My parents
Mike and Frances Waite
Married for Time and Eternity
on November 17, 1961
in the Mesa Arizona Temple
November 19, 2011
November 15, 2011
How Clean Are Your Towels?
Today when I wanted to shower, Scott was in ours and I didn't want to wait so I went to the kids' bathroom to shower in there. When I grabbed a towel to dry myself off I found a sucker stick stuck to it.
I don't know about your house but mostly at my house after the kids use a towel it ends up on their bedroom floors until I hound them enough to hang them up. and apparently this towel picked up something from one of their floors. (we still have a bit of Halloween candy and wrappers floating around)
I do wash towels, really I do. but maybe not regularly enough. I guess next time I shower in that bathroom I will grab a towel from the cupboard and not the rack.
I don't know about your house but mostly at my house after the kids use a towel it ends up on their bedroom floors until I hound them enough to hang them up. and apparently this towel picked up something from one of their floors. (we still have a bit of Halloween candy and wrappers floating around)
I do wash towels, really I do. but maybe not regularly enough. I guess next time I shower in that bathroom I will grab a towel from the cupboard and not the rack.
November 8, 2011
Beautiful Snow
We woke up to beautiful snow on the ground mixed with fall colors. And the storm was over so it really is a beautiful sight looking out my window across the park. However, it made for a challenging morning.
Because snow makes kids excited. And then Andy decided he needed gloves. and in the process of finding gloves and he discovered hats and so the others joined him and instead of getting ready for school (combing hair, brushing teeth, backpacks, etc.) they were looking for gloves and hats.
And do you think that this is a harmless activity? Of course not! because that means getting out every hat, gloves, wool socks, all winter things and dumping them all over the laundry room floor. (thank goodness they didn't think of boots). And is it easy to get them to clean it up without arguments? maybe some kids but not mine. sheesh.
I had decided to drive them to school because I thought I would drop them off and head to the grocery store. That I would actually be ready to do that. Yeah right. but I tried. Anyway, running late after cleaning up the mess in the laundry room and finally getting outside (some kids without their lunches and backpacks because snow is so distracting) I realized that I should have been out 10 minutes earlier to warm up the car and clean the snow off the car. Because it was actually frozen to the windshield so it wouldn't brush off. and I am short and drive an SUV so it was a bit challenging and frustrating trying to scrape it off. But finally the defroster kicked in and I was able to drive.
The kids were about 5 minutes late to school. I don't think they are ever late when Scott walks them to school (or drives them). And I didn't make it to the grocery store yet.
But the sun is shining and the snow is beautiful!
Because snow makes kids excited. And then Andy decided he needed gloves. and in the process of finding gloves and he discovered hats and so the others joined him and instead of getting ready for school (combing hair, brushing teeth, backpacks, etc.) they were looking for gloves and hats.
And do you think that this is a harmless activity? Of course not! because that means getting out every hat, gloves, wool socks, all winter things and dumping them all over the laundry room floor. (thank goodness they didn't think of boots). And is it easy to get them to clean it up without arguments? maybe some kids but not mine. sheesh.
I had decided to drive them to school because I thought I would drop them off and head to the grocery store. That I would actually be ready to do that. Yeah right. but I tried. Anyway, running late after cleaning up the mess in the laundry room and finally getting outside (some kids without their lunches and backpacks because snow is so distracting) I realized that I should have been out 10 minutes earlier to warm up the car and clean the snow off the car. Because it was actually frozen to the windshield so it wouldn't brush off. and I am short and drive an SUV so it was a bit challenging and frustrating trying to scrape it off. But finally the defroster kicked in and I was able to drive.
The kids were about 5 minutes late to school. I don't think they are ever late when Scott walks them to school (or drives them). And I didn't make it to the grocery store yet.
But the sun is shining and the snow is beautiful!
November 2, 2011
First Field Trip and Halloween Photos
After Cameron started kindergarten he began asking quite often "Do I have a field trip today?" I am not sure what put the idea of field trips in his head but he was pretty persistant. Finally, the week before Halloween he got to go on a field trip to the Pumpin Patch at Sutherland Farms.
The kids got to go on a hay ride, a train ride, play in the corn pit, go through the corn maze, milk a pretend wooden cow with rubber udders, look at some animals, and pick out their very own pumpkin to take home. I got to go to! As he was waiting in line to get back on the bus Cameron told me "This was so fun! My field trip was funner than Lego Star Wars!"
So there you have it--life on the farm is funner than a video game.
The kids got to go on a hay ride, a train ride, play in the corn pit, go through the corn maze, milk a pretend wooden cow with rubber udders, look at some animals, and pick out their very own pumpkin to take home. I got to go to! As he was waiting in line to get back on the bus Cameron told me "This was so fun! My field trip was funner than Lego Star Wars!"
So there you have it--life on the farm is funner than a video game.
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| making a 'corn angel'. I have never seen anything like this--very fun to play in. |
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| burying a classmate |
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| the corn maze |
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| the train ride |
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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| I wore this costume (the dress) when I played one of Tiger Lily's Indians in the musical Peter Pan in high school. good memories! (the dress was a lot shorter on me and it is pinned in the back to fit her) My mom worked hard on that for me! there are beads on all those fringes... |
October 27, 2011
Silly Halloween Costume
I got off easy on Halloween costumes this year. Grandma made Cameron's and Janessa is using one we already have. I only have to worry about Andy's. (because the big boys are, well big enough to worry about theirs). I bought a pair of red sweats and a pair blue sweats to make a Jester costume. Cut both pair of pants in half along the center front/back. Then sew opposites together and you have a pair of two-toned pants. Red leg, blue leg. Simple.
Not so simple. (keep in mind that I have a cold so I am high on Dayquil, but that probably really has nothing to do with it). First I have a hard time getting the 'right'sides of the fabric together so they are all lined up to sew. The easy way is to put one pant leg inside the other, but it took a bit fumbling around before I remembered that and got it all squared away. I finally got it all lined up and realized the right sides weren't together--I had blue on the wrong side. So I redid it, (you have to have one pant leg turned inside out) and started sewing. However, I soon realized I was sewing the same sides of pants together. Like, I didn't get opposite sides of the pants that I cut up--I had a "left" blue and a "left" red. So there would be half a front and half a back on what should be the front of the pants. got it?
ok. I took out the little bit of sewing I did and found two opposite sides and started again. (and i did make sure I was sewing a blue and a red) All was going fine. Then the bobbin ran out, of course. Then I got to the waist band. Too thick. My needle got stuck and bent. ahhh! My machine was not cooperating on that waistband, though it did the other side just fine. I finally had to manually turn the wheel on the side of the machine for a quite a few stitches and it worked.
I now have a pair of red and blue jester pants. It took sooo much longer than the 10 minutes is should have taken. (And of course I was trying to squeeze it in on the day I had a relief society meeting, a field trip, piano lessons, and my parents over for dinner).
Not so simple. (keep in mind that I have a cold so I am high on Dayquil, but that probably really has nothing to do with it). First I have a hard time getting the 'right'sides of the fabric together so they are all lined up to sew. The easy way is to put one pant leg inside the other, but it took a bit fumbling around before I remembered that and got it all squared away. I finally got it all lined up and realized the right sides weren't together--I had blue on the wrong side. So I redid it, (you have to have one pant leg turned inside out) and started sewing. However, I soon realized I was sewing the same sides of pants together. Like, I didn't get opposite sides of the pants that I cut up--I had a "left" blue and a "left" red. So there would be half a front and half a back on what should be the front of the pants. got it?
ok. I took out the little bit of sewing I did and found two opposite sides and started again. (and i did make sure I was sewing a blue and a red) All was going fine. Then the bobbin ran out, of course. Then I got to the waist band. Too thick. My needle got stuck and bent. ahhh! My machine was not cooperating on that waistband, though it did the other side just fine. I finally had to manually turn the wheel on the side of the machine for a quite a few stitches and it worked.
I now have a pair of red and blue jester pants. It took sooo much longer than the 10 minutes is should have taken. (And of course I was trying to squeeze it in on the day I had a relief society meeting, a field trip, piano lessons, and my parents over for dinner).
October 7, 2011
New Kitchen
Before...
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| missing pieces...a hole in the counter where a cook top stove had been. we covered it with a board and taped it on. the other hole is where a trash compactor had been we think. |
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| broken drawers...(our silverware was in a basket on the counter since it was too heavy for the broken drawers) |
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| missing drawers... |
NOW!
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| pantry size cupboard! yay! we will now store less food in the office |
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| new microwave and cupboards above range (which previously had no cupboards above it, or to the side of it) |
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| This was a solid wall (with a doorway) between the dining room and kitchen. We cut a hole and added a bar and desk area. |
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