Here I am!
Well, I guess this has been a long time coming. Imagine, me with a blog. I never thought it would happen. Peer pressure finally made me cave in. I have been reading my friend Taya's blog for a LONG time, and she has been making a full-fledged effort to get me going. NO WAY! Then, one night, I was sitting at a table with some friends, commenting on some peoples' "blog obsessions", and every person at that table had their own blogs. (open mouth-insert foot) They all insisted that it was really easy, (I hope so because I am computer-stupid) and really fun. After gathering their blog addresses and checking them out over the next week, I decided to give it a try. Maybe it will be fun- a creative outlet, something to do in my spare time- and maybe it will be a way to keep people posted on the life of our family, which is sometimes a little crazy!
As many of you know, the kids went back to school last Friday. (yes, it has taken me a while to get around to updating here). They were both so excited. I was very sad. I miss having them around. They both LOVE their new teachers and Marx is excited to have 3 recesses and to eat lunch at school. It still amazes me the excitement in their eyes on that first morning as they put on new school clothes and get ready to walk out the door.
Mikayla has been BEGGING to cut her hair for Locks of Love again. She did it the first time 2 yrs ago, and for the last 6 months she has wanted to do it again. We talked her into waiting through the summer and doing it just before school starts. Well, this morning she informed me that today was the day because school starts tomorrow. We called the salon and got the appointment and she was so excited all day. When we got there, she talked to the stylist like she goes to the salon all the time and then she came home and showed it off to all of her friends. She tells everyone that she just wants to help other people and I can see that through her selfless acts.
I decided to enter a "Scrapbook Queen" contest that Craft Warehouse is having. I have never done anything like this before. People can go to craftwarehouse.com and vote, and then the 5 people with the most votes are judged by a panel of judges. They had so much traffic the first day, that they had to put the contest on hold until they could upgrade their server to accomodate it. (It should be back up by Friday)
Ethan was SO excited to have his picture on the page. He just sat and watched me work on it, saying "That's me!" I just love scrapbooking pictures of my kids, and I love when a picture just captures their personality or tells a story. These, for instance, are Ethan's swim lesson pictures. He spent more time outside of the pool than in the water. He did love his goggles though!
We decided that we needed some fun in the sun, so this week for Family Night, we went to Lucky Peak with some friends. We took their boat out, did some tubing behind the boat, had a bar-b-que, and a TON of fun. The kids loved it. They got to play in the water and on the playground. Mikayla and Marx and Aaron got to go out on the tube. It was probably one of the highlights of our summer!
Dallin is such a character lately. After dumping out his macaroni and cheese (or any other meal for that matter), he loves to put his dish on his head. Mom tries to tell him "no", but she just can't compete with the laughs he gets from the other kids.
Last weekend, we participated in our comunity Pioneer Day. Mikayla was the most excited about it. She rode on the float in the parade and practiced her wave.
After the parade, we went to the park, where there was a dutch oven cook-off, games, and a dunk tank. The dunk tank was the highlight of Mikayla's day. We waited in a long line so she could have he chance to be dunked. She barely made it up onto the platform and SPLASH-she was drenched, pioneer dress and all.
My friend,
Taya did this on her blog... it looked like fun. So I'm gonna give this a try since I have never done this before.Here are the directions-
1. Add a comment on my blog and leave a memory that you and I had together.It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember! I guess good or bad, but be nice!!If you don't have a blogger account leave a comment as anonymous and sign your name! I want everyone to play.
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. I'm hoping it's more than 1 person! Don't disappoint me!
I have a hard time doing anything half-hearted, so when I decide to do something, I tend to get a little obsessive about it. Over the last several months, we have been rearranging our entire house. All three boys are going to be in the bonus room- the 300 square foot room that used to be my scrapbook studio. That left me with the little 9x10" room downstairs, so I had to do something drastic. I bought shelving and countertops and installed them, and then I recruited the help of my friend, Kara, and we spent hours. . . and hours . . . and hours, organizing, sorting, and of course-labeling. Aaron came home one night at about 10:00 and we were sprawled out on the floor, sorting buttons by colors and putting them in their respective jars. We did the same thing with papers and cardstock and adhesives- you get the picture. Amazingly enough, we just finished it, and I can find EVERYTHING! I love it, and I had so much fun, I have started going throught the rest of the house.
As many of you know, the kids went back to school last Friday. (yes, it has taken me a while to get around to updating here). They were both so excited. I was very sad. I miss having them around. They both LOVE their new teachers and Marx is excited to have 3 recesses and to eat lunch at school. It still amazes me the excitement in their eyes on that first morning as they put on new school clothes and get ready to walk out the door.
