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."

Our Awesome Weekend!

Once again, no pictures...I actually remembered the camera this weekends and still didn't manage to get any photos! ask me how it happens, no idea.

So Dave really wanted to camp this weekend, and I have had stuff going on almost every weekend, so we made plans in spite of my Saturday night activity. I drove up Sat morning to find a spot, then ran around crazy trying to get everything packed etc. So Dave got home and I drove the boys up to the campground, then came back down to go to our Happy Moms Club Movie Night, which was a blast!

On the way home fom the movie we realized that my tires were making this odd screech-ker-clunk noise, so my awesome neigbor (the same one who rescued my cat by the way) came out and took my tire off and we realized that one of the bolts holding the brakes on was missing!

I was supposed to head back up to the campground that night, and knew Dave would be getting worried, because it was already late, so he (Jay, he's my neigbor) let me take his truck up to camp, and he was going to go to walmart and see if he could find a bolt. We had invited them to come up for dutch oven dinner on Sunday anyway, so we could trade vehicles assuming all went well with fixing ours.

So I drove back up to camp and pulled in to the site and all was dark. I headed to the tent when Dave called out from near the firepit. I shined my flashlight (which I had also borrowed from the neighbor cuz I realized we had forgetten any and I didnt even have one that worked) over to where he was sitting and realized he was in the process of blowing up our double high queen size mattress manually. The best part- he had already blown up one for the kids! I forgot I had the air pump in my truck when I left, and didnt even have it then becasue I didn't have my truck!

So, Dave managed to get it filled up without passing out, by that time it was about one in the morning. Sunday morning the kids woke up and Tailan got to my glasses before me and snapped off the good side (if you didn't hear i already had one side stuck back together with some kind of bonding putty. Tailan again. lovely.) So I went blind most of the day. Luckily our friends were able to get the brakes fixed and brought out truck back, in which was some duct tape. so now i have one side putty, one side duct tape. its quite the fashion statement!

We also didnt know that there was no water source up there. It was a real campground but i guess it was far enough they didnt plum pipes, so we had a large jsut we brought with water but taht ran out sunday night, so i was kind of worried about making it through another day with no water. This morning when i went to the bathroom i looked out at the camp accross the road, which had been vacated, which i could actually see, thanks to my repair job, and noticed two bottle of water sitting on the table... all alone.... i took them.

Shayde was really offended... "those aren't yours mom" we have been teachng him about stealing. its sinking in dangit. but i was desperate. They were almost full and there were no floaties. and we drank it. now you know.

ok, my fingers are hurting. im gonna go to bed.