Framers

Last weekend Scott had a little surprise up his sleeve. He framed the boys room downstairs!! I wasn't expecting that to happen for a few weeks, but he got it completely done last Saturday. 

Of course, two extra hands sure helped a lot. Thanks Matt! 

It looks great. I am so happy to get this project started. 

And also, since I'm already blogging, enjoy a few extras. 

Tayden had his 100th day of school and had to decorate this little shirt with 100 of his favorite things, he chose Legos and it turned out great. 

We got Tayden a Book of Mormon for his 7th birthday. The plan is to read it over the next year, marking important scriptires to him and have him write his testimony in the back when he's finished. Then we'll present it to him at his Baptism. It's been such a pleasure expericing this special book with him and teaching him why we believe the things we do. 

We found a frozen snake at our friends house today. I asked Beckett to move to the sun so I could get a better picture. His reply, "Mom! Are you crazy? As soon as the sun warms it up, he won't be frozen. And you know what that means? It won't be dead. And you know what that means? I'll be holding a alive snake. I'm just going to hold it in the shade, okay?" 

House Thoughts

We hit a milestone last week that we have been waiting on for quite some time. We officially sold our Las Vegas home! We've been praying about it not stop and in reality it only took three months to sell and we are feeling extrememly blessed. It's amazing to be rid of that burden, but so surreal at the same time. The finality of the sale hasn't kicked in yet. But the sense of relief has. And like I said, its a huge blessing. I love seeing the active hand of The Lord in our lives. 

As a celebration, Scott treated us to his favorite restaurant... Chuck-a-Rama! And snuck my phone for some pictures that are to cute not to share. 

Beckett was with me getting some food, so he missed out on the photo op. 

Now that we are rid of the Las Vegas home, we get to focus on our Idaho home. I have been stenciling our room for the past week and finally finished up the last corner up tonight. 

And Tayden couldn't stand not helping. He climbed up the first chance he got. 

Now, we are just waiting on our new KING mattress (finally!!) and platform frame to arrive. I'm so excited to have a nice grown up room. 

Scott also bought wood today to start the boys room downstairs. I am beyond excited!! Tayden and Beckett will move downstairs (in a couple months) then Kyle will move in with Cache and we'll bring the computer upstairs and have a computer/study room. I'm excited to make our house a little more functional for our family. And how blessed are we that we have a home that we can shift to make it fit our needs. 

I'm really excited about the upcoming changes. 

Things are working out and I couldn't be happier. 

Post in a Post

I've been meaning to blog about various things all week, but am just now getting the time to sit down and do it. So enjoy a smorgasbord of  our week.

Cache is transitioning out of naps. Some days are better than others. 

 He didn't quite make it through the afternoon errands this day.

Tayden is the best big brother.

And little brother Kyle absolutely adores him. 

 A reminder why I blog. 

As I am finishing up my 2012 blog book, I got out our old books to check out the covers and make sure I ordered the right one. The kids had a blast looking through the old books although Cache was bummed because he wasn't in any of the books yet, So he'll he pumped to get the next year in the mail. And it motivated me to keep blogging, so it was a win. 

 We make a homemade treat every Tuesday. The boys have come to love Treat Tuesday and look forward to it each week. This week I made s'more cookies and they were a hit. 

Especially with Cache...and his eye. 

 Wall stenciling. This is what is taking up any spare moment of my time. But it will be worth it.

Or so I keep telling myself.

 We were in desperate need of fresh air the other day. 

So, I bundled up my baby and got outside. Besides not being able to move, Kyle was one happy camper. 

 Valentine making party. 

I'm glad I have boys and can get away with plain envelopes and masking tape. Nothing to fancy over here.

It's been a good week!

Becketts Pants

There are a million and one cute things my kids say and stories they tell. I wish I could write everyone of them down and remember them all, but we all know thats not feasible. This one though, needs to be documented.

All of Becketts pants are hand me downs from Tayden. Beckett is hard on his pants, but Tayden was even harder. They have all been mended to the max and beyond repair. As B was getting ready for preschool this week, I told him to get dressed. Discouraged because of all his holey jeans, he gave up. I told him we would go shopping after school and get him some new pants, but to just wear a pair of Taydens for the time being. He agreed and I left the room as he proceeded to get dressed. Next thing I know there was a hoot and hollering coming from his room. He came running down the hall yelling, "Get them off! Get these pants off! I have girls peepee in this pants. Theses are too tight and I have a girl pee pee!!! Get them off!" Tayden, being tall and skinny prefers skinny jeans. Beckett, being bigger, does not. He put on Taydens pants and they were way to small in the waist and crotch and my Beckett boy did not care for them on bit. He felt like a girl. The minute the pants came off he said, "Phew. That's lots better. I don't want to look like a girl." I was cracking up.

Needless to say, we rushed after school and got him some less girly jeans.

Big Boy Stats

The big boys had their annual well checks today. They are healthy and growing. At seven years old, Tayden is 50 inches tall (80%) and 48.6 lbs (40%). Translation, tall and skinny.

At five year old Beckett is 45.5 inches tall (90%) and outweighs Tayden at 49.2 lbs (90%). Translation, a tank.

As always, the doctor was an adventure with Beckett. Pulling his long sleeve up to take his blood pressure wasn't working, so the nurse asked him to take his arm out of his shirt. He went crazy. No way did he want anyone to see him kind of naked. I finally convinced him to trade shirts with Tayden to get his blood pressure done. Luckily, Tayden does what he does and made it work. They promptly traded shirts again after it was done.

The shots were even worse. Beckett had to get his last set before Kindergarten and totally freaked out. I am normally pretty good at Beckett, but even I couldn't calm him down or get him to hold still. I finally had to hold him down. Like lay on him. He can throw his almost 50 lb self around pretty good and it was a like taming a wild lion. The only thing I could do was hold his arms and lay on him while the nurse grabbed his legs. His screaming was so loud the doctor came in and checked on us to see if there was anything he could do to help. By that point, we were done and the only thing left I could do was hug my terrified boy and do my best to comfort him. Glad to be done with vaccines until he is 11.

I had Cache in tow, so of course he chatted the doctors ear off. But my favorite comment was, "Hey Doctor. Jesus wants me for a sunbeam". We have the worlds best doctor and he replied, "You bet he does. I can guarantee it."

It was an eventful day, but we made it and they are healthy. So I'll call it a success.