I'm a slacker ... I know!

Okay, so I haven't posted anything new lately. My brain has been stuck in farmers market mode. I'm still trying to get the playroom finished for the kids, although they don't seem to mind playing in a room with unfinished walls too much. Hopefully I'll have the room done w/in a week and I'll post pictures of the finished product.

A farmers market update... It's been going okay I guess. There are a few others that are selling tutu's as well, but mine seem to be the only ones that people buy... YAHOO!! for me. My signs are going pretty good, I've had sold a few at the market, but mostly people order custom signs. I just had an order for 5 signs from one person.

Well I'm the only person still up at my house, and that's just not right, so I'm off to bed.

Farmers Market!!

A month ago or so I was contacted about selling my jewelry at a farmers market that is going to be held every Saturday until the end of May. I decided to spread out and sell hand painted signs, vinyl signs, picture magnet boards and tu tu's.... Here's what I have made so far.. For info on the famers market look at my jewelry blog. The link is to the left.

OH, and if you see something you like, but want a different color or font just let me know and I can make it for you.

$12
$10

Stocking holder $12
Custom Princess Name $14Princess $14
$10
$24
$14
$8 each$9
$17
$17$12
$12
$10
$9
$10
Picture magnet Board $16
$14
$8
$10



~Tu Tu's~
$9 for baby, $11 for kids

The many beds of Kylie

When I got pregnant with Kaleb, I got all excited to get his room ready so I decided to have Kylie sleep in her big girl bed when she was 18 months old. BAD IDEA!!! Basically she wouldn't stay in her bed and ended up in our bed every night. It's now gotten to the point that when she's ready for bed she goes straight into our bed. She's now 4 1/2 and something needs to be done.

Today we finally got her a real bed, and it's name is actually the "Kylie Bed". Once I saw it I just had to have it. Anyways when we got home today from running errands she knew that the bed was in the garage in the box. She got so excited for it she hugged the box. She couldn't wait to put it together. When I showed her a picture of it from my cell phone, she got this big gasping squeal and said that it was "beautiful".

Kylie posing by her new "Kylie bed".

I always wanted a headboard for her bed, but since her bed used to be just the metal frame it was just blah.... I had this mirror to my bedroom's dresser that was broken and I decided to turn the frame to it into a headboard.. I think it turned out way cute~~~ But the room was still very Blah!!!

Then I tried the bed/headboard in a different spot... and we also did some decorating.
I just love~love~love the polka dots.

And I tried it in a different spot again...

Then several months back Stuart began working from home and needed a memo/message board above his desk. I had yet another great idea for the old frame. I turned it into a magnet board for him.... You'll all be happy to know that he never goes into his office, instead he sits on the couch in the living room with his laptop. But there is stuff on the magnet board at least now.
So in its place I made this sign for her wall that took the place of the headboard... (I couldn't find any pictures of it with the bed)

This is Kylie in her bed watching some TV until she falls asleep IN HER OWN BED!!!

Who wants oranges?

This isn't the most exciting post in the world.... but my orange tree finally has oranges on it. I can't wait till January when they'll be ready to eat!

Rollie Pollie Kolby....

Kolby rolled over today for the first time. He's almost been there a few times but he always got stuck with his arm under him not letting him go all the way over. I guess this is the end of leaving him on the counter while I get something out of the fridge!!!

E.T. Phone Home!!

Today for the first time in all my 30 years, as far as I remember, I saw E.T. I don't ever remember seeing it as a child. I was 4 when it came out, so it was fun watching it with Kylie who is 4. She got all scared in the beginning when E.T. first made his arrival. She even got a little teary when E.T. died.... (hope I didn't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it). Then when he came back to life she actually jumped for joy. I was actually suprised it was a good little movie...

The Jewelry Post

I've decided to start selling my jewelry. A friend of mine cuts hair at the cutest salon and she said I could sell my stuff there... Thanks Jewel!! How fitting, selling jewelry at Jewel's. I had my stuff there for a week and sold 2 necklaces. Anyways, I created a blog for my jewelry too, the link is to the left. As I was getting all this started another friend of mine was having a candle party and I sold stuff at her party. I sold 3 necklaces and had an order for two more custom ones. So hopefully things will continue to go well. While I had taken my necklaces back for the candle party, someone actually asked for my jewelry at the salon.

Good enough to eat!!!

so early this morning I was sorting laundry in the living room and all the kids were around me. All of a sudden I hear Kolby start screaming bloody murder. Then Kaleb takes off crying saying he doesn't want a spanking. I asked Kylie what had happened and she said that Kaleb bit Kolby. He didn't break any skin, but he almost did. After a talk and a spanking, I had Kaleb say he was sorry, then Kaleb started crying again and said that his leg was the one that got hurt. Kolby's poor little let.

A little preview...

For the last several months we've been planning to enclose our patio, which we never use into a play room for the kids. With Stuart working from home and taking up one of the rooms as his office we just needed some more space for the kids to play now that we have 3 of them. My friend Crystal and her husband Luke were just here from Utah and Luke did the framing/insulation/drywall/and trim. We are still waiting for our stucco guy to do his thing. Then we are going to finish up all the odds and ends like sanding the mud, painting, and any other thing that we need to do.

Here is my patio that I stained all by myself. I really like how it turned out. I decided to go with concrete stain rather than do flooring to save some money.

Stuart and Luke knocking down the stucco.. This is a very messy process and it also scuffed up my beautiful stained floor, so I have to do a retouch this week.

The framing is up with insulation, our sliding door got moved to the hole you see here.

We replaced the sliding doors with smaller french doors. I just love them!!!

I'll post more pictures later. I realized that my camera sucks and Crystal's is awesome. So when she get's home she's going to email me some and I can post more.

Bathroom habits!!!

There can be no picture for this post as you will see by reading it. So, for the longest time we've been trying to get Kylie to wipe herself when she goes #2. She does fine at #1, but #2 she just won't do it. No matter where she is, she will yell out to come wipe her butt. It doesn't matter who's house she's at. We even got her those flushable wet wipes thinking that they might make it exciting for some bizarre reason to wipe her butt, but they didn't work. Finally we just had to tell her she had to do it herself because we weren't going to help her anymore. She's really stubborn and would just sit there for the longest time until we eventually came in and wiped her down. Well lately she figured out a new plan. After she goes #2, she will come out to the living room or where ever we happen to be with her panties down to her ankles and she will turn around and bend over and spread her little cheeks apart and ask if her butt's clean. At this point in the process I've discovered that she hasn't tried wiping yet. Most of the time she has a "clean break" as Stuart likes to call it and there's nothing to wipe off. But on the off chance that she needs to do some clean up she's gets a little mad when I tell her she's not all clean. She'll even sometimes stop back into the bathroom in a huff and wipe up, saying that it's too hard the whole time. Hopefully she'll get out of this habit soon. How funny/horrible will it be if she's in school and goes to the bathroom and then wobbles back to the classroom with her panties down to at her ankles to ask her teacher if she's all clean.... what are we going to do with her.

Kylie and Stuart's Califonia trip Aug-2008

Every Summer we go to Stuart's parent's house in August when his brother Jordan and his family go. This is the only time each year we get to see his Brother and family since they live in Arkansas. This year Stuart and Kylie just went since I had just had Kolby 6 weeks before. So I stayed home with my boys.

One day they took the Lightrail to downtown San Jose to the Children's Technology Museum. Kylie called me from the train, she was so excited to be on one (sorta). Here is Kylie with Grandma, and her cousins Spencer and Alexis.

Stuart and His brother Jordan and Dallin, on the way to the lightrail.

Kylie and her cousin Trista

Kylie and Trista in a bubble of some sort.

Snack time for Kylie and Trista

Spencer, Trista, Dallin, Kylie and Alexis watching a movie in Grandma's bed.

Trista, Grandma, Alexis, Briauna and Stuart hanging out on the couch.

Ashley and Cary with Briauna... Stuart's sister.

They went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk where they have $.75 rides, drinks, hotdogs, and cotton candy. This is becoming a tradition each Summer.

Kylie and Dallin on a ride.

Trista and Alexis and way in the back is Kylie and Dallin.

Spencer and Dallin

One thing that is always a constant during this trip...Stuart and Jordan alseep on the couch.

another constant is eating popsicles outside.
Kylie and Alexis.