The new floor in the girls room is 99% done. We still need to put some molding around the edges but for now this is what we have. It is such a delightful difference from that awful carpet. Here are some pictures of the new floor and 3 girls sharing a room. This post is mostly for me to remember what their room looked like and what items they really liked to play with at this age.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
July 18th Celebrations
On July 18th we celebrated our family birthday by going up Big Cottonwood Canyon to have a BBQ for dinner. After dinner we went and explored Silver Lake a little.
That night I just kept thinking to myself,.............
well in between Lilly's bloody nose, Afton's scraped knees,
and four kids who are ALWAYS making some kind of noise......
well in between Lilly's bloody nose, Afton's scraped knees,
and four kids who are ALWAYS making some kind of noise......
THIS IS EXACTLY HOW OUR LIFE SHOULD BE! HOW LUCKY WE ARE!
Our Family (if you include the person who took the picture :)) |
We told them to act like they like each other! |
Me and the very different personalities of our 3 girls. |
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
14
Happy Family Birthday to us!
Happy Family Birthday to us!
Happy Family Birthday,
Dear Jim, Alisha, Ethan,
Lizzie, Afton and Lilly (and Lucky)
Happy Family Birthday to us!
14 years ago today our family began when a boy named Jim and a girl named Alisha were married.
As always, thank you Jim for asking me to marry you!
Happy Anniversary!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Unexpeted Milestone
With summer vacation close to being halfway over,
I thought I would write a few things that we have been doing-
which includes....
Swimming a lot!
This summer was a big milestone for me as I can now safely and comfortably (well mostly) take all four of my kids swimming BY MYSELF!!!!
Since the girls were born I just didn't feel safe enough with only my two arms for everyone's skill level and age to go swimming with them by myself. I always had my mom come with for extra help and arms. While I SO APPRECIATE her extra arms these past few years it is so nice to make impromptu trips to the pool whenever we want. Ethan and Liz are amazing in the water and the girls are much easier in the water than even just last year. Most of the time the girls play in the shallow end but sometimes I put a lifejacket on them when we all want to go to the deep end. They think it is amazing to be able to "float"
We now go swimming 2 to 3 times a week at Draper Pool!!!! FABULOUS!!!!
Other things we have been doing since school got out.
- Summer jobs*
- Worksheet pages*
- Making Slime
- Saving plastic animals and princesses from icebergs
- Weekly trips to the Sandy library
I REALLY love summers with my kids.
Even though it is noisy and crazy and chaotic (more than usual) and my house is messier than usual, it is so nice to have them all home.
Summer is also a good time for them to work on problem resolving skills by practicing with each other (aka- arguments. ) :) Good times.
But overall, it is fun to see them just be kids and explore and play and relax.
Sleeping in+ no schedules+good summer food + late nights =
Seriously my favorite season of the year!
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