Zombies

Yesterday I think we all hit the proverbial brick wall. For the last two weeks we've been living in two worlds... the apartment world and the house world. I've decided that I like the move in one day deal better that move a little at a time. By 5pm yesterday the kids and I were DONE. Poor little Timothy just wanted to be held and Alexis was falling apart at the emotional seams. I tossed the kids in the car (gently of course) and before we even made it to the end of the street they were both asleep. They slept until 7:30, then ate a bit and went back to sleep, and then slept in this morning. This never happens so they must be tired. I don't blame them, as I am exhausted too. Only one week left though. Blah... Just thinking about it makes me tired. It will be nice to stay over night at the house and get the kids to bed at a decent hour.
I am also very lucky to have a great and super skilled husband. He is a modern day renaissance man. He can do anything/ everything. Right now he is tiling the laundry room before appliances arrive. I don't know many people who can tile, fix cars, sew, cook, and "deal drugs"... I mean... how lucky am I? He works so hard for us and we really appreciate it.
Here's to the countdown...

More work, less play

The last week has been LONG! I have been running non-stop and dragging the kids along for the roller coaster. Moving is now fun, so today I took the kids to the park for a little R&R... But it was super hot. We had our own little lunch packed but the kids only wanted their juice before they went to play. Timothy was playing in the shade and decided to take his shoes off. It didn't occur to him that the sand in the sun was HOT. When he found out that the sand was hot he just stood there and screamed. He didn't think to run back to the shaded and cooler sand. I ran to rescue him as fast as I could... but his little toes still got toasty. Not to self... no easy to remove sandals for Timothy for awhile.
After the park we walked to our new mailbox and picked up our mail. We had to have our box re-keyed ($$$) so we were finally able to get out our mail. Alexis rode her bike the whole way and was very proud of her increasing skills (until she encounters a hill/slope and screams dramatically).
Other than that, our adventures have included a 5.3 earthquake in Yuma. We were all outside eating breakfast when we felt it. Yuma has had LOTS or earthquakes lately, but this was the first we were there to experience. We spent some fun time with April and Kyle who were visiting from Kansas. David really enjoyed the desert shooting. He has been dieing to go use his shotgun.
Now we are back to the painting and cleaning. I scrubbed lots of tile tonight and am feeling it in my arms and back. Timothy wanted to help paint, by bringing the broom over and attempting to dip it in the paint bucket... but luckily we avoided that... whew!
All is well... and we are plugging onward...

Bliss

Who knew you could have so much joy scrubbing floors? I am deep cleaning the new house and loving every minute of it, AND it is great exercise. The kids and I ventured out in search of sand to put in their sandbox. They LOVED playing outside in their sandbox and the whole backyard was shaded by 3pm! There is lots to be done but I am happy to do it. It is amazing how much more you appreciate something after not having it. I pray that I never let that appreciation dwindle. We are very blessed indeed.

Side note:
Dear Home Depot. How I have missed you, but we will be best friends for awhile. Just play nice with the wallet. Thanks. That is it.

Validation

Yesterday was a day of ups and downs. I would have loved to sleep in, but that didn't happen. I would have loved breakfast in bed, but that didn't happen. We did make it to church on time though. Alexis was so happy and she sang two songs with the Primary for Mother's Day. When she came down she exclaimed, "Mom, I didn't dance... I was good!" Funny kid. She also said that for mother's day that I could give her all the spankings I wanted. I guess she thinks that is what brings me joy. She spent the day behaving well and making sure to say she loved me.
Church was exhausting as usual, with the Sunbeams being more ornery than usual. Only a few more weeks left until we change wards though.
When I got home David told me to check my email. I found a lovely card from David with a note to plug the jump drive into the computer. David purchased a program for me called, "Presetopia". It is a bunch of preset actions that load into Photoshop. I am SO excited to use it. I've been looking at it for about a year now. Most of my photography experience was in the dark room so I am not super savvy on Photoshop (the digital darkroom) yet. These presets were created by a professional photographer and will take lots of time out of my photo editing time.
After the kids went to bed, David went to the laptop to start uploading the program. I warned him the laptop was acting up, and he shrugged it off as "user error". I've been super frustrated with this whole situation. Last night, my frustrations were validated. I thought for sure that David had thrown the computer across the room when a heard lots of angry words followed by a large bang. After hours of the computer puking and freezing David realized it wasn't just "user error." His final verdict is that the computer is over heating. I'm not sure... but we'll see if we can keep it cooler. All in all it was a good day and it is always good to be validated.

Tid Bits

4.14.10

Timothy was standing a wee bit too close to the table when he sneezed. I think he may have a black eye now. Poor kid sneezed and slammed his head into the table. Lesson learned? We'll see.

4.29.10

Alexis asked if she could have 100 brothers and sisters. How do I kindly say heck NO! We said when she grew up she could have her own 100 kids.

5.3.10

I am sitting here alone, with the kids down for the night, when I hear the car alarm going off. First thought... Did I forget to close the garage and now my car is being stolen? Run to get keys only to catch Timothy with fingers on the red button and big eyes looking at me as if saying, "it wasn't me!" GO TO BED!

Boxes it is!

So the boxes won. David has even packed a box. The more boxes I pack, the more I realize just how much junk we have. I am at the point where I'd rather just toss it and be done...but not all of it is my stuff, so I can't make that call.
It looks like we are starting to make a dent. This is the "ready to go" pile. It is a super tall stack, so I hope we don't have any earthquakes or anything or it is all going to tumble over. Notice the box labeled "Games". Today Alexis asked if we could play the "Lady Bug Game" and I showed her the box. She was so sad to have it packed up, so we made a compromise... Calliou on the computer. I can't stand Calliou (most mom's would agree) but I felt bad that her favorite game was packed up.
My next room to work on? See disaster above. All the toys seem to end up on the floor. Timothy was trying to reach the puzzles this morning and they all fell to the floor and now I have mis-matched puzzle pieces everywhere. I guess I know what we'll be doing this afternoon.

Finally... A random picture I found of a recent project. Alexis has lots of fun hair clips so I saw this cute idea on how to store them. You take a picture frame and remove the glass and backing. Then you attach ribbon across the frame and clip the hair clips to it. Now if only Alexis would put them back after she takes them out of her hair. One step at a time.

Another beautiful day in Paradise.