A few pics I have taken

The girls making Saturday morning breakfast with Daddy. It's too precious! I love those girls and their daddy!

Aleah ready for preschool.
(Below, Aleah insisted on taking a picture of me, ready for the gym while she goes to preschool.)

Building block during Nani and Mommy time, while Aleah is at preschool.

Isn't it about time for a new post?

I've been slacking big time on the blog. I few things we've been up to this last month:

-We went to the Kansas State fair. No pics of that because I had left my camera in Boise, but I have it now. The girls really liked looking at all the animals and we rode a little train, the Ferris wheel and a few other small rides. It was fun.

-We've been playing softball on a coed team. And until 2 days ago, we were undefeated, 5-0. Now, 5-1. It's okay, because the team we lost to, they were a stinkin' good team. I'll have to put a pics, as soon as I take some.

-Hmm... what else has been happening? I've started working out. A whole month now, 4-5 times a week, plus softball.

-Aleah started a dance class. It's a tap and ballet class. She loves coming home and showing us all the things she learned....uh, I'll have to take pics of that too I guess. Apparently I haven't taken pictures this month.

-Nani is learning to swim. She isn't in swim lessons, but I take the girls swimming on Friday mornings at the Y and she's getting better, Aleah is too. They both love swimming!

-Work for Matthew is enjoyable and he stays busy playing with us!

So I guess that's it for September.

Girls weekend

Sept. 10-12th, my sisters and a niece got together for a Girl's Weekend! It was more than fun! It was rejuvenating, it was uplifting, it was fulfilling. Besides just enjoying each other, we went to a Time Out For Women's conference in Boise. It was Fri. night and Sat. morning/afternoon. I highly recommend going if you get a chance. It really is a "Time Out" and you hear many inspiring messages. I've been to TOFW before, but because I went with my sister's this time, it was even better. After the conference, back at my sister's house, we shared testimonies, laughter, burdens and comfort. My sisters are all great examples and provide inspiration and strength. I appreciate the time I was able to spend with them and build even stronger bonds. I love you sisters! Thank you for a profound moment in life and all the fun we had! Can't wait until next time!

Some of the other things we did: went to the Boise Temple, had a sister photo session, went out for appetizers and lunch, played games, and talked....ALL NIGHT LONG. From the time I got there, Thursday night, to the time I left, Sunday morning, so 3 nights, I figured I slept for about 8 hours. I love my sleep, but when I get with my sisters (family) I love being with them more! (My poor husband. I came home and passed out on the couch. He is so kind to me!)

Picking me up from the airport.

Click here to see these cute books my sister made for us, which were are finishing in this pic.


Boise Temple

(Me, Des, Dacia, Mel Erika)

The first day at the conference.

Dosh and me.

Old Chicago for appetizers and dessert.

Me and Janel at Old Chicago

Mel and Janel (at IOU Sushi)

At my sister's sushi restaurant

With our awesome books.

Erika (with her little prego belly) and Mel at Cold Stone

Des and Shaz at Cold Stone

Dosh, I really wanted to post this pic because it reminds me of all the good laughs we had that weekend. Since I saw it on your blog, I figured it was safe.

I appreciate my wonderful husband and his parents for taking care of the girls so that I could spend that time with my sisters!

The Tooth Fairy

Wednesday was a big day for us. Aleah started preschool. Nani had special Mommy Nani Time, Matthew pulled out some wisdom teeth, and me......I got my wisdom teeth pulled. It was awesome guys! Matthew is the best dentist ever. He pulled my teeth and did a stinkin' good job! Yet again, I was impressed. They were a little on the easier side because they were erupted, but still, he didn't leave any root tips in and he didn't have to cut any gum or bone! And all of that translates to "great recovery"! I also had a really good nurse who didn't have me do anything at home except rest}) Then the next day, even a friend brought me some popsicles and dinner for that evening. And the tooth fairy brought me ice cream pie and some roses. Can you say spoiled?!

I really could just milk this for all it's worth.

(I thought about putting a pic of the teeth, but ehh, I don't know, I guess not.)

Mommy and Nani Time

Saying bye to Roo Boo at preschool was a little much for Nani. Actually she did a lot better than expected. Nani cried more when we went to Aleah's preschool meeting a few nights before. Anyway, we had some special one on one time. I took Nani to breakfast and then to the library. We even squeezed in a 2o minute nap because we weren't going to be able to fit
a nap in later. So here are a few videos and pics from our "Mommy Nani Time" She is such a funny squeezable girl.

(sorry it's sideways)

This last pic, which isn't a very good picture of the picture, is a picture that Aleah drew for Nani while she was at school. When we picked Aleah up from school, she came running up to Nani and gave her a big hug and pulled this picture out of her back pack. I asked her what it was and she said,

"It's big sister Aleah and little sister Nani. I drew Nani so she could be with me and won't be sad any more. It's says from Aleah.The purple one is me, the pink one in Nani."

What a sweet sister! I love my girls!

First day of Preschool!

Today was Aleah's first day of Preschool! She loved it! Even though she was up soooo late the night before, thanks to a double header of softball, she was able to pull herself together and be excited and happy for school. She was the cutest little 4 year old! When we got her dressed, I told her I wanted to take a picture of her and she just started dropping all these poses. It was too funny, I had to post them.
Love you little Roo Boo!

(Oh, and yes, I did make her outfit. I wasn't going to because she didn't want a shirt that said, "A is for Apple" But funny enough, Matthew really wanted me to make her an outfit for the first day of school. He kept trying to convince Aleah that she would like it, but I still wasn't on board. I don't want to make my kids wear my homemade outfits if they don't like them. You know we all had to do it as kids. {Love you mom;)} Anyway, on Monday she decided she wanted an "A is for Apple shirt". Needless to say, after having to call around and drive to a nearby town to find supplies, I finished it at midnight the night before. Aleah liked it, but Matthew loved the apple! Maybe I should make him a shirt like that! Do you think he'd wear it?)

Last weeks projects

I found this while going through my supplies. Yes, these were projects from last Christmas. The kitchen towel apron. They seriously take a few minutes, but I guess I just started doing other projects before I finished them.

And then back to this wretched thing. Reupholstering isn't the most fun project I've done.
I started this a month ago and brought it back out this week to finally finish it. This takes awhile and it's a pretty lame job, but it's good enough for me.

And these, well these are almost done. All I have left to do is to paper the back. I have 3 shelves done on the left bookshelf. These were a few months long project. A friend helped, well actually 2 friends, helped us build these shelves and bench. I had this idea, good or not, I don't know, but nonetheless, an idea, that I would build these shelves. I was looking through some magazines and I saw this bay window with all these cute pillows and I really liked it. So I said to myself,
"That would be cool to have in our living room."
I tried to figure out a way to do it and this is the best I came up with, since we are just renting and probably shouldn't knock out a wall to make the bay window. Obviously, the pad and the pillows are not done for the bench and neither are the curtains. So there is more work to do, but the shelves are built and painted.