Hope's 9th Birthday

well today was the first day back to school from Spring Break. Does this phase my little princess??? NO WAY!! She was happy to go ad see her friends and teachers. She had a great time. When she got home she cam home to a Happy Birthday balloon and daddy home early. What else could a little girl ask for. well I can answer that. A sewing machine. Yes you heard me Hope got her very first sewing machine. She has been asking or one and I found a battery operated one at a yard sale. Oh boy was she happy. She also got a barbie doll 4 new Littlest Pet Shop toys.
For dinner i made Chicken nachos, Which we ate watching Speed Racer. For dessert we had strawberries with whipped cream with marshmallow peeps and sugar cookie. Of course I took a plate filled with whipped cream and shoved it in her face.
It was a great day. I will get the pictures up soon.

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Trampoline fun fun fun

So we are having a blast on the trampoline. It is great that we make it a family event nearly everyday. Did you know that Hope can fly!!! Yes there are pictures of me but do you really want to see me in a bikini LOL

Right now we are setting up are new pool. Okay well it is not new but new to us. It is taking longer then we hoped due to the fact we keep finding little holes. And I think it will take a day or more to fill and about a month to warm up LOL

I have bee busy with sewing I repaired the wedding quilt Grandma Ellen made us. I made a few sets of curtains and still need to make several more.

Kids are out of school this week so they will keep me busy.

One man's stuff is another's treasure

Well I have been stuck on craigslist.com and freecycle for a few months now. Able to get some nice things. recently we received a 15 foot trampoline in great condition we all love it. A large bathtub with shower doors. We will be putting this into Hope's bathroom since it is just a shower stall. 2 nice oak frames medicine cabinets. A patio table. A dresser. Today McKay is picking up a new gas stove and refrigerator. the fridge needs a minor repair but we are fixing it up and already have a buyer for it.
I watch these sites all the time. Sometimes you never know what you are going to get.
I am happy to fix things up to either make my home better or to resell. At least it gives me something to do and plus driving around town to pick them up I am learning the areas better!!

science fun

well while making the duritos we figured it would be fun to see what would work in oil and what would not
works
duritos
popcorn
eggs
bologna
bread
apples
bananas


doesn't work
grapes
maraschino cherries
skittles
water
rice

undecided
fruit loops


see how fun my house is LOL

my new addiction

So this is my new thing. We have this guy that walks around the neighborhood selling these things and corn and snow cones well duritos are my new fav thing in the world. they are also called duros you buy them in bulk sections of your store then fry them it only takes a few seconds. you can eat them plain or sprinkle chili powder or really anything you want on them best if sprinkled right out of the fryer!!!

how to deal with avery

so i figured it out Avery just LOVES Becca so if she comes and teaches kindergarten here at his school then he can be in her class and all will be great.. Okay well it is a stretch but I can try I think he will be fine it will be me flipping out

what has been happening

well besides I have been super busy with playing video games hey what else am i suppose to do clean ya right LOL. Well I found out yesterday that kindergarten here is full day so I am freaking out a bit cause I am just not ready to not have Avery all day long I was ok with half day but now don't know. there is a half day pre-k at the school so i am going to look into that I hope they have an open place for him. So I am flipping out here. Yesterday I went to church with Josh and Hope. Ma it is amazing on how our new ward is sooo very different then our Utah ward. Sacrament is first here. primary is totally different. There are not many children so they do things weird they have 8-11 year olds in the the same class. Hope was not happy about this. Besides the fact she is so tiny she was the youngest child there. The only 2 girls are both about to turn 12. the rest are boys and there is only like 5 of them and they are all 10 and 11. So she flipped out and would not let go of me. I was going to take her with me but she was all I want to go home. so we did. It is going to take time for her to get use to it. I am going to be calling the Primary pres to see if she can go to the younger class so she can feel more comfortable. Since she has not been baptized I hope she can. Well during sacrament one of our missionaries spoke. Elder Butler is great the kids really like him and he makes the lessons fun. really to me that is a big deal. It was odd seeing the member sleeping and balancing checkbooks and stuff like that during sacrament. But all in all it was good to go.

I have been taking and hosting playdates for Avery and I am starting to make some friends. Tomorrow we are going to the zoo. We are all going to wear green and make green snacks. We also have mom nights out and a sewing group. So I get to get out with out kids and have grown up talk. We have a big project this fall. We are putting together a craft fair. There is going to be bands booths all sorts of stuff. exciting stuff!!