May Days

I wish we could take credit for the beautiful tile job. Alas all the credit goes out to our brother-in-law Darren who spent 10 nights of his life at our house laying tile and listening to us negotiate with our children.

We love Darren.

We're currently trying to get all of the trim done so new, fresh smelling carpet can find a permanent residence at our home.
Our newest ballplayer is too cute for words.
He's got the look, now we're shooting for the ability.
Mark participated in the "Cubanopolis" for Cub Scouts. James helped him build Bumble Bee for his car. He's not the only 8 year old who looked ridiculous. We were relieved.
Mark was baptized by James and confirmed by his Grandpa Jim. It was a good day and we loved hearing Grandpa Jim confirm him. It was a wonderful blessing and I feel blessed Mark was able to have him do it.
The 4th grade did a Utah History program, costumes and all. Olivia was of course the cutest and the portrayal of Brigham Young will go down in history as one of my favorite elementary school moments. Hypothetically speaking, if BY was anything like what the child actor was acting like, no wonder outsiders thought we were kooks.
Baby boy loves his Buster Dog. It makes my heart melt.
Russell Crowe+Robin Hood=More please

Yes I Can-Can

I discovered these darling can-can skirts on Made awhile ago and fell head over heals in love with the idea. Here is my version and as soon as this house gets settled down I will be creating more...and more...and more. The decision at hand? What color combos will catch my fancy?

Help Meet

Last weekend in the midst of "Ankle Gate" the phone rang:

Relief Society President: Emily I heard through the neighborhood grapevine you twisted both ankles. What can we do?

Emily: While it is a 3 Ring Circus around here, we're doing just fine. Our biggest dilemma is trying to decide who is going to get up and find the remote.

RSP: Can we bring meals in? Watch your kids?

Emily: We've been living off of microwave meals while the kitchen floor is being tiled. I'm pretty sure I can work the microwave with or without functioning ankles. And Congress will be restructuring the child labor laws just for Olivia. Her sippy cup fetching abilities have improved drastically in the last 24 hrs.

RSP: Are you sure there is nothing we can do?

Emily: Actually, I've been mowing the lawn and I was going to ask your son Matt if I could pay him $5 to come mow our lawn for us.

James patiently listening to conversation: You've mowed the lawn 1 time. Can you really say, "I've been mowing the lawn"? You've been mowing it all spring too.

James...so happy to have him around to keep me grounded in reality.

Are You Kidding Me Right Now?

Emily: Fell down the stairs last night, Clint in her arms. Baby fine. BOTH adult ankles twisted. Still had to go out to find a tool to help tiling go faster and get milk. Looks like an 85-year-old lady with new hip replacements. Pitiful glances from other shoppers at Costco... embarrassing. Refuses to get up the rest of the day. Hopes Olivia gets home from school soon.

James: Laughing at the irony of it all. Won't share crutches.

We make a great pair. You should have seen us hobbling around this morning.

Thursday Afternoon

-House smells like sweat pea-

-Need to remove tape from bathroom-

-I don't know what to say...
still working on trim-

-Cub Scout Bobcat requirements knocking
at the back of my mind-

-Stop blogging (procrastinating)
and get back to work-

-View from my front door- -Wish I was doing this-

Wednesday Morning

Forget the beautiful view of sunshine, green grass and blooming flowers outside my window...this was my happy view as I readied myself for the day.

Baseball update:

We've been lucky enough to have another dad step into coaching duties to help out. He's my new favorite guy I'm not married to. I was telling him I needed to go pick up the uniforms and he told me they were already in his car...wow...thus his new status as my favorite, although he did call me Coach Seelick last night. This gave me a good laugh. When James and I were first married and went to church for the first time that was how some German brother introduced us. It's been a running joke between he and I ever since. I told the kids to call me Em and they seemed to like that just fine. Mark tried it out...and it didn't feel right in his mouth. He went right back to calling me "Mom".

Paging all Seinfeld Fans:

We learned last week my new fav is a mentor (!?) People actually get paid to do this and he works from home over the phone. As he drove off in his deluxe SUV last night I wondered if Jams was in the right business...

(yes I typed jams. my mom coined the term years and years ago and it stuck)