Bulletin

Knowing my husband is going to laugh at me I am posting this anyway...because I WANT to!! In our basement on the wall above our computer desk is a electric box. I never liked looking at the ugly gray thing so I made new bulletin board to hide all that ugliness.
When I was all done hanging it to the wall Nathan said "Oh yeah another thing for you to blog about huh!!" and then laying it on thick he said "Oh, man (sarcasm very present) you should have done before and after pictures for everyone to see!" This probably concluded in me smacking him across the chest or something. Probably a bad habit of mine that I tend to do whenever he teases me, but hey he is my very capable man of the house so he can take a small smack every now and then.


I spent $2.00 for the boards and used scrapbook paper that I had on hand!!I did this one first because I needed somewhere to put all those little papers that seem to accumulate around the computer and I never have to look for my phone list again, they will be stuck right on the board!!

Cowboy Quilting

Here is the quilt I have been working on. I have to say I enjoyed it and for my first pieced quilt done completely by myself it looks pretty darn good!!!
Here's my blocks that I am moving back and forth to see which way takes to my liking. The process took a little longer than I thought. he he he he
The top quilt all done with two borders and all!! The borders were tricky because I didn't buy separate fabric to make the borders I used what math skills I have left and pieced my extra pieces of fabric together.

Now all I have to do is Batting, Attach backing fabric, Quilt, and then finally bind. Yeah I'll let ya know when I get all THAT DONE!!
I had to add this because it was one of those "That works perfect" moments. I had found this fleece at Joann's at only $3.50/yd!! Add that to a fleece throw I bought at Osco on my discount for only $1.50 and that makes an awesome little blanket. But what is cool is that it matches how I pieced my quilt and all the colors I had picked out perfectly. SWEET!!

If you can tell I added fringe to the top fabric and the store throw I bought had thread stitching around the edge so it made the blanket that much more cowboy style.

Stick EM UP!!

We have COWBOY FEVER around here. I told Nate that if we had another boy I was going to change the baby room into a COWBOY room. So since we are ( having another boy) I have put up a wall paper border and am working on a pieced quilt with lots of fun cowboy material to it. I'll have to post some pictures on those things later.

So what to dress my boys up in for Halloween . . . COWBOYS!! My mom had made them Real Leather Chaps the last time we were in Idaho. Combine that with a hat and guns to holster I had them sold!!

This is my good friend Melissa and her fun boys Ethan and little Blake!! Ethan was an awesome BATMAN and Blake is the cutest Lobster I have ever seen!! I told Melissa we should give him a stick of butter to hold!! We went trick or treating around my neighborhood. The boys had a blast and the decorations at the different houses were so creative. One house had you walk through their own cemetery and Hayden kept picking up the bones stuck in the ground and Ethan was the sharp shooter, gunning down anything that looked suspicious.



Hayden totally looks like Tony Stark from IRON MAN!! Watch out Robert Downey Jr. here comes your understudy!!

Bleeding Bats

Well so much for my attempt to put up fun decorations for Halloween. These poor bats were a sorry sight after the rain storms we had. I guess I need to use more quality materials then just plain construction paper next time. Thank goodness for all purpose cleaners with bleach and magic sponge erasers!!

Clay said it looked like they were bleeding but only black blood instead of red. After I took them down and scrubbed all the "Black Blood" Clayton told me our garage doors aren't so cool anymore, he wanted to make more bleeding bats!!

NO NO HAYDEN!!

I really have to keep an eye on Mr. Hayden!! The boys and I had just came home from grocery shopping. While I was putting away food, Clay and Hayden sat down to watch the end of a Sponge Bob show and I noticed Hayden had disappeared somewhere. Not too alarming I mean he is mobile and very capable but when there is no noise during the disappearance something seemed amiss. I asked Clay "Can you go see what Hayden is up too?"


"Yeah I think he went to go get his bear"


"OK go see" Feeling like the situation is taken care of because Hayden usually sticks to a task very admittedly so if he just went to get his bear he will be down in a minute I thought until....


"MOM, Hayden is in your MAKEUP"


This is what I hear from a wide-eyed running Clayton. My next thought...Oh Crap, what's it going to be mascara, eyeshadow, eye liner, combinations of them all oh man I hope it just all over him...



"HAYDEN WHERE ARE YOU!"


Well it appears he is capable of opening a SLIDE container of sparkling lip gloss!! Those things are hard even for me to open right and here he is dousing himself, the wall, and his entire dresser in sparkles!!!
the horror!!! I love this product!!!

At least he made himself a little table out of his step so no sparkles are on my carpet!! WHEW!!
After three complete scrubbing session of Hayden in the bathtub he still came out with Glowing cheeks" Man he is my wild one, but through out the whole thing the hardest part was keeping my smile away from him so he wouldn't think he did something funny! He was definitely told he did a NO NO!!

From ehh to YEAH!!

I love how my new curtains turned out!! Thanks to my awesome find of $1.00 a yard for the home decor fabric I found at Walmart and my go to person about sewing Anna Marks they turned out great!! The trim was the most costly out of the whole thing but I still used a 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby to get just what I wanted. Now my cabinets don't look like they are floating in midair, the curtains connected them nicely!!

The colors match perfectly to my family room couches!! I still can't get over that the fabric was only $1.00 yard!!!!!

Thanks Anna for all your help!!! My "Is this how you do it ?" questions can always be answered by you!!

FALL FUN!!

The boys and I took a trip to DIDIER FARMS. I love everything about fall so going to a place filled with pumpkins, baby animals, Carmel apples, Halloween and Harvest Decor with donuts and apple cider is right up my alley!! The boys had tons of fun going up and down the rows of pumpkins picking out their own. Hayden came up to me struggling to carry a medium sized pumpkin and says "Mom, this is perfect pumpkin, right here perfect pumpkin" I love how little kids talk it just has its own form of cuteness to it!!

"Whoa big huge Pumpkins mom!!" Big Huge is a funny saying that Clayton gets from me. I guess it is my own way of trying to get the point across that something IS REALLY BIG!! I tend to get teased about the expression from family members!! ha ha ha

So much fun things to do even with me saying no to the kid carnival rides and pony rides that are outrageously priced. I think Clayton and Hayden both know where to go for horse rides and that's at Grandpa Ron's house!!

Highlights of DIDER FARMS were the new piglets born Sept 28 and baby chicks and a Pumpkin carver that the boys could watch make crazy faces!!

Nice serious pose boys!!

Sweet Boys

So.... I am a mom of boys, and as far as mine go they are ALL BOY. There is not a day that goes by that doesn't involve a wrestling match, challenges of whose piece of food is bigger, or who is the winner of going up the stairs. Oh, or Hayden calling Nate "You a punk Dad!"

It is really funny and they started the little back and forth banter of "you a punk"....."No, You're a Punk" during their wrestling wars. What's not so funny is when Nathan has to give a talk at church with the High council member, and Hayden is on our banch calling to Nathan "Dad, your a PUNK!" I don't know how many times I have told him that he only calls his Dad a punk and only when they are wrestling.

My 2 boys aren't even at age five yet and they have strong competition juices running through them. But what I really love is when they wake up too early in the morning, me attempting to get more sleep because coming home after midnight from work is tiring in it self, I turn on cartoons and try to tune out the noise being not ready to get up and one of the boys...today it was Hayden... gives me the simplest, sweetest little loves. Hayden was under the covers with me and turn to share his blanket, pat the side of my cheek and then kiss my forehead!!!

There has been other times when Clayton has heard me say "Ouch my stomach" or some reference to my growing prego belly, and he comes up to me and says "The baby ok in there mom? You feeling alright? It will all be ok." This along with hugs and pats on my belly.

They do little things like this alot and it is special because they think to give these little loves all on their own not needing to be persuaded at all. Who doesn't like to receive affection especially when it is done completely on their own!! What sweet boys!

My boys are tough and love new challenges but they also are sweet sensitive little men that make their mom feel special!!

oh BOY oh BOY!!

To let everyone in on the news we are going to have another baby BOY!!!! Nathan thinks this is great and started having pictures flash through his head of our very own basketball team!! Apparently I tend to have all winter babies with Clayton Dec 19 birthday, Hayden Jan 12 birthday, and baby boy due end of January 2009. Nathan's birthday is Dec 24 Christmas Eve and I am the lone Summer birthday of July 27. If Hayden didn't destroy all his old clothes (I say destroy b/c he is my very active boy!) I am hoping to have a few hammy downs.


Ultrasound pics are never the greatest but at least you know I have proof of a little babe and that I am not pulling your leg or something! These are suppose to be profile pics but... I want to see the real thing!

Just wanted to share!

Tagged by Kristina!!

What were you doing 10 years ago?

That would make me 17 and a Junior in High School. My main focus was probably on the sports I did volleyball and softball. More softball thou, the team was all juniors and we had played together for the last two years and were working toward going to the state tourney which we did senior year and took 3rd place WHOA!!

5 Years ago?
Married to Nathan working for as a refinance and new home purchase closer at Residential Title Services.

5 Months ago?
Going through the early stages of my pregnancy and getting ready for the big July trip we had

5 Things on my to-do list:
1. Dinner (as always)
2. Folding and putting away laundry and getting mad at stains that don't come out (yeah I have boys!)
3. Getting dinner done with and hopefully cleaned before I go to work
4. Find new recipes to make since I am hosting a candle party for my sister-in-law
5. Set up an ultrasound appointment for next week to see what we are having
WOW MY LIST WAS JUST FOR TODAY EEEK!! EEEK!!

5 Favorite Snacks:
1. Usually anything with chocolate in, on, around, or simply by itself
2. Tons of fruit
3. Lately cucumbers in Apple cider vinegar, and I drink the juice too
4. Home grown tomatoes not the rubbery ones at stores but ripe right from the vine
5. Salty stuff: Popcorn, salt n vinegar chips, pickles, peanuts
OH YEAH MY SNACKS ARE REALLY HEALTHY

5 things I'd do with a Billion Dollars:
1. What wouldn't I do with a million dollars I ask you????
2. Vacation around the world for sure and take tons of family with
3. Share with families
4. Give a boatload to charity (who in the heck needs a billion dollars?) ditto Kristina
5. Expand on lots of skills I'd like to master and with cost not a issue get the best instructors and classes.

5 Places I've lived: (in the correct order)
1. Blackfoot, ID
2. Provo, UT
3. Palatine , IL
4. Wauconda, IL
5. Lakemoor, IL

5 Things you might not know about me:
1. I marvel alot at sunsets and look out at nature such as mountains, lakes, farmland and just feel peaceful
2. I was a bit a of tomboy/cowgirl growing up with bro Max and making sure I could do what ever he did
3. I get into watching sports like football and basketball
4. At times I feel inadequate with my meager skills and wish I could do better
5. Baby # three is on the way and I absolutely love being a mom!

I tag Day, Jessa, and Shylo