Bathroom project update

Tad has the kids in Thatcher for the weekend, and because I have to work, I'll be going there Tuesday night. And by the way, if anyone has ever wondered if you can eat half a bottle of Tums at once, apparently you can. Paige decided that instead of napping, she would eat Grandpa's Tums. She should be fine, just a bunch of burping, farting and white poop to follow.....

Well, since I had the afternoon to myself, I decided to grout the tile in our as of yet 5-month long project. Here is what it looks like so far - it's still a bit dusty, but I'm taking a break from wiping all the grout off:

Playing in the rain

It's a rare thing, but it did rain today - for about 10 minutes. The kids had a blast running in it while it lasted. Here is a video of them having fun.



This video is of Paige "talking" on the phone. All day long she's been talking about Noni, my mom. She's been telling me all day she wants to go to Noni's house and here I caught her pretending to talk to Noni on the phone. Of course, afterwards, we really did call Noni and Paige wouldn't say a word... go figure.


Last week Paige had pink eye - poor thing, she was miserable, but is all better now!

Happy Fathers Day

I got an idea from my church newsletter for an Incredible Hulk Fathers day cake with fudge and green icing, so we decided to make it for Tad and surprise him when he got home from work Sunday. He really is our incredible hulk with everything he does (successful and unsuccessful) around the house....

The next picture is Paige - she couldn't wait for Daddy to get home before digging into the cake...

This is Paige getting ready to go swimming. I was surprised at how much she loved the pool. We put floaties on her and that girl is not afraid of anything!

These are Derek and Paige in our neighbor's tree... Kevin wanted nothing to do with it.


Other than that, this week has been nothing out of the ordinary. We go to lunch at the school next to our house everyday for free Summer Lunch - it's great. Derek passed his kindergarten test - YEAH! I threw up for the first time on Saturday - yuck! And that's been about it....

It's been a while

It's been a while since I've updated the blog... My days off have been pretty busy so I haven't had much time and this pregnancy I've been so much more tired than before, all I want to do is sleep, of course I can't do that with all these kids running around. The kids have had a blast the last few weeks with all the family that's been here. Grandpa John visited from Washington, Uncle Dave, Aunt Susan and cousin Caroline visited from New Mexico, Aunt Jolene and cousins Emily, Jessica and Ashley visited from Tennessee, and Grandpa Martin and Nana were here too. And of course all our other family that lives here. With some of Tad's family here Sunday, we decided to do an impromptu birthday party for them. The party was so last minute that I didn't have time to get eggs for the cake so Susan came up with a substitute - soda! They didn't turn out too bad... Paige and Kevin loved the cake, so I guess that's what matters. I can't believe they're 2 years old! Time really does fly!

Here's a bunch of videos and photos from their birthday and the past month.







They loved their markers and coloring books that they got from cousin Caroline.


Almost every night Paige crawls into bed with Kevin. We moved their beds right next to each other, but she still ends up in his bed when they fall asleep.


This is a long video, but it's cute. It's what we call a "Kevi fit". He's really funny when he gets mad and tries to throw a fit. His fits usually involve food and this one was because I was giving him water instead of milk.


This video is the kids having fun being goofy with their maracas I brought back from Mexico.

Here's the kids playing the piano.