Bathroom Makeover

Jeremy and I started making over our bathroom before Christmas. I just hated the old oak cabinets that were a strange orange color, the vinyl flooring, and the bubble bar light fixture. Jeremy hated the color we had originally painted the walls - so after several months - it is finally done. Just in time for us to put our house on the market. Yup! We are crazy enough to try to sell in these economic times. We are looking to move out of state and want to give our house as much time to sell as we can.

Anyway, these are the "after" pictures. Unfortunately I forgot to snap any before. So, if you hadn't seen our original bathroom, you will just have to imagine. I promise - - it looks TONS better!!!!!

Reprieve from Winter

We have had beautiful weather this past week. The wind has picked up a little the past two days, but other than that, it has been sunny and warm. The kids have been playing outside and loving it. We went with our boys to throw rocks in the lake the other day. These are a few pictures of them enjoying the outdoors.

Oreo Pops

These are the valentines we made for Dallin's preschool class. I'm not sure that I would be thrilled if someone else had sent this home with my child. (Too rich and sugary.) But they were so easy and cute - - I couldn't resist. So, forgive me preschool moms. At least we only gave one to each of them right?

10 Things to Prepare For When You Have Kids Closer Than Two Years Apart.

1. Prepare yourself to hear the phrase "Oh, you've got your hands full!", 6985400003234000217 times -usually from complete strangers.

2. Prepare yourself to have sweet older ladies to come up to you at the store and tell you that they had their kids close too and it was the best thing they ever did. (I really appreciated those ladies, especially after I had heard the phrase "Oh, you've got your hands full!" at least three times that day already.)

3. Prepare yourself to have two in diapers for awhile.

4. Prepare yourself to buy two of every toy that you plan to give to one of the kids.

5. Prepare to referee a few good fights.

6. Prepare to overhear some cute conversations.

7. Prepare yourself to clean up some unbelievable messes (two heads are better than one, right?)

8. Prepare to have two little best friends living in your house.

9. Prepare to be doubly challenged every day!!!

10. Most of all, prepare to have some of the happiest moments of your life be just watching those two little kids playing and laughing together.

I love you Dallin and Thomas, and I will always be glad that I had you so close. Even if I do "have my hands full!"

This is Jack's Newest Trick

Yes. Jack is very adept at crawling up onto the tray of his high chair, and then bouncing around. No amount of strapping him in can counteract his abilities to get up there. He has even climbed out safely. It still scares me, and he is now only allowed to be in the chair under close supervision. I wish he would put as much energy into walking. All in time, I guess.

Does Sunday afternoon look like this at your house?

Typical Sunday afternoon at our house. In case you are wondering, that is a Batman band-aid on Thomas' head. He had a run-in with a door at church that morning. Ouch!

The Tree

I have to admit - I find Taylor to be a rather ugly town. Barren, old, dirty, weed-filled, etc. The view from my front window is a field of weeds with an old rusty car in the middle of it. It has been there for the entire four years that I have lived here. However, out my back window there is a view of an enormous tree. I have had a lot of time to observe this tree, as I have nursed my babies (yes - I have nursed all three babies in this house). I have watched this tree go from bare, to budded, to full of leaves, to autumn leaves, and back to bare again, several times now. I have watched this tree's branches go absolutely wild in the unbearably strong and persistent winds we get here. The other day, as I watched this tree through the snow, I thought about the moments of happiness it has brought me through the years and I just had to snap this picture. Whenever we end up leaving this house, I think the only things I will miss are the memories of our kids early years, our good neighbors and the tree.