Swing Set

On Saturday, April 2, Tory took my Dad's trailer out to Kuna to get the free swing set. We didn't know what condition it was in, but we figured it was worth checking out.

(Pictures taken on 4-7-11) After taking it apart and bringing it home Tory said well I know why they were giving it away! Hillary said their neighbors gave it to them when they moved and they've wanted it out of their yard almost ever since. (something like that). The swings and bench seats, ext. were all in fairly good condition but the frame was practically shot.

The frame from my dad's house was thicker and in much better condition than the one from Kuna friends. So Tory spent his next day off trying to make 2 old swing sets into 1 functional set! I'm so impressed by him. They weren't even the same size, length, or height. But some how he worked his magic, cut off some legs, and switched this and that and made it work! The kids are so happy! It's nice to have a swing set, and even nicer to not have to spend loads of money on one just before a new baby comes. We don't plan on keeping it forever, but it will get us by until we move (which may never happen) or can save up for a nice wooden one!
For years we have had a big back yard that the kids don't love to play in because it has been boring and empty. Hopefully now they have a reason to spend more time out there when summer comes.
Thanks Kuna friends, and thanks Dad; most of all Thanks Tory for putting up with another one of my crazy ideas!

My Busy Day! (April 1st)

Friday is always grocery shopping day for me.

It's not so bad when I go at night after the kids are in bed. By myself, I can get done much faster, but I hate wasting my evenings with my husband by grocery shopping; so most of the time I just go in the morning after I drop Chase off at school, But this week was spring break. I had all 3 kids. I also stayed up till 12:45 last night because I was out for Girl's Night! To make the grocery shopping more fun it was the first day of the month which = food stamp day.

But in the end it only took from 9:00 till 10:40 to get out of there. (WinCo on Farview). Then came the JOB of unloading and putting away groceries, and feeding the kids (who by the way woke up at 6:45 am and were ready for lunch when we got home). I got everything out of the car and was very grateful for the beautiful weather. So instead of putting it all away I decided to just do the perishables the clean my van. I wanted to take advantage of the warm sunshine while I could. So I left all the cupboard groceries on the counter and went outside to vacuum my van!

That took and hour, the I realized Camrey needed to go down for a nap! So a little after 12 I put her down and returned to cleaning the van. I got as far as cleaning only 1 carpet piece and decided the other 3 would be TOO much extra work. Chase wanted to clean the windows. I told him we didn't need to wipe the outside windows because when the car gets washed it will clean them. He then asked, "Can we wash the car Mom?"

He was so excited at the idea, and the weather was so nice I thought, why not? So Chase got the hoses out of the storage shed and I got some soapy water and old towels and we WASHED the van in the drive way! Camrey woke up just before we got finished, so I brought her outside too. (Tyler was happily playing Mario).

And if all that isn't enough, my house looked like this... every room a mess.

I took before and after pictures to show what I accomplished!

I got the house picked up, groceries all put away, and my room clean, then Tory got home around 4:00.

We decided to take the kids to a park for a picnic for dinner. So I packed sandwiches, chips, drinks, and cookies, and we headed to Eagle to play at a park. Saturday we have plans to get a swing set in Kuna that someone my sister knows is GIVING away; so naturally we had to go to Eagle to get a trailer from my dad to get the swing set the next day... thus the reason for going to a park out there!

When we got home I took a minute to vacuum the house because it was already clean and I didn't know how long that would last either!

Then I did the dishes... I think that's it... How much work can a 8 month pregnant girl do in one day?... The answer... (in my case today).... a lot!

Funny Cranky kids

I took pictures with intentions to blog and never got around to it! The picture in the pink shirt was taken Jan 7th. Camrey got a bunch of necklaces, bracelets, and rings for Christmas (from me). And of course being the girlie girl she is, LOVES them! So here is her "putting her pretties on."

For Halloween last year I saw this "Belle" dress for $7 and couldn't pass it up. She loves to play dress up.

And on Jan 21, she wanted to go to school like the boys!

I love this little girl and can't get enough of her!

One morning before school (March 24) they were all playing together in the boy's room and had the sleeping bags all pulled out. It was so cute I had to get my camera. I put both pictures on here because Tyler is smiling in the first one. (He does smile a lot, we just don't always get it on camera!)

So last of all, On February 28th, My kids were not happy after school. The crying was so ridiculous, I of course had to record it to show their dad when he got home.

Chase had earned a "Book It" coupon for reading the month of February and wanted to go to Pizza Hut for dinner. I told him we might not be able to go today because I wasn't sure when Tory would get home. Clearly they were all hungry and the tears were flowing!

In the end, when Dad got home he took us all to Pizza Hut for dinner.

Prego Pictures...

Ok... These weren't the best pictures I've taken. But I did want to take pictures of my belly so here it is on Jan. 19, 2011

The first picture I sucked it in hoping to have a "smaller" picture of me because I failed to take one in the beginning of my pregnancy.

The second picture was my true size on that date.

About 23 weeks pregnant and 38 inches around.