EASTER

This is what we woke up to Easter morning. YUCK!! I did have one tulip bloom today though.I made my Christmas cinnamon(Sp?Can't figure out spellcheck on our new computer!!) rolls for Easter. Thought I would start a new tradition of having them twice a year instead of just one. Because of the weather we did a Easter egg hunt in the playroom and I set out their baskets on their bed. Towards the afternoon it got a little warmer so we did another hunt outside. Apparently my kids thought it was in the middle of summer by the shorts and bare feet. I had my nephew over to take in on the fun, too. The kids (aka Aubree) also got a bug catcher set (don't take your kids to Costco!) I told her she had to wait for Easter.

ZOO

K, we are back into the internet world and are functioning normally again!
Today was Day 2 of Spring Break. The forecast said 68 and sunny. It turned out to be no sun and breezy. YUCK! But we had already told the kids we were going to the zoo. It actually wasn't that bad and ran into a lot of people that we knew, one of which was my dear friend from California! AHHH, the goodtimes!

OUT OF ORDER

Our computer crashed the other night and we lost everything! So I can't download any pictures for awhile which means no blogging or scrapbooking! We're using David's work laptop until we get a new one. It crashed the night before we're getting some work done to our yard and I'm not cancelling that one so a new computer is just going to have to wait!

Until we meet again....

GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS

We went to our local bookstore over the weekend (yes here out in the sticks we do have a bookstore!) and bought Aubree a series called Ivy and Bean. Its more on a 2nd grade level so she finished the whole book over the weekend, but she really liked it and wants me to get the next book. Its hard finding books Aubree likes so when we do we jump on it! But its a cute book that I would recommend and oh lets face it, it has a cute cover and I thought it would look cute in her room on a bookshelf.

FINISHED ART PROJECT

The newness (really bad English!) is wearing off so its taken me awhile to get these made. With all of the supplies including picture development it was $54.

BIRTHDAY PRESENT IDEA

Austin's birthday is coming up and I need some idea's on a good gift. I HATE buying the kids toys just so they can be ignored a few days later. So I need some help on a good toy for a 4 year old. (we're trying to steer clear of another hot wheel car for obvious reasons)
Thanks!

OCD?

This is how Austin plays. He doesn't play pretend very much unless he's wearing his Spiderman costume. He literally thinks he turns into Spiderman and tries to climb the walls and even calls me MJ.
Anyway.
He loves to line up his cars. He'll line them up right side up, staggerd, upside down, you name it. Oh and heaven forbid if one of his sisters walks over it and accidentally bumps one out of place..
He'll go nuts!
His preschool teacher told me "Austin is very organized when he plays."

THE GIRLS ROOM

We have finally finished the girls room!! The carpet was installed about 4 weeks ago and we were finally able to get them a bed yesterday.
We had a desk and a hutch from David's grandma. I took the hutch off because I didn't want it covering up all of the trim and painted it white along with the end table. Then I painted an old chair from me and Dave's glory days pink.
I still have some artwork that I want to do and I need to order some pictures, but that can wait. I'll post those pictures later when I'm done.
I sent some material to Modena to make the girls some matching quilts and I'm sooo excited to see those!
The bunk beds are a lifesaver! They finally have their own bed to sleep in (before they were both sleeping in a full size canopy bed with a trundle. When I bought it I thought that it was sooooo cute and hoped Addie would sleep in the trundle. Well she refused and the girls have been sleeping in the same bed for 2 1/2 years. Addie has night terrors and was constantly kicking Aubree and screaming in her face. Sometimes Aubree would come home from school and say, "Addie kicked me in the shoulder last night and it still hurts!" And of course they would stay up all night giggling. Last night it was sooooo quiet!! Aubree sleeps on top, but Addie has the bigger bed (which she needs with all of her moving around!)
All of the stores I shopped at were Direct Source Furniture, DownEast Home (damaged Pottery Barn for those of you who don't live in Utah,Gardner Village and Real Deals.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

ADDIE'S NEW DO

AUBREE'S GAME

Aubree had an awesome game today!! She made 3 baskets and had a couple of steals! They won 23-8! Way to go Aub!
On the way home she asked me when tennis started. Lets take one sport at a time.
She also said on the way home:
"Mom, I don't know whats wrong with me. I"m just good at all the sports I do."
It was just funny the way she said it.

BRACE FACE

Yes I know you were wondering if I knew

I know you what you were thinking!!!...

"Does she know how bad her teeth really are!!"

Yes I knew that you knew that they were bad...

Blame it on the British relatives for my bad teeth

or

growing up I was given a choice between a car or braces.

I chose the car...and wrecked it 3 days later!

So now I have a mouthful of metal for 2 years and have been told to lay of the pop...

ummmmm....nope

2 years in the making....

We are almost done. I've been painting for the past 3 days and I'm half way done. The carpet still needs to be put in, but I couldn't wait to decorate it to see what it was going to look like. I just threw some things up there for pictures.

I've been debating all week whether or not to post about this...oh what the heck...my parents have been wanting to see pictures of it...

so there...

I finally got my piano.

Its still sinking in...

This was my zen growing up. I played and played for hours. I only play for me. If someone at church were to ask who plays the piano, I would NEVER raise my hand. I took lessons for 2 years, maybe 3. In high school I played for a friend for a devotional in Seminary and afterwards she told me she would never ask me again.

YUP! I'm that good!

But it was something I enjoyed doing and haven't played, well since high school really. SO now I have to relearn everything which is extremely frustrating especially when some songs took me months to finally play.
But like I said, I play for me.
I play the way I want to hear it and if I can't figure it out I just make it up. Nobody else knows that I'm playing it wrong!
I have control issues.
David hasn't even heard me play. I will spare him.
The music industry has really changed since high school. You can now download music and print it off! CRAZY!
Austin really likes it. He plays on it and sings at the same time. He won't let anyone play on it but me. Anytime he hears someone else get on, he will run into the room screaming "NOOOOOO! GEt OFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!"

GIRLS DANCE RECITAL!

WHEW! What a day! Aubree had a basketball game, both the girls had their dance rehearsal so Aubree had to change in the car, and then later on that night the big dance recital. Addison HATED her costume and I told her that this can be her last year, but after her recital she told me she didn't want to quit. (DARN! I have other things in mind...)
Aubree did AWESOME! This is really starting to be her thing. She LOVES it! If she didn't have so many things going on I would have her tryout for competition. I asked her out of soccer, basketball, and dance which one would she want to quit (Again, mommy has other things in mind) and she totally freaked out! She didn't want to quit any of them and I asked her how about dance (cuz I know daddy wouldn't let her quit sports) and she freaked out again. She said she would rather quit basketball than dance which really surprised me cuz she likes basketball over soccer. Of course I would never make her quit anything, I was just curious about what she was going to say.

Bad Mom

So tonight I have been informed by my 9 year old that all I do is clean and I never play with her.

OUCH

So never mind all the places I have taken her to (including Disneyland 30 bazillion times) all the mornings I get up early before school so we can have a good hour of one on one time to go over homework and read, all the basketball practices and games I take her to, all of her dance practices, and soccer..
okay that list can just go on...
all the times I let her use every sheet and towel I own so she can make a tent (nevermind the actual tent I bought her so she would stop doing this!) and then I have to dry myself with a washcloth because all of my towels are in the playroom and I don't feel like letting my husband know that I need a towel because that would mean that I am naked...

sorry for that one...ewe

all the happy meals I have bought her and brought them to her school for school lunch

seriously, the list could go on, but now she's going to have a memory of me not getting down on my hands and knees and playing.
I thought those days were over. Of course I did that when she was little. David does it every time he gets home from work. He's not so stressed out at work anymore so its his turn to be fun daddy so I can have a brake!!

But yet she's still going to have the memory of me NOT playing with her and just cleaning. Cleaning is soothing for me..its my blankey...

Maybe being a better mom should be something you need to write down.

I told Aubree I will try and do better.

AUBREE'S FIRST BASKETBALL GAME

Today was Aubree's very first basketball game. In the beginning she was really nervous and wasn't very aggressive, but after 15minutes into it that all disappeared. I was out in the hall for most of it so I didn't get a lot of pictures and missed her scoring! Next week we have dance dress rehearsal, basketball game, and the dance recital all in a row!

I've been reading a lot about how to take better pictures. I took these pictures with my flash off, which is how I like to shoot anyway, but inside they were way to dark with a yelowish tint,and check out Aubree midair throwing the basketball! Okay, she's only about 3 inches off the ground, but she's not blurry.

I SURVIVED THE DAY

I survived. No the 2nd coming didn't come and I didn't get resurrected into my 25 year old body, but I did survive and have come to terms with it. David took me out to lunch, shopping, a movie, dinner, and more shopping. And a big thanks for the emails, drop off's and phone calls!

Now on a brighter note, here are some goals I have for the next 10 years:

Upgrade my camera. I still shoot with a point and shoot. I feel I don't know enough yet about photography to make the big upgrade. I'm still doing my research.

Get a piano and of course I'm going to pull the high maintenance card and want a baby grand. Addie really wants to start taking lessons..so there..

Get braces...this one is easy...they go on January 29th!!!!!

Travel. David said he promises to take me to New York and Hawaii and I snuck in Rome, too.

Maybe cut down on the coke and start eating better...I said maybe...its the thought that counts

Maybe get out my violin one more time...again, its the thought that counts!

Get my picture taken with someone famous

Those are the main ones. Yes they are all pretty superficial. I didn't say anything about being a better mom and maybe growing spiritually, but those are goals you shouldn't have to write down.

MY LAST DAY

My last day to say I'm 20-something.
EWE.
MY THOUGHTS ON TURNING 30:

I remember watching the Friends episode of when they all turned 30 thinking,"How sad. That would be so awful! At least they don't look too old..."

So good-bye Forever 21 and hello Coldwater Creek (Seriously, is anyone old enough to shop at Coldwater Creek?)

I never thought I would see the day when I would be older then Aubree's school teacher!

2 more years until I have to get a hysterectomy

No more being the young cute fun mom and not looking old enough to have kids and hello I found a varicose vein!

Theirs a menopause book saved in my wish list at Amazon

10 more years until I am 40. THAT IS NOT A LONG TIME!!!

I COULD BE A GRANDMA IN 10 YEARS!!!

That thought depresses me

I have been holding on to baby clothes hoping for another one and now maybe I should just hold onto them for the grandkids cuz the clothes will still be in style since ITS NOT THAT FREAKING FAR AWAY!!

Sorry, I really hate that word. I only use it when absolutely necessary

I hate anyone who is 29

The girls are falling more and more to the floor

I still remember when the Schwan's man thought I was in my late 30's. I was 28 at the time...well your fat and smelly!

David took me shopping the other day and I shopped in the Junior's section just to make myself feel better as the 20-something year old stared at me with sad eyes. Just you wait honey..your time will come.

I think I found a gray hair...or I just need to shower...