Confessions

I have a confession to make...
My kids have never seen a dentist. I KNOW! That is very very bad! So, today I set up their first dental appointments. I have strategically set Andersons appointment for a Tuesday morning when Lee is available to take him. :) I just don't even want to be a part of Anderson's first experience with a dentist. He is not one of those kids that accepts new experiences with open arms and I don't think his dentist visit is going to be a pretty scene. Lets just hope that he has good, healthy teeth and doesn't need lots of dental work in his childhood.

Adri will go in September while Anderson is at school.

Speaking of dentists, I should probably go too. Bleck!


On a happier note, I bought the round version of this tablecloth and it is being shipped today!!!!


Its going in my entry way. I hope it looks good. I am excited to be slowly, let me emphasize, SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY getting my house to reflect me and my taste. Next week my mom and I are going to put the final coats of paint on the trim in the living room and dining room and change outlets to white in those 2 rooms as well as the kitchen and the kids bedrooms. All of those rooms have no outlet covers on them right now. HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT????? See what I mean by SLOW????? Then Lee and his parents are taking the kids to Atwood on the August 28th weekend and my mom and I (she is such a great home DIY buddy) are going to tackle either the entry way or the family room. YIKES!!!! Those are both HUGE projects, but hey, when else am I going to get an entire weekend without kids???

I am also making headway on tearing down the "precious" wall paper in the laundry room. I am painting it either apple green or buttery yellow. We shall see! Here is the laundry room before pic.


And as I type this, this is what the kids are up to. (Mom, don't look)

This is why I can't blog these days. B/c my kids can't find something safe to do on their own. People keep telling me I will miss these days. I believe them, sometimes. :)






More later (during nap time perhaps!)

Hanging Out

My kids are impossible to photograph lately. I mean, IM-POSS-IBLE!!! Mostly b/c they are moving a mile a minute. So here are a few candid shots of us hanging out. That's about all we do these days. :)

Stepping on the fountains at the water park


Adri, trying to avoid getting close to Mom who will undoubtedly ruin the fun by telling her its time to go.


Eating snacks with friends (Lincoln and Rylee) at the water park. This was during a 10 minute "everyone out of the pool" break. Don't think that they voluntarily sat out to eat snacks.


Playin trains


Trying to figure out how to sabotage Anderson's train playing


"Cheese!"

"Lets Race!"

Anderson's favorite activity lately is racing. And the whole family, including Macy dog, must participate. We all line up at the "starting line" and run laps around the so called circle of our house. The route starts at the powder room, goes through the entryway, living room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, famiy room and then back to the starting line. Anderson could run 20 laps, easily. Lee and I get tired after about 10. :) Ok, just me. But whatev! Last week I took some pics of this new favorite activity.


On your marks, get set, GO! And we're off!


Anderson taking the lead


I took this pic last time we raced (different time from above). Adri's new thing is to take a lap or two and then hide out so she can pop out and scare us when we run by.


She is soooo ornary.

Father's Day 2010

I always knew when Lee and I were dating that he would be a great daddy. Its one of the reasons why I wanted to marry him. I love so much getting to watch him be a dad/daddy. He loves his kids soooo much. He truly is the best dad. I cannot put it in words. But I probably don't have too. I imagine that most of you who read my blog are lucky enough to know exactly what I mean.

We had a crazy, crazy weekend but it was tons of fun. Friday night we hung out at my mom and dad's house, Saturday I hosted a baby shower for my cousin/friend who is having a baby in August. Then we went to the water park with some friends and their kids and Saturday night had a date with another couple. We saw Knight and Day. IT WAS GOOD!!! GO SEE IT!!!! Sunday after church we went to Lee's parents and hung out with his aunt who was in town with her grand-daughter, Tessa. Grandma E was there too. Sunday night we went to the church's summer baptism at my aunt and uncles house and finally got home at 8:45. We caught our breath for a few minutes and went straight to bed. WHEW!!!

lately, my kids are impossible to photograph. this is the sole reason i have not posted to my blog in a while.



Sweet Tessa, who is as of 6 days ago, a new big sister!

Meet "Bean"

This is my future niece or nephew!!!!!! For all you non-sono experts, the baby is the blob of speckles inside (along the edge) of the black oval thing. :)

My whole family is anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby Kidd in January 2011. Some of you knew that my sister lost her first pregancy last year and so this little life is so precious to her and Kurt (and all of the family too). I couldn't be more excited to share the title of "mommy" with my big sis.

I have lovingly nicknamed the baby "the bean"

Construction Zone

My foyer looks like this right now!!! And the excitement is because construction = home improvements and there is nothing I love more than a good ol house project. Yes, seriously!!! For my bday (back in April) Lee got me a light fixture for my foyer. One that I had been drooling over for months. Yes, I drool over light fixtures. Only problem was that my foyer is approximately 17 feet high from floor to ceiling which made do-it-yourself installation impossible. Until I got creative and got my hands on some scaffolding. My cousin is a very talented mason and he was willing to let me borrow some scaffolding. He dropped it off yesterday and my mom and WONDERFUL brother-in-law came over last night and we got it up. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! So much that I was too giddy to fall asleep last night. Once my cousin gets the scaffolding down, I will post a pic of the enormous beauty. But you can kind of see it in the pic (hanging under the scaffold).



And to top it all off, this was my kitchen sink this morning.

Empty! While I was busy with the light, Lee emptied the sink and did the dishes. Not that he doesn't help out around the house, its just that for some reason this morning it made me extra happy to not have to do the dishes that I neglected last night b/c I was preoccupied.

Celebrate the small things!!!!

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