Boo!

well, i have come to the conclusion that my halloween decorating this year will do one of two things- give me nightmares all month, or cure me of my inexplicable fear of spiders. eek!

BFF's.... whether she likes it or not!

That's what Maren said one day while holding Kjersti, so before she married Spencer i made them both matching pajamas...

In My Room....

trees painted on the wall by my bed

i found this huge canvas at the di and painted over it, copied a painting i saw in a bhg email...

Kjersti's New Room!

knobs i painted for her dresser

my mom made the stuffed owls after we saw some from pottery barn... oh, and that blanket underneath is a doll blanket from when i was little, i found it while putting her room together and guess what?! it has owls on it!!

we ordered this owl fabric and made the sheet sorry its upside down, not sure why

got the rug at ross, the green part of the skirt i a borrowing from a friend, the lacy part is a sheet my mom had, cant remember if it came from my grandma?

made the owl posters from scratch and printed on canvas with heritage makers!!! the pink quilt and pillow on the back of the chair my aunt made...

my mom brought the shelf home from work and i re-painted it.... the lamp and owls are made from leftover fabric my aunt sent with quilt she had made for my mom, we got the chair on ksl, it matched the quilt we made.

got the curtain at the di

awesome owl hooks from walmart online

made th pom pom clouds from tissue paper, the owls are more of the leftover fabric, stars and moon out of felt

Pumpkin Carving

Fun with the family last night carving pumpkins! A few months ago our neighbor had a garage sale and the one thing Tailan wanted more than anything was a carving kit with a bunch of patterns for different pictures. I must say this is probably the most awesome our pumpkins have ever been. Tailan needed quite a bit of help but Shayde did his mostly on his own.

Shayde did a bat.

Tailan's is the cat face.

Mine is some kind of little monster...


And Dave did a flaming scull.

Some News

Well, yes i have been chastised again about never posting anything new.... So i will try to catch you up.

Dave has been looking into possible career options and has applied to Northwestern Health Sciences University as a Chiropractic student. The school is in Minnesota. If he gets in and we can get our home sold we will most likely be moving for the January semester. It is completely terrifying and extremely exciting. We obviously have a lot changes comeing, bring it on....

We have been having a crazy summer with family parties and a couple short camping trips. unfortunately my camera is not working, so karyn has all the pictures, as soon as she is back from her trip i will work on getting some pictures up.

We had an awesome week full of fourth of july activities. We had a family BBQ with some amazing red white and blue food. We went to the Logan fireworks, the cruise-in parade, the Hyrum parade and saw the Hyrum fireworks! its been many alte nights and crazy schedules. Loads of fun though.

Shayde is waiting in anticipation for school to start, he is excited to be going to kindergarten in the fall. Tailan will be in preschool!!!

All the boys got their heads shaved the other day, still getting used to all the bald heads, and most days wishing i would have joined them.

We still have one remaining kitten form the stray having babies in our garage. He is a cute orange baby, getting to be a big baby. Still looking to find him a home...hint hint.... he loves to play with puff balls and his stuffed unicorn from mcdonalds. he sleeps a lot, is potty trained, and eats grown up cat food...any takers????

Summer, Karyn and I have decided to take our party-loving ideas to the next level. Our business in progress is called Add a Little Flaire. You can see more about it at http://addalittleflaire.com. We are super excited for our Phantom Masquerade Ball in October!

Well, there are the headlines....

OOPS!

well, i forgot when i changed my blog background to change my font color so no one could read it for a while. i fixed it!

Watch Out

ok, now i know some of you may just fall out of your chairs, so why don't you go get something soft to land on...ok, you ready? There are FIVE that's right count em 1-2-3-4-5 (including this one) new posts TODAY!!!!! WOAH!!! Alright just go ahead and pick yourself up, brush it off, you'll be ok. So just remember to scrolling....and scrolling....and scrolling..... till you get all of it!

Lunch Ladies

At our family Christmas party in December, a cousin suggested getting together for lunch once a month, we we figured out a time and place and we had lunch, except that cousin who made the suggestion didn't show...lol. But here are some pictures of our fun outing.

Happy Birthday Tailan!

Tailan turned three yesterday. We had an awesome dinner of hot dogs and macaroni and cheese (Tailan's request). He got some sets of legos with he loves to build in to the tallest towers, adn perhaps MY favorite- a 'time out' stool! Courtesy of Karyn. It's so cute and I'm sure it will be put to good use!

Sledding

We took the kids sledding the other day, at Millville School. If your looking for a great hill where you can go far but its not so big you can't walk back up, that's the one. Plus all the school kids have packed it down so you go forever!

Things to take note of...

The other day i awoke to Shayde yelling at Tailan downstairs, "YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO TIP THE MILK JUG ALL THE WAY UPSIDE DOWN... that was a full milk jug by the way...

Losing it or bust

Well, I have started a new blog. In an effort to create and maintain a healthier lifestyle I have made myself some guidelines and will try my hardest to follow them. I created a link so you can check in on my progress if you'd like!

Something to talk about

Wow. i bet that title gave you all kinds of expectations... what it should say is "lack of something to talk about"? i don't really have any intentions for this post other than to fell like i am doing something for the few who actually read my blog.

we had a really fun weekend, dave's mom and stepdad came down for a visit from canada. it is always a hoot when they visit, the kids love them, and Gaylen keeps me rolling in laughter the entire time. He loves to tease the kids, and its so funny, cuz they're not quite sure what to make of it....

Pat taught us how to make butterhorns, a secret family recipe that you may or may not be lucky enough to try if dave and i can ever recreate it... completely tasty, that's all i can say.

*random moment of interjection* something smells good, cant figure out what it is... my hair, my shirt, eek, not the couch! not sure, something that doesn't smell like me, but i like it... does that say something about how i smell? lol.

we went down to dave's sisters house yesterday. we had found a chair on freecycle that was close to where she lived so we took a trip, got an awesome chair FOR FREE for all the new space in my clean bedroom. at tricia and pauls we make some yummy pizza, and they shared some truly delicious pepper jelly, which is completely addicting, and slightly surprising because i really am not fond of peppers, but i guess the japalenos ( i know im spelling that wrong, but thats how i SAY it jap-a-lee-nos) jalapenos i have been corrected by the spell checker, i dont know they just get to me. i love the stuff. may have to consider even learning how to make some...

so when we went to pick up the chair we left the cushion there, so we went back later to pick it up and they offered up this awesome end table they had and wanted to get rid of. SCORE! i love freecycle.

well, my kids have discovered that i am here not paying attention to them so now there is an incessant whining in my ear...till later....

Merry Christmas to Shayde and Tailan

So since the boys were on the naughty list this year, we told them Santa wouldn't bring them any toys. So instead we re-did their bedroom as their Christmas gift. We painted and purchased a new set of bunk beds that seem to be pretty indestructible...we'll see... they also have a set of stairs rather than a ladder, so i can sleep in peace without worrying that my children are going to ring their necks trying to get up and down a ladder in the middle of the night. the stairs are also drawers, and there are drawers under the bed as well, to maximize the space.

here are some pictures....
the brown in the middle is magnetic chalkboard..so they can write messages or draw. and yes, we did hang the curtains upside down on purpose. thought it added character...view of the awesome bunk beds... and shayde's head...
here you can see some of the cute magnets we found...well we found the cute painted wood pieces and added the magnetic strip on the back...i mean...SANTA did.....

also, the shelves were actually headboards. we bought them and i hand painted them ,b ut we decided to do the bunk beds and i didn't want to get rid of them because they are So cute and it took FOREVER to paint them! so we bolted the one to the wall down low, nad the other we chopped the legs of and hung up higher, you cant really see the inside bottom of the top one but its cream and blue checkerboard.

Silly Kitty!!!!

radar climbed up the tree today... he stuck his head out right over one of the bow...pretty funny!

On a Sunday afternoon...

Driving home from church yesterday, Shayde says "Mom, why did we have to move, I liked our older house better."

"Really?"

"Yes, I think we should pack up all our stuff and our TV and move into into Karyn's house"

"Don't you think that will be a little crowded with all of us?"

"Well, Karyn and Trevor can go to grandpas house too cook."

"How do you think Grandpa would feel about that?"

"I don't know"

"How bout we live at our house and we cook here. and Karyn lives at her house and she cooks there. And Grandpa lives at his house, and cooks at his house."

Shayde thinks it over... "No......no that doesn't make any sense."

Have you taken the pole? ------->

Hi friends, i am really just wondering how much traffic i get on my blog, so i don't really care what the answer is, because obviously if you respond in any way, you were here. waHAHAha im so tricky.

Family Photos

We were finally able to get our family photos taken, a bit later than usual, but well worth the wait. My friend Emily White is starting a photo business, and did our whole session for only $25! I will add a link here to her website Auntie Em Photography. Here are some of the pictures...

I know

So Shayde has become quite the know-it-all since he started pre-school two weeks ago. So every time you tell him anything he replies "I know."

So Spencer took the kids out on a date the other night, and in casual conversation Spencer said something to which Shayde replied "I know," and then he continued..."I have a special brain in my head......with decorations on it."