you going to work?

Jerem: To make money.

Ava: Oh, are you going to make ME money?

Jerem: Yep, that’s what I’m going to do.

Fast forward 12 hrs. later when Jerem got home.

Ava: Daddy, Daddy, you’re home!!! Where’s my money?

Jerem: Oh yeah, um, here. (gives her a nickel).

Fast forward to NEXT morning.

Ava: Are you going to work to make me money again?

Jerem: Yes, I am going to work to make you money again.

Ava: Can it be a dollar this time?

Yeah, so…..apparently in our daughters eyes it’s illegal for women to work and daddy’s go to work to give US all the money. Gotta love their little brains!

Mothers’ Day Classic

I am going to forever look back at this picture and DIE laughing at myself. Mothers’ Day-2013. I try and get a picture of the kids every year at this time. 80% of the years I’ve been a mother the flowering trees have been…well…flowering. So taking one every year is a good gauge of the Winter/Spring we’ve had.

We had a potluck at church today so I had gotten food ready for that. Gotten myself ready, my children ready, and still had 20 minutes to spare. I was feeling PREEEETTTTY GOOD about myself and where we were at in the morning so I decided to snap a couple pics of the kids.

I took 3 and LOOOOVED this one on the playback.

Fast forward about, oh….8 hrs. It was evening, we were sitting on the deck watching the kids throw a ball back and forth and I noticed Anson’s shirt was buttoned funny.

Me: “Anson, when you changed your pants after church did you re-button your shirt?”

Anson: “No, I haven’t done anything to it since I put it on this morning”

At this point Jerem and I looked at each other and BUSTED out laughing. Look at the picture again. Do you see it? HOW DID WE MISS IT ALL DAY????? Talk about mother of the year award. Sheesh.

I guess that’ll teach me to check how well my kids button their clothes from now on.

Spa Day!

Being Friends

Part One

By Paige

Being friends is all about family. Joy. Love. Sisters. When you are lonely you just find a friend so you can play with them a lot. Most important is family and love. Just like the story writers. They are friends all the time. They help each other out all the time. When someone is sick just think of your friends.

 

Parts 2 and 3 by Elsie and Chloe to come

Warmer Temps

Last week we enjoyed some sunshine and warm(er) temperatures. I decided to snap a few pictures of the kids enjoying their freedom from prison (aka my house). I’m loving my camera, its not fancy, technically a point and shoot. I think it takes awesome pictures though! I had my last one for 8 years ago definitely got my moneys worth out of it.

 

Anika and Gage-the babies of the group

Levi-he’s been coming for 2 years and loves his snuggles and Paige!

Gage-love his cheesy grin. He started coming when he was a couple months old, its been fun to watch him grow.

Ava and Ali-BEST FRIENDS. These two crack me up. I keep trying to secretly video tape some of their conversations but they always see me sneak up.

My baby. I can’t believe how fast she’s changing!