Building our bedroom.

Last Monday we started the hunt for our bedroom furniture. We exhaustively searched through about 15 furniture stores in 2 days. We went to a large family owned business in Tacoma as a suggestion (thanks Grammie) and we found the bed that we had been looking for. Both of us just sat down and looked at it in awe. We ordered the pieces we wanted and went home to post our old stuff on Craig's list. No takers yet, but maybe we'll just give it to some newlyweds at church or something. Friday it came. We still love it. Sadly, our nightstands were back ordered, so our old ones still reside until the new ones arrive (6-12 weeks).
Fabulous sleigh
Beautiful dresser.
Manly chest.
Gorgeous inlays.

The nightstands are basically a small version of the chest. Next we're going to paint the walls and move some furniture around. Our room is the only room left in the house with the original white paint. Any paint color suggestions?

Easter Outfits

Here are a few of the pictures I managed to get of their outfits. I was hoping to get outside pictures, but the weather wasn't cooperating. Maybe on another day (today it is snowing).Kyle thinks he is pretty hot stuff.

I love the gate in the background to keep Kyle and the dog downstairs.

Kyle wasn't so sure about this one.

Peace out Mom, that's enough pictures. Notice the band-aid on Evan's finger. That morning before church he dropped an 8 lb weight on his finger. The entire fingernail is purple and I'm pretty sure it is going to fall off. Maybe I can get a picture of it now that he has decided it doesn't require a bandage at all times.

My boy loves Peeps so my mom picked up these fancy ones in Belize for him. Rumor has it they aren't as good as regular Peeps (if you think those are good), but they were adorable.

Easter Morning

The Easter bunny hid eggs at my parents' house since Brandon was at home sleeping (he worked the night before). My mom and sister joined in the hunt as usual, and I took the year off to take pictures. They'll kill me for posting their pajama pictures, but if you are going to hunt in your pj's you ought to expect a few pictures. They took on the living room while Evan dashed ahead to the family room to try to clean up before they got there.

Here they are looking for the last few elusive eggs.

Evan finding the last egg (which they had all walked by to get to the family room)

Kyle checking out the loot and hoping Katie will share.

Hunt Number One

Saturday the weather was gorgeous so I took the boys to two Easter Egg Hunts. My parents and sister came along to watch the madness (along with the rest of the city). There were 16,000 eggs at each hunt and the kids were split up into four age groups. Evan managed about 20 eggs or so at each hunt.
Here he is getting ready

Evan's best friend Camryn met up with us at the first hunt. They stuck together for a little while during the hunt, then Evan had to find a few more green eggs and she was probably after pink.

Kyle got in some quality time with Aunt Tay.

He loves to stand up, and apparently he was trying to keep his cheeks warm, or maybe stay out of the sun to avoid burning.

Evan showing off his haul. You can see a purple egg sticking up over the edge.
He even won a t-shirt.

Egg Decorating

My mom, Katie, and Katie's friend Judd decorating with Evan

The winning egg

Okay, I'm going to try to get caught up. Last Friday we decorated Easter eggs. My sister was home, and since Brandon worked all week, I took the boys over to my parents' place to decorate. Evan thought it was great fun, although he did squeeze a few of them a little too tight when he was trying to draw on them, and they cracked. We ended up with enough for the family egg cracking competition though. I don't know if Evan just drew a lucky spot in the bracket, or if he is just a natural, but he won the whole competition. His green egg was a lucky one.

Getting Fancy

We finally bought new bedding for our king size bed. The white pillows don't match, but they were the sheets we already had on, and we didn't feel like changing the sheets today. Try to ignore the clutter on the night stands. The new bedroom set is in the works, and it will only have drawers in the nightstands, no shelves, so you won't see our junk. Anyway, what do you think?

My Little Bookworm

Apparently this is not the most exciting book he has ever read.

Play Date

We met up with our neighbors today at the Hands On Children's Museum. Evan and Camryn had a blast together . It is amazing how well they get along. Evan is already asking when we are going to see her again, and what we're going to do, and if she can come over and play with his toys. Jamie and I had fun chatting and holding the babies while these two ran around together. These aren't the greatest photos, but you get the idea.There was a new dental section where the two of them practiced brushing their teeth.

They were trying to make an imprint of their faces in the giant wall of plastic pins.
Kyle enjoyed this shovel. All in all, a great time. We'll have to figure out what to do to entertain them next.

Teeth

Kyle has been teething for about a month now I think. It has been really bad for the past week or so as his gums have been bright red and swollen. He is miserable. Tylenol doesn't seem to help, and he has been getting up 3 or 4 times a night (of course Brandon has been working extra nights lately). Well, we are finally making progress. Wednesday he got his first two teeth. That's right, two in one day. There are still four more that I can see coming. One more turned bright white and swollen Thursday, so hopefully it will make an appearance soon. We could all use a little more sleep.

Tag...I'm it again

Okay, I've done this twice now, but this one is different from the others, so here we go again.

10 YEARS AGO: I was finishing up my junior year of high school. Brandon and I had been dating for a year and a half (I know, totally against the rules), and I was getting ready for fastpitch season to start. Not too terribly exciting. I was really sick this year of high school too. I had wrist surgery, mono, pink-eye (at the same time as mono), and weird chest pains. It made for a long year.

5 THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST:
1. Ironing
2. Weed the backyard sometime when it isn't rainy, and decide what flowers to plant this year
3. Catch up on my scrapbooking, which will forever be on my to-do list I think
4. Clean the windows and mirrors
5. Figure out what we are going to do for entertainment the next 3 days while Brandon is sleeping all day

5 SNACKS I ENJOY:
1. Candy-not too often though
2. Wheat Thins
3. Cheddar Cheese rice cakes
4. otter pops
5. Fruit Snacks

5 Places I've Lived:
1. Bremerton, WA
2. Lacey, WA
3. Olympia, WA
4. Germany
5. Provo, UT

WHAT WOULD I DO IF I SUDDENLY BECAME A BILLIONAIRE:
Hmmmm.....Probably move into a little bigger house, decorate everything the way I want it, and go on a few vacations (Disney World, Yellowstone, Europe).

5 JOBS I'VE HAD:
1. Grocery Bagger at Albertsons
2. Painter for the school district
3. Calculus paper grader at BYU
4. Donut decorator
5. Math Teacher (aka babysitter of kids who hate math)

5 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I learned how to play the organ when I was in high school (don't tell anyone)
2. I love going through things (closets, bedrooms, the garage) and throwing things out or taking them to Goodwill
3. I do our taxes every year, by hand...no turbo tax (although I did figure out how to check it on turbo tax and I always get what they do)
4. I've gone to the Spaghetti Factory for my birthday for all but one of the past 15 years
5. I don't like reading, although I joined a book club to try to encourage me to read and I'm starting to like it a bit more

YOU'VE BEEN TAGGED: Jamie-your new to the blogger world so you haven't had to do this yet

Crazy Dog???

For the past week my parents dog has been going crazy. He got in their tub and knocked over some flowers. He jumped up in the pantry and tried to eat a cake mix. He has been going to the bathroom all over the house, especially the living room where he never goes, and he hasn't been left alone in the house. Then he started destroying the carpet trying to claw his way out of the sliding glass door. He knocked his water dish over a couple of times too (totally not like him). Really, just crazy. It has been driving my parents nuts, so they made an appointment to get him checked out and see if he really is crazy. They even contemplated the possibility of having to have him put to sleep.
Last night they went to bed. The dog was in bed with them, the door was shut, and the alarm was on. About 12:30 someone starts playing the piano. This of course scares them to death. My dad gets up to scare off the intruder. He turns on the hall light and the piano playing gets faster. As he comes around the corner to see who is playing the piano, he finds and opossum. Not a baby, a big one...bigger than the dog. He gets a duster and starts running around trying to scare it out of the house (in his underwear). I really wish I had pictures. The opossum ran all through the house, over the computer, through the kitchen, into the guest bedroom, into the crib, (hissing at my dad the whole time) before finally getting out of the house about 15 minutes later. There was not much sleeping at their place after that. Thank goodness I kept the dog at our house Friday because the opossum has been in their house since then, and it would have scared the crud out of me. I think I would have called the cops to see if they could come get it. Also thank goodness it didn't come out while they were awake or decide to sleep in their room. Anyway....at least it is over and everyone is fine. Also, thank goodness they didn't put poor Leo down. He is still going to have his check up, but we're thinking he probably isn't crazy.