Playing Too Hard...

A Day Full of Surprises...

Ok so the day started off with a slow start... nothing much to report, and then by the time I got my shower in the latter part of the morning - it all started to go down. :)

So I jump in the shower and Rebecca likes to come and plan inbetween the the inside plastic sleeve and the curtain - no biggy - yet just a few short second later I was joind in the bathtub by a fully clothed baby. Having just jumped in a few minutes ago, I was no way ready to get out, so she played for awhile. When getting out I just left her in there while I went and got dressed, (note my bedroom door looks right into the bathroom door so I could see her the whole time), and she was enjoying being able to just play. I got her and and got her changed... not before taking some pictures :)

Above: Rebecca in all her cuteness.
Below: Aubrey getting in on the action.



The day really went off without a hitch. The girls napped when they were supposed to, they ate really well for lunch, they played really well today (not that it doesn't happen everyday, but today there was minimal fighting), and it just seemed to be a GREAT day! Then during dinner the next greatest event happened... Aubrey left alone at the dinner table! GASP :) I had finished and gotten up from the table to go and water the garden, while Don was resting after a hard day at work. We were both within ear shot of her the whole time... I came in and sat next to Don to talk, and after a few minutes Don was getting ready to go do dishes. He got up from the bed, walked into the dining room, said "I'm not going in there," turned around and walked back into the bedroom and laid down. On his way back I just kept asking "What? What happened?" He never answered. Then Aubrey, our oh so sweet little girl, walked into our where we were, and started to say... "I was pouring..." And I just grinned and said, "No Way! Really?!?!?!" I believe I will let the photo talk for itself.

Above: A plate of spaghetti with just a "little" parmisian cheese.
Below: our daughter so proud of what she has accomplished. :)

Father's Day Weekend

What a great time we had this weekend!  We started the weekend off on Saturday morning getting up at the loverly time of 5:30 am to go to our 5k that we signed up for.  We ran the Running with Angels 5k.  We love this race with a pashion!  It may only be a 5k but memories are timing are great!  We laugh and joke about it becuase 6 years ago when the race was first organized, I ran the race with my friend Jackie, and little did I know Don's mom and two sisters ran the race that year as well.  Don and I didn't meet up until about 3 months later...  good karma right?  :)  Anyway so we ran the race.  Getting not the best time in the world but a time that we both can work on improving.  We have decided to make this a yearly thing from now on.  I con only hope to improve my time each year. 

 Don, me and the girls

Tyson, me, Don, Kristy, Suzy and the girls.  Paula, Don's mom, was there as well... she is the one taking the pictures.  Thanks for a great run this year guys!  Looking forward to next year.  :)

We then invited friends over for a BBQ, and had a blast catching up.  I love the wonderful friends that are in my life.  They are very supportive, understanding and helpful.  I can't imagine my life without each and everyone of them.  A public THANK YOU for all that you do for Don and I and our family!  

We ended the day with the dads staying home with the youngest children while Danielle and I took our oldest to see Toy Story 3... in 3D.  Now and good as it was, Aubrey really didn't keep her glasses on the whole time, and it was fun seeing the improvement on the screen... but from now on I will not waist my money with kids seeing something in 3D.  On the other hand, the movie was wonderful!  I loved the story line and humor in it.  It was a great way to end the Toy Story line.  I do think it is one movie that I will be getting when it comes out.  I especially loved the moral to the story line.  

Sunday was move of a relax day.  We are lucky enough, (if that is what you call it) to have the one o'clock church so sleeping in was a must!  But the girls had other plans... so Don slept in and we got up and did our thing.  Around eleven, I had Aubrey go in and wake him up.  She is so cute with trying to wake him up... she whispers.  Then went to church.  When we came home the girls totally crashed.  Rebecca usually has 2 naps in the day and by the time we got home at 4:30 she had been awake for 7 hours... WAY too long.  So needless to say they were ready for a nap.  Aubrey was so cute and crashed on the couch in the living room... and not ten minutes later, Don's family called and invited us to dinner.  So Don went and spent some time with his family on Father's day and celebrated their dad while the girls slept.  I am glad that he got to spend time with his family. 

I am so grateful to have a man in my life that chooses to provide for our family, help with the home and family, be a worthly preisthood holder and love us with his whole heart!  You are amazing in all that you do!  Thank you for choosing me to share our time left on earth together and then for eternity!  Happy Father's Day Don! 

Kids post

How can I update all the things to do with the house and extended family and not 

update you about the kids...  Here are some recent pictures of the girls. 

Aubrey fell asleep downstairs while watching Wall-E and talking on the phone... Priceless

Running through the sprinklers... trying NOT to get wet.  :)  

I love my baby girl and all her quirks.

We spent the evening with friends from out of town and this was the only picture that I got.  

I love it though.  We miss you guys already.  Can't wait for you to come again... 

and maybe we will get on that road trip finally.. :)

And finally my two girls together.  Oh how I love them so much!

Bathroom is at 90%

Oh how I would love to say that the bathroom is done, and it is for the most part, it is more or less the finishing touches that need to be added.  We are looking into upgrading all the hardware to match the shower, and then to upgrade the mirror.  I still have to paint behind the toilet... But here are pictures from our new bathroom.  I am posting a lot of pictures cause there is so much that I love about it!  Here we go...

 This shows the bathroom as a whole.  You can't really see it, but we picked the new shower head in the brushed nickel look and eventually all the silver in the bathroom will become the brushed look. 

Here is a close up of the tile in that shower...

Here is a close up of the floor...

This is to show that the medicine cabinet is GONE!!!  We then painted the walls in a brown cream hue, and replaced the outlet and switches so that all the trim is white.

Graduation

Last Friday Don's youngest sister, Robyn, graduated from Orem High.  We had a great time!  I was sad that I was unable to see her walk across the stage, no excuses but with young kids there are some things that just happen.  :)  I am so lucky to have joined this family and am grateful for watching them grow up.  I am so proud of Robyn for completing this step on her journey.  She is now set to go up to Logan and attend Utah State University in the fall.  Congrats Robyn!

All of the siblings there.  Brian was working, sadly. 

Playing with pine cones.

Latest Project Idea...

So in doing this half remodel of the bathroom, I am looking at what I can do to the other half to help it update the WHOLE thing... without costing an arm and a leg.  So my delema is this mirrow....

Sorry I know not the greatest picture... but anyway.  These are so old school in my book and they really aren't that effective in their use.  So Seaching the web I ran across this blog.  She had this great idea for making over a mirror... cheap and easy.  Here is her after look.

 She started with a plain mirror and used some polyurethane molding and corner blocks to add to it.  So simple and so practical.  I can't wait to get mine done... it may take a few months but it will get there.  (Note that although the ribbon is cute, I don't think I will be using that idea for attaching it to the wall).
 

New Contest.... Baby Blankets...

I love these contest!  I love seeing what other people can create with their talents.  This blog mother just had a baby a few months ago and has a great talent.  She is making minky baby blankets, the perfect size for car seats.  Check out her Etsy shop HERE.   She is doing a give away, and with babies in the house you can never have too many blankets.  :) 

Tic Tac Toe!

I am pleased to announce that Don has started his company.  He is working for Aquaveo full time and in his spare time he is programing applications and games for the Android phones.  He started back in November, so a simple project has been perfected and RELASED!!!  He has a website for his company... to check it out go HERE.  The company name is Crystal Studios... the website however is that name without the U.  One day maybe we will have the correct website, but for now help spread the word.  I am so proud of my hubby for such an accomplishment.  He is a wonderful programmer and has a talent to be proud of.  I look forward to the many more projects that he chooses to create with his talent! 

Bathroom Mysteries...

WARNING:  There will be some unpleasant pictures in this post.  If you don't like that stuff view at your own risk!

Before I get started there will be more to come, but here is the start.

When we moved to our home in Orem last January, we made a list of things that we would like to change and update... some of those updates have had to be moved up to a more recent date because of the mysteries. 

The perfectly knowledgeable person... HA, that put in the bathroom, decided that it would be a great idea for the shower to put laminate over partical board!   Needless to say that didn't last.  We found this wonderful surpirse....

Ok so it may not be all that gross, but showering with it is not very pleasant.  We also found some black mold growing and feared it was growing in the walls, so we decided to update the bathroom.

There will be before and after pictures posted but right now we are down to the bare minimum.  We have insulation, and the drywall is being put in tomorrow, tile comes in on Tuesday, and Wednesday they are starting to lay the tile.  I am way excited to see how it turns out.  We are still trying to see if we can replace the floor, but if not, at least we will have no fungi growing in the bathroom anymore!