1:54 PM
Friday, January 30, 2009
For Johnny's birthday I got him a locking filing cabinet from Ikea. He needed a place to put all of his geneology stuff so the kids would stop playing with it. Once John opened the box and sorted all of the goodies, William was in there with his "tools" and ready to help. I think he can smell the metal tools are made of because he is the first one to be in the room to help.
When I run in the mornings it has become routine to let Will and Char have their turns "running" on the treadmill. They each have a turn then then they do it together. They love to play together and it is so fun to watch them become closer as friends.
One Sunday afternoon Char, John and I made cookies to pass some time. The girls *Love* their aprons and look forward to the chances they get to wear them. Thanks Nana!
William is being our Pretty Pretty Princess. Since he only has sisters and we have quite a few girl toys, he tends to play with them. If the girls are playing with babies, Will is too. He loves to carry purses, wear lipstick, and he wears the princess high heels. We are not worried by the least because he thinks he can shoot a gun and loves to play with his "goo goo's" (trains). What a joy he has been.
P.S. notice the earring :)
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This 11" wood plaque will be the next craft for Crafters Group. I painted it a dark forest green, used crackle, then painted it with a cream color so the green would show through. The writing is in a dark green and the clover is gold. The cost for this craft will be $10 and I will provide EVERYTHING! We will do this on February 11th at Noon so I can have enough time to get the wood cut. You can display this project by putting it on an easel or you can glue some ribbon on the back and use it as a wall hanging. Come and enjoy the ladies and munchies and paint your little hearts to death. If you want to change the colors of vinyl for this piece, I am happy to accomodate you. I have white, lime green, grass green, dark green, beige, gold, black, yellow and I think those are the only colors you would want for this project. If you want to do this project but can't make it, please let me know and I can make it for you, or just provide everything you will need to complete it at home. Just leave me a comment and let me know if you will be there and how many you want to make.
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10:51 AM
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Here's to my sweet husband. Almost 6 years ago John came into mine and Emily's lives and we have never made a better decision than to have him with us forever. He is the BEST husband and is the sweetest man to me and our kids. We are so lucky to have John as our husband, dada, daddy, friend, provider, confidont, and My Best Friend. Happy Birthday my dear sweet husband and I hope your day is fabulous.
P.S. He is actually outside in the garage doing some electrical work with a neighbor and I think this is exactly what he would consider a good Birthday.
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1:46 PM
Saturday, January 17, 2009
John and I got to go to Las Vegas for a work Conference for 3 days. It was fun for me and not quite as exciting for Johnny. We stayed at a hotel called Red Rock Resort in Summerlin. It was 30 minutes away from the strip, so it was out there. It was really nice with a huge swimming pool, bowling, movie theaters, 9 different restaurants, GAMBLING, and a spa. We got to the resort around noon and it was time for John to start his meetings and time for me to find a friend. One of the other managers brought his wife so we went to lunch and I FINALLY saw Twilight for the first time! I know I am the last female in the world to see it and I loved it! I did go in with low expectations due to all of the people who have seen it, but I really enjoyed it and can't wait to see New Moon. These are a few pictures of us in our room.
John has been working so hard this year and has been doing an AWESOME job! He has been working towards earning Presidents Club to go to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The honorees were announced in Las Vegas and we are going to Cabo!!! We are so excited and can't wait to go and play on the beach for FREE!!!
John was finished with his meetings early on Friday, so we headed to the strip before our plane left for home. It is a must when I go to LV that we go visit the dancing waters at the Bellagio. I have always loved this spectacle, but I love it even more since Johnny proposed to me there.
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9:56 AM
Sunday, January 04, 2009
This is the craft for the month. These wood hearts will be a cute addition to your home for Valentines Day. I Mod Podged paper on them and used some glitter and ribbon to spruce them up. This craft is $10 and that includes the wood hearts, dowel sticks, wood blocks. I only ask that you bring paper, Mod Podge, and embellishments (glitter, wire, buttons, ribbon) and paint. I will have all of those things here if you need. Large heart stands at 18" and the small is 14". I will doing Crafters Group on Monday January 12th at 11am. Please let me know if you will be coming ASAP so I can get the wood.
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Johnny got us a new treadmill. He had had enough of me begging and complaining, so he caved. It has been really nice to go downstairs at 10am and run while the kids play. That way I can sleep in and be lazy a little longer. I am training for a race later this year and I don't want to start my progress over when the weather permits to run outside. So if anyone needs to get a run in and needs a babysitter, come on over - I'm free too!
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The kids were outside playing in the snow a few days ago. The wind has blown alot of the snow in the back corner so it made for a great sledding hill. The hill was just above the tramp, so as they went down they went onto the tramp. So fun! William LOVES him Em, and was crying when she was outside without him. I got him all bundled up and sent him to play with his Em. Well, as you can see he did not like the snow very much.
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I had these cushions made for Emily's window seat. They turned out really cute and now she has somewhere to sit while playing with her Polly's. Her room is slowly coming together and just a few more things, like blinds, and she will be done!
This is the latest piece I hung in her room. It is over bed and I thought this statement is so true when it comes to by sweet Emily.
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So the nights started out with some food and good conversation and then the Alvords showed up. It went down hill from there. Here is Jim a little drunk off of the pizza and Pepsi. Then he got his daughter in on the action.
Little twin got a little roudy after Jim pumped her full of strawberry lemonade. It was quite the party at the Knotwell's
The kids started a rock band and it was absolute mayhem. They were having so much fun it was hard for the men to get a turn in.
Here is young William rockin a beat on the drums. He loved this game and cried when the Nagels took it home. I think daddy has a little surprise up his sleeve for Mr. William :)
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7:33 PM
Thursday, January 01, 2009
We had a great time bringing in the New Year (at 10pm) last night and want to wish all of our readers and friends a Happy New Year and hope you can keep your resolutions and stay healthy and happy. We plan on not going to the ER atleast until summer :)
By the way, I started out my new year with a nice chilly 3 mile run with my "girls", it felt so good to get outside and run again. I may be running on my treadmill for the next few days with the snow lurking.
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12:06 AM
Saturday, December 27, 2008
I love my sweet wife, but she's "lying" about the shower. When I got out of my 3 minute shower, the kids were still in bed and not even caring about the presents - - except for Emily. She had been patiently waiting in mom and dad's bed for an hour until William got up (and I was out of the shower, incidentally).
When I was growing up, we had to have breakfast before we got to open presents. Let's just pray that I don't institute that little tradition for my kids. Or, I could have them all get in a straight line, and "march" them out to the tree and we can all say a prayer before we open presents.
Let's just say my 3 minute shower didn't put anyone out. =)
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9:45 PM
Friday, December 26, 2008
Holy snow Batman! We were dumped on! Luckily for us and some of our neighbors, John got a new (to us) snowblower on Christmas Eve. John was out digging people out on Christmas day for 4 hours and again today for 4 hours. My parents called us on Christmas morning to find out about the snow, and of course we told them it was a blizzard and to say a prayer as they traveled. They decided to head up to Farmington, to visit my sister and her family, before they came to Herriman. Not a drop or snowflake in Farmington and I'm sure they thought we were seeing things. It started to get worse as they traveled to West Valley to visit my brother and his family. By the time they got to our house, we had about 6 inches or more in our driveway. Alot of the snow was blown there due to the horrendous winds out this way, but still holy crap there was alot of snow! They only stayed for maybe 20 minutes and away they went before they had to sleep here. Once they got to the freeway, it was smooth sailing for them. It is nice to say we had a white Christmas, but I think we got way more than anyone really asked for.
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Our kids are so good. We woke up around 7:30 and waited anxiously for John to take a shower and look pretty for the camera. The kids and I waited in our bed for what seemed like forever, and then John finally got out of the shower and we got to go in and open presents. Will's train table was the first thing he saw and couldn't stay away from it the whole morning. He would occasionaly walk away and rip some paper off of someone else's gift and then back to the table. He did get a tool table from Nana and Papa and that's the cool new thing since John put it together Christmas evening. All Emily has asked for for the last 3 years is a Baby Alive. Santa decided to test her skills at keeping a baby clean and happy and got her the Sip 'n Slurp baby. All she does is drink and pee, and I'm not quite sure Emily will stay too interested in her for long. Once I told her she had to clean her out after she drank juice, she was disgusted and it wasn't so fun anymore. Emily also got some cooking classes at the Young Chefs Academy in Draper. The place is so cute and I know she is going to love it there. Nana made her a few new aprons and now that she is in cooking school, they will come in handy. Char has been telling everyone, including 2 different Santas that she wants a Blue Bear and Jasmine shoes. Well Santa pulled through and got her the Blue Bear she so desperately wanted. That too has lost the interest of Char and I am sure it will end up at the DI in a few months. Its so funny how kids see a toy and have to have it and then once they get it, not so fun anymore. She got her Jasmine shoes and she also got a cute new apron from Nana. I got new running clothes and running gadgets, with a new Nikon Coolpics camera. I love my husband who surprises me every year with some cool thing - Thanks babe for another awesome Christmas. Johnny got some books, camera gear, and a new MP3 player. What a wonderful year we have had and we have been so blessed. I just hope we continue to be able to take care of our needs and take care of those in need too. Thank you for everyone in our lives who make us better people. I know this is sappy even for me, but this has been a great year and I hope the next one will keep us out of the ER and injury free.
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This is the most popular guy in town this time of year. It took us 1 and 1/2 hours to see him for 4 minutes. William wasn't so happy to sit on the strange guys lap and the girls were more than eager to share with him what they wanted. He really is the best Santa around and he is so great with the kids. The girls put letters in his mailbox and actually got personalized letters back! I was shocked that they were both different and they both mentioned things from their lists. Its so fun to see the girls believe in the magic of Christmas.
P.S. Heather - His eyes aren't closed, he is looking down trying to control the monster on his lap :)
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This was Charlottes first time performing by herself. Last year Char and I took a Mommy and Me class and performed together on the big stage. But this year, she did awesome with just her classmates. She knew the dance and didn't really look to anyone else for any help. She loves to perform and show off her many talents.
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4:32 PM
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
This is Emily's quilt for her new bedroom. We have had it for quit some time, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet. This post is mostly for Sally to show her how beautiful it turned out. I have some cushions for her window seat waiting for the padding and I will post the pics once I get them finished.
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My wonderful Mother-in-law Sally, lets me buy quilting patterns and I sometimes buy the fabric and she makes them for me. I bought this 2 Swiss Days ago, and I got this quilt just in time for Christmas this year. I love this quilt and I have it hanging in the basement on the perfect wall for quilts (hint hint). THANK YOU for this and I love it alot!!
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6:32 AM
Monday, December 15, 2008
We have a babysitters group we do twice a month. Since it was our turn to take the tykes, we decided to make sugar cookies and have a frosting party. It was a fun mess for the kids to make and eat and a really fun mess for mom and dad to clean up. All in the name of fun...
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The kids made our Gingerbread House and they did awesome! William kept eating the candy once the girls put it on the house. It was really funny to watch him wait for the girls to not pay attention and he would snatch it up so fast and just laugh. He does that alot, he will want something and he will patiently wait and then pounce like a puma.
The side with the Smarties is Charlotte's (and mommy's) and the other side is Emily's. Good job girls!
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Emily was given the opportunity to sing at our Relief Society Christmas Dinner and she did awesome. She was so nervous I think she could have barfed. She sang Silent Night with Shari Johnson and Laura Dibble helped her sing just a bit when they went into rounds. She is such a cutie and I just love to watch her try new things and better yet, I love to watch her feel accomplished.
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When I run in the mornings it has become routine to let Will and Char have their turns "running" on the treadmill. They each have a turn then then they do it together. They love to play together and it is so fun to watch them become closer as friends.
One Sunday afternoon Char, John and I made cookies to pass some time. The girls *Love* their aprons and look forward to the chances they get to wear them. Thanks Nana!
