President's Day Weekend

We got a lot done this weekend, despite the bad weather and Ginny feeling crummy all weekend long.

*We started the repainting job of our office. All we got done was the creamy white base coat, but next we will be doing the horizontal stripes in a really nice gray color. (Sorry Jerry, no more paint splotches!)

*The garden is almost finished! We inserted the rest of the tubing so that we can install a drip irrigation system, and then we put down some stepping stones and river rock all around the garden beds. I can't wait for spring!

*Ginny got her first tooth!

*The word is out in the Hermiston Stake that I sing. Guess who has now been asked to sing 4 different solos over the next two months?

*Ginny has taken a course from Professor Max in "How to be a menace". Thankfully, she isn't walking yet, or I'm sure it would be a whole lot worse.

*Back-tracking, we had a wonderful family Valentines Day. Scott got me flowers and chocolate, and I got him McDonald's certificates. We ate a nice dinner of heart-shaped pizza, chocolate covered strawberries, red jello, and red juice. It was delicious!

*We also, finally, had gutters installed on our house. Now our poor friends won't get drenched when they try to come up to our front door when it is raining.

I'm always sad when a 3-day weekend is over. Back to the daily grind!

Weekend Recap

Its been a while since I've posted, but we finally had a noteworthy weekend, so I'll share a little in this post.

*With the winter comes awesome weekends to get things done around my house. We've finally finished painting the living room area, and it feels more like home. Good luck to the people who buy our house someday when they try to paint over the red. But, oh well, I love it!

*Easton got a faux-hawk, and he looks super cool!

*Ginny's first tooth is about to make its appearance. Probably over the next 2 days or so.

*We watched the super bowl, and my parents came down to visit. Its funny that we live so close, but haven't seen each other in about a month. Obviously, the kids weren't into the football game as much, so they watched a movie in the other room.

*Scott and I have begun doing bodyrock! It kicks our trash on a daily basis. If you don't know what it is, check it out at bodyrock.tv

*I'm also playing in a city volleyball league with a couple of girls from my ward and stake. Its lots of fun, but they are late games. We start at 9:30pm, and so I usually don't get to bed until midnight on game nights.

*Max is starting to get the hang of sacrament meeting after almost 3 years of attending. We only had to take him out twice on Sunday, a new record.

*Easton won another award at school. Go figure!

*Ginny has become quite the mama's girl, and cries when I hand her over to Scott, especially when she is hungry or tired. It is sometimes a pain when I need to get something done, but it is also kind of nice, because Scott was the definite favorite with all of our boys during this stage.

9 and 9

Scott and I just celebrated our 9th Anniversary! We had a lovely evening of dinner and a movie. There isn't much else to tell about that, except that we still love each other after 9 years!

But one cute little girl in our family just turned 9 months. She is lots more fun to talk about and take pictures of. Here are some notable things about the last couple of months:

*Still no teeth!
*Mastering the finger food thing.
*Crawling and leaving no corner of our house unexplored.
*Pulling herself up to standing!!! Ahh, she is too small for these things!
*Still giggles for her silly brothers everyday.
*Weighs 14 pounds and is just under 26 inches. (Itty-bitty!)

Christmas Countdown

Here is a list of all the stuff we did over Christmas break, because that is too many pictures to load onto my blog.

*Decorated 2 Christmas trees (ours and my parents)
*Decorated sugar cookies (twice)
*Watched one school Christmas concert
*Saw Santa (3 times!)
*Watched 2 light show displays
*Decorated Gingerbread houses
*Went bowling
*Played at the arcade
*Watched Christmas movies
*Went on a Jingle Bell walk
*Delivered goodies to neighbors and friends
*Saw 2 reindeer (I believe it was Prancer and Dancer)
*Acted out the Nativity
*Opened presents (twice)
*Had one family portrait session
*Attended an awesome Sacrament meeting
*Celebrated a wonderful Christmas with my whole family!

Shovelling Snow

Shovelling snow is serious business!