Thursday, July 30th
Day 87
I don't know if I'm going to continue this blog or not.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Name This Book Part 2
Wednesday, July 29th
Day 86
OK so the way we'll play this game is I'm going to give you a picture clue of the book that i'm reading on Wednesdays. The first person to guess right in a comment gets to pick my theme for Monday's picture. And it can be whatever you want, but it has to be semi clean people...I do have grandparents who may or may not be reading this !! If it's NOT clean, I give it to the second person who guesses right.
IN A COMMENT ON MY BLOG, name the book and BE SPECIFIC with the title please! In the same comment post your theme for me whether you know you got it right or not just so we have that whole mess out of the way k?
Name this book (click on the picture to see larger and the whole thing)
*And today, I've combined the book with last week's winner theme...Which was Foxes!*
Day 86
OK so the way we'll play this game is I'm going to give you a picture clue of the book that i'm reading on Wednesdays. The first person to guess right in a comment gets to pick my theme for Monday's picture. And it can be whatever you want, but it has to be semi clean people...I do have grandparents who may or may not be reading this !! If it's NOT clean, I give it to the second person who guesses right.
IN A COMMENT ON MY BLOG, name the book and BE SPECIFIC with the title please! In the same comment post your theme for me whether you know you got it right or not just so we have that whole mess out of the way k?
Name this book (click on the picture to see larger and the whole thing)
*And today, I've combined the book with last week's winner theme...Which was Foxes!*
Love nap days like this!
Tuesday, July 28th
Day 85
Naptime was lovely today.
Nolan fell asleep in his highchair around 11, I wiped the lunch off his face, hands, and body and picked the still-sleeping child up and put him in his crib, where he stayed asleep until 3:30! Brookelyn asked to watch a movie, so I put a movie in for her and she climbed up on the couch while I cleaned up a little. I walked into the living room to find Brooke in a deep sleep. About 20 minutes later I heard a loud thump so I ran towards Nolan's room thinking he woke up and tried to get out of his crib but I stopped short when I saw Brookelyn sitting on the floor with her pouty bottom lip poking out and she said "Mommy I falled off the couch" and her little lip started trembling. I picked her up and put her in my bed and she fell right back asleep and didn't wake up till 4!
Day 85
Naptime was lovely today.
Nolan fell asleep in his highchair around 11, I wiped the lunch off his face, hands, and body and picked the still-sleeping child up and put him in his crib, where he stayed asleep until 3:30! Brookelyn asked to watch a movie, so I put a movie in for her and she climbed up on the couch while I cleaned up a little. I walked into the living room to find Brooke in a deep sleep. About 20 minutes later I heard a loud thump so I ran towards Nolan's room thinking he woke up and tried to get out of his crib but I stopped short when I saw Brookelyn sitting on the floor with her pouty bottom lip poking out and she said "Mommy I falled off the couch" and her little lip started trembling. I picked her up and put her in my bed and she fell right back asleep and didn't wake up till 4!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Ewww
Saturday, July 25, 2009
New Beds.
Day 82
Brooke got a "New" bed last weekend. Which was actually my old bed (and then my sisters). It's still in great condition so we decided to let Brooke have it and give Brooke's bed to Silas (it has drawers and a bookshelf so he can store all his stuff in it). So. . . we did ALOT of rearranging and I finally got to separating toys and putting the stuffed animals in their hammock and throwing away broken toys. We got Brooke's room completely done and started on Nolan and Silas' room when we realized the bed is put together wrong for how it needs to go in that bedroom. So tomorrow we'll take it apart and put it back together again! I also got around to reorganzing little people :)
Brooke got a "New" bed last weekend. Which was actually my old bed (and then my sisters). It's still in great condition so we decided to let Brooke have it and give Brooke's bed to Silas (it has drawers and a bookshelf so he can store all his stuff in it). So. . . we did ALOT of rearranging and I finally got to separating toys and putting the stuffed animals in their hammock and throwing away broken toys. We got Brooke's room completely done and started on Nolan and Silas' room when we realized the bed is put together wrong for how it needs to go in that bedroom. So tomorrow we'll take it apart and put it back together again! I also got around to reorganzing little people :)
The big 22!
Friday, July 24th
Day 81
Oh yes, I turned TWENTY-TWO. I'm glad, to be honest. Mostly everyone assumes you want to get shit faced every chance you get when you're 21. So, I'm HOPING people will also ASSUME that I got it out of my system while I was 21.
ALOT of people wished me a Happy Birthday. Glenn brought me a cake home and Brooke sang me her own, very long and very cute, version of Happy Birthday. We brought Maggie, Shelby and Shelby over to watch the kids (well stay at the house while they slept) so me and Glenn could go see the new Harry Potter. AMAZING. That's all I'm going to say.
Day 81
Oh yes, I turned TWENTY-TWO. I'm glad, to be honest. Mostly everyone assumes you want to get shit faced every chance you get when you're 21. So, I'm HOPING people will also ASSUME that I got it out of my system while I was 21.
ALOT of people wished me a Happy Birthday. Glenn brought me a cake home and Brooke sang me her own, very long and very cute, version of Happy Birthday. We brought Maggie, Shelby and Shelby over to watch the kids (well stay at the house while they slept) so me and Glenn could go see the new Harry Potter. AMAZING. That's all I'm going to say.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Name This Book
Day 79
OK so the way we'll play this game is I'm going to give you a picture clue of the book that i'm reading on Wednesdays. The first person to guess right in a comment gets to pick my theme for Monday's picture. And it can be whatever you want, but it has to be semi clean people...I do have grandparents who may or may not be reading this !! If it's NOT clean, I give it to the second person who guesses right.
So name the book and BE SPECIFIC with the title please! In the same comment post your theme for me whether you know you got it right or not just so we have that whole mess out of the way k?
Name this book (click on the picture to see larger and the whole thing)
OK so the way we'll play this game is I'm going to give you a picture clue of the book that i'm reading on Wednesdays. The first person to guess right in a comment gets to pick my theme for Monday's picture. And it can be whatever you want, but it has to be semi clean people...I do have grandparents who may or may not be reading this !! If it's NOT clean, I give it to the second person who guesses right.
So name the book and BE SPECIFIC with the title please! In the same comment post your theme for me whether you know you got it right or not just so we have that whole mess out of the way k?
Name this book (click on the picture to see larger and the whole thing)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Guitar
Last Day
Monday, July 13th
Day 77
Since my family was leaving today, Hana decided she wanted to go swimming one last time! She wore Brookelyn out! They were jumping in the pool and swimming all over the place!! They had so much fun!!
Then they had to go on back home to Portland, which is always sad. And Brookelyn misses her auntie Hana already!!
Day 77
Since my family was leaving today, Hana decided she wanted to go swimming one last time! She wore Brookelyn out! They were jumping in the pool and swimming all over the place!! They had so much fun!!
Then they had to go on back home to Portland, which is always sad. And Brookelyn misses her auntie Hana already!!
Recouping
Silverwood
Saturday, July 18th
Day 75
While my Mom, Stepdad, and little sister, Hana were in town we thought it would be fun to go to Silverwood!! It was a TON of fun!! We spent practically our whole day in Boulder Beach on all the water attractions and everybody but the little kids got sunburned!! I thought I'd take a TON of pictures but pictures aren't really practical at a water park! I got a couple pictures when we were pulling up to the park and a couple walking from Boulder Beach to the part where the Roller Coasters are. But it was SO much fun we had a blast! We can't wait to go back!
Day 75
While my Mom, Stepdad, and little sister, Hana were in town we thought it would be fun to go to Silverwood!! It was a TON of fun!! We spent practically our whole day in Boulder Beach on all the water attractions and everybody but the little kids got sunburned!! I thought I'd take a TON of pictures but pictures aren't really practical at a water park! I got a couple pictures when we were pulling up to the park and a couple walking from Boulder Beach to the part where the Roller Coasters are. But it was SO much fun we had a blast! We can't wait to go back!
Cleaning and Bunco
Friday, July 17th
Day 74
My parents were on their way on Friday so I spent most of the day cleaning and didn't have much of a chance for pictures. I even took my camera to Bunco thinking I'd take a picture of something but Bunco moves so fast you don't even have time for stuff like that! But it was still fun and I took one picture (which I don't like very much at all) but I was trying to take a picture of my new sunglasses, so you all get the cropped version!!
Day 74
My parents were on their way on Friday so I spent most of the day cleaning and didn't have much of a chance for pictures. I even took my camera to Bunco thinking I'd take a picture of something but Bunco moves so fast you don't even have time for stuff like that! But it was still fun and I took one picture (which I don't like very much at all) but I was trying to take a picture of my new sunglasses, so you all get the cropped version!!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Goggles
Forward Facing!
Wednesday, July 15th
Day 72
After an all day deliberation, weighing the pros and cons of keeping Nolan rear facing, and finally asking Glenn who said nothing and I could tell he was thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons also, we decided to turn Nolan forward facing. He's almost 13 months and 26 pounds by our scale now (that's literally as much as his 3 year old sister, Brookelyn, weighs!)
He's thrilled to be forward facing and he didn't show any signs of distress or vomiting like he has in the recent weeks while rear facing, but we also weren't in the car for very long. So we'll see this weekend when we go do stuff while my parents are in town!!
P.S. Somewhere I messed up. But I've fixed all the days in the post but I'm NOT fixing all the picture's days LOL I'm on 72 but it says day 70 on the picture. Next post, everything will be right!!
Day 72
After an all day deliberation, weighing the pros and cons of keeping Nolan rear facing, and finally asking Glenn who said nothing and I could tell he was thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons also, we decided to turn Nolan forward facing. He's almost 13 months and 26 pounds by our scale now (that's literally as much as his 3 year old sister, Brookelyn, weighs!)
He's thrilled to be forward facing and he didn't show any signs of distress or vomiting like he has in the recent weeks while rear facing, but we also weren't in the car for very long. So we'll see this weekend when we go do stuff while my parents are in town!!
P.S. Somewhere I messed up. But I've fixed all the days in the post but I'm NOT fixing all the picture's days LOL I'm on 72 but it says day 70 on the picture. Next post, everything will be right!!
Walking and talking to my new neighbors!
Tuesday, July 14th
Day 71
Today I decided I was going to walk all the way down to the end of the road we live on to take a couple pictures of the pretty waterfalls. (Man made little waterfalls, but Brooke loves them none the less!) So I was on my way to take the pictures before heading to the gym when I noticed a MUCH smaller waterfall that was MUCH closer! What actually caught my eye was this neat looking building and then I noticed the little pond and pretty flowers. So I stopped to take pictures and then started to walk back to the gym.
Some older lady stopped me and asked if I was taking a picture of the flowers. I said yes and then she asked me where I lived so I told her 'This apartment complex over here" (Which is HUGE so that was vague enough for me). She said "OH ME TOO!! I live in E404 and I grow flowers, you should come take pictures of my flowers!" I politely told her that, actually I have a picture blog and I take photos just about everything, not just flowers & for my blog mostly. She then started going on and on about all the flowers she has and how fantastic they are etc etc and then she was like "So remember, apartment E402."
Hahah OK....she definitely reminded me of my old neighbors!! I should have taken her picture!!
Day 71
Today I decided I was going to walk all the way down to the end of the road we live on to take a couple pictures of the pretty waterfalls. (Man made little waterfalls, but Brooke loves them none the less!) So I was on my way to take the pictures before heading to the gym when I noticed a MUCH smaller waterfall that was MUCH closer! What actually caught my eye was this neat looking building and then I noticed the little pond and pretty flowers. So I stopped to take pictures and then started to walk back to the gym.
Some older lady stopped me and asked if I was taking a picture of the flowers. I said yes and then she asked me where I lived so I told her 'This apartment complex over here" (Which is HUGE so that was vague enough for me). She said "OH ME TOO!! I live in E404 and I grow flowers, you should come take pictures of my flowers!" I politely told her that, actually I have a picture blog and I take photos just about everything, not just flowers & for my blog mostly. She then started going on and on about all the flowers she has and how fantastic they are etc etc and then she was like "So remember, apartment E402."
Hahah OK....she definitely reminded me of my old neighbors!! I should have taken her picture!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Coca Cola
Harry Potter
Sunday, July 12th
Day 69
I finally finished the Twilight books (for the 3rd time since about January) and decided that since there's a new Harry Potter movie coming out, I would go ahead and reread all of the series. I know I wont get this done before the movie comes out but I always read anyways, so why not?
I had 5 out of the 7 books earlier this year when Glenn and I bought the 5 existing movies for Brookelyn, so we decided to buy the other 2 to complete the set. I ended up with 3 that were bought for me and my sister, one that my grandma bought me (when she bought me and my sister one because she didn't want to listen to us argue over who got to read it first!), and the 7th one I bought the day it came out while I was working at walmart.
So here's the first of the 7 that I've started reading.
Day 69
I finally finished the Twilight books (for the 3rd time since about January) and decided that since there's a new Harry Potter movie coming out, I would go ahead and reread all of the series. I know I wont get this done before the movie comes out but I always read anyways, so why not?
I had 5 out of the 7 books earlier this year when Glenn and I bought the 5 existing movies for Brookelyn, so we decided to buy the other 2 to complete the set. I ended up with 3 that were bought for me and my sister, one that my grandma bought me (when she bought me and my sister one because she didn't want to listen to us argue over who got to read it first!), and the 7th one I bought the day it came out while I was working at walmart.
So here's the first of the 7 that I've started reading.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Trip to Colville
Saturday, July 11th
Day 68
We helped some of our friends move into their new duplex in Colville on Saturday. We helped them move a little and get some things set up. It was a pretty productive day (that included me moping the kitchen floor with the new magic eraser mop--which I LOVE!). I also got to meet Sarah's friend, Richelle's new baby and she was just a doll!! She was so itty bitty!!
Day 68
We helped some of our friends move into their new duplex in Colville on Saturday. We helped them move a little and get some things set up. It was a pretty productive day (that included me moping the kitchen floor with the new magic eraser mop--which I LOVE!). I also got to meet Sarah's friend, Richelle's new baby and she was just a doll!! She was so itty bitty!!
Scrapbooking!
Friday, July 10, 2009
My Porch View
Silly Boy
Wednesday, July 8th
Day 65
Nolan has been doing this for a couple months now. And I just think it's so cute, but the second you get up to get the camera, he stops!! Well this time, I could tell Nolan was watching me so I had Glenn sneak around to get the camera for me and I actually got a shot of him standing on his head.
Day 65
Nolan has been doing this for a couple months now. And I just think it's so cute, but the second you get up to get the camera, he stops!! Well this time, I could tell Nolan was watching me so I had Glenn sneak around to get the camera for me and I actually got a shot of him standing on his head.
Brookie
Tuesday, July 7th
Day 64
Drinking coffee and hanging out with your kids on the porch in the morning has gotta be the best feeling ever! Almost everyday, the kids and I sit out on the porch and hang out, color with chalk and/or just sit and watch the people in our new apartment complex! (I am a people watcher!)
Day 64
Drinking coffee and hanging out with your kids on the porch in the morning has gotta be the best feeling ever! Almost everyday, the kids and I sit out on the porch and hang out, color with chalk and/or just sit and watch the people in our new apartment complex! (I am a people watcher!)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Summer Project Part 3
Monday, July 6th
Day 63
The paint seemed dry so Glenn drug Brooke's dresser inside and to her room. We reassembled the drawers and put her dress up trunk back on top of it, but something just didn't look right! I couldn't (and still can't) put my finger on it but we decided to use the wall stickers I'd bought from the dollar store for her walls and we stuck them all over the dresser. I'm still looking for handles or things to glue on the handles and I think I'm going to get a few more sheets of stickers (one more for the dresser and a few for the walls!)
In comparison, I didn't do a fantastic job, but it's way better than it used to be!! Summer Project Part I (click!)
Oh, and you can't see in the picture but the inside I just put shelf liner in!
Day 63
The paint seemed dry so Glenn drug Brooke's dresser inside and to her room. We reassembled the drawers and put her dress up trunk back on top of it, but something just didn't look right! I couldn't (and still can't) put my finger on it but we decided to use the wall stickers I'd bought from the dollar store for her walls and we stuck them all over the dresser. I'm still looking for handles or things to glue on the handles and I think I'm going to get a few more sheets of stickers (one more for the dresser and a few for the walls!)
In comparison, I didn't do a fantastic job, but it's way better than it used to be!! Summer Project Part I (click!)
Oh, and you can't see in the picture but the inside I just put shelf liner in!
Oops!
Sunday, July 5th
Day 62
Oops. so Sunday, in the middle of the night to a huge storm. The rain was pouring down and I woke up in an absolute panic hoping that the newly painted dresser wasn't getting rained on. I looked out the back door and the sheet of rain that was hitting the cars below looked way cool, so I ran back to my computer desk to grab my camera. I grabbed my camera and realized I hadn't taken any pictures that day. Oops! So I was glad to be awake in the middle of the night and yes it was probably technically the 6th but I have no way of knowing what time it was now anyways cause my camera date is way ahead of the real date.
Anyways, I go out and tried to take a couple pictures with no luck. It was rather disappointing and I thought I would just go to bed and write about how sometimes we just forget and that's how it goes. So I went to close the kids' windows so the wind and rain wouldn't wake them up and Nolan heard me come in and half smiled for me in his sleep.
Day 62
Oops. so Sunday, in the middle of the night to a huge storm. The rain was pouring down and I woke up in an absolute panic hoping that the newly painted dresser wasn't getting rained on. I looked out the back door and the sheet of rain that was hitting the cars below looked way cool, so I ran back to my computer desk to grab my camera. I grabbed my camera and realized I hadn't taken any pictures that day. Oops! So I was glad to be awake in the middle of the night and yes it was probably technically the 6th but I have no way of knowing what time it was now anyways cause my camera date is way ahead of the real date.
Anyways, I go out and tried to take a couple pictures with no luck. It was rather disappointing and I thought I would just go to bed and write about how sometimes we just forget and that's how it goes. So I went to close the kids' windows so the wind and rain wouldn't wake them up and Nolan heard me come in and half smiled for me in his sleep.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Happy Independence Day!
July 4th
Day 61
The Fourth of July is one of my FAVORITE holidays. I love wearing red white and blue and lighting of fireworks! I love celebrating our country! This year we spent the day with my dad & stepmom, sisters Maggie and Shelby. Even Grandpa Harry rode in on his motorcycle!
The kids played in the pool (even though Nolan was sick he still played his little heart out!), we ate some good food, and took a TON of pictures. (Ok ok, so I took a ton of pictures, well OVER 150 pictures and not even half of them were actual fireworks!!) Nolan slept through the actual event but Brooke stayed up to watch them! She LOVED playing with the sparklers!
I took a lot of pictures (by clicking on this particular picture you can see my flickr page with a few of my other pictures, and if you're on my facebook you'll probably find them all!!) and it was really hard for me to decide between them. There was an adorable picture of Brookie, a great picture of Nolan's bright blue eyes, a couple really good ones of the fireworks and a beautiful picture of my Grammy's flowers. But in the end I decided this one was the most appropriate for the celebration of our country's independence.
Day 61
The Fourth of July is one of my FAVORITE holidays. I love wearing red white and blue and lighting of fireworks! I love celebrating our country! This year we spent the day with my dad & stepmom, sisters Maggie and Shelby. Even Grandpa Harry rode in on his motorcycle!
The kids played in the pool (even though Nolan was sick he still played his little heart out!), we ate some good food, and took a TON of pictures. (Ok ok, so I took a ton of pictures, well OVER 150 pictures and not even half of them were actual fireworks!!) Nolan slept through the actual event but Brooke stayed up to watch them! She LOVED playing with the sparklers!
I took a lot of pictures (by clicking on this particular picture you can see my flickr page with a few of my other pictures, and if you're on my facebook you'll probably find them all!!) and it was really hard for me to decide between them. There was an adorable picture of Brookie, a great picture of Nolan's bright blue eyes, a couple really good ones of the fireworks and a beautiful picture of my Grammy's flowers. But in the end I decided this one was the most appropriate for the celebration of our country's independence.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Summer Project Part 2!
June 3rd
Day 60
These aren't great pictures at all but I thought you guys might want an update on the dresser! I've gotten all the drawers sanded down and painted and we're almost done sanding the actual dresser it's self! It's SO much fun!! I love doing this project!
Here's the drawers in their sanded down state!
Day 60
These aren't great pictures at all but I thought you guys might want an update on the dresser! I've gotten all the drawers sanded down and painted and we're almost done sanding the actual dresser it's self! It's SO much fun!! I love doing this project!
Here's the drawers in their sanded down state!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
That's my son!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Swimming Pool
Day 58
We have a swimming pool in our new apartment complex and Brooke LOVES it. She's been in there 3 times and she's already jumping of the sides and trying to swim (or float rather) by herself! She's absolutely adorable in the water and she just seems so amazing how fast they grow!!
Nolan still isn't quite sure about it. He's much happier watching what's going on in the water than actually BEING in the water.
We have a swimming pool in our new apartment complex and Brooke LOVES it. She's been in there 3 times and she's already jumping of the sides and trying to swim (or float rather) by herself! She's absolutely adorable in the water and she just seems so amazing how fast they grow!!
Nolan still isn't quite sure about it. He's much happier watching what's going on in the water than actually BEING in the water.
One Last Look
June 30th
Day 57
Bleh. So won't miss that tile. Haha! I won't miss that apartment at all, actually. Not one bit. But I know I'll miss the backyard view and the comfort and familarity that came with it but I know I'll always have my memories and lots and lots of pictures. That was a chapter in our life that's closed now and I'm looking forward to better and bigger (literally, bigger!) things now.
Day 57
Bleh. So won't miss that tile. Haha! I won't miss that apartment at all, actually. Not one bit. But I know I'll miss the backyard view and the comfort and familarity that came with it but I know I'll always have my memories and lots and lots of pictures. That was a chapter in our life that's closed now and I'm looking forward to better and bigger (literally, bigger!) things now.
No Table Yet...
June 29th
Day 56
But you won't find Brookie complaining! She LOVES sitting on the counter to eat. In fact I've NEVER been able to get her to sit still long enough to eat a decent meal. And she would sit up there and eat all day long if she could!
Day 56
But you won't find Brookie complaining! She LOVES sitting on the counter to eat. In fact I've NEVER been able to get her to sit still long enough to eat a decent meal. And she would sit up there and eat all day long if she could!
Moving makes you tired!
June 28th
Day 55
And as hard as she tried, Brooke just couldn't stay awake in the car long enough to color. She fell asleep with the pen in her hand!! Say it with me now! Awww!
Day 55
And as hard as she tried, Brooke just couldn't stay awake in the car long enough to color. She fell asleep with the pen in her hand!! Say it with me now! Awww!
Bed Time Son!
June 26th
Day 53
Sometimes Noley just likes to stay up and play instead of going to bed! My encouragement by taking pictures probably doesn't help...AT ALL!!
Day 53
Sometimes Noley just likes to stay up and play instead of going to bed! My encouragement by taking pictures probably doesn't help...AT ALL!!
Sleepyhead
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