Snoozer so here are some videos not of us

Man, I have been boring lately. Here are some videos from youtube that I thought were hilarious. (You've probably seen this by now, but it's so good.)

Today at church I started thinking about that video twice and caught myself laughing during Sunday school.

And thanks to my cousins for posting this funny one, too.

Dan hates trust falls, by the way.

My Little Sweethearts

Since I was on a roll with the circle skirts, I bought some Valentines fabric on sale and made another one. To go with the love theme, I made Sam a Valentines bow tie. This is probably the last year I can make him wear what I want, so I took it to the extreme. The first bow tie I made was super huge and made him look like a clown. This one is a little bit smaller. Still a little big, but whatever. Love these guys. Don't love 11 am church (and the late lunch, late naptime, and waking cranky kids up for dinner), but I love these kids!

Okay. This might be a little more interesting than my last post.

Okay, okay. So a post about my sock drawer isn't that exciting. I uploaded pics from the camera so you can see what else we've been up to.

First, we started a chore chart with Sam a few weeks ago. He has to do four chores every day. If he does all his chores during the week and three extra chores on Saturday, he gets $2.25. (The 25 cents are for tithing.) Here he is with his completed chore chart!

 I've asked Dan to take more pictures of me with the kids. Turns out that he only remembers to take pictures of me after I've worked out and before I've showered. I guess that's better than nothing.

 Afton was proud of big brother.

I told you we'd post an "after" picture of the dining room, so here it is. I know the painting doesn't really go with the rest. We plan on taking down the red flower picture and getting some other prints, but I haven't found anything I love, yet. We painted the ceiling gray, painted the walls, Dan put up a chair rail, we got a new rug, and I made the curtains.

And here's our newest edition:

A piano! I love it.

I made Afton a few skirts using Danamadeit.com's circle skirt tutorial.

There you have it!

Spring cleaning

I know it's a little early for spring cleaning in most parts of the country, but it was 75 here today so it feels like it's that time of year. I got the itch to organize something today. Instead of using that idea to tackle a large project, I focused on my sock drawer. I know. Lame. (As you can see, I don't have much to blog about these days.)

So, guess how many pairs of socks I have. I'll give you a minute...

Ready?

I have thirty-four pairs of socks. That includes five pairs of Christmas socks, five pairs of Halloween socks, four pairs of Valentine's socks and ten pairs of wool socks. As you can imagine, those come in handy a lot down here. So even after taking stock (or sock - ha!) of my inventory, all I could part with were a few without matches and three pairs of wool socks.

I hope your day was more exciting than mine. (I did get my Soul Grooves on today, though, which is always awesome. That song isn't the most exciting but you get the idea.)

This and That

This week Dan spent all of Monday night throwing up. So he stayed home on Tuesday. Sam spent Friday night throwing up. Afton and I didn't get sick, fortunately. Hearing other people throw up is pretty gross, too, though.

We bought the kids a playset. The company forgot a few parts, so we're still waiting on a tire swing and a trapeze bar, but the kids don't know the difference. Of course pretty much ever since we got it it's been rainy and cold. We still get the kids to go out there every so often. Somehow Ironman heard about it so he came over to try it out. He approves.

The other day instead of eating her peanut butter and jam, (We call it "jam" - not "jelly." I'm not sure why.) Afton decided to use her peanut butter as war paint.

Gretchen and I took our friend out for a fun birthday dinner. Love you, Dionne!

The other day Afton asked me to take pictures of her. She wanted to sit in this chair.

 Then she asked me to put this blanket on her head like an angel.

She really is an angel. Most of the time. This morning, however, she screamed the whole way to church for her bracelets (which she called necklaces) even though she's the one who threw them on the floor of the car in a short burst of rebelliousness. Good thing church is only 5 minutes away.

In case you're ever wondering how we display our Christmas cards (which I'm sure you are!) we string them up in the archway leading to the kitchen. Here they are before we took 'em down. We love Christmas cards!

That's all for this week!

Christmas 2012 - part 2

Okay. I'm now using Google Chrome and hopefully it lets me upload pictures.

So after looking at what Santa brought, we went upstairs for chunky bread and cereal. Then we went back down so Grandpa could get all the presents from under the tree and hand them to his elves for distribution. The kids loved handing out presents.

We let the kids all open their presents at the same time and while they enjoyed their loot, the adults took turns opening their gifts. It was a really nice morning.

Dan received some rockclimbing gear, a home project book, a mystical wolf shirt, etc. I received some awesome ceramic knives, sewing shears, and a deer head door knocker among other wonderful presents.

We spent the rest of the day lounging and eating. Candice and I went on a walk, we played games, and Dan, Kirk and some kids got in the hot tub.

One night we celebrated Candice's birthday. I got out some balloons and blew them up while Dan tried his hand at balloon creations. If he ever loses his job, he's got a solid back-up.

Wendy and Afton loved on Millie.

Getting ready for Jumpalooza.

We dressed Millie up in a size 6 month Santa suit.

 And then tried it on Charlotte (2 years, 4 months) to see if it would fit. She's pretty tiny. It fit!

One day I got to see one of my best friends and former roommates, Katrina! Dan snapped this gem before we were prepared:

Nice.

It was so fun to catch up with her and see her adorable family. Wish we lived closer!

We loved our trip so much and had such a great time. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

And as a side note, Google Chrome is the bomb! This post took me like half the time it would have using internet explorer. I'm a fan.