THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER!

Grandma sent Halloween cards and cold hard cash! Yeah Grandma!
Ninja showing me his moves!

Maggie the cow girl!

Dougie the Mad scientist and his experiment Igor AKA Jacob

Me as a stressed out Mother! I know...not much of a stretch! All the women came up to me at the party and said..."You look how I feel!" I guess that was a compliment? Things you can't see in the picture...I carried Maggie's baby doll that cries and I had a dryer sheet hanging out of my shirt and two different shoes! Sad thing is I have left the house with all these things in reality at one time or another...thank goodness not all at once.

Basement Closet

Back Side of Closet...where we will paint eventually
Inside of the closet...coats hung and shoes organized finally. Hopefully this will cut down on "I can't find my shoes" syndrome which has recently struck our home in the last few weeks.

Bedroom's After

Maggie's Room Done!


Dougie and Curt's Floor ! Yahoo!

Jacob's Room Better than Before!


Mom's New Laundry Pile because of all the clean up in the rooms! GRRRREAT! Guess you know what I will be doing tomorrow!

Bedroom's Before

Maggie's Mess

Douglas and Curtis Mess

Jacob's Mess

More Basement Work

Food Storage Area

Food Storage area other side of room

General Junk shelves

72 Hour kits lined up and ready! Yeah!

More Junk just in nicer containers :) Next we are working on a closet for the basement. That is the fun this evening...oh yeah after we move the freezer...have to do that before we build the closet or we won't be able to move the freezer.

More Project Pictures

Here are some "after" Pictures. Looks much better. The last picture is the pump that takes all the basement water that comes through and gets it out of there. Now our next project is to make a family room down there...also food storage area...bathroom and possible closet and desk area...oh yeah the challange is...all for free :) Cause we be broke after this!

Basement Project Pictures

The process of waterproofing the basement. What a mess! Very loud too...lots of jack hammering around the foundation walls for a drain...They also dug up the outside and waterproofed the walls.

Spirit Week

This week is spirit week at Southeast. Mon was crazy sock day, Tues. Hat Day, WEd. Sports Day, Thurs. Backwards day and finally Fri. wear maroon and gold day.

Tomorrow Steve and I are going on a temple trip to Columbus. It will be the first time we have been to the temple since we have been here. I am excited about going but we are leaving at 5:15 am. Not too thrilled with that...as this week has been really hard for me to get sleep and Sat is usually the only day I have to sleep a little longer than 6 am. At least we are taking a bus and I can hopefully sleep some on the way there...yeah in a dress and with my hair done. I am sure I will be soooo comfy. We are staying for two sessions and we haven't done that before. We usually only stay for one session. I was really crossing my fingers when they were announcing more temples to be built. I was hoping for a temple in Kirtland! That would only be a half an hour away. I guess I will have to wait. Columbus is about 2 1/2 hours like Palmyra temple was...It makes for an all day trip and it makes it impossible to go on a weekday when the kids are in school to leave and be back in time. It would be sooo great to get the kids on the bus...go to the temple and be back before they got home from school. What a great escape that would be for me! I know I know...this post is all about ME ME ME! Ok I will try to get over it today!

Love ya

Good Morning!

I really don't have much to write about today or this week. It seems like I am just muddling through! I guess some excitement on Sat. Douglas won his first soccer game and Jacob also won his football game! It was so nice not to have someone pouting all afternoon!

Sunday was nice. General Conference...which I usually dread! Sorry just being honest. Not because of what general conference is or what I learn there...Its because I have little children! Hard to pay attention and keep everyone quiet. This year was SO NICE! Everyone is a bit older...Curtis fell asleep but before that he was being very good. No one crawled on my lap and no one was fighting it was AMAZING. I acutally heard all the talks! What A Concept! To be honest...I got so figety...I volunteered to take a fussy baby and walk in the back. Maybe it wasn't the kids after all? :)

Yesterday...I have no idea what I accomplished...NOTHING I guess would be the answer. Just some groceries. Today I am trying to decide between doing more grape juice, the laundry, or forgetting everything else and try to paint the bathroom which has been particularly driving me CRAZY this last few months.

I'll let you know what I decide...I am out of ice cream so the couch today is probably not an option!

Love ya!

Thrift Store Jackpot!

We did very well at the thrift store yesterday. We really didn't spend hardly any money on "back to school" clothes this year. Jacob needed some new stuff but everyone else was ok until cooler weather. We got out Maggie's warm clothes and she has grown out of everything. Curtis is also wearing size 7 pants that are about 4 inches too long but fit him in the waist. He is THICK! Dougie has been in the same size for a long time...although his pants are getting too short...

We went to the goodwill store and did very well. ( I think) Curtis got 3 shirts and 1 pair of pants. Boys clothes seem harder to find... We bought Doug this shirt in the picture not because he really needed another shirt but because we knew he would love it! He did. It was $2. Maggie made out as always...5 sweaters, 1 dress, 1 skirt, and 1 pair of jeans. I also found a jumper dress for $5 from Blair. Looks brand new. Grand total spent $30.

I was very excited! We still have to get new sneakers for Jacob and Curtis...but they want alot for shoes...even at the walmart and payless. I think the cheapest pair for Curt were $15 and the cheapest pair for Jacob were $25. So we will just keep looking. It isn't urgent yet. :)