{Catchin' The Fever}

The crafting/redecorating fever that is. I want to redo the girls' bathroom and bedroom and I think I've found the perfect inspiration: Eloise at the Plaza @ the Plaza Hotel in NYC!



Perfect for my Girly Girls!

I'm really into bird things lately. So, one of the rooms in my house will eventually turn a robin's egg blue and have birds and antiqued bird cages all over the place.

Faux 'Glitter Toes'

I saw that someone else did this to their toes, and I thought, "I can do that too." So, I did. On Micah.
Micah's toes before we started:


I painted them with a blue nail polish


I got some extra fine glitter:


I then painted a top coat on the painted nail, one toe at a time. Then, sprinkled some glitter on the wet toe nail. After I was done with all of her toe nails, I pressed the glitter into the polish with my finger and brushed off the excess glitter. After that, I put a couple coats of top coat and voila:

Glitter toes that cost less than a buck!

Who gets colds in the summer?!

We do, that's who! Lily and Micah both have colds. yuck! Not only that, Lily has an eye infection. My poor sweet baby has nasty goobers in her eyes all the time, and her eyes are swollen and red because of the rubbing from trying to get the goobs out. This is starting to turn into a bummer summer, but hopefully it will get better. It's finally stopped raining buckets, and once Lily's eyes stop gooing, we will be heading back to the pool!

Dance Festival '11

Every year, before summer break, Alyssa's school has a dance festival where each grade gets to perform a dance. The dances are fun for the kids and I enjoy seeing Alyssa out there having fun, but I do need to say, "Come on Fox Hollow! Is it that hard to come up with at least 2 different dances that you can alternate each year for each grade?!" Seriously, every grade each year does the exact same dance. I know, if we are in the same school, that in 2 years I will be seeing Micah dance to Splish Splash. Oh, and the same can be said for the Christmas concert. Same songs, same grades, every year. There are thousands of Christmas songs to choose from. Okay, I think I'm done with my rant, and don't get me wrong, I do love going to see my kids do their little concerts.
Here is Alyssa dancing:

(Don't get me started on the fact that it's High School Musical and that would have been fine if it was done 3 years ago, which they were, but should not still be doing!)
Here is Micah dancing along with the 6th graders:

She cracks me up!
I tried making Lily a ruffle shirt, but it didn't turn out like I hoped.

~Happy Birthday Emma Harper~

We finally have our third niece and we are so excited. Introducing Miss Emma Harper!
Born May 16th at 1:05 in the afternoon. She weighed 8 lbs 7 oz (that is a huge baby for how small my sister is) and 20" long. She is so beautiful and looks just like her momma.


So, I was allowed to be in the delivery room when the baby was born, but I didn't want to stay in there the whole time she was in labor. I had to stay home and make sure my kids were fed and off to school. I told my sister to call me once she was almost ready to deliver. My mom called me a few times during the day just to keep me informed, but said the baby probably wouldn't be born until LATE afternoon. I got a call at 12:41 from my mom again telling me my sister is at a 10. So, I say "Oh my gosh! I need to come now! Don't let her have the baby without me! Zachary! I have to go!" So now I am scrambling to find my purse, my overnight bag (I was going to spend her first night with her), camera, and put my shoes on, all at the same time yelling up the stairs for Zach to come get the baby and make sure he could take work off. Thankfully he was able to get his shift off so I didn't have to take the kids with me to the hospital. I really didn't want to miss seeing this baby be born, so I was flying down the freeway almost doing 80. I got on the off ramp and the light turned red. AHHHHH! Then my mom calls again telling me I need to hurry or I'm gonna miss it. So I start going up the street, another red light. Get to the light right before the hospital and...it turns red too. God is punishing me for going 75-80 on the freeway in a construction zone marked 55!
I made it in time! I am so glad that I got to be apart of the wonderful experience. I have never witnessed a birth that wasn't my own in real life. This was so special to me because it was my only sister having her first baby (and I'm getting all teary eyed).
She is the sweetest little baby and I love her nearly as much as I love my own children.

Let's Go Fly A Kite

The girls and I had bought kites a few weeks ago, but we haven't been able to go since this past month we (mostly me, and I didn't want to miss out on flying kites) have been so busy.So, Saturday we went and flew our kites. I wasn't there for the first half, since Lily needed a nap and I needed a shower, but Zachary said that Micah was a little scared. He thinks she thought that she would fly away with the kite. Funny kid. We had fun, but both girl's kites are now broken. So, we will have to get them new ones.



Micah and I are done with school (for now)!!! Micah was a little sad and kept telling her teacher that it was the last day, which made her teacher sad too.

Micah at school finish coloring her picture

Micah with her teacher, Miss Kelly

Oh, did you notice Micah got a hair cut? Well...One day Alyssa and Micah were playing at Nana and Papa's house. Alyssa decided to get into Nana's scrapbooking things and grab some scissors. I have been meaning to get Micah's hair cut, so I think that Alyssa figured she would do it for me. OH MY GOSH! She cut her own hair and Micah's! I almost cryed. Alyssa didn't do a "bad" job cutting her own hair, but poor little Micah's got CHOPPED! It was cut down to nearly 1" in some places. I really didn't think that it could be fixed in any way that would not make her look like a boy.

It turned out pretty well, but unless we wash her hair every morning...

We end up with hair that looks like this all day long. (I don't have a picture of Alyssa's hair anymore. They must have gotten erased, but her hair looks very cute)

As for Zachary and I, Zachary has been applying for promotions at work and he is scheduled to have an interview soon for one of the positions. YAY! I have finished the CNA course and have turned in my...application (that's not what it's called, but I can't think of what it is called) and am waiting to get my vouchers back so I can take the state written and skills tests. I have a meeting with an admissions rep from Fortis College to see about their nursing program, and another meeting with Ameritech College about their program as well. I have put in a few applications for jobs doing CNA work, but I'm not too optimistic about it since I haven't actually recieved the certification. Oh well.

Our Changing Lives

There have been some big changes in our home lately. First of all, Zachary was supposed to be going on another deployment this summer, but he got a call thanking him for volunteering, but they were not going to go anymore. There are mixed emotions about that. We are glad that he isn’t going, because we know he will be “safe” at home and he won’t be missing out on Lily’s first year milestones. On the other hand we were counting on the extra money to get ourselves out of debt.
I have made the decision to be a nurse. I have been taking a CNA course, and am looking for the right nursing school.
Micah just turned 4 a couple days ago. Zachary and I got her a spring outfit and Tangled, and she has been watching at least once a day. She also got some new clothes from Nana and Papa along with a Snow White dress. She has been wanting a Snow White dress for her birthday for the past 3 months, so she was pretty excited. She also got some money from Grandma Renee, which she hasn’t figured out what to get yet, but I’m sure she will sooner or later.
Alyssa is almost 7 and we are trying to get her ready for baptism. We try to read scriptures every night as a family, but with me or Zachary being gone for school or work so much, it’s hard.
Lily just had her 6 month check up and she is getting big. She is 14 lbs and 26” tall. She can almost sit up by herself. If she looks or grabs for something that is not higher than her head, she topples over.