A New Dining Experience

So ever since we moved into this townhouse, we haven't had a "real" dining room table. Mostly because our dining room is so small, a normal size table wouldn't fit in there, and we didn't want to spend a few hundred on a set that we most likely wouldn't use in the future, because it was so small. So finally I convinced hubby to help me build a table. It was a fraction of the cost, we could get the perfect size we wanted for our space...and it was fun! So finally, after a few Saturdays and thanks to a "snow day" weekend, we got it done! Here it is....I'm so proud!

BEFORE:
AFTER:

I still want to find some cheap chairs from goodwill or something to refinish or cover. But we have a real table now....I'm so excited. Our first meal on it was fajitas...and it worked perfect :)

Fun Stuff

So it's been a pretty crazy past couple of days.....I'll let the pictures explain.






So that's my hand....in a cast...isn't that the craziest cast you've ever seen? Yeah, so 5 weeks ago I was playing volleyball....spiked a ball and felt pain in my thumb. It was painful ever since...it never got better, and I would keep hitting my thumb over and over every day, re-injuring it. So I finally went into the doctor at the end of last week, and I tore a ligament in my thumb. He said if I had come in right away after my injury, I would have been in a cast for 6 weeks. Now I have to be in it for 4 weeks.....so now I had 5 weeks of excruciating pain, then a cast for 4 weeks. Oh well. It feels really great now, because I can't move it, so that part is fantastic. But I feel pretty retarded, a grown woman in a cast. Cameron tried to get me to do hot pink...but I felt blue was more dignified! What do you think?!

Your Prayers Are Needed

A friend of Cameron's from forever ago is missing at sea. He and a few friends went deep sea fishing, storms rose up, and they have been missing now for 3 days. The boat was found with one person on it...not our friend. If you could keep the families in your prayers...they are in need of comfort now. If you want to know the whole story, here's the link. Our friend is Marquis Cooper, the owner of the boat, we don't know the others.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/sports-nfl/20090301/Missing.Boaters.NFL/

What is it with my son?

Not to get too graphic here, but he refuses to do #2 on the potty. He has been perfect about potty training for like 3 weeks now, no accidents or anything....except for that. We'll find him in a corner or behind the desk chair and we have to race him to the toilet. Just now I heard him in the dining room, I look over there and sure enough. Red faced and all. So I tell him he needs to go potty, he screams no, ducks under the dining room chair, because after all, I can't see him under there. So I go to get him, bring him into the bathroom tell him to go potty, and he says "Oh. This." Yes son, that's where you go 5 -10 times a day everyday....not anything new. So he gets on and it's like I'm torturing him. He screams and cries and begs to get off, tells me he's done, anything to get off. I don't get this!?! Any advice? He doesn't act scared, and doesn't tell us he's scared. He finally will calm down enough and sit there until something happens. Right now he's singing. Why can't he just go there in the first place?

Whoo hooo!

PAY IT FORWARD!!

This is how it works..... the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. when and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog first. (that means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) get it? so, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones!
good luck!

MLK Day Fun

We went and played in UT over president's day weekend. We got to see my sister from MO, and her new boyfriend, and my sister from northern UT and her hubby. Unfortunately my brother is still on lock down ;) with the police and couldn't come out, and we missed them. But we had a lot of fun...especially in St. George, my most favorite city in the world!

We decided to take Sean (MO sister's bf) up the canyon the first day they got to my parents house. There is a ski resort about 20 minutes up the canyon, and if you take a side road you can get to a lake. Well we knew we wouldn't make it up all the way to the lake, but the rocks are so cool up there, we had to go part way. We HAD to go part way, against all advice from the experienced.....and thus we had an experience!



Ooohhh.....how pretty......

Yes, yes, lovely...mmmm hhhmmm......

Hmmm? What was that? Why aren't we going anywhere?

Oh.

Welcome to the family Sean!

Thankfully it was a beautiful day, it only took about an hour to get out....probably would have happened sooner if we had realized we had taken it OUT of 4 wheel drive.... and not put it IN 4 wheel drive like we thought....hehehe.....he. moving on.


The red rocks are always fun. We used to live in St. George when I was little, and we'd go play on them, and we have pictures of us hiding in all the holes....it is so awesome to have the same pictures of my son hiding in the holes. Last time we were there he was so hesitant and didn't want to do anything but this year he LOVED it. He was all over the rocks, giving his mom a heart attack half the time! Here's a few of my favorite pics.













Some family pics.....

The three girls!

All the girls with dad :)



And to finish off the trip, on our way back home we stopped at Georgetown Lake and walked across it. Okay, like 15 ft across it. It was cold! And scary. :(


My dad and I were talking about how fun it is to be able to share these experiences with our kids. When Cameron and I were first pregnant we were a little disappointed that we wouldn't be able to do all the things we wanted, but being able to show Kai all these awesome things, and to watch the excitement and joy he has doing this stuff with us is a million times better. I love my little family!

This is going to sound weird....

But I was doing laundry today (that's not the weird part, though Cameron might disagree), and I'm putting Kai's clothes into the dryer.....and it's so cute (and weird, I get that) but for the first time ever I washed his underwear! We just started potty training him yesterday, and as I was washing his clothes, it hit me that I have a lot more underwear cleaning days ahead of me! But it's so cute to see the little dinosaur undies in the wash! OK, I'll stop with the weirdness. But he is doing really great, we've done it for two days, and he's had 2 1/2 accidents. I say a half, because this morning he did tell me he had to go, but we couldn't get the jeans off fast enough :( so it was part mom's fault! We started yesterday morning, he didn't seem to get the concept yesterday morning, but by the afternoon, he was not enjoying the cold baths (thanks for the tip Deb!) or the wet underwear. So we're pretty excited. And so is he! Can I say hallelujah for no more diapers!!