Pictures of the house

Some pictures of the casa for your viewing pleasure...

Mi casa es su casa... ok, actually it's just mine ;)

The sitting room, or as I like to call it, the visiting teaching room

Were we picky about this stair railing? Yes, yes we were

The heart of our home, and usually messy

This island deserves it's own zip code. Impressive but awful to clean

The great room where we spend most of our family time

The master bathroom. I hear double sinks save marriages

Who wouldn't want a chandelier above the tub?
An antique from grandma and one of my favorite pieces

The master bedroom would be more of a masterpiece if only I could keep the kids out

Oh the love (and hours) I put into these puff quilts for the girls!

And every other detail of this girly room, including the sparkly walls...
They're SPARKLY!

Superhero room, check (Russ & I refinished that dresser,
he even hand painted the knobs. Snazzy eh?)

Complete with quilts for the boys too!

Over protective? Maybe. don't judge

The 160' retaining wall that blew the budget

And the splurge, but isn't countless hours of fun
family memories worth the investment?

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Eventful day

It's only 1:00pm and already it's been an eventful day. Last night after dinner as I was getting Kalei ready for a bath, I noticed that the dog was missing, so Russ searched the house to see if the kids had locked her up somewhere, but she was nowhere to be found. We figured she had snuck out unnoticed while Russ was getting the mail a few hours before, so he and the boys went out driving to try and locate her, but to no avail. We figured that if nobody had let her in she would probably freeze to death in the 20 degree weather with heavy snowfall, but what could we do? As I was shoveling out my car at about 6:45 this morning, guess who showed up? Yep, Annie Belle, and she didn't look like she'd been freezing all night so I'm assuming some good Samaritan let her in for the night. I hope that dumb dog learned her lesson this time! On a happier note, Kalei slept for NINE hours last night! By the time she woke me up at six, my boobs were like milk sprin...

It's finally over!

Anyone who knows me well knows that I hate Halloween. I think it's a ridiculous waste of a holiday, a time when childhood obesity, diabetes, cavities, and greed is encouraged. And not to mention the freaks out there who use that day to perform satanic rituals and torture cats. But aside all that, nothing good has ever happened to me on Halloween, usually it's just the opposite and this year was no exception. Friday was the ward Trunk or Treat. We had been gone all day and Russ felt bad about having left Annie home all alone so he suggested bring her along. I agreed as long as we tied her up, since she does like to run. We kept her tied to the trunk latch and everything went fine until we were getting ready to leave. We unhooked her leash and put her in the car but when the kids got in, a back door was left open. Just as Russ went to shut it, our stupid dog jumped out, took off across the parking lot and attacked our neighbors dog. Russ took off af...

Crying it out

Today I'm going to write about something that I've come to feel quite strongly about. I am aware that not everyone will agree with me on this but this is my blog so I'll write what I want. I'll start by saying that it has taken a while to get my little ones to sleep through the night. It seems that just as they get old enough to sleep without a feeding at night, they start to teeth and it throws everything off, and every time I've mentioned our sleep issues, there is always someone who is quick to say "just let them cry it out". I'm sure the so called "professional" that came up with the idea of letting a baby cry it out was not a mother, but probably a man with little understanding of babies. I tried this method with both of my boys and found it not only cruel and neglectful, but ineffective and complete torture for me. There is no amount of schooling that can take the place of a mothers instinct, it is a gift given to mothers by Go...

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