Projects around the house

A few months ago I got this painting at a garage sale for 50 cents! I liked the frame and had a few ideas for it.



I ended up making a bow holder. It makes it so much easier to find a cute bow to put in the girls hair!





Ryan HATED the wallpaper in the dinning room, so he took it down. On one of the walls there were 5 layers of wallpaper! It was pretty interesting to see all the different layers. Here's a picture of Logan helping Daddy take the wallpaper down, or mostly down.



I forgot to take a before of the room, but here's after the wallpaper was taken down






Jace mudded and sanded for us, and then Ryan textured the walls. For Labor Day the kids and I helped Ryan prime, and then Ryan and I painted the walls. It turned out pretty nicely! -I'll get an after up soon.

Fun with Uncle Jace!

Did I mention we had fun with Jace here? Haha. Well we did! Jace LOVED playing with my kids, and they loved him for it. He is so inventive and they had tons of fun.

Jace took the kids on lots of bike rides!!!
Kaitlyn





Emily



The kids riding their bikes while they wait for a turn with Jace





Logan lookin supper cute walikn'! This was when he was still a new walker, back in August.






Logan pushing Kaitlyn!!



Jace staked the swings in our backyard! The girls loved this! He also made loops for Kaitlyn to stick her feet though. Very creative and fun.





And a random cute pic of Logan crashing on the floor

Fun around the house

My kids FAVORITE thing to say is Daddy's so silly! They love it when we call them silly and especially if we're silly with them. So here's some silliness around our house.

Kaitlyn




This is a little space under our front stairs. We had so much fun squeezing in there and laughing and giggling! I CAN'T believe we all fit in there, it's a tiny space!






I was touching up the paint on a dresser we got given, the girls thought it was SOO fun to play in there. Too cute! I love little kids imaginations!

Jace's call

So much has gone on since I last posted, it's ridiculous!

This summer we has Jace living with us! It was so much fun. We loved having him here and miss him terribly! Especially the kids, mom and dad just don't have as much energy as 19 yr old Uncle Jace! While he was here he received his mission call. It was really fun to be here and experience that. I wasn't home when Andrew got his, so this was the first time for me. We thought the package may come that day (it was a Thursday? I think) but the mail ALWAYS comes after Ryan's lunch break. So Ryan went to check it anyways, and the mail had come early and Jace's call was there! So fun. So Ryan and I got to be there while Jace called mom and dad and then opened it. I took tuns of pictures for Mom since she couldn't be here.


















Los Vegas Nevada Mission! Jace leaves the middle of Nov. We are so proud of him and happy for him. He will be a wonderful missionary, and is a great example to his siblings, nieces, and nephews!