Summer Fun

Well we started the summer off with a trip back home to visit family and friends. We had a lot of fun. The kids LOVE playing with their cousins and I loved seeing my sisters (what's up Tom?) and hanging out. Idaho is a long way from home.

Summer's finally started and we're trying to make the most of it. Here are just a few pictures of our exploits. I'll get some basement pics up soon so you can see how we're doing! In the meantime, we're having fun and playing a lot!

These boots were made for walkin'

Too much fun for these cousins

It's pretty cute. These two are best friends when they're together. Aiden kept asking, "Where's Sophie?" when we came home.

After walking around Old Town

Sophie wanted to sleep anywhere she could find

While there the lighthouse was open and it occurred to me my kids have never been inside or to the top, so we did both and boy was it exciting (not really but you know now I can say we've done it)

I'm not really sure what happened here all I can tell you is that this used to be a little toddler that called me 'Maime' and somewhere along the way she's become this beautiful young woman who's horribly moody and growing waaaaaay to fast

This is Adrienne's baby Oscar, she worked hard and earned the money to buy him and they are pathetically inseparable. As a side note, he hates my boys because they like to terrorize him

One of the few times Oscar wasn't hiding and shivering under the bed

At the beach

A few of Aiden's sleeping habits

Yes, he's asleep like that this was at a rest area on the way home

Can you guess why it's so hard to dissolve nap time? Because I think he's partly narcoleptic

The House's Transformation

Ok, we're finally up and running so I thought I'd post some before and after pics to give you an idea of what we're doing and what we've done to the house. They are in no particular order...

Living Room Before:

Just so you can see the difference, here is the ceiling partially painted with the new white...

Living Room After

Dining Room and Kitchen Before

Can you see the two tones of paint? The kitchen and dining room are different colors

Here's the old hardware up close, it's through the entire house

Here's the living room furnished (thanks Kelly and Joe for the new table)

Kid's Bathroom (new lights and hardware)

That's all for now because I'm tired...but look for more, we still have can lights, etc to put up...

Our Kids

Here are just a few pictures of the kids being kids we thought you'd like. They are so silly and wonderful and funny:

Yes, he's asleep in the toy box...

On the top bunk

Caught stripping

Ready for school

Aiden's New Disorder(s)

Aiden has recently been diagnosed with a case of exhibitionism, which we are trying to handle by avoiding public outings and engagements. Note the clothes in a pile next to him in this picture.

Recently he's been diagnosed with a new and strange disorder. It seems he's suffering from a rare non-genetic problem which we've lovingly dubbed, 'CGWD.'

That's right, Compulsive 'Glub' Wearing Disorder is no laughing matter. Look at the shame he feels because of what he's suffering with.

The combination of the two disorders is almost more than we can bare to live with. That's why we're reaching out to family and friends so we can educate people on this little known problem.

He's even started to hoard what are my two, poor, other children to do if they want to play outside in the snow?

It's so bad that if he can't find glubs he resorts to whatever he can find.

Usually socks

He will shed his glubs on occasion for things that may be difficult to perform with glubs on

Is there any hope for him?

We will not rest until we find a cure, but until then we'll just say,

Hooray for Glubs!!

Our New Home on Oaktrail

Basement view from the stairs (future great room)

Other side of the basement (future bedrooms)

Down to the basement

Master bedroom and bath

Ila's bedroom (sorry... it's dark)

Isaac's bedroom

This is the kid's bathroom

Hall (on the right is a bedroom, linen closet, and another bedroom, on the left at the end is the master)

Aimee's kitchen

Here is the family room looking from the dining room

So we are under contract on a house on Oaktrail. Here are a few pictures of the place. We signed papers and spent about 2 hours over at the house today with Daniel and Cat. We will put up more as we get closer to closing (March 31st.)

Ila Turns 6

Well, it's been awhile and I have no real excuse as to why I don't blog as much as I could, but hey, better late than never right?? Well, yesterday was Ila's sixth birthday. In talking with Jason I asked him if he realized that next year she'll be in first grade and Isaac will be in kindergarten. He didn't want to talk about it. It's hard to admit that your children are growing so quickly. Yesterday I looked at three of them sitting in the pew at church and I realized just how fast they are growing. For example, our little girl got an "MP and 3" player for her birthday, really at six? She says things that amaze me, the observations she makes, the way she reads already, AMAZING!!! She is the smartest little girl ever, she is beautiful and has the biggest heart. We love her and are so grateful that she is a part of our life!