A few of my recent adventures.

 I've been trying to learn some new skills lately.  Here is a refurnishing project I did.  This is an old ugly night stand that I painted and put cute knobs on.  I sold it after.  :) 

 The full nightstand. 

 For Hyrum's birthday this year he is having a "monster party."  I sewed him this monster out of Minky material.  It took me a few hours but he LOVES it. 

 Adelaide's monster... sorry the pictures are blurry. 

 Here they are in their full glory. 

 My almost finished quilt made out of old t-shirts.

A small table I refurnished then sold. 

October thru December.... quick catch up.

 Hyrum and Adelaide on Halloween.  Hyrum was a pirate and Adelaide was a Werewolf. 

 I must admit their costumes were pretty ghetto.  But they were FREE!  :)

 Election Day!  I made up cards for them to decide who they wanted to win.  One vote for Romney.

 Two votes for Romney.  (Notice the election themed cupcakes).  :)

 Visit with Santa at Zoo lights.  A new family tradition for sure! 

 The kids got to write letters for Santa and mail them. 

 The fun of Zoo Lights.  It really was a great time. 

 Visiting with Santa at the church party.  :)

 I had a hard time placing who "Santa" was. 

 Hyrum and Adelaide's first ever Snowman.  I'm just glad we had snow this year.

 Adelaide turned 4 on December 22nd.  She got lots of fun stuff.

 And had a Tinkerbell cake.

Christmas 2012.  Good times! 

You know you want to see it.

That's right folks.  My latest surgery.  The last picture is of my surgery in August, which is why it is the least disgusting.  :) I especially like my swollen elephant skin.  Sexy.

 Fall is my favorite time of the year.  We have started our activities by spending lots of time outdoors and visiting the pumpkin patch in our neighborhood that donates all the money it gets to the perpetual education fund. 

 The kids went to the fall festival at Hyrum's school and got their faces painted.  Hyrum is a bat and Adelaide a butterfly.

I've been attempting to do fun fall crafts with them.  I love the idea of it but honestly I'm not that talented so what you see is what you get. 

Of course we had to visit the witches at Gardner Village!!

And take a trip through my favorite canyon, Butterfield.  I like this picture because two seconds before I took it Cody was picking his nose.  Missed it by that much.  :)

Summer Fun

The kids and I had a great summer.  We did a lot of fun activities including:

Hyrum's birthday.... technically not summer but he wanted this picture to be on here.

Plenty of pool time.

Going to a Bee's game and getting to not only eat ice cream but ride a little train.

Going to the Andreasen family reunion in Lava Hot Springs.

Staying in a haunted school house... they loved this.  I think I was more scared than they were.

Rodeo!!!!  More fun than I thought it would be for sure.

Lagoon with the Roper cousins.... super fun!!

Fourth of July and the 24th of July. 

All in all it was a great summer.  Lots of good memories for the kids.  :)

Quick Catch Up

Very Quick catch up:  Adelaide turned 3 in December.... She loved her cake.  For Christmas they got their own Moose Jammies.  My favorite part of their Easter Baskets was these blow up chicks.  For some reason they seemed like something I would like.  :)  And last but not least, Hyrum turned 5 in April.  He had a super hero party.  My favorite picture is the last one.  He threw a fit at his own party.  Sound familiar?  lol...

NOT for the faint in heart: my November recovery

These good looking photos were taken after my cast was removed.  Under that swollen stitched up skin is a large metal plate and 12 huge screws.  And let me tell you, it hurt worse than it looked.  The small circular areas of stitches were where the fixator was screwed into the bones in my leg and foot.  I believe it was in six places.  Sorry to be so gruesome but I'm kind of proud of my battle scars.  Even if the battle was just me and one large stair.  You may think the stair one but that stair will pay.  You'll see.  :)