Lately

Lately, I am bothered by our couch. It's not conversational. I am also bothered by the fact that our dining room table contains 4 chairs and we are a family of 5. I want new furniture. To solve these problems I stare at dining room sets that I cant afford.......... It's not therapeutic. It's more like pain.... But lets be logica.l In my house a creamy white comfortable couch for dining would last, oh about 2 seconds. The dishes sitting underneath would last maybe 5 minutes. And the chairs would not just sit all pretty like that. They would have boosters and high chairs connected to them. sigh. sigh.

Update

We went to the zoo last weekend. It was fun. I wont bore you with all the pictures. But this one does make me laugh. Me and Maddux have been putting together at least 3 puzzles daily during Bodeys nap time. Its all he wants to do lately.

Jadyn loves to draw. That is sort of an understatement. She is actually pretty obsessed with drawing. I actually have to ground her from it, or she will just sit and draw and make crafts all day. So anyways i decided to move the kid table in her room but we gave it a girl make-over first.

My kids love painting. I have to hide the paint from them. But I let them help on the table. I didnt need it to look proffesional I just wanted it to match Jadyns room.

I thought it turned out cute.

Bodey is so silly right now. He is alot of fun. He giggles at everything. The other night Jadyn and Bodey were supposed to be going to bed but they were playing with bears and it was hilarious. I couldnt make myself stop them and go to bed because i couldnt stop laughing at them. They stayed up an hour past their bedtime. It's fun to see his personality start to come out. I know one thing for sure, this kid is going to be silly.


Pat has been working and working some more. When he comes home from work I put him to more work. I just had him sand a coffee table for me. He is pretty nice about doing what I ask.

I have been organizing toys, sounds lame. Putting all the barbie and barbie accesories together ect.....

Primary

I got called to primary. I teach the 8-11 year olds. They are fun, I like it. The primary here is very small. We have our program coming up. Jadyn was assigned 3 parts and a solo! Shes 5, that seems like alot for a 5 year old! We finally got her parts down, but we are having alot of trouble with the solo. She keeps singing the same wrong words over and over and she loves to do actions, and she sings quite loud. It could make for an entertaining program. I am losing some sleep over it.

Brownie Batter

My 2 cents

I went into a Aveda store while i was in Portland to find some new shampoo. The sales lady took advantage of my insecure feelings about my wrinkles around my eyes. I walked out of the store with not only shampoo, but an entire new skin care regime. Face wash, face lotion,eye make-up remover, a mask, eye cream. As soon as I left I was having guilty feelings about how much money I spent. But I actually really love the products and the sales lady was right about how long they would last (a little goes a long way). Lately I feel old and in some weird way this has helped.
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Bodey, Bodey, Bodey!!!!!!

The most common phrase in our house lately is "Bodey, Bodey, Bodey!!!!" He walks now and he is a MONSTER!

I Love October

Sweet Moment

Sweet enough I even decided to edit it. Maddux was pushing him on his bike, it was cute. It is simply a moment though. These two have had quite the bit of sibling rivalry lately. Bodey knocks over blocks carefully constructed into houses. He destroys perfectly lined up cars for races. And he loves to pull apart puzzles and train tracks that are being put together. Maddux in return has been shoving.

Road Trip

Caramel Apples with Grandma Janice

i love caramel apples. i love that it is fall the perfect time to do something fun like this. sorry we talked you into it grandma, but i think you liked it too.

Annies

my sister watched our 3 kids, plus her 2 and she is 8 months pregnant. that makes 5 children under the age of 5 for 4 days. my sister is a saint. seriously hanging out with her is sometimes not good for my self esteem. she is one of those people that will probably be lifted straight into heaven one day. i know she probably has some flaws, i just dont know what they are. her house is always a nice place to camp out.

favorite faith and jadyn conversation

me:faith do you have hairy legs like jadyn?

faith:ya

jadyn:there not as hairy as mine though

faith: but yours arent as hairy as my dads

jadyn: but my dads are hairier than your dads

Grandma Mortensens House
we went to sanford colorado to visit my grandma. she is 95 and may be on her way to a better place. it was hard for me to visit her, hard to know that it might be the last time. i took pictures of her yard. i remember playing out there with my siblings, picking the honey suckle flowers.

After 2 weeks of being gone, it feels good to be home.

i need to journal, document, whatever. in portland. going home tomorrow. spent 4 days here with pat.

forgot the camera. pat says that people are too woried about capturing the moment these days rather than enjoying the moment. he has a point, but i still like to capture the moment (truely just for myself) (and for your viewing pleasure if you care) so i was bummed about the camera.

took my first taxi-cab ride. it was pretty uneventful, but i am glad that i can now say i have rode in a taxi.

since that cab ride we have done alot of walking. our hotel is on the river. the weather and the river are beautiful. i even went for a run this morning and it was glorious because the air was crisp and the scenic view was awesome.

spent alot of time feasting. cute little restaurants. yummy food. we have been shopping, one thing i really miss doing since i have had 3 children. spent alot of time relaxing. it is so weird to sleep through the night. i haven't slept alot the past 5 years, and it's nice to know that even though i have spent the past 5 years waking up numerous times in the night with kids that my body still knows how to sleep all the way through the night. that is comforting to me.

it is nice to spend some alone time with my husband. but after 4 days i am 100% ready to have my babys back. cant wait to go home.