My Baby is a Stinker!

I put Jena down for a nap in her crib earlier today, and when I went in to get her out when she got up she was standing up, so when Joe got home from work I had him lower the bed. He was only going to lower it one notch, but she could still stand up so we ended up lowering it two notches. Here is a video of her before we lowered the bed. She is such a stinker!

A sneek peek

Here is a peek at what our tile is going to look like. Keep in mind this is the entry way and we haven't done the grout yet. The tiles start at our front door and will go throughout our kitchen and dining room.

The other picture is what our kitchen looks like right now. It is a work in progress, take notice of the cabinets they aren't green anymore hooray! I am going to paint the rest of the kitchen and dining room but I haven't decided on colors yet, so the purple will be gone at some point.

Look What Jena Can Do!

Jena has been trying to crawl for a few weeks now, she will go for a minute and then lay down. I caught her today really truly crawling. Hope you enjoy the video! I can't believe that she is crawling and is only 7 months old. I think she is following in her brother Jakob's footsteps!

Interview with Jacey

Ask your child(ren) to answer the questions and type their answers in.Tag other moms with kids who might have fun with this. :)

( just type what the kids said...)

1. What is something mom always says to you? Stop it

2. What makes mom happy? Making pictures for you.

3. What makes mom sad?When the boys do something wrong

4. How does your mom make you laugh?showing me silly pictures.

5. What was your mom like as a child?I don't know

6. How old is your mom? I don't know

7. How tall is your mom? shorter than Dad.

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? American Idol.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?go to the store (I do because if she goes she wants me to buy her everything she sees!)

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? A show

11. What is your mom really good at? helping out

12. What is your mom not very good at? Making Jena happy (I don't know what thats all about)

13. What does your mom do for her job?Feed Jena

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Cabbage (not really)

15. What makes you proud of your mom? helps me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? A dog

17. What do you and your mom do together? play

18. How are you and your mom the same? we are both girls

19. How are you and your mom different? I forgot

20. How do you know your mom loves you? help me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? because he loves you

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? The store.

Family Night Fun!

We went to the Museum of Idaho last night for our family night activity. The current display at the museum is Titanic. They have several artifacts and passenger stories. Each person is given a boarding pass at the beginning. It gives a name, an age, where the person is from, what class they traveled, and a little info about the person, then at the end of the exhibit they have the passengers listed by class, and if the survived or died. They also have an iceberg that you can touch. I thought it was very interesting and the kids seemed to enjoy it. Mine, Jacey's and Jena's people survived, and all of the boys people died. I think it was because we got girls, and they had boys! all in all I think it was a fun activity that everyone enjoyed, especially because they got to go to Wendy's for dinner afterwards!

I can't believe it's been 12 years!

Joe and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary yesterday. We really celebrated on Saturday night. Joe took me to this fabulous restaurant in Idaho Falls called the White Water Grill. The food there is fantastic. We also took the kids out for ice cream and then we watched Twilight. I was surprised that Jakob really liked the movie and Joe even said he didn't think it was bad.

I feel so blessed to be married to Joe. He is the most wonderful husband and father . I love you honey. It has been a fantastic 12 years. I'm glad that we have each other for eternity.

Another Update

We are finally all dried out from our flood. Now we just wait for the insurance money so we can get everything repaired!

Update

My basement is totally dry! I am so glad to be rid of the fans down there now if only I can catch up on all the laundry. We still have one fan in the kitchen. It is still wet under the sink at the source of the flood. I will be glad to get this house back to normal, all though it is going to be a while before that happens. We now are waiting on the check from the insurance company so that we can get all of the repairs done.

Flood Update

They took out all but 2 fans from my kitchen today, and all but 2 fans and the dehumidifier from the basement. The noise is driving me crazy! We do have to replace the floor in the kitchen because it buckled. I'm not real upset about the flooring, because I have hated it since I moved into the house. Although I would rather have replaced it when we were ready instead of having a flood.

Fun times in Utah

We had a great time in Utah visiting Grandma and Grandpa and especially getting to see Rachel and the kids! We miss them terribly now that they live in Arizona!
The kids were able to play with all of their cousins that live close to Grandma and Grandpa, I know they had a great time! Thanks Rex and Nicole for inviting us to Chuck E Cheese, the kids had a blast!
We all can't wait for Wednesday to get here so that we can see Rachel and the kids again!

Do we need to build an ark?

On Friday Joe and I and the girls left our house at about 10 am to go buy some things for me to take our little trip to Utah for the weekend, and then we went to lunch. On the way home I told Joe to stop at home and I would pick up Josh's book that needed to be re turned to the library and I would pick up the one that he had requested, so at about 1:15 pm we get home and I get out of the van and go into the house to get the book and guess what I find in my kitchen? 2 inches of water and another 5 inches in my basement. While we were gone the hose to the drinking water broke under our sink. Oh how joyful that was. I got my first taste of dealing with the insurance company. Not that I am going to complain they have been really helpful. I will say that it is a good thing that me and the kids were going down to Utah for the weekend because our upstairs is really hot and noisy. We have about 8 fans in our kitchen and about 8 in our basement along with a dehumidifier down there. They put that it because Josh is highly allergic to mold! They also pulled out the carpet pad under all the wet carpet. Oh and it stinks to high heaven!

The cleaning company did say that the damage wasn't as bad as we thought it would be, because we found it quickly.

More from Jacey

So today we are driving home from the grocery store and here is the conversation Jacey and I had:

Jacey: "Mom remember when Grandma and Grandpa had the cat and Frosty?" (Frosty is my mom and dad's dog)
Me: "Yes I remember."
Jacey: "And then the cat died and now they have Frosty"
Me: "Yes"
Jacey: "Frosty is an old dog. Now Grandma and Grandpa have Frosty an old dog and they are old too."
Me : "Yes they are getting old too!"

She is so funny! I was telling my sister Rachel all about this conversation and the one we had yesterday, and Jacey is in the backseat of the van covering her ears. I guess she was embarrassed, but I just thought it was funny and wanted to share it with Rachel.

Jacey

We went out to lunch this afternoon, but before we went to eat we stopped at Walmart. Jacey's says to me" you are spoiling my appetite". Then we get to the restaurant and she orders a taco and when they bring it out, she says "surely they know I don't like tomatoes. " I then had to explain to her that we have to tell them not to put them on her taco they don't know what we like or don't like if we don't tell them. Then before we leave I ask Joe if he needs a box for his leftovers and Jacey says "I'm surely going to take mine home with me." I don't know where she got the word surely from but it became a favorite of hers today! She cracks me up.

6 Months Old

Jena turned 6 months old on Saturday, where is the time going? Today turned out to be a very traumatic day for her. I decided it was time for some professional portraits, well she didn't like that very well. I do have to say though the pictures turned out pretty cute! We also had her 6 month check up today she had to get shots which isn't very fun! I don't know what I was thinking when I set up the portrait appointment it ended up being too much for her today! She weighs 14 pounds 1 ounce and is 24 1/2 inches. The doctor is very happy with her development. He was quite impressed when I told him she gets up on all fours and rocks. Give her a few weeks and I'm sure she will be crawling! The doc says she is reaching milestones now that kids usually reach at 9 months! She is just following in her brother Jakob's foot steps. He crawled at 6 months and walked at 9!

Men At Work

Joe had a birthday on Thursday, he turned the big 35! Happy Birthday Honey! He decided that he wanted a new grill for his birthday, so we had been out looking for grills for a couple of days. We found the one that he wanted yesterday, so here are some pictures of the boys putting it together. Joe can't wait to try it out, an neither can I (We don't care how cold it is out side I think we will be using it for dinner tomorrow night!) We can't today, because I have to go buy something to grill first!