I Love You Dad!

Feels like I haven't told you in awhile and wanted you to know... kris :)

Gotta Admit... A Little Nervous!

So I leave to go out of town in the morning and I have to admit I am a little nervous. Not about driving cross country or staying in hotels or sleeping in the car but about my boys... All 3 of them! I spent a small fortune stocking the house for them while I am gone and have not bothered to clean or pick up all day since I know it will look worse once I get back. I feel sorry for Lucy, my cleaning lady, next week!

Anyways, just wanted everyone to keep us in your prayers as I travel and more importantly, the boys stay home.

Just Not Fair!!

Today I went and got my haicut after almost a year and wouldn't you know it would be rainy!! Everyone knows it will never look as good as when the stylist does it. And my stylist is FANTASTIC!! So I had the boys take a picture. Now, I have decided we need to add a photography class to our homeschool because they were terrible. Either that or I am not as cute as I think I am! Either way here is the best photo we could get after many, MANY tries!

Another Week Begins...

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. We had a nice day. The boys hunted for eggs inside because of the weather and I had put coupons inside instead of candy. Today they are using the "No School" coupon and loving it! We went to Golden Corral with Brian's family and had a filling lunch. It was nice to see them and Brian's mom looks great! We finished our taxes last night which is a huge weight off our shoulders as well. A pretty productive day. I also got most of the floor laid in the boys bathroom. It is a beautiful hickory wood.

This week starts with high hopes. I want to be able to say the bathroom is completely finished by the end of the week and move on to the front yard. It looks like the weather will cooperate. Tonight we have soccer practice, tomorrow a game and Wed, Thurs and Fri we're going to try and get to a bookstore so it is filling up quickly.

I'm off to pack up orders so I can get back to the fun stuff!!

Fun Day!

So today I did the co-op shop for Amy and Carol since they both had other things they had to do. I asked Keri to go with me and we had a great time. Cate was so cute with her face covered with all the samples they give away down there. She seemed to have a blast. After being down there and spending time with Keri we have decided to plant a garden this season. We are going to use the little space that is left in the backyard and see what we can grow. It sounds like a good school experiment to me if nothing else.

I have the bathroom painted and the baseboards done and just need to install the new floor. I am hoping to get that done tomorrow. It is just a bathroom so it shouldn't take me too long. I started pulling weeds in my front flower beds today to plant the flowers. That may have to wait til next week since there are still a lot of weeds to go. The entire neighborhood and then some were over today and hunted through the neighborhood for snakes and geckos and whatever they could get their slimy little kid hands on. They found 6 snakes (in a matter of minutes I might add) and 1 gecko that they could actually catch. The carried them and played with them and grossed me out all day. Amy's kids took theirs with them when they left and the others left them on the back porch. After dinner they were gone so now I am totally freaked out to walk outside. I'm thinking I will give them a few days to find a new hiding spot before I go back to pulling weeds.

We have games in the morning so I am off to tuck in the kiddos...

Movin Right Along

Yesterday I got the bathroom textured and thought I would get it painted too but the joint compound was not dry when we got home from practice. The boys actually agreed on a color which is shocking so the bathroom will be "Green Twig". I am hoping to get that done today but am not feeling 100%. I have a very sore throat so I think I am going to skip the gym and just work around here today. I would really like to make more progress since it feels nice to cross something off the list everyday.

This Week's Projects

So I have to say I have been doing pretty well with getting my honey-do list done around here. Notice I say my because there is no doubt who is going to do it. This week I am doing the boys bathroom and the front yard. It is a little overwhelming as both projects are kind of large but I'm gonna try my hardest. I have their bathroom emptied and am headed in there today to texture the walls. They have grown out of the cute little fish and sea creatures so we have opted for more neutral colors and patterns (bye-bye orange walls!)

I am hoping for a nice day this week to plant the flowers in the front yard too. Our house looks so nice now that it is freshly painted and I really want to get the flowers out to make it look like a home. Some 70s would be nice...

I will post pictures when I am done and hope to be able to move on to new projects next week!!