Super Mom

Yes . . . That's me! Yesterday while I was busy ignoring my children . . . . . yes . . . . I was blogging . . . . I came out of the office to find that Ava had dumped a whole box of cereal out all over the counter and the floor. She managed to pick out and eat every last marshmellow (I don't blame her . . . I would have done the same thing if I were two and had no supervision)! In the meantime, Edyn is playing with scissors! (Fortunatley she still has all of her hair). Of course I had to take a picture before I intervened! I am thinking I need to shape up in the mom area. . . . just a bit!

Tiny Dancers

Edyn had her ballet recital last night. It was raining and cold, and she had a slight wardrobe malfunction with one of her slippers, but she managed to do amazing anyway. I think she was born to be on stage. She was smiling the whole time. She loves it. And me . . . . I love tiny ballerinas!

San Antonio

A while back a couple of my sisters, my mom, and my sister in law went for a girls trip to San Antonio for my grandma's birthday. What a blast! I think we might have had a little too much fun and just might have worn Grandma out just a little bit! Swimming, eating, sightseeing, more eating, and laughing our brains out. Grandma was such a good sport and did the hula in front of the whole restaurant. I am not quite sure I could have done that! I love you Grandma! We are definitly going to do this again!

Project: Fairchild Cinemas

These last couple of months have been the busiest of my entire life! I have had so much going on . . . I have no idea how I have made it through! One of the biggest projects has been Fairchild Cinemas . . . (No relation, just a great last name)! Our friends from church just opened up a 12 screen theater in Pasco, Washington (It's much nicer that Wallace all you Seasiders!)

My sister Mamie and I were recruited to pleat and hang all the fabric on the walls of these 12 theaters! What a huge job this turned out to be. It was supposed to last only about three weeks, but things came up, like not enough fabric, wrong color of fabric, working around other sub-contractors, about five other projects we had going on at the same time, Oh . . . and kids who desperately needed their mommies. So it ended up being about a two month process. . . But we are done, and the theater is open for business.

From this project, I can now say I have no fear of heights. I was pretty much running up the 30 foot ladder by the end. Probably could have done a back flip off if I wanted to, but I didn't want any of the boys to be jealous of my stunts! Actually, I told my sister that at the beginning I was so afraid to go up the ladder, but by the end I was wishing I would fall off and hurt myself just enough that I woulnd't have to go back! Now looking back, I don't think it was all that bad. It was my kids who suffered most. I hate being gone. I am just so grateful for Auntie Nish, who I owe my next child for all the hours of babysitting she has put in for me! What an angel!

So . . .2,500 yards of fabric, and about 80,000 staples later, I can check one project off my list! And hopefully enjoy free movies for the rest of my life!

I LOVE MY SISTAS!!!

I have AMAZING sisters. I am so dang lucky that I have so many of them too! My sisters are my best friends. I can always count on them. I have been fortunate enough to have all my sisters except one live in Kennewick for the past couple years. It has been so much fun. We LOVE to have girls night, girls weekends, do projects, watch each others kids, trade furniture, decorate . . . . I am so sad that Emily and Mamie will both be moving to California in the next couple months, and Nish will be moving to New Zealand. I'm happy that Gretchen has moved from Mesa, AZ to Nampa, ID! Much closer! I guess now I will have plenty of places to visit. It will keep me very busy!

Maybe Closer is Better???

My Ava never watches TV. In fact, I can't get her to sit still for more than a minute. I always say she is my boy! Always getting into things, climbing on tables and counters, getting stuck in my bathroom sink, breaking things, bullying her sister . . . . I came into the living room the other day and saw this. I have never laughed so hard. I did take a break from laughing to take a few pictures. This must have been a really good show, because she was oblivious to the fact that I was even taking her picture
. . . something that she rarely lets me do! Funny Kid.

The Princess is 4!

Edyn turned four on March 3! She has been counting down the days for about six months now! It is hard to explain to her what years, months, weeks, and days are . . . But finally the big day came.


Damon took Edyn and her little friend Anique to go get pedicures. They had a blast. Damon was a great sport . . . . as he came back with pink toe nails with flowers on them!


We had a princess party in the afternoon. Everyone who came was supposed to dress up! We had a few party poopers, but for the most part, everyone there was in royal attire! My beautiful princess ensemble was compliments of the local goodwill. Damon's ensemble came from the Stake Dance Festival costume box. I think that hot pink is a great color on Prince Damon, and it also went great with his pink toe nails! I love this man! He is just wonderful! He LOVES his girls . . . . . .

Edyn got lots of good presents. Movies, stickers, dress ups, money, candy . . . . She was having a blast opening them. Damon and I got her office supplies . . . . seeing as how she has went thru two reams of our paper, about four rolls of tape and numerous envelopes in the past few months. Now she has her own ream, tape and evelopes. I am sure I will have many new pictures taped to my walls. Yep! Thats what she does with them. Any empty space she can find must be decorated with Edyn art! It's quite amusing . . . until I have to get it all off my walls.


Happy Birthday Edyn!