Bedroom Makeover

When we moved into our house three years ago every room needed to be painted, either because the walls were plain white or too wild for our taste (like bright pink and blue). Slowly we've worked on each room and finally we've come to the last: our bedroom!

Birch replaced the old carpet with laminate floor before school started and I painted the walls a calm blue-gray color. Now I actually want to spend time in my own bedroom!

Blast From the Past Tag

I've been tagged by my friend Jen with a few questions about high school. Here we go...



1. Did you date someone from your school? Please see picture to the right. I dated a few guys from my ward and ended up with one as my husband!

2. What kind of car did you drive? My dad's 1990 Chevy pick-up.

3. Were you a party animal? Does coming home from a stake dance at 12:01am qualify?

4. Were you considered a flirt? Probably with Church boys but not many others.

5. Were you in band, orchestra or choir? How about piano lessons? Singing in choirs makes me fall asleep.

6. Were you on any varsity teams? Yes, but that's only because so few people wanted to do my events (hurdles & cross country).

7. What was your school's full name? Flagstaff High School

8. School mascot? Eagles, the mighty, mighty Eagles! (I think that was the fight song).

9. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes. There were definitely some great moments and a few things I would go back and change.

10. What do you remember most about graduation? Feeling VERY nervous! I had to speak at graduation so I was glad when it was over!

11. Were you in any clubs? Student Council, Nat'l Honor Society

12. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Yes, with Birch and I coming from the same high school it makes it easier and more fun.

Now I tag Anna, Janae and Lori. Enjoy your blast from the past!

Ball Soup

We've come up with some creative ideas to get a few fruits and veggies into Trevor. He used to be a great eater but has now changed his diet to include mainly yogurt and crackers. Last week we convinced him to eat a few bites of soup with these changes:

White beans = footballs

Peas = tennis balls

Sliced carrots = basketballs

He actually knows the difference between all the balls (thanks, Birch!) and it was much more fun to eat a bite of footballs and basketballs than beans and carrots.

We've also used balls to help with fruit. Trevor will usually eat applesauce if we top it with round rainbow sprinkles. Anything to get a few bites down!

Ouch!

Birch limped into the house Tuesday night when he came home an hour early from playing basketball at the church. He always wears a brace on his left ankle after rolling it so often in high school but this time he came down on his right. Here is the injury on Tuesday night:


We spent Wednesday morning in Urgent Care and the x-rays confirmed it wasn't broken, just badly sprained. Birch has tried to keep it elevated but had to go to school on crutches for a few hours today. His ankle was getting more and more swollen, but it had never looked like this!

Even the toes are fat and swollen--ouch!

Did You Know???

Thanks for the tag, Eevi! Here are 6 things you may not know about me:

1. I'm VERY afraid of animals. Even feeding a dog with my hand or picking up a cat gives me a shiver. When I was little, one of my uncles made me touch a bobcat skin when I didn't want to...maybe it comes from that?

2. I love trying new recipes! If you find something good, send it my way.

3. Every night around 9:00 I need something to munch on and usually I grab cereal. The best kind for a late night snack? Life!

4. My favorite restaurant is P.F. Chang's. The more people, the better, so we can all pass our food and share.

5. I get a thrill whenever I get rid of something in my house. I hate clutter so dropping off a bag at DI or Goodwill is a happy day for me.

6. I won a Chicken Dance contest on a cruise I took with girlfriends from my singles ward. My prize? A nice bottle of champagne.

Now I tag Bethany, Megan, Allie, Kelly and Brittany.

Mud Party

Whenever people ask me why I like Tucson, I try to explain events like this. I enjoy living in a big city but not as large as Phoenix, I love attending games for the Wildcats but I especially like the activities available for families.


This morning we brought Trevor to the Mud Monster Mud Puddle Party. It was a FREE event at a park for babies up to adults. Birch and I just brought Trevor around to the stations for toddlers but next year I think we'll come ready to go through the obstacle courses!


First we stopped at the kiddie pools, all filled with muddy water and sand at the bottom!










Scooping up muddy sand with the big kids. (I'm sure this lady is glad to have her behind in our picture!)




















After standing in line for some of the big mud puddles we found that Trevor was happiest just splashing in the creek.

Washing off with dad and the firetruck hose!

One-Year-Old Discipline

Like many moms out there, I find myself repeating the same phrases over and OVER again. At our house what is heard most often is, "Trevor, we throw balls!" He has a pretty good arm and loves to launch anything he can get his hands on. Birch and I both have a few bumps that have come from flying cars and play animals (usually at the face).

Rather than tell him no every time he throws, we've decided that it's okay to throw balls but everything else needs to stay on the ground. When Trevor does launch a toy, we give him a warning and after that he goes to his "time-out mat." The problem is that he doesn't show any remorse when he's in time-out. He's learning the word sit so he stays on his mat saying "Sit, sit, sit" while he smiles.

I don't think the message is getting through, any ideas???