By the light of our ipods..........

This morning was bad.............the power went out at about 6:55 a.m. We are a family that does not function well without light. It was funny to see Dyllon brush his teeth by the light of the mini computer. He had to be able to see the water hit his toothbrush. Aushlynn and Avery were combing their hair and brushing their teeth to the soft glow of their ipod touch.

A good mom would have broken out the flashlights or the candles. A great mom would have fired up the generator. Well, I am neither of those. I guess that I am not ready for a emergency. So................ it looks like I need to stock up on some batteries, buy some flashlights that we can actually find, get candles, maybe look into getting a generator and fuel, and probably stock up on propane.

I did assure the kids that they would be having school. The schools have generators, they are better prepared then me. (please.... oh... please.... don't let them cancel school!)

I was thinking about the earthquake in Haiti while the power was out. I felt really ungrateful for what I have. I was having a pity party that I have no power while these folks pretty much have nothing. It kinda put having no power in perspective.

Gingerbread houses.....not of gingerbread!

Last week for Family Home Evening we made gingerbreadless gingerbread houses! A fun time was had by all, except maybe Dyllon. He had a hard time getting his graham crackers to stand up. Mindy's is the first on the left. (it is the best of course!) Kendall's is the next one. (he kept chewing down the graham crackers to get the right size!) Dyllon's is the Sears tower. ( the tallest of the bunch!) Madison's is next. (there is absolutely no more room for candy. She cover the whole thing!) Aushlynn's is roofless. (she took all the gumdrops!) And last but not least is Avery's. (he put a cannon on his!)

Always buckle up.........

So, last night I was sitting in the chair in my living room. Before I got up, I reached over to undo my seatbelt.............DUH!!!! I must either be: Losing my mind. Depraved of sugar to long. Or the kids are sucking my brain cells. But just so everyone knows............ I always buckle up...........apparently even in the living room.

Partners in Crime

These two little goofballs are butsted! Let me tell you that they are not the most careful when it comes to painting.......

Here is the remodel of Madison's room that we have been working on. It seems that we did not get the lid back on the paint all the way. I was in the bathroom for less then 2 minutes and this is what I came back to.

Hey Kendall, it looks like we are going to get new carpet after all!

Down 11

I told you in my last post that I was making changes. Changes to the blog design, changes to the living room, hopefully changes to the girls bedrooms soon, but the most satisfying change has been to myself. I am down 11 lbs! If you want to read how go and check it out. http://imreallygonnaloseit.blogspot.com/

Change.......

It time for change. A time for a new look for both me and my blog.

I wish......

That I could do this all day! Oh.....a dogs life!