A laugh for today....

Since Justin has been in preschool this year I have enjoyed 2 hours 3 times a week that I can run errands and go grocery shopping all by myself. It is amazing how quickly I can get things done when I don't have the kids with me. I also spend less at the store because I don't have the kids begging me for things. I have also liked the time all to myself.

Yesterday I was reminded of how nice it is to go shopping alone. Here is what happened...

I was out running errands and I was in the store when this woman in the same aisle as me was talking to her two kids. They were being pretty cute and I smiled thinking to myself how much I missed my kids being that age. (About 1 1/2 and maybe 3) Anyway, the 3 year old starts asking her mom for a treat. The mom says that she only gets one if she has behaved in the store. The little girl asks, "How will I know if I'm good?" The mom's reply is, "Well, just do what I say and don't touch things."

So they go over to the next aisle, but I can still here them talking and chatting. Their conversation goes something like this.

"Mom, your butt is big!"

"What?"

"It is really big!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Your butt, Mom. It is humongous!"

"Shhhh....Don't talk about that."

"But everyone can already tell!"

I don't think she got a treat! And I have a renewed happiness that I can go shopping by myself.

Our Pilots

Jacob loves to invent and build things. He decided that he wanted to turn his bike into an airplane. He used cardboard boxes to make wings and taped them onto his bike. Then he told us he needed a flying hat, scarf and goggles. Of course, Justin thought it was so cool he needed one too. So Jacob helped him build one too. They have flown to Colorado, Disney World and a number of other places the last couple of days!

A New Look!

Around Christmas our kitchen floor (vinyl tile) started cracking and chipping away. We decided we had no choice but to replace it. We (I) decided that if we were going to pull up baseboards and the floor then we should also paint. So this last week we did the painting part. Here are some of the shots of the makeover.

We will be doing the floor and new baseboards sometime in the next month.

Happy Easter!

Another room of sleeping kids

Last weekend we had family come and spend the weekend. We watched general conference, Jill's soccer game and Jamie's basketball game. We played lots of games, ate way too much junk food and had a great time.

We let the kids stay up late to enjoy time with their cousins. This is what happened when we turned on Tom and Jerry.

Justin and Jacob trying VERY hard to stay awake!


A Very Tired, Adam


Our Cute Niece, Erin

A room full of sleeping kids

Our kids have a funny little tradition. They love to sleep in the same room. We have the girls' room and the boys' room, but they love it when we let them all sleep together in one room. They don't do this every night, but they ask quite often. They like to stay up late at night and talk and play. For this reason we limit this tradition to summers, holidays and weekends. NO SCHOOL NIGHTS!

Jared and I have always thought this was a little weird. We don't remember ever willingly sleeping the same room with our siblings. But that doesn't seem to be the case here.

They all squeeze into one room. It was a bit easier when the kids were smaller. They could fit two on each bed but, now the kids are too big for that. So two have moved to the floor. They know that we won't let them all sleep in the same room if they fight over spots, so they usually rotate. (Jamie had top bunk last time, so she goes to bottom bunk. Jill had bottom bunk so she goes to the floor by the closet, etc.)

When they did this a couple of weekends ago, I went in to check on them and they were all just so cute I just had to take pictures. Who knows how much longer this will last. Probably not in when they are all teenagers. We are fast approaching that stage. This particular night it was in the girls' room. (Please ignore the messy closet behind Jamie. They had to "clean" their room in order to sleep on the floor. And after all doesn't "cleaning" your room mean shoving everything in the closet?)