Sweet Nothings and Funny Pictures

Today was...exhausting! The kids wanted to swim, I wanted to sit down for 5 minutes, and the laundry...there's always laundry. (And no, it didn't get done today either!! That's what tomorrow is for!) I swear it was a full moon... all the crazies were out in force today! (Which makes for great reading at work, but getting nothing done because the phone is ringing off the hook!!) I did however get 1 pasta salad made, 36 deviled eggs filled, rocked my 2 year old to sleep..(don't even get me started on his sleeping habits!) opened all my mail and paid bills, and still managed to have a minute to blog! That's not bad! Oh, and I also took a few minutes to catch up on one of my favorite 1990's friends blog spot. Love her and miss her terribly! Always brings back fun memories! I still can't believe we actually graduated Seminary!! Good times!

I am heading to Arizona with the kids to relax with my parents and family in about 11 days. (I only know that because Bailey made a "count-down" calendar for Alex so he would stop asking us 200 times a day, "when are we going to Gram's house?!!" Alex and Luke are so excited they already have their backpacks full of goodies to take to Gram's house. Alex has actually been packed for about a week now! He cracks me up.

On Friday, we have been invited to Lagoon with some friends of ours. We are pretty stoked not just because it's FREE to get in, but we also get lunch too!! That's a pretty sweet deal. The kids are super excited too. We were just there a couple of weeks ago with my brother Jeff and his wife and kids. We had a great time and the kids are ready to go again. Funny... we don't go for years, and we are so lucky to be going twice in one month!! Kev has been super busy at work, so we are looking forward to having him all to ourselves on Friday.

Lastly, our house is pretty much done! (now we are ready to move..go figure!) We have done a lot of renovating over the past year and it's all complete! Kev has really worked hard. (Side note...I did help him shovel and move about 7 tons of rock, so I did put in my time too!!) Our list of accomplishments are:

1. Re-painted pretty much all the house

2. Laid new flooring on our main level, and in the bathrooms upstairs.

3. Painted all of our kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets

4. Re-lanscaped our whole front yard. (WOW, that was a big job, but we got it done!)

5. Kev put up a long awaited play set for the kids, which included a slide, 2 swings, and rings. (I am happy to report...no injuries as of date...knock on wood!)

6. Re-stained our deck.

We haven't lived in a house longer than 2 years.. this is our first. I am surprised at how much you have to keep putting into it to keep it looking nice. Now that everything is finished...it sure does look nice!

Ok, enough blabbing...here's some new pics of the kids!

Alex's funny face.

Bailey finally broke us down...we bought her a phone. (no camera though!!) It's a parents best barganing chip!!

Those are my shoes!!! He's always in my closet. Good thing he's all boy.. otherwise I might worry!

Yes..his finger is up his nose. (Which is pretty much where it is most of the time!!) The boys put sweet "Lion" tattoos on the stomachs and asked me to take a picture. They are still cute!!