Etsy

I opened my very own etsy shop! I am so excited...it is the most fun thing to do...I can be creative and make whatever I feel like making and list the item! I Love it...and I know you will too! Go check it out!

Etsy is Awesome!!

I bought these scrabble tile pendants from HomeStudio on etsy and I love them! They are so cute...I especially like the keep calm and carry on...that should be the motto for my life! Etsy is this amazing group of people that buy and sell handmade or vintage items only I think it is the coolest place to be online! Go check it out! Thanks Sarah for introducing me to this awesome jewelery.

Sam has a blog!

So, yeah, I caved and finally let Sam have his own blog...everybody's doing it right?? ha ha So, you can check out his stuff @ sjesillylife.blogspot.com

Pick a Peck of Pickeled Peppers...

Sunday morning on our way to the van, the kids stopped by the garden and noticed this huge pepper, just dying to be picked!! I told them to wait until we got home...So, they picked this pepper and everyone wanted a taste! It was so funny(they will eat anything they grew themselves)...we had this manly pepper eating contest in the kitchen...even Jenna had to try it! Isaac swallowed his whole, Sam stuck his tongue in a glass of water, Noah drank milk, and Erinn just kept chewing and telling us it doesn't even burn! ha ha ha ha! I on the other hand opted not to eat the pepper raw, but after chopping it up, and washing my hands three times, I rubbed my eye...you have never felt such a burn! I am not kidding...I wanted to rip my eye off it hurt so bad! So, maybe gloves next time!

My Garden

Red onions, peppers, broccoli, and some herbs

This year at our Stake Conference, our Stake President asked us to plant a garden "as if your very life depended on it" so we went home and got to work. We have an extremely small backyard, and thought a garden was pretty much impossible! But, my good friend Sasha reminded me of the square foot garden. I got excited about that and decided to give it a try! So a month later here you go... Isaac helped me build the boxes, mom and Spenser helped me mix the dirt and fill them up...and then I added the grids and the plants. They are doing so great! I am so looking forward to harvest time...I have a box of strawberries (YUM) and all kinds of other stuff. The carrots aren't doing so great but, everything else is looking good. and I hardly have any weeds! I am loving this garden!

Tomatoes, green beans and carrots

Cantaloupe, zucchini, cucumbers, and maybe a watermelon
(crowded I know, we'll see how this goes!0)

STRAWBERRIES!!!

My toothbrush is GONE!!

So, I got up this morning and went into the bathroom to brush my teeth....and my toothbrush was/is gone!!! I have no idea where it went...all the other ones are there, but, mine is missing. can only imagine it was my kids...probably Jenna and Ella yesterday. They also put a healthy amount of deodorant on! Kids are so funny! Well, luckily for me I have lots of extras. Oh well, that's my life..full of "unexpectedness".

Swim Team!

This was Isaacs very first swim meet! He did such a great job! He placed sixth in his backstroke.

Here is Sam...the swimmers his age swim 50 meter races, so, that was a shock for him! (The younger groups swim 25 meters.) He was so exhausted when he was done! He took second, third, and fourth in his races.

Noahs graceful dive...He did a good job and came in third in this relay! I'm sure there will be more pics of swim team this year...they practice an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening. They have meets on wednesdays and Saturdays for the next two weeks! Conference is in July. It is a busy schedule but they ride their bikes to the pool so its not as bad as it sounds! And boy do they LOVE it!!

Isaacs Party!

We got Isaac a bike for his birthday...His was seriously too small for him!! He got origami paper from Grama and Grampa Fish (he has already been folding paper like a crazy boy!) He got a tie and candy from Megan and JD...he loves the tie and has already devoured the candy (I think for breakfast?) He got a lot of cards with money which he counted up and excitedly put into his bank...then he decided that he wanted to get a star wars Lego set so, we took him to walmart and he spent his money on Lego's!!! (which he has already put together!!!) Thanks so much to everybody that came to Isaac's party and helped make his day so great!!! He loved it and that is what matters!!! thank you!! thank you!! thank you!!!

Happy B-Day to you!!

We celebrated Isaac's 8th birthday right after his baptism. He wanted to help decorate his cake so, of course I let him...He wrote "Isaac is cool" I thought that was so cute! We had pizza, and watermelon, cookies (made by Grampa Fish), and lots of other yummy food! I think we pretty much stuffed ourselves! It was good!

Isaac is such a cheerful and enthusiastic kid. I just love him! He is still a talker, and for some reason he is always hungry..(he must be growing) He is a great helper and will do just about anything I ask if it means he can play computer! hey, it works for me! He is creative and smart and brave and funny! Happy Birthday Isaac!

Yup, its true, they grow up way too fast!

Isaacs Baptism Day

Isaac and his daddy!
Isaac was baptized Sunday, June 1st, 2008

















Here is a photo of the group...Isaac got to share his day with two of his buddies! What a lucky kid...It was a wonderful day! We had lots of friends and family there to celebrate and enjoy the spirit that was there. We missed those of you who couldn't make it...I will try to plan better next time...sorry! I love you all and thank you to all who came and helped me! It was a special day for our family and for Isaac.










Aren't my guys cute??!!

Its about dang time!!

We have been doing work on the house! So, this Friday we borrowed a ladder from our neighbor and decided to cut the limbs off of the tree out back. This tree had major damage from the ice storm and we could not get to them until the weather was nice (plus we were kind of scared to death to do it!) So, Erinn climbs up the ladder and starts sawing off the limb, he gets half way through and starts to feel sick, so down he climbs...he goes into the house, takes a shower, and so I climbed up in the tree to finish the job! I sawed off the limb and it falls across the ladder...so I'm stuck up in the tree! Did I mention it had started to rain, one of those quick summer rains but, wet! Well, fortunately for me, we had a guy working on our gutters, he came around the back of the house, sees me stuck up the tree, meanwhile I'm cutting every branch I can reach...just to stay busy ;) and he kindly moves the huge limb so I can get down, and offers to cut the rest of the limbs for me. It's amazing what a girl stuck in a tree can get a guy to do for her! ha ha ha (you girls know what I'm talking about...and don't lie to yourself, you've done it too....smiling/flirting to get out of a ticket etc...) Anyway, we spent the day trimming the tree. Then we had to cut the branches into smaller pieces so we could haul them back to the side of the garage...we haven't figured out what we will do with all this wood...I suggested a copper fire pit...we'll see... The kids had a great time helping out, and climbing on the garage!