PINK

Well, most everyone knows this...but I have lived in my house for 6 years and all of my walls are white still (yuck...I know.) Except for Ryder's room which BRANDON painted a few years ago to his tasting (motorcycles). My next door neighbor runs a painting company and with a little (or a lot) of encouragement from her I finally decided to paint. It's not the money, the work OR the time I was worried about. But, the fact that I CANNOT make a decision on color to save my life. The plan was to start with the living room. But, do you know how many colors there are to choose from. I probably looked at 10 of those BIG color sample books and it was just WAY to overwhelming. I would finally pick out a color and then tell them to take all their swatches back and not to let me look at them again because that was THE color I wanted. Then, the next day I would be knocking on their door saying "you know, I was thinking about the color I picked last night and I'm not sure it's the right one anymore. Can I look at the swatches again?" So, I finally decided to paint Kam's room because at least she knew what color she wanted...PINK. But, do you know how many PINK'S there are? What a task. Her room is not finished yet. I have a few projects for things I want to hang on her walls, I need to buy a couple of things and I am still going to do a little somethin'-somethin' on her walls. In one of the Pottery Barn catalogs they have a room that is pink and then in dark pink and while they have stenciled (I think) some really cute flowers on the walls. I have searched high and low for these stencils and can't find them. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'll post some more pics of her room in progress when I get them done! :)

P.S. Did I mention how much Kam loves her pink walls. She spent the night at my MIL's while we were painting and I called her the next morning to tell her that her walls were painted and they were now pink. She threw the phone down and told Grandma Becky "Oh my gosh (in a valley girl tone) take me home...my room is pink."

60Th BiRtHDaY PaRtY

My mom and dad both turned 60 this year. So, we had a surprise BBQ up the canyon for them. It was a lot of fun! I hope they each have 60 more birthdays! I love you both!

Per Ryder's request, my mom smashed a cupcake in his face!

Mom & Dad with their birthday present...Woody.

Kambree & Isabel with Woody. This poor dog...the kids just love him so he is constantly getting held and loved and kissed and carried.....

P.S. Why do my kids always cheese like that?

TO THE BIRTHDAY BOYS:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! My dad's birthday was yesterday and Chad's birthday is today! Love yoU guys!

P.S. My dad shot this GINORMOUS elk a couple weeks ago!

OH YES........

Grey's is back on tonight and that makes me happy!! What shows are you excited for?

LIFE IS PEACHY...

I LOVE BEING ABLE TO STAY AT HOME WITH MY KIDS AND WATCH THEM GROW EVERYDAY. IT HAS ESPECIALLY BEEN FUN THE LAST FEW WEEKS SINCE THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL. AND...IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THEM AS MUCH (HAHA) IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH THEM LEARN. I LOVE HELPING RYDER WITH HIS HOMEWORK AND WATCHING HIM LEARNING HOW TO READ. HE IS READING BOOKS BY HIMSELF AND IT IS THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO HIM READ TO ME! I LOVE IT. I LOVE THAT RYDER COMES HOME AND TELLS ME ABOUT ALL THE GIRLS THAT CHASE HIM AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY LOVE HIM! I LOVE WATCHING KAMBREE WRITE HER NAME AND DO HER HOMEWORK. IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF SCRIBBLES ON THE PAPER, BUT I LOVE THAT SHE TRIES SO HARD. I ALSO LOVE TO LISTEN TO HER TELL ME ALL ABOUT HER DAY AT SCHOOL AND THE FRIENDS SHE HAS MADE. I LOVE TO WATCH HER TELL RYDER ABOUT SCHOOL AND MISS. "TIPPANY". (OH...AND I LOVE TO HEAR HER SING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!)

LIFE IS GOOD...WELL, AT LEAST FOR TODAY! :)

CHUCKY

Last weekend Brandon took the kids to the Fry Family Reunion while I was home sick with sinus infection/pneumonia. They had an auction and Kambree came home with this:

It is a doll (the size of her) that has bright red hair and could possibly be the ugliest/scariest doll I have ever seen. Oh, how she loves it though. If you look closely, you can even see "Chucky's" broken arm......


Click on the pictures to enlarge them and get a better view of the two little darlings! :)

FUNNIES....

Last week I was driving in the car with Ryder and Dagen (my nephew) and their conversation they were having was hilarious!!

Dagen: When I'm sixteen I get to drive.

Ryder: Really?

Dagen: Yeah, I'm going to get a truck.

Ryder: Well, my dad said when I turn 18 I can do WHATEVER I want.

Dagen: He did?

Ryder: Yeah. I am going to get a cell phone, a truck AND join the army.

Dagen: I want to join the army too.

Ryder: Ok...it will be so fun. You get bazookas in the army. We could shoot someones socks off with a bazooka.

Dagen: Awesome. I want to be on your team.

Ryder: Ok.

Dagen: And Logen (Dagen's brother) will be on the other team!

**They were so funny about what they are going to do when they turn 16 & 18. Ryder can't wait to get a cell phone. However, I hope he has one before he turns 18!!! Don't most kids get them around 8 these days?

PICTURES OF KAM...

I finally got Kam's pictures taken for her birthday (only 2 months late). She did such a good job...she LOVES the camera. She's in preschool now as many of you know and she loves it! She got in trouble the first day at school. She got 2 strikes and had to put her head on her desk. (1st strike: warning, 2nd strike: they have to put their head on the table, 3rd strike: they have to sit in the hall). So, now when she comes home she will PROUDLY tell us that she got a strike. She thinks it is funny to get in trouble...oh, she is going to be naughty! And now she walks around the house with a pad of paper and a pen saying "do you want a strike?" and making marks on the paper. Usually we don't even get to answer and she says "you just got another strike. go put your head down on the table." So, Brandon and I are usually sent to the table to put our heads down. She is hilarious! And she has been walking around "singing" the Pledge of Allegiance. She repeats "pledge of allegiance" over and over AND over! It's cute.

SICKLING

I am not having a good couple of weeks. Started out last week with a killer sinus infection and now I lay in bed with pneumonia. I'm sick of being sick.

FIRSTS

Today is Kam's first day of Preschool!! She was so excited to go! She has been sitting down at the table with Ryder and I every night while we do Ryder's homework. She grabs a paper and pen and tells us that she is doing her homework too! She will be so happy when she has "real" homework to do!

She also LOVES her backpack...even though it's almost as big as her! :)

Turning her name over. They have to find their name & turn it over. On the other side is a picture of them. That way, Miss. Tiffany knows who is in class!

Sittin' pretty at her desk! I can't believe she is in Preschool....it is CrAzY!

Now for the next 2.5 hours I will be kid-less. Does anyone know how seriously awesome that is?

Another first....

I got my first sinus infection. And it sucks. I've been sick since last week, but I finally decided to go to the doctor because I had so much pressure in my head. The doc said my sinus infection was pretty bad and I could expect to be on antibiotics for at least 2 weeks, but probably 4 weeks. What?!? I woke up last night at 2 am and wanted to cry because my face hurt so bad. If anyone has ever had a bad sinus infection, you know what I am talking about...I was stuffed up, my cheekbones hurt, my jaw hurt, my nose hurt...even my teeth were hurting. So, I took some drugs and as soon as they took the pain away I slept like a baby!!!!

Labor DaY

We went camping to Mayfield over Labor Day Weekend. We came home a day early because it was suppose to snow and the canyon is a slick mother when it's wet...so I've heard. But, since we had been there since Wednesday, I was HAPPY to come home. Plus, Kam and I got terrible colds while we were camping and were miserable with no drugs! :) I will post pics of the camping trip as soon as I find the card they are on!

Also, Kam starts school tomorrow and is SUPER excited. But, she has been sick, so I took her to the doc to make sure she was ok and not contagious. Doc said she is good to go to school. No more lounging around on the couch with her babies...it's school time! :)

It's a hard knock life...

This is how Kam takes a bath now. Her and her baby (whose name is "swimming baby") like to float and relax!!!!!

FUNNY RYDER.....

We are sitting at the table having dinner tonight.

Me: "Ry, what did you do at school today?"

Ry: "I flooded the bathroom at recess."

Me: "What? You did what?"

Ry: "Yeah, me and my new friend, William flooded the toilets in the bathroom."

Me: "Ryder...how and why would you do that?"

Ry: "Ya know, we sat and flushed it and flushed it and flushed it until the water overflowed and went all over the floor."

Me: (Trying not to laugh because it is a little bit funny....)

Ry: "Just kidding. We didn't really do that, I just wanted to watch you freak out. We can't even be inside at recess."


WTF? Did I just get Punk'd by my 6 year old first grader?!?!?!