MEGA POST to catch up!

MY latest HOme Improvement projects are pretty much done, I am just waiting for the baseboards and trim to get put up. But Here is what I did... (This is for Laura she has been bugging me to post this so she can see finish products)
I Hated my closet it was just a small closet that couldn't fit all mine and clays clothes. My room was a funny shape with a little useless area... So We knocked out the old closet and we put a wall up to in the useless area and made it into a walk in closet. I love it! I have so much more closet space and that make me happy! (It is funny because my room feels bigger because the old closet made it really closed off.) Ok now I also needed a bigger pantry for food storage so I put our winter coats in the walkin closets and made a little welcome area by my back door and put a rack up to hang the jackets that we are currently using. And finally my brother helped me build shelves in my coat closet so I can use that as a pantry. It was a lot of Crazy ideas, but I am happy with all of it.
USeless space before...
My bedroom after...



My new closet...


My Back entry...

My new pantry...

Easter was fun! We had lots of Easter egg hunts and it was great! We actually celebrated it two weeks in a row because my parents were on a cruise for Easter! No fair huh! But here are some pictures...





Katelin started dance lessons. She loves to dance and she is pretty good at it. I am really excited to have her doing something fun that will channel all her energy for good!

Over spring break we went down to Mesquite to see our good friends the Bunkers! We miss them... They used to live so close(in the basement apartment) and now they are too far away, but we love to see them when ever we get a chance.


Timpview High had a fund raiser for their ballroom dance team they had a "Dancing with the Teachers" kind of like Dancing with the Stars. Clay had been asked to participate and had been learning the paso doble. He would come home and show me his moves and he even said we should take a ballroom dance class! Wouldn't that be fun!! So last night we went and watched his performance. He did pretty dang good job for a guy that doesn't dance and Katelin LOVED IT! He didn't win, but he was definately the BEST LOOKING!!! I think he would kill me if I posted the dance, so here are the only still pictures I got...

PICTURE UPDATE

So I thought I would just do a little update and show some of the cute things that my kids have done lately.
Katelin likes to dress herself. She changes her clothes three or four times a day and it becomes quite a chore for me just to make sure that she isn't wearing something that makes her look like an orphan child. Here is the outfit she chose to wear on this particular day.

Ty is seriously the sweetest little thing. He really loves his mommy he will cuddle with me and laughs at me. He thinks his daddy is pretty funny too. and he adores his sister. YOu can just see it in his face as he watches her, he thinks that she is something else!

This was so funny! Tytan kept making funny faces through the play pin by pushing his face up against it. He would laugh so hard it was so funny!

So I decided to give Tytan a hair cut because well as you can see he was starting to get little wings and they would never stay down so here he is happy and cute Before his hair cut.

And here he is after... Still happy and cute! Actually there isn't much difference but least there are no little side wings!
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Katelin's hair cut and more...

OK the other day I found Katelin in her room playing with scissors. I said, "What are you doing with those scissors!?" Then she says, "I am cutting my hair." I then noticed the beautiful locks of hair on the floor and let out a deathly scream! HER BEAUTIFUL HAIR!!! I was devastated. I tried to calm down and decide what to do. I gave her a bath to wash her hair and assess the damage. I knew Katelin liked Hannah Montana but I never thought she would have a hair do like BIllY RAY CIRUS!!!! MY child has a Mullet!!! I had her look in the mirror to show her what she had done and that was a big mistake... SHE THOUGHT SHE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL and here are the pictures to prove it.



YES SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS A SUPER MODEL!!!
Anyway the good part of the story is that I am able to part her hair and do a little comb over and then you don't notice the mullet so much.
Alright the next story is my little nephew Bryce turned 4 and he had a really fun birthday party. It was a star wars party and they did Jedi Training! My Brother-in-law did a whole production like Disneyland. Darth vader came and everything. Unfortunately most of the little kids were 4 and under so when Darthvader came they all got really scared and some of them started to cry. It was really funny! But Katelin had lots of fun. She was the little Princess laya! My other nephew Riley would have loved this party he is seven and the other day his mom asked him if he would like to play soccer or baseball this year and he said, "I think I want to do Jedi knight Training." Oh my!!!
The weather has been so nice lately. I think that we have been to the park everyday this week. Tytan loves the swing! I love this time of year. I feel like I have been hibernating and it feels so nice to get outside. Anyway the other day we went with Grandma and Grandpa and all the cousins to the park and it was lots of fun!






I haven't been blogging lately because my house is a wreck! Yes, I am up to one of my home remodeling kicks again. I have been so busy trying to get it all done before my husband starts golfing again. We are almost all finished, I will post my home improvements when I get all done.

TOO BIG!!!!

How did this happen? How did my brand new baby boy get SOOOOO BIG!!! I just can't believe how fast my kids are growing. It is really quite scary! Tytan is now 8 months old and he is so strong. For at least a month now he has been pulling himself up to stand everywhere he goes. I get so nervous because I don't want him to fall and bonk his head. TOO LATE!!! Look at all his little bruises on his poor head. The good thing is... he stays standing in one place for a while once he gets to his destination. I am really worried he is going to start walking and then WHAT WILL I DO?!!!

Katelin just started Sunbeams and I am so proud of her. She has been so big and has gone without crying and screaming and yelling things like "PISS ME OFF" She gave a a talk on Sunday and did so good. IT was seriously the cutest thing ever. Before her talk they had her come sit in the front. She saw Clay and I in the back and was smiling and waving at us. Then during the primary songs she start dancing! (WHO'S CHILD IS THIS??!!) When she got up to give her talk She did most of it by herself with a couple hints from me and At the end she pretty much yelled "NAMEN". She then sat down, threw her arms in the air and yelled "YAY! NOW I GET AN ICECREAM CONE" I LOVE MY KIDS! They make me laugh! Clay and I crack up at the crazy things that Katelin says and does and I love when Tytan Screams and smiles at Katelin and bounces back and forth because he is excited. I can tell that Katelin and Ty are going to be good little friends. She always wants him to come with her and play in her room. She is a little too rough with him but she tells him how cute he is and how much she loves him. So I guess that makes it better!

REWIND

HERE WE ARE STILL Alive JUST OFF THE RADAR FOR AWHILE. BESIDES BEING REALLY BUSY ARE COMPUTER HAD A VIRUS AND WAS BEING REPAIRED. SO HERE WE ARE BACK IN THE SADDLE WITH A LITTLE REWIND TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO... (THIS MIGHT BE LONG)
FAMILY PICTURES 2008






FIRST:


OUR CHRISTMAS BREAK GOT SIDE TRACKED WHEN WE HAD TO TAKE TYTAN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS. HE HAD A FEVER AND HIS SOFT SPOT WAS BULGING SO WE TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR AND THEY SENT US TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED IT WAS MENINGITIS. POOR BABY! HE HAD TO HAVE SPINAL TAP AND THEY TRIED 9 TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY GOT AN IV IN HIM. TALK ABOUT PAINFUL!!! IT WAS SO SAD AND I CRIED FOR LIKE 2 DAYS STRAIGHT! THEY ALSO HAD TO SEDATE HIM AND DO AN MRI TO JUST MAKE SURE THINGS WERE OK. IT ALL ENDED UP FINE, THERE WAS NO MENINGITIS. WE ARE SO BLESSED AND COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL THAT EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK! IT WAS PROBABLY THE SCARIEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I WAS SO SCARED BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DANGEROUS MENINGITIS IS. AS I SAT SCARED AND SAD WAITING FOR TY TO COME OUT OF THE MRI A NICE MAN STARTED TALKING TO ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT HIS WIFE WHO WAS HAVING SURGERY TO REMOVE A BRAIN TUMOR. HE SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN THAT DAY. I CRIED AS I READ WHAT SHE WROTE, "I’ve been reading the Old Testament this last year and this very morning finished. I’ve read many of the books in the Old Testament numerous times, but this is only the second time in my life I’ve read it cover to cover. This verse in the last chapter of the Bible captures everything: “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall” (Micah 4:2).
I have no idea what today will bring, but I trust in my Savior. I am in his hands. He cares for me like a farmer cares for the calves in his stall. He feeds, he protects, he grooms, he tends to my every need! I place myself in his tender care knowing that whatever the outcome, he will help me and that it will be for my best good.." IT WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR AT THAT VERY MOMENT. I FEEL LIKE THAT MAN WAS MY OWN LITTLE ANGEL SENT TO GIVE ME SOME COMFORT WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST. EVEN WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH A TRIAL OF HIS OWN HE REACHED OUT AND HELPED ME THROUGH MINE...

CLAY AND I HAD OUR 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! WOW! MY SWEET HUSBAND HAD A WHOLE VACATION PLANNED FOR US BUT WE HAD TO CANCEL IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT OUR CHILD WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. OH WELL, THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR!
SANTA MADE IT TO OUR HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS DESPITE THE BITING THE SCREAMING AND ALL THE NAUGHTINESS! KATELIN DID GET TO SIT SANTA'S LAP AT MY PARENTS PARTY AND TELL HIM "I'LL NEVER BITE LOGAN AGAIN!" HE SEEMED AMUSED AND HE MUST OF THOUGHT SHE HAD DONE SOME NICE THINGS TOO BECAUSE HE GOT HER A REALLY NICE PLAYHOUSE. MOSTLY CAUSE THAT IS WHAT I WANTED AND I TALKED HER INTO ASKING SANTA FOR IT. SANTA HAD TO WORK REALLY HARD (IN THE GARAGE) TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT IT TURNED OUT SO CUTE AND SHE LOVED IT.







NEW YEARS WAS GREAT WE HAD A PARTY AT THE BINGHAM'S ON NEW YEARS EVE AND SLEDDING WITH MY FAMILY THE NEXT DAY.
MOSTLY WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL YEAR. WE HAVE HAD SOME HARD TIMES, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GREAT TIMES AND HAVE SEEN MIRACLES. WE FEEL SO BLESSED. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY! WE HOPE 2009 IS WONDERFUL FOR ALL OF YOU!

HALLOWEEN, KATELIN'S BIRTHDAY AND THE RETURN OF MY LITTLE MISSIONARY!

WE HAVE HAD A REALLY EXCITING WEEK. HALLOWEEN WAS SO FUN! I FINALLY GOT KATELIN'S COSTUME DONE AND I THOUGHT SHE LOOKED GREAT. SHE WAS LITTLE BO PEEP AND TY WAS HER SHEEP! I TOOK THE KIDS TO SURPRISE CLAY AT SCHOOL AND THAT WAS A BLAST! HIS CLASS, REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THEIR COSTUMES. OUR WARD TRUNK OR TREAT WAS REALLY FUN, WE HAD A DINNER AND GAMES AS WELL AS THE COLLECTING OF CANDY. TUESDAY WAS KATELIN'S BIRTHDAY AND SHE TURNED 3. WOW TIME JUST FLIES! HER BIRTHDAY WAS FUN WE HAD A PRINCESS PARTY ON MONDAY AT THE JUMPING JACKS AND ON TUESDAY WE WENT TO PICK UP TONY AT THE AIRPORT AS HE ARRIVED HOME FROM HIS MISSION IN CHILE! WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HOME. HE IS JUST SUCH A GREAT LITTLE BROTHER, UNCLE AND FRIEND! I HAVE MISSED HIM SO MUCH. SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF ALL THE FUN!