Monday, June 22, 2009

Logan is really into his biting phase. He bites Brenden probably close to a dozen times a day. Some times for no real reason and sometime very hard when he is mad. Several times he has drawn blood. I am not sure what to do anymore and I feel so bad for Brenden when he does it. I have tried time outs, spankings, and flicks on the mouth. The worst is when he does it at a store while they are in the stroller. What am I supposed to do then? I hope this phase ends soon.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day! I woke up very early this morning so I showered and went to the grocery store before anyone was up. When I got back Layne was up and wanted to make Tim breakfast in bed. I had already planed on doing this while I was at the store and picked up some sausage while I was there. So Layne and I started making breakfast. I was going to make some coffee and then get the sausage going but Layne told me we didn't have time, we could only make eggs and toast. He was afraid that Tim would wake up before we were done. So Layne made toast while I scrambled eggs. Layne set up the tray complete with a root beer to drink (he must have been living vicariously through Tim) and took it up to him. Tim is like me and can't really eat anything right when he wakes up, so he ate as much as he could and then the boys ate the rest. It was fun to make Tim breakfast in bed.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

We had quite a busy day today. The twins and I made 3 batches of cookies. As you can imagine this was not a quick process, and in between each batch I had to wash the beaters because they had a spit bath (thanks Brenden and Logan). After cookies it was on to laundry, lunch, and naps. Layne had Tae Kwon Do and golf tonight so we left the house at 5:30 and didn't get home until 8:20. The twins and I went to run some errands while Layne was at TKD and while he was at golf we went for a walk. So you would think with all that we did today the boys would be tried right? Oh no it is 9:15 and I can hear them playing and giggling in their room. Oh well tomorrow they won't get a nap because we are going to a birthday party in the afternoon so they should sleep well tomorrow night!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Layne had his first golf lesson tonight. It was at the golf dome and I had never been there before so the boys and I decided to stay and watch. Layne is such a natural athlete. He can try any sport and do really well. He said he really liked it, but not as much as Tae Kwon Do. As we were there it started to storm. The noise inside the dome was so amplified it scared Brenden. When it was time to leave it was absolutely pouring rain. We all got soaking wet. It took all my mascara off. Brenden was crying and Logan was laughing.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

What a fun weekend we had! Saturday morning all the boys went to grandma Debbie and Grandpa Scott's house. Debbie asked me to bring extra clothes because she wanted the boys to help here wash the car. Well I guess Brenden didn't really help very much, but Logan was very interested in washing the tires. Buy the time the car was washed Brenden was in the bucket playing with water and all the boys got soaked. When I went to pick them up they had every toy scatter all over the lawn.

While the boys were at grandma and grandpas my mom and I made some cream cheese mints for her wedding and then we went shopping. We found shoes for her to wear for the wedding and we also found the bridesmaid dresses. I also got 2 pairs of jeans at JC Pennys for $1.50 each.

We had a pretty lazy day today. We went to church and then out to breakfast with Debbie. Then I ran some errands. When I got home Tim and I couldn't decide what we wanted for dinner so we ended up walking to the grocery store to get fixings for a big salad.

I have a pretty busy week this week. I want to get some backing done and I need to get some deep cleaning done on top of all the other regular things. And I want to start getting things in order for Portland. Have a great week everyone!!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Well I have a HUGE garden. It all started in late May when we got a letter from the city tell us that we had to clean out the weeds behind our garage or they would do it and charge us a huge fee. So I mentioned this to mom and Joe and they offered to come over and help me. There was more than just weeds growing back there, we had all kinds of little elm trees growing. So we spent a few hours digging them all out and when we were done I mention that maybe next year I could have a garden back there. Well Joe though I didn't have to wait until next year. So he came over and tilled it and last night Joe and mom came over and planted. I have corn, cabbage, purple beans, 2 kinds of tomatoes, 2 kinds of beets, yellow peppers, green peppers, cucumbers and buttercup squash. I now have to figure out how to make it all grow!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Layne started camp edventure yesterday. He was not looking forward to it because he was afraid it was going to be like school. I tried reassuring him that it wouldn't be and I was right. He has had a great time so far. Yesterday they made bracelets and watched a movie and today they measured and compared things. I think he will enjoy camp and I will enjoy him staying out of trouble.

Mom and I went to do wedding stuff this morning. We went first to the church. I wanted to see if we could some how put decorations on the pews like mom wants to and I think we found a way. Then we went to the country club were they are going to have the reception. We wanted to see how the room was laid out and get a price list. Then we went to old navy to look at a dress that we thought might work as a bridesmaid dress. So we got a lot done today but we still have a lot to do this week. We have to decide on the design of the invitations so that Kristi can start making them and we are going to make cream cheese mints on Saturday.

Monday, June 8, 2009

My trip to Aberdeen was wonderful. Abbie is so cute!! Layne really liked her, even feed her a couple bottles, but the twins didn't pay much attention to her. We didn't sleep well at all, Logan didn't fall asleep until 12:30 on Wednesday and I had a hard time sleeping on an air mattress.

I spent all Saturday getting ready for Layne's birthday party. Had to make an ice cream cake and cupcakes and then had to get food ready for dinner after his party. It rained all day on
Sunday so all of our plans for the party had to change. We had 4 games planned and I figured that was enough to keep them occupied (there was only 6 kids) but they were done with the games in 20 minutes. Tim got creative with some games and we made it through the 2 hours, barely, but we made it.

This week I am busy with my moms wedding stuff. Tomorrow we are going to go look at the Church and the reception hall and if time allows we are going to go look at bridesmaid dresses (my sisters and I are the bridesmaids). We also have to pick out paper for the invitations. I love doing all this wedding stuff!!

Monday, June 1, 2009






Layne tested for his orange stripe belt on Friday. It was so cool to watch all those kids do their testing. Layne did very well. As part of his testing he had to break a board. He had a little trouble breaking it. I think he was scared it was going to hurt. But he did it and passed his testing and received his orange stripe.








On Saturday I planted all the flowers that Debbie gave me and I pick up a few veggie plants and planted those too. I mowed the lawn and it almost killed me. The self propel feature is broken and it is very difficult to mow now. I will be mowing a lot less.








On Sunday afternoon mom and Joe came over and helped me dig out all the trees be hid the garage. It took us 3 hours but we got it done and it looks so much cleaner back there now. Maybe next year I can finally have a garden back there.








Oh I forgot my most exciting news. Katie had her baby on Friday. Little Abbie Rose was born at 10:36 and weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. Katie said it went fast, she check in at 8:45. Fast labors must run in the family!