Silent Sunday

While John was gone......

Lillie and I had a busy busy week.  I wanted to get some craft projects done while John was at Lake Powell, and while I did get some accomplished, I didn't get to do everything.  Lillie has been sick this week with croup, so my projects got the backburner.

I know a lot of you (ok, all 3 of you that read this) are probably wondering why I didn't go to Powell with John and his family.  It is a long story, but the simplified answer is that Lillie needed me.  I wanted to go, but I couldn't pump enough milk for Lillie to eat if I went and she wouldn't take a bottle.  So, I got to stay home and good thing I did.  I would have felt awful to leave and have her get sick like she is.

Moving on. We still had a fun time at family BBQs and parties.  Lillie didn't like the fireworks.  I think they scared her a little. She was fine though as long as we kept our distance.

When I had a spare moment, this is what I did:

I wanted to start a fun tradition with our kids for their birthdays.  I saw this wreath on a different blog and loved the idea of pulling it out for every birthday just to make it a little more special then every other day.

I didn't have any patriotic decor, so I made this using some cheap wood, paint and hot glue....yes, hot glue.  I didn't have the right nails, so I improvised.

Lastly, I haven't quite finished these yet, but I thought I would show the work in progress.  I wanted something to hold shoes in our mudroom and found the plans to make this on a website called knockoffwood.com.  It was perfect and surprisingly not too hard to make.

I still need to add the front kickplate on this bench.  The wood I got for it is warped and I definitely need it straight.  I obviously need to paint it too.  The only question is, black or red? thoughts?

This is the shelf that goes above the bench.  It still needs a little work, but I am proud of the results of both.

So, that is my week in a nut shell.

Busy Week

This week has been such a busy one.  We have had so much fun with the Lehi Roundup Celebration.  On Monday we went to the "Lehi's Got Talent" show at the park.  It was actually really fun.  They had age groups starting at 7 and it was adorable to see the 7 year olds talents.  The Bear Neccessities was my favorite.  We packed a picnic and enjoyed the entertainment.

After the talent show, we went to the outdoor movie the city provided at the ball park.  They were showing Percy Jackson.  It didn't end up starting until nearly 10, but it was so fun.  The whole night was a free family night/date.  It was just fun to get out of the house and do something different than usual.

On Friday, I had two free seven peaks passes that I needed to use before the 26th, so we went.  John had work, so I invited Anna to come.  Some of my siblings came as well.  It was not too crowded and the weather was perfect.  We had a good time relaxing and playing in the water.  The babies loved it too! 

Saturday, we went to the parade in the morning and then spent the rest of the day at home doing yard work and I even painted the bathroom on the main floor.  (no pictures yet.)

All in all, it was a busy but really fun filled week. 

laughable

I have been thinking about some stories that just make me laugh and thought I would share.

About a month ago, John and I were backing out of the garage when we saw two little kids walking across our lawn and up the front steps.  They were holding water balloons.  John got out and asked if they were having fun and they told him they were making a special delivery.  They left the four balloons on our porch and left. 
Random? yes.
Awesome? also yes!

My neighbor has twin girls.  They are adorable, and apparently they are collectively naughty.  She was telling me that they were in their room crying the other day and their dad went into their room to check on them.  As soon as he got inside, one of the girls screamed "Stomp on his feet!!" and they both immediately ran over and started stomping on his feet.  I thought it was hilarious.  Who comes up with that?

My cousin (who will remain nameless...for now) was over at my parents house one day.  She was having an argument about octopuses.  She was convinced that they had 9 testicals.  ha ha.....anyway, the fight continued and the girls went to my sister Jessie and asked her.  She told them that they definitely do only have 8 testicals. ha ha....she didn't realize that they were saying the wrong thing either.  Dang those teNticles.

I was telling John that I wanted wainscoting in our front room.  He said huh?  So I said I wanted paneling.  He then went on to say "ya, like Pamela Anderson.  Pameling.  Get it?"  I started laughing and said, "you do know that it is paNeling, not paMeling.  right?"  He was pretty convinced that I was wrong.  It made me laugh.

There is a new commercial out.  It. Is. HILARIOUS!!!  I was laughing so hard I was crying.  If any of you see the new double dare fruit roll ups commercial you will understand.  It starts with two boys.  One opens the fruit roll up and it has a dare written on it.  He says to his friend, I dare you to jump on one foot until I say stop.  The friend gets up and starts jumping.  Fast forward.  They are adults.  The man is still jumping.  His leg that he has been jumping on is muscular and huge while the other is puny and shriveled.  The mans friend drives by in a car.  He waits expecting him to say stop.  The other friend simply waves and drives off.  The man throws his stuff at his friends car and says "come on, man!"

Ya, I am giggling to myself just remembering this commercial.  My family doesn't think it is as funny as I do, so.... you might not either....but if you do, let me know so that I can re-enact it with someone sometime.

That's all for now, but you may see another addition of Laughable again.  Hope these made you laugh as much as they made me laugh.

Swings

We went with some of the Sumsions over to the Discovery Park in PG the other day.  It was a beautiful day and we had a great time.  I have never put Lillie in one of these swings before, but I am going to definitely have to go back again.  She LOVED it. 

Lillie loves her Grandpa Bill!

Crafty crafty

I have been wanting something to hold all of my ribbons and sewing threads for awhile now and it seems like the only things that are out there are SO expensive.  So I decided that I would design and build my own.

I started with three shelves ($3 a piece from Ikea).  I cut one in half for the sides and then I bought some wood to encase the top and bottom ($1 total for wood).  The big expense was the $11 I spent on bead board and $5 on spray paint, but I still have left over of both.

Here it is all built right after I spray painted it.

And this is what it looks like with everything all finished.

There is room for one more dowel.  I have the holes cut, I just don't have any more dowels or ribbon.  It is just so that I can have room to grow.

I really feel proud of myself for finishing this all by myself.

Bed time

Getting Lillie to go to sleep and stay in bed asleep has been one of the biggest challenges for us.  She just does not want to stay asleep at night.  How could you not just want to help this face?

Other than the lip hanging out, my favorite thing has got to be her hair.