what I have been doing...

I have been very busy painting rooms in my house. I am "updating" it. It has been a project, let me tell you. my room was by far the hardest and longest than any others. it took me 2 days just to do the stripe wall. then it took me 2 more days to paint the rest of my room. but I am pleased with how it turned out and it is by far way better than plain white walls :)

the striped wall. ( I still have to get a headboard, I havn't found one I like yet and paint my other nightstand)


I painted all the other walls this light tan color but up on the shelf I painted it brown. no decorations yet, I have to buy new ones. :)

the bathroom downstairs..in this picture you really cant tell what color the blue wall is, but its blue/green. the boys love it!


just another shot of the bathroom. the other walls are a really light tan.

now for my next projects....include: my kitchen, front room, and the downstairs family room. so I will be one busy bod. but it will be fun!!

Easter 2009 (a little late)

so I am really late getting these pics up, but it has been so busy around here. Easter morning was a little crazy at our house, trying to do our easter egg hunt to find the kids' baskets, to trying to get to church on time because it was my nephew's mission farewell. then after that we had the luncheon followed by two easter egg hunts. one on Josh's side and then my mom did one. so it was a very busy day! but I havn't slowed down even long enough to post the pics.


starting the hunt for their baskets...I made them go on a little scavenger hunt and gave clues as to where their baskets were hidden.

they found their baskets!!! yeah!! oh the excitement

brax showing off some of his goodies.

porter doing the same.

bryn's 2 favorite things in her basket.

I have more pics to post of easter egg hunts, but my mom has them on her camera so I have to get them from her. and of course since it was such a crazed fiasco on easter morning I didnt even get pics of the kids in their easter best...so I will get one and post it.

Mighty Hunter...

so I am a little late getting this up, but here it is. Braxton got his first turkey last Saturday. He was super excited that he drew out for it and that he got one opening morning!! They had fun hanging out and having a good time. Good job Brax! I am proud of you!


showing off his kill.

Grandpa Ron, Brax and Porter.

my 3 boys!

eAstEr EgG cOLoRiNg...

so today we went up to my sis-in-law Tamara's house for the annual easter egg coloring. the kids had so much fun. but of course just because I took my camera with me, the stupid thing decides to run out of batteries. but hey, at least I got one picture of each of the kids. so I will have to get more batteries put in and then take them of all their finished eggs.

meet Krew Kent Redd....

He is finally here! my neice Tara had her baby on Tuesday March 24 at 12:39 p.m. weighing in at 6 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 in. long. we are so excited to be adding another little one into our family! now we just have 2 more to go this year!!
Congratulations Jav, Tara and Jaggar!!

In Memory of...

well today marks the one year anniversary of my mother in laws passing. its been so hard trying to go on without her. she was such an amazing person. I just can't believe she is actually gone. We all miss her so much! We wish you were here with us still. It has been such a hard adjustment for my kids, especially the boys. they basically lived at grandma's house from the time they were born. she was always tending them for us so we could go to school, work, etc. they loved going to her house and spending time with her. its hard because sometimes they wonder why they had their grandma taken away so soon and that she isn't here to watch them grow up. how blessed we are that we know we will be with her again!
We love you Grandma Sheen!

Porter and Grandma

Porter, Grandma, & Grandpa camping

porter, braxton, and grandma

grandma and brynlee on her birthday

this is the last picture I have of grandma and brynlee before we found out about her cancer. it is so special to me.


this is the first time the kids got to see grandma after her surgery. they were so excited to see her.

grandma and braxton celebrating their birthdays. (they are 1 day apart)

this is on a sunday. grandma had to give a talk in sacrament meeting and she wanted braxton to give a short talk with her. she was soo proud of him.

a late St. Patty's Day Post...

so I am late as ever to post these pics, but since I had every intent on posting them on St. Patricks Day,and I took the time to take the pics, I figured I would still post them. I painted the boys hair with green paint, but in the pics you can't see it. darn it! my boys wanted green eggs for dinner, so we had a breakfast dinner consisting of green sausage patties, green eggs, and green milk. of course I didn't get a pic of the food, cause by the time I thought about it, they had already devoured it. so hope everyone HAD a Great St. Patty's Day.
I have decided this wasn't the best wall to take pictures on. :)

of course, Porter has to be silly....

then Bryn seen him being silly so she had to be also...

bEsT cOuSinS...

Brynlee's cousin Scarlet came down from Salt Lake to visit. They had the best time EVER! They got along so well and giggled over everything. They were being so silly! Thanks to her daddy for bringing her down and letting us tend her for a bit. They had a ball!

They would look at each other and just start laughing.

Bath Time...

Soap heads!

All cleaned up and ready for bed!

Thanks Kort and Ginger for letting Scarlet come play...we had so much fun with her! hope to do it again soon!!

PAY IT FORWARD....

The first three people to respond to this post will get something made by me!

My choice--for you!
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make NO guarantees that you will LIKE what I make! (I can only hope)

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It WILL be done this year.

4. You have no CLUE what it’s going to be … it may be cards, a bookmark, something delicious or a complete surprise to you (and me!) … who knows?

5. Most importantly, you MUST offer the same deal on your blog - the first 3 people to comment on your blog get something made by YOU!

sO MucH tO cAtCh uP...

wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I had posted anything. there have been a few things going on to keep us busy, but not too much.
first off, we put tile in our bathroom and in our entry way by our front door. I can't believe I put carpet in those two places when we built our house....what the helk was I thinking?! we like how it turned out though.

next was a snow storm we had back in January. Bryn wanted so badly to go out and play in it. well this is the first time she has actually had the chance to play in it. she hasnt had boots or pants that allowed her to play in it. so I finally bought some and she absolutely LOVED playing in it.

here is porter....white-washing himself.....confused that a child would want to do this....not if you know porter!

making snow angels

for valentines this year we decided not to fight the crowds and just stay home and spend some time with the kids. we barbequed steaks and grilled cut shrimp. (they taste like lobster) mmm. it was sooo good. the kids thought it was a hit. but of course i forgot to take pictures...not a big surprise there.