Why you shouldn't let your 2yr. old play with your cell phone.

I got out of the shower the other day and went into my room to get dressed. I was standing at my dresser pulling out clothes when I heard a camera shutter. I turned around to see Addison with my cell phone pointed directly at me. Luckily I grabbed the phone from her hand before she could send the photo to anyone. It's a good thing too because she caught a perfect frame of my rear end!

Another Evieism

Evie likes to listen to music or stories on CD when she goes to bed. Mark was getting her music ready the other night and noticed that she had stuffed a couple of CDs inside her clothes drawer like she had been trying to hide them. They were childrens primary songs and Enya.

Dad: Evie, why are your CDs in the drawer?

Evie: Because I'm tired of listening to those Jesus songs. I just want to listen to Princess music.

Dad: Oh!

A really long post about our new house

This is our new house. I love the front porch and the french doors. We also have a garage...YEAH!! It needs a little work but it's going to be great!



We're doing some remodeling in the bsmt. apt. Were changing it from a small two bdrm apt. to a studio type. We also have to redo some wiring and plumbing and we had to cut mold out of the walls in our upstairs bedroom.





Luckily only half of one room was covered in wallpaper. I plan on making this a princess room for Evie so the paper had to go!

I found many layers underneath. Wallpaper on top of paint on top of wallpaper on top of paint. AAAGGGGHHHH! I hate wallpaper.


This is what we call "The Beast!" Our home was built in 1946 and if this thing wasn't original it was put in close to that time.

Check out the awesome duct work! The broken piece was running to Addy's room. I don't think a lot of hot air is getting through there. Can anyone say asbestos?



The bsmt. bathroom is kind of funky. It's a big space but the do-it-yourselfers that owned the house before placed all of the plumbing in a tight little corner. My contractor Dad is having a fit about all of the code violations!



This is my favorite room in the whole house. We'll be using it as a master bedroom it comes complete with a fireplace and a walk in closet.

Check out the view from our bdrm window! The mountains remind me of home. I know things look rough right now.....but stay tuned for the after pictures.

Food!

Have you ever heard of "My Girlfriends Kitchen?" You go to their facility and assemble about 10 meals for a cost of $185. They have all of the ingredients prepped for you and after you put it all together you take it home and freeze it. We decided to do our own homemade version which yielded 24 meals for a total of $130. This is good food too! Chicken enchiladas, beef stroganoff, sweet pork salad, chicken cordon bleu and etc.... My sister-in-laws organized the whole thing and did all the shopping. Then all 6 of us took several items and prepped all of the ingredients. One person cooked all the chicken, another did the beef, someone did the cheese and another did the veggies and etc. On the final night it only took us about an hour to put it all together. This is exactly what I needed right now while we are working on our house and moving because I don't have a lot of time to cook! I want to do it again in a couple of months so if anyone wants to join me let me know!

Princess toilet paper

In an earlier post I shared with everyone my darling daughters desire for princess toilet paper as a birthday present. Uncle Cory (who lives in our bsmt. apt.) got online and found specially printed toilet paper. There weren't any actual "princess" printings but these were close enough. There was a third roll with bright red lips but Evie used it up before we took a picture. Thanks Uncle Cory!

Meet the Cullen family

The entire Cullen family for the movie Twilight has finally been cast! For the most part I'm happy with the choices in actors but something has got to be done about the awful wigs the two young girls are wearing. Couldn't they have tried hair dye instead? All that really matters is that I get to see this awesome book become a movie. It comes out on Dec. 12th and I can hardly wait! I'm a bit of a fanatic (just ask my friend Starla).
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Another LOST Blurb

The episode of LOST tonight was my favorite ever. I cried and cried over Desmond and Penelope. I know some people might think I'm pathetic but I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic. True love triumphs over all obstacles is the best story in my book (I'm also having Princess Bride flashes all of a sudden). I can't wait to see how their personal story turns out and of course I hope it's a happy ending.

Evie's 4th Birthday

Evie had a "Princess Party" this year for her birthday. We had 7 little girls here between ages 2-4 and it was a blast! Everyone got to wear a princess outfit. They decorated tiaras, made candy necklaces and played pin the crown on the princess. Of course Evie received many princess inspired gifts to add to her collection.


The finale was a castle cake made by mom who swears she will never make it again because it was so much work. We'll see! We did include wrapped up quarters inside the cake for the kids to find which was a tradition from my Grandma. It was fun to celebrate our little girls b-day with good friends and family. Thank you all for coming!