Our Recent Adventures

Life is starting into that "summer craziness" and I dont even have little ones in school yet. We have been up to Utah again for another blessing and baptism. It is so much fun to have so many nieces and nephews that are making such awesome choices. While we were there we also got to see my family along with my adorable sister and her hubby. It was a fun filled jam packed weekend that was so worth the 7 hour drive. Once we got home I jumped right into my supposedly easy project. I found a bed for Cade but decided that I wanted it to be a different color...easy...right... I figure that I spent over 24 hours in total getting the bed primed, painted, set up and made but I think that in the end it was worth it. The difficult part was working around my small house, during sleep times, not getting paint everywhere and finding extra room to let the pieces dry in peace. I finally got it all finished and set up on Saturday night so Cade finally got his room back and I got to put away my paint brush, hopefully, for the last time with this project. One late night it occurred to me that painting is like having a baby. In the beginning you think that it is a great idea and you are actually kind of excited about it. However, half way through you start to think, "what in the world was I thinking!?!" Once you reach the end and the project is done/baby is born you sit back and say, "you know, I did a good job, I am proud of myself but I wont be doing that again for quite a while." However, after enough time passes and you have forgotten all the blood, sweat, and tears that you experienced you start to think about doing all over again and once again think that it is a good idea. You gotta love the way that life works. I don't have any pictures of the bed yet, as that I finished right in enough time for Cade to climb his ladder a few times and then crawl into his freshly made bed but I will post some pictures soon.

Here are a few left overs from Easter that I just pulled off my camera. It was fun for the boys to be all decked out together and for Amelia to join them, although she is not in her easter dress in this picture.

It is so much fun for Cade to have his cousins close by and that he loves to play with them so much.

We also got to go on the tour of Anderson Dairy the other day. Cade was so excited to see the cows! He talked and talked about it all night and day long. Needless to say he was a little disappointed to find out that we did not get to see any real cows. However, he got over it when he found out that he got his very own ice cream at the end of the tour.

We also went to the park this weekend when my sister-in-law Allyse and her kids came to visit for a few days. We had so much fun with them and are so thankful that we got to spend a little extra time with them. This just happens to be my favorite picture from that outing...so innocent and the pure definition of enjoying the moment.