Happy 5th Birthday Emma

Happy Birthday to my sweet, blonde pixie

She is a delight and a joy.

She is the cherry on top of our kid cake.

I have said before and I will say it again...She is so sweet she gives me cavities.

Here are some facts:

She must comb her own hair everyday.

She is a romantic.

She must pick her own clothes or there is no dressing her.

I want to be like her.

Pinewood Derby 2010

Race day

After 4 hours of intense instruction and guidance from the den leader,

we have our cars.

Extra anticipation and excitment.

Will the extra work pay off?

Jason was biting his nails.

Isaac's car "B.A.C.A."

Top view

Back view

Josh's Car "Coca-Cola"

Top view

Back view

After racing 3 times each against all the other boys,

Isaac's car was 2nd fastest in the pack

Josh's car was 3rd fastest in the pack


The boys were .006 of a second apart. Awesome!

(The den leader's son won 1st - I guess he didn't share ALL the secrets)

Isaac's 10th Birthday

Happy 10th Birthday Isaac!

Thursday the 14th was Isaac's actual birth day.

However, it was so crazy with 20 things happening at once.

We decided (Isaac agreed) to celebrate on Friday.

The kids were out of school and we would have the whole day to celebrate.

Starting the day of great with presents.

A FedEx Box with presents from Grandma and LaNette and Tyler.

Wii Stars Wars Lego game
(Providing hours of fun and smack talk with Josh - Brother bonding)
Isaac wanted to go bowling - real bowling with a ball and lanes
we went to the lanes at BYU.
Awesome bowling shoes
We had a great time learning how to bowl and
watching Emma's ball roll ever so slowly toward the pins.

The boys tied for the highest score.

Great form.

After bowling we went out to eat at Sizzler and had a great time.

The day got away from me and I forgot to make his birthday cake.

He quietly asked me, "Did you make my cake?" at about 10pm.

I felt horrible.

Such a bad mom.

I told him I would make him one on Saturday and we could enjoy

one more day of celebrating his birthday. He liked that idea.

Saturday was filled with Wii games and shopping.

As the day was once again getting away from me,

Sarah stepped up and said she would make his cake.

What an awesome sister!! She did a great job and even decorated it.

It was yummy!

What else to say about Isaac? He has the biggest and softest heart.

He feels everything. He is so good at origami and building legos.

He is very creative and loves to draw.

He gives the best hugs and I love you so much!

Home Improvements and Reject Paint

One day Jason and I opened what we thought was a closet and found a bathroom. Yeah! Who doesn't need a second bathroom?? Well, it needed a good scrubbing and new paint. We went to Wal-Mart in search of paint and found this great reject paint for $6. We couldn't decide what the shade of green should be called. I think we have settled on mental institute green. Anyway, here are a few pictures of the new-old bathroom. Once we got the colorful shower curtain up and many bright towels, the color doesn't look so bad.

We are very happy with it.

So is Sarah.

She has claimed the bathroom as her own.

The new bathroom is really quite small, so we had more then half the gallon of reject paint left. Oh, what to paint next? Despite the lovely brown cheap paneling, we settled on the boys room.
After getting the first coat done, I wasn't so sure we had made the right choice. I decided we needed accent colors to make it better. Deciding on navy blue and red. I got this awesome Cricut cartridge called Indie Art and made plans. Plans that included vinyl.

Here is the completed room.

Welcome to

The Bomb Shelter

I used 3 images; the nuclear symbol with a skull in the middle,

a torpedo,

and a mushroom cloud.

Every other image is red and blue.

The boys love it.

I love it.

Mission Accomplished.

Happy Birthday Joshua!

There he is.

The birthday boy sporting his new glasses and new hoodie.

Thanks to Grandma and LaNette and Tyler f

or the awesome FedEx boxed presents.

They are all excited for the Batman Lego Wii game.

If you look real close you can see the smoke coming off the candles.

(Note my new awesome red cups)

What to say about Joshie.

He is small in stature and big on personality.

Since he joined our family he has been controlling all of us with those big brown eyes (which are magnified by the specs making them even more powerful).

He has learned the art of comic timing. You don't want to be on the receiving end of most of his quips.

He has a wicked sense of humor.

He loves to play with his sibilings and is so sweet to play "pollys" with his little sister.

Happy 8th Birthday Joshua!

Christmas 2009

We had a lovely Christmas this year.

We stayed home all day and the kids didn't even get dressed.

Sarah's favorite gift was a promised trip to the mall to spend her gift cards.

Isaac was happy and content to build a castle, a helicopter, and a 4-wheeler out of legos.

Joshua is excited to try out his new skateboard (with "safety" pads and gloves).

The Barbie colony was replenished and Emma could not be happier.

(The colony was hit hard earlier in the year

by a puppy who chewed

every arm and leg of every barbie.)

Jason has seen the light on just how fun a nintendo DS can be,

and I am happy for the "Friends" I got (all 10 seasons).

We are excited for the week between Christmas and New Year's

because we put up the big table in the front room and do puzzles all week.

The kids have ones that don't take that long to put together and

then there are the 1000 piece ones for me.

We eat, watch movies, laugh, and have a great time.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Christmas Set-up 2009

Thie year Jason and I put the tree up during the day when the kids were at school. After dinner and homework we let them decorate it. They love to hang their own ornaments. They did a really good job. We listened to Christmas music and had a great time.