Sunday, July 31, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Laundry Room Mini-makeover
BEFORE
AFTER
I painted it blue, but you can't tell very well from this picture. It's fun having a more colorful room in the house. I usually stick to more "natural" colors, but I'm starting to like blue a lot more lately.
AFTER
I painted it blue, but you can't tell very well from this picture. It's fun having a more colorful room in the house. I usually stick to more "natural" colors, but I'm starting to like blue a lot more lately.Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A few pictures
My friend Sarah took some pictures at Build-a-Bear, so thanks to her we have some documentation of Paige's birthday. :)Monday, July 18, 2011
Paige's Birthday... and a tragedy
These were taken on Sunday before church...
Paige's 4th birthday was yesterday and we had a Build-a-Bear party for her on Saturday. It was fun and she loved it. She had been talking about her party everyday for the last couple months, so it was a much anticipated event. Here's where the tragic part comes in... I just found out that Nate accidentally deleted all of the pictures from the party. I'm so bummed. We used his Blackberry camera to take the pictures and today he tried to transfer them to the computer, but he ended up somehow losing all of them. Wow. He was really upset about it. He spent over 3 hours on the phone with AT&T trying to find a way to retrieve them. Anyway, she had a great birthday party with her cute, little friends. After Build-a-Bear we came back to our house for pizza, a Finding Nemo cake, and Oreo ice cream (all her ideas.) It was a great day. Paige is such a fun, happy girl most of the time. She's really quite hilarious.
Paige's 4th birthday was yesterday and we had a Build-a-Bear party for her on Saturday. It was fun and she loved it. She had been talking about her party everyday for the last couple months, so it was a much anticipated event. Here's where the tragic part comes in... I just found out that Nate accidentally deleted all of the pictures from the party. I'm so bummed. We used his Blackberry camera to take the pictures and today he tried to transfer them to the computer, but he ended up somehow losing all of them. Wow. He was really upset about it. He spent over 3 hours on the phone with AT&T trying to find a way to retrieve them. Anyway, she had a great birthday party with her cute, little friends. After Build-a-Bear we came back to our house for pizza, a Finding Nemo cake, and Oreo ice cream (all her ideas.) It was a great day. Paige is such a fun, happy girl most of the time. She's really quite hilarious.I have to tell you a quick story. Today, I freaked out a little (a lot) at Nate because he used my phone to call AT&T and totally refused to give it back to me for over 2 hours, and I was expecting some calls / text messages that were really important and would determine my plans for the evening. So I may have called him a jerk at one point, among other things, and Paige heard me (dang it). So tonight during her bedtime prayer she said, "Help that my mom won't say jerk again. And please forgive her for saying that." Oh man. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. So we had a little talk about how even mommies make bad choices sometimes. Ugh. I hate it when I'm a bad example to my 4 year old.
In the good news department... I ran 12 miles on Saturday morning. Woohoo! 3 more weeks until the half-marathon!
Friday, July 8, 2011
I'm still here
My camera is broken and I'm pretty bummed about it. No camera= nothing much to blog about. I wanted to get some footage of Kate talking and Paige swimming and dancing, but those will have to wait. Here is what's new with us:
Kate had an ultrasound done of her liver yesterday, which was not pleasant. We had to hold her down for 15 minutes and she had to be fasting, so she was not happy to begin with. But the good news is that I just got a call that everything looks normal and healthy. We're so thankful that she is doing so well with her condition.
Paige is doing swimming and ballet lessons, and she loves both of them. She is such a fun, happy, outgoing girl. She has a spicy little attitude, which is funny, but it can also be embarrasing at times. She is my little buddy though, and I treasure our time together when Kate is napping or asleep at night. Paige really needs extra attention because she gets sad whenever we are admiring the things Kate says and does. It's hard to give equal attention all the time, but I'm working on it.
Nate is busy with school and work. He's really enjoying his MBA program, even though he feels over-worked sometimes. He has been considering Medical Sales for quite a while, but he isn't sure if the timing is right for a career change. We'll see...
My Half-Marathon is 4 weeks from tomorrow, and I'm excited/nervous. We are running 10 miles tomorrow morning and that's pretty terrifying, if you ask me. I hope it goes well. The smallest mistake can result in a bad running experience (ie. eating too much, not eating enough, drinking too much, not drinking enough, not enough sleep, a poor-fitting article of clothing, a dead iPod battery, headphones that are too big, I could go on and on...) I'm still learning how to make everything go smoothly.
We are trying to plan a few trips over the next couple months and I'm excited for a change of scenery and something new to do. We're planning on going to Mount Rainier and doing a big train ride around it, and we want to go to Bend Oregon and the Coast too.
Kate had an ultrasound done of her liver yesterday, which was not pleasant. We had to hold her down for 15 minutes and she had to be fasting, so she was not happy to begin with. But the good news is that I just got a call that everything looks normal and healthy. We're so thankful that she is doing so well with her condition.
Paige is doing swimming and ballet lessons, and she loves both of them. She is such a fun, happy, outgoing girl. She has a spicy little attitude, which is funny, but it can also be embarrasing at times. She is my little buddy though, and I treasure our time together when Kate is napping or asleep at night. Paige really needs extra attention because she gets sad whenever we are admiring the things Kate says and does. It's hard to give equal attention all the time, but I'm working on it.
Nate is busy with school and work. He's really enjoying his MBA program, even though he feels over-worked sometimes. He has been considering Medical Sales for quite a while, but he isn't sure if the timing is right for a career change. We'll see...
My Half-Marathon is 4 weeks from tomorrow, and I'm excited/nervous. We are running 10 miles tomorrow morning and that's pretty terrifying, if you ask me. I hope it goes well. The smallest mistake can result in a bad running experience (ie. eating too much, not eating enough, drinking too much, not drinking enough, not enough sleep, a poor-fitting article of clothing, a dead iPod battery, headphones that are too big, I could go on and on...) I'm still learning how to make everything go smoothly.
We are trying to plan a few trips over the next couple months and I'm excited for a change of scenery and something new to do. We're planning on going to Mount Rainier and doing a big train ride around it, and we want to go to Bend Oregon and the Coast too.
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