Yesterday I finally tackled the task of matching up all the socks in our house. We had a laundry basket full of socks that had been dug through for weeks because no one wanted to tackle the job. After finding all the matched socks I could, I still had this pile of mismatched socks. I was on a mission now, so I ventured into my kids rooms and looked under beds, behind dressers, dug through gym bags, cleaned out the bottom of closets, and checked all their drawers. Well I found a few stragglers, but what I really found is that my kids take their freshly folded laundry and shove it in their drawers. They were a mess, seriously not a thing folded in any drawer. So guess what they got to do after school, yeah, clean up their clothes I dumped in a pile on their floor. I think they knew they were caught because there was very little protesting. So six hours later, everything is washed in our house and I still have this pile of mismatched socks. Where do they go!! Maddie and Matt keep telling me they need more socks and blame Riley for taking all the good socks up to school when he was here at Christmas. We have serious sock issues!! I thought not having Riley's socks around would make a difference but it hasn't and how sad is it that I spent my entire day yesterday matching socks! But I have to say I felt great satisfaction seeing all those matched socks folded up and put away, now I just have to figure out what I am going to do with all these leftovers-- and have the fun job start all over again in a few days......
Friday, February 20, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentines Day
We have been in full blown valentine making mode lately and I have to say I am ready for this holiday to be over. Bailey is quite the artist but is also quite messy when she is in the midst of it. I am constantly cleaning this area about twice a day. On the plus side, I always have fresh artwork for my fridge!!
Ben and I spent our 20th Valentine's Day together at a baseball tournament for Matt. We had a tough decision to stay in Tucson and watch Matt or go to Las Vegas for a volleyball tournament for Madeline. Neither of us wanted to be alone and we are going to Utah in a few weeks so we decided to stay in Tucson. We had a great night last night. We put Bailey to bed, Matt spent the night at a friends, Maddie left for Las Vegas, and Ben and I watched a movie and he gave me a foot rub. Tonight we barbecued steaks with grandpa and grandma Gooch and had a delicious dinner. So it was nothing glamorous, but it felt good to have a nice relaxing weekend at home. I still remember our first valentine's day together-To bad for you, I am going to keep the juicy details to myself!!
Hot Air Balloon Launch!!
Bailey's school had a fun hot air balloon activity in January. They spent a few weeks making their balloons and talking about how hot air makes a balloon rise. Bright and early one crisp Tucson morning we met at the school for the LAUNCH. Bailey's balloon was rainbow of course. We used campfire stoves with propane fuel to heat the air inside the balloons. We then would have a countdown and the kids would launch their balloons. It was amazing how high some of the balloons would go. The kids would race and follow their balloon to catch it as it was descending. Their was a ladder handy to get balloons out of the trees and off of the roof if they travelled too far. We spent about 1 1/2 hours launching balloons the kids could do it as many times as they wanted as long as their balloon held out. It was a fun morning and Bailey was excited to have her mom, dad, and grandma their to help.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Christmas 2009
So before we turn the corner into February, I thought I should post about our fun-filled Christmas and New Year's Celebrations. We had a great time this Christmas with 7 out of 8 of my brothers and sisters visiting during some or all of the two weeks before and after the holidays. It was a fun filled couple of weeks that now seems like a blur now that it is over!!
We ate (feeding 26 people morning, noon, and night is quite the feat), played, shopped, went to movies, the zoo, watched football, played football, played cards, and had lots of catch up time.
The cousins got along great. It was a minor christmas miracle that there was no fighting over toys, no parents needing to referee, just fast and frenzied playing every single day (I am talking about the adults here!!) Ha ha!! After Christmas we headed north to Williams, AZ to take the polar express to the "north pole". My mom, my sister Julie's family, and my brother Dave and his family came with us. Bailey loved it, we wore our pj's, sang carols, met Santa, read the polar express book, and had a great night. The next day we bundled up and went sledding and had a great lunch at Oreganos in Flagstaff. It was a fun little weekend and reminded me of how much I enjoy living in Tucson. We can be enjoying 70 degree days and drive a few hours and be sledding in a snowstorm. It was a great Christmas and the best part was having everyone there and being together!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Our Kind Of Pet!!
We have been busy hatching this little guy. We are going on day 4 soaking him in water and slowly letting him make his way out. Bailey was so excited to find out it is a T-Rex and has been practicing extreme patience to not rip the rest of the shell off of him. He will even grow a bit after he emerges completely out of the shell. So ya my kids might want dogs but this is a pretty good subsistute. If you want your own pet baby dino head on over to the local Cracker Barrel thats where we picked up our newest addition. Look for this package!!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
We're Decking the Halls!!
Who is that sexy beast with me?!! I made an impulse buy a few weeks ago when I was looking for Nutcracker tickets and they were sold out. I ended up buying tickets to "Linda Eder Rocking the Holidays". Now neither Ben nor I had ever heard of her but I have to tell you the concert was pretty good. The snowbirds were in full fledged attendance and we felt a bit out of place but I really enjoyed her Christmas songs. She does a really impressive version of Silent Night. So all in all it was a pretty enjoyable night!!
Christmas Lists
Maddie's list...
At the church party Bailey was very concerned about talking to Santa because she did not think she had been good enough. She wanted a little more time to prepare and get on the good list!!
She asked Santa for a horse!
Our little christmas elf helping set up the tree...
Decorating the gingerbread houses...
Our Tree!!!
My favorite nativity Ben gave me last year....
Lights on the cactus...
Merry Christmas!!!
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