Friday Funnies!!!!

A few of the goofy things that have happened this morning...

The girls came upstairs after their showers, asking me to tie their towels around their necks like super heroes. Siobhan said that Audrey's super hero name is Super Pinkalicious. Her job is turn the world pink and sweet. Siobhan's super hero name is Coconut Green Apple and her job is to turn everything in the world into lollipops. I love those girls!!!!

Usually, they really love each other!

Mr. Will came running upstairs wearing only a diaper and Audrey's princess bike helmet backwards. He knew he had the helmet on wrong so he had me fix it. Then he ran over to the garage door asking to go ride bikes. I told him not right now so he started to get into the pantry. Can you just picture him wearing only a diaper and a princess bike helmet? Go on, picture it....it's hilarious!!!As handsome as they come, no?

What I Did With My Time Today....

As I mentioned yesterday, I've been doing a lot of waiting. And that didn't change today! Yep, still waiting. So I thought I would do something fun and creative to keep myself busy and my mind off the fact that my little guy has chosen to continue to gestate rather than joining the family as a full fledged member. So I decided that it was time to decorate for Valentine's Day. I didn't want to get Feb 10th with a brand new baby and be caught un-prepared.

Well, the random, unexpected snow storm didn't deter me. I packed up the kids and we headed to the Dollar Tree. As much as I wanted to decorate for Valentine's Day, I remembered that I don't have a lot of V-Day decor to start with and it's all packed up in the storage. So we picked up some odds and ends and combined that all with stuff that we did have lying around the house and I got to work. I had a lot of fun. I used an old package of napkins, a thrift store frame that wasn't being used, some red spray paint that my FIL had in the garage, branches from the backyard, candles and a bunch of other fun stuff.

I only did the mantle because decorating the entire house freaks me out regardless of where I'm living and that pretty much applies to all holidays aside from Christmas. I just try to focus on one main area and call it good. Also, if I do any more than that, guaranteed, I'll forget to pack something away when the holiday is over. Now without further ado, here are the pictures of the finished product.


I started making this wreath last year around Valentine's Day but I never got around to finishing it. Well, one nap/quiet time, two episodes of Glenn Beck and many burned fingers later, I finished it! BTW, all the fabric on it is the remnants from my wedding dress.


My favorite part is the section with the branches, pom poms and red frame. I got the red frame from a thrift store in Castle Rock. It was black so I painted it red. I got the branches out of the backyard and made the pom poms out of napkins from Ikea. I hung them with fishing line to make them look like they're floating. So fun!

The opposite side from the branches. The mirror with the doily was fun and easy. I got a dollar store mirror, painted the frame red, and glued the doily to the mirror using a simple Elmer's glue stick. Fun! My sister made me the framed quote. There's a fun quote for all the special times of the year and it's so fun!

These birds started off really ugly from the dollar store. Well, out came the red spray paint and now they're love birds! I like them a lot although Siobhan liked them better the other way. I guess taste comes with age.

Here is the final product. I stuck with a consistent/traditional color pallet of red/white/black (big surprise coming from me). That also worked really well with the white mantle which was good as well as working with a bunch of stuff I already had. I had so much fun doing this project and it was a great way to take my mind off of the fact that I'm not currently resting with a baby sleeping on my chest.

The End.

Waiting....Waiting.....Waiting

To quote Inigo Montoya from 'The Princess Bride' when he's waiting for Wesley to climb the rope, 'I hate waiting.'

I fully expected to have a baby in my arms right now....but I don't. The problem is that I've been expecting this boy to come early for a while now, and he hasn't. It's hard for me accept, but I'm not sure why. With all of this waiting, our house is more organized with this baby than with any of the others, so that's a good thing. So how have I been spending my time you ask?

*Well, all the laundry is done! So whenever there is the slightest bit of dirty laundry in the basket, I do it. Never thought I'd say that about myself.

*I find any excuse to go up and down the stairs. We have a lot here, so that's not too hard.

*Clearing out my DVR. Yes, that means lots of episodes of Glenn Beck that I haven't gotten around to watching as well as Degrassi......yep, it's goes there!

*Finding new and exciting places to 'walk'. I've done two different malls, Target, Old Navy, Ikea. It's a nice day today, maybe we'll go for a walk outside after Siobhan gets home from school.

*Changing bed sheets on all beds.

*After spending a lot of time avoiding lifting up and the kids, I try to pick them up a lot now.

So, now we'll wait until he comes. Hopefully like, tonight. We'll see.

Surprise!

It's been a while since I've posted anything, but that has more to do with the fact that I'm trying to limit my computer time (some days more successfully than others) than anything else.

But I did want to post about our week last week. On Sunday (the day after Christmas) we got a doorbell ring at a random time in the afternoon. Nobody ever comes over and they never ring the doorbell. Well, I never expected that my Dad and Debbie were about to walk through the door! They drove all the way up from Arizona to surprise us! It was so fun to see them. We got to do Christmas all over again and the girls had a great time re-acquainting themselves with them. It's been a while since the girls have seen either one of them so it was way fun!

While they were here, we got to do some really fun things! Avo Mike (that's grandpa in Portuguese) spent Monday afternoon and night here while Debbie went to visit some friends in Clearfield. He was so great to watch movies with the kids while I finished some projects and then stayed with them during quiet time so I could go do some Christmas returns/exchanges.

On Tuesday, he took Siobhan to do some birthday shopping while I ran some errands with Will and Audrey then lunch at Panda Express (which Audrey affectionately refers to as 'Polar Express'). Later that evening, after we reconnected with Debbie, they took our family to Tucanos (a Brazilian steak house) which is always a treat. Siobhan ate 20 chicken hearts. No, you read that correctly, 20 chicken hearts along with all the other meat they brought around. While she ate the other stuff, she just kept asking them to bring her more chicken hearts. We were going to go see the lights at temple square, but Mr. Will had had it by then, so we headed home to put the kids to bed.

I felt bad that on Weds. a big snowstorm hit! Like a huge storm! So we weren't able to spend as much time together as Dad and Debbie needed to head back down to Provo before it all made the roads bad.

On Thursday, I had a doctor appointment and they were gracious enough to come up in the morning to stay with the kids. And since my car hadn't been dug out of the snow, Dad took me to the appointment which was awesome! I hate shoveling and cleaning off my car especially when there's like a foot of snow and it's freezing with more snow falling. It definitely made my life easier. They also made us dinner that night which was a big treat not only because the food was great, but also because I didn't have to make it! Score! The kids ate it and everything so it must have been awesome!

On Friday, Carson took the day off of work so we got some projects done then Dad and Debbie came up in the late afternoon. We were invited to small party with all of Carson's old roommates so We went down to Alpine, while Debbie and Dad went to dinner and to see the temple lights. Then we got home, put the kids down, and they stayed to sit with the kids while we went and celebrated New Years. It was such a treat because Carson and I have never spent New Years Eve out anywhere and we rarely make it to midnight as it is! It was so great of Dad and Debbie to giv eup their New Years Eve so we could go enjoy ours!

On Saturday night we were finally able to make it to the temple all together to see the lights! They were beautiful as always, but it was *really* cold! We spent about 45 minutes looking around before the kids had had it. I wish we could have stayed there longer, but it was fun see what we were able and a great way to wrap up the holiday season. Also a great way to spend our last night with D&D!

The time of their visit was a great! I've had a lot of people in the ward taking the kids a few days a week to relieve my stress a little bit, but of course I didn't want to inconvenience people during the holidays. What a blessing in disguise to have Dad and Debbie come when they did and they were so great to spend so much time with the kids so that I could get stuff done or even just take a nap. Such a huge help! And going through all the days that we spent together makes it seem like the week went by so fast (which it did). But we had so much fun and the kids had a great time! Every morning when they woke up, the first thing out of their mouths was, 'When are Avo Mike and Debbie coming over?'

I so much appreciate that they were willing to drive all the way up here especially on Christmas day and the day after to come and help us out! Hopefully, we'll get to see them again sooner rather than later!The kids with Avo Mike and Debbie on their last night in town. for some reason, I didn't take any pictures while they were here (I'm so mad at myself!) but I did this cute one with all the kids.

Thanks again Dad and Debbie!