New rooms

As I have said before, we have remolded the two bedrooms in the basement. Well, here are the pictures. The carpet is in the girls room and they will be back in there as soon as I get motivated to move those beds again! The blue room will be the oldest son's. He is so excited to be in a room on his own. It may be hard to tell but the green room is beadboard and the blue room is board and bat style- just fyi.

Birthday Boys

Yesterday was our oldest son's birthday! He is now 10! He has always been a good kid. He tries really hard to do what is right and he tries to do his best at everything. He loves to wrestle and play with his brothers, and tease his sisters, but he has a really kind heart too. We love you son!
Today is my wonderful husbands birthday! What a great guy he is! He takes good care of us all and works hard so I can stay home. He tolerates my insanity on a daily basis. He makes our lives happier every day. We love you So much! You are the BEST Babe!!

Random thoughts

Well, here I am staying up too late looking at all the blogs I have not been able to read for a few days. Our computer decided to go nutty, but thanks to my wonderfully talented, genius brothers we are up and running again! (How many brothers does it take to help Kate fix a computer? 2- one to diagnose over the phone, one to actually troubleshoot and fix) Thanks guys! Why does it feel like life sometimes revolves around this dumb thing? I can't pay bills- for personal or business, blog, check email, shop, im, oh and no Webkins or Lego.com. The kids have been mad for days too.
So, the hubby left Friday night to go to Arizona for baseball and football games with some friends. Actually it was 2 couples and him. I opted out of this trip, because I didn't want to go if I couldn't see the Cowboys, and who wants to take over my family for a weekend? I was bummed to have missed this trip, but hopefully I can go next time. So, Monday when he got to the airport he jumped in his already packed truck and headed to Moab to meet up with the elk hunting group. So, who knows when he will return, it all depends on when they get that prize elk!
I have finally finished with painting and now we are waiting for carpet and then we can get that room back to normal and move onto the next one. :( I have to say, I am tired of painting and the Home Depot will probably shut down if they see me again.
I got to have a little girl time and go with my mom and my aunt to dinner while my cousin tended the kids. They had a great time and so did we. We had yummy food and talked forever, so much fun! I've also stayed up too late watching movies and doing nothing. I hate going to bed too early when the hubby is gone.
My really good friend had her baby Sunday after a long and miserable pregnancy, only to have a terrible delivery with a C-section at the end. The baby is doing fine, but she has not been so good. She had a blood clot in the beginning of the pregnancy and that just adds to the stress of delivery and then a few things have gone wrong. I think she is finally stabilizing and things will get better. I have 2 of her kids tonight because her husband can't really leave her and their families aren't close to the school, etc. They are really good kids, so I don't mind helping. I think my family scares them because they are so mild and quiet and we are not!! Having a few extra kids just adds a little more. Speaking of extra kids, I got to have two of my nephews last week, one 4yrs one 5mos. They were so fun. The 4 year old and my 4 year old are best buddies so they were easy and the baby is such a good boy and so fun to hold and play with. I really enjoy being in a place in my life where the idea of an extra child or two makes me happy instead of scared to death.
This is getting long, sorry. I will end by saying:
BYU Rules!
Way to go Cowboys!
Isn't fall wonderful :)

2 weeks down

First day of school pictures.






We have survived our first two weeks of school. Everyone is still in good spirits about getting up and getting homework done, etc. We have started all the extra activities and that keeps up busy. I have to say it is nice to have the oldest help watch the other kids for a few minutes while I run another one here or there. Those days of sitting in the van all together waiting for dance or soccer practices are over! Three of the kids are in soccer, both girls are taking piano and oldest daughter has dance two nights a week for 2 hrs each. Fun stuff. We are excited for soccer games and not doing anything else on Saturdays for the next 7 weeks. :)
This week each of the big boys lost a tooth, what fun brotherly bonding.
The youngest started pre-school on Wed and was so excited to go. He had to wear his "cool" shirt and take his "awesome" backpack! He was really cute after we got there he just looked at me and said "you can leave now and come back and get me later". Okey-doeky! But today he threw a fit getting ready and getting in the van and I practically had to pick him up to get him inside. He was worried about me being all alone! I told him I was a big girl and I would be fine. I guess it took him a minute to calm down, but he did and was happy to see me when I came to get him. I hope Monday goes better. He has been kinda stinky lately. Maybe too much time with me alone makes my kids crazy....can't say that I blame them! So, I have been to the store too often, doing PTA stuff and doing some painting here and there. (As soon as this second room is done, I will post pictures of both.) I have stayed busy and really haven't savored my alone time yet, maybe next week.