Lauren's Birthday Party Pages!

For Lauren's 23rd birthday, I threw a party at my house. We had been wanting to try one of these dinner/murder parties for awhile and so we did an old west themed one called "The Good, the Bad, and the Guilty." It was so fun! We didn't realize until after we bought it the funny play-on-word that each name had:
Zac-P'ELVIS SWAGARIN (the boy born Peter Elvis Swagarin)
Don-CHIEF BREAKING WIND (okay that one was obvious)
Mom-HELENA HANDCART
Lauren-ELVIRA-LYNN FEKSHIN (the hooker. LOL say it fast)
Steve-WYATT HERTZ (the injured sherriff)
Angie-DEE ADELA MUERTE (the widow. We found out her name means "day of the dead" in Spanish
Bridget-BUTCH CHASTITY
Joe-ELIAS TRUIST-HEATH (this one was hard....hint: he's a liar)
It was a huge hit, everyone had a great time.
I served "cowboy caviar" from Alicia's blog for the appetizer (which was DELICIOUS I got a ton of compliments thank you Alicia!!) and we had roasted chicken, potoatoes, salad, and rolls.

Fun Fun Fun! Homeade Toy!

So I saw this idea in a magazine artice and knew my kids would love it! I took body shots of family and neighbors, cut them out in photoshop and placed everyone on a white background, then stuck the paper to a magnet adhesive sheet and cut them out. I also put contact paper over the front to make them a little more durable.
Adam and Livi LOVE them! I am so happy! First thing they did was to start sorting them in ALL different ways. I was surprised because I thought they would like play "house" or something with them. But no, their favorite thing to do is sort them into boys and girls, or families, or adults and kids, things like that. So much fun!

Panty Heads

I think the pictures explain it all....Man I love these goofballs!

First Time at the Dentist....

Today we took Adam to the dentist for the very first time! We have been talking about it for the past few days and both of the kids were SO excited! Allivia has been before and so she was saying "You wanna get your teeth tickled Adam?" and "Adam you get to pick what kind of toothpaste you want! The dentist doesn't pick it, YOU get to pick it! Do you want bubblegum?" It was so cute to see them together, Allivia the "experienced visitor" and Adam the "newbie." I love my kids!

What's New

So...it's been awhile. We have had SO much going on I have been reading everyone's blogs, but haven't felt like posting anything. Anyway, here is something I have been working on. Zac and I have been doing Family Night with the kids and I really wanted a board for them to have different jobs. We went to buy a board and everything I saw I couldn't help but think I could make it cuter! They were all so plain. So I did! I did this like a long, skinny scrapbook page and then decoupaged it onto a board. I am really happy with it. The kids love it and I love that it is customized to our family!

Next news is we are officially selling our house! We've had a sign in our yard for about 2 weeks now. It is so weird. I thought we would be here in Santaquin forever! But, life is pointing us in a different direction. Lots of things contributed to this decision. Zac's school: he will most likely need to go out of state in a couple years and we really want to save for that. Second: we have no way to save lately with Zac's hours being so cut! We can make it (kinda!) but there is no extra! We had a big talk and Zac volunteered to get a different job, but we are really enjoying each other on these cut hours and we want it to stay that way! I love having him home and we really want to move somewhere smaller, cheaper, where we can just be students and save! It's so crazy but it really feels right. So...if you know anyone that wants to buy an awesome house, send them our way!

I am going to miss it here! I love my yard, my flowers, my garden, my bedroom, my kids playroom...I could go on and on. We have lived here for 5 years and put SO much work in here. It will be hard to leave.