Constuction...all around us.

When we started looking for house, we jokingly said we only wanted to look where Wal-Mart wasn't yet. Well, THE WALMART is getting close to being done. Lowe's is opening sometime in April. (My neighbor got a job there, so I know it will be soon!) YEAH! No more late night trips to town at 90 miles an hour to make sure we make it to buy more ceiling paint! :-) "They" (I am not really sure who they are, but we keep hearing it!) keep saying that by the year 2020 Buckeye AZ will be bigger than Phoenix AZ. Not hard to believe since they have 600 sq. miles of land in the "city" of Buckeye. Anyway, my whole point is that they are putting in some new sewer pipes along the county road that runs behind the house. It has kept the kids entertained every morning and afternoon after school. So, don't worry Grandma S...the wave climber is getting good use.

Awake

Well, after a day to recover from a late night on a school night, I am back at em. Laundry, organizing the usual things that I do each day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER! :-) The Josh Groban concert was amazing. His voice is so...buttery! For being only 26 he has such a great stage presents. I was teasing Bill that we sat in the wrong seats...After his break he came out in the middle of the arena in the middle of the audience. He walked all the way down through the crowd back up to the stage. He came out just about where we were just 1/4 of the way around the areana. I sat next to a very nice "couple" of men. They shared their binaculars so I could get a good up close look at Josh. :-) I had a great time going with my friends. If you ever have the chance...it is worth the tickets. Thank you SOO Much Bill for spoiling me yet again!

With the kids back to school we are back to the grind. Today James and I are going to go to the Library after lunch and take back all the books and movies we checked out during spring break. Have a great one.

Grant the Robot

Last night Grant and Bill went to the sleep center to have Grant's sleep test done. The ENT doc wants to take his (Grant's) adnoids out b/c he is still snoring, not waking rested and bedwetting. I asked if we could have a sleep study done first so that we have something to compare it too. Grant did awesome. Watched TV for a while until he fell asleep and then they came in and woke him up at 7. They were the first patients in and the last out. I was a nervous wreck at home, but managed to go to bed fairly early. I think a scary show came on about 11, but I was already alseep, so I found the remote and even turned off the TV. Sadie must have been really tired, cause she actually came up stairs to go to sleep last night. (The night the boys were gone camping she slept on her bed downstairs all night.) The other kids even slept in this morning. We got up about 7:30 to eat some breakfast. I already have a yummy all day soup in the crock pot. It is full of carrots, potatoes, cabbage, celery, onions, and stew meat. Yummy. The kids can already smell it cooking. I actually won't be partaking, b/c I will be on my way to see Josh Groban's concert! Bill suprised me on the way to WY at Thanksgiving with the tickets. He is the most romantic hubby ever. He got 4 tickets and told me I could take whom ever I wanted. After much debate and discussion with him, we decided the it being a Sunday night it would be better for him to stay home and put the kids to bed early. What a guy! So the "girls" and I are going out tonight! WAH HOO! I will try to post some pictures tomorrow! It will be super fun.

A few down...A hundred million to go!

Hi! After going to bed early last night, this is what I got done. (Sorry about the seams, I didn't stitch them together after I scanned, just overlaid them where they lined up) I am super happy at how they turned out. Nice and simple. The boys are on their way home from camping. They got rained out. Can you believe that in the Desert? I guess they are still going to go to a movie tonight b/c they can't camp, so I will still have the night to scrap away. I am working on Christmas Pictures right now. I took a ton at the Family Christmas Eve Party. It was fun! The other two kids are playing, bossing, playing. James is doing the playing and Billie is doing the bossing. That is okay. They are working it out. And they all get back to school on Monday! Happy Scrapbooking Day!

How can you resist?

Look at this cute little face. How do I say no to that? He and Billie spent most of the afternoon in and out of the pool today. He came in with an upset tummy and threw up a couple of times. I think he just drank enought pool water to make his stomach upset. Poor dude. I didn't take his temp (sorry Amber) but he wasn't very warm. We snuggled on the couch for a couple of hours and them I put him to bed with an ice cream bucket. As I was laying him down he asked why God gave him eyelashed that were so big. Ahhh...What a heart breaker. :-) No wonder he is so spoiled. Can't believe that my baby is 5. Yikes.

Happy Spring!

I teach piano today... I have 6 lessons...2 of those are 1 hour this morning. We are going to be working on our scales and then some rhythm exercises. I have some minor clean up to do in the loft and then it is scrapbook time! YEAH! My plan is to put some dinner in the crock pot so the boys (Bill and Grant) can eat before they leave tomorrow for 2 nights of camping. Then on Saturday night Grant has his sleep study and Bill wants to go with him there. So I have 3 nights with just Billie and James and they play so good together. We rented a bunch of kid movies from Blockbuster, so I should be able to pop out the 140 pictures that I want to scrap this weekend. Hopefully I can figure out how to scan so I can upload some cool things while I work. I am feeling super motivated to get this done. Maybe it is thanks to my new Expedit Shelves from Ikea that I am feeling so excited. Well, off to check things off my list. Have a super day!

Billie's Room

I have had a vision of a soft romantic room for Billie for a long time. She chose the paint color and then helped decide what to make the canapy out of. My friend Belinda is the queen of decorating a romantic home so she helped me find some the other accessories. Bill did all the wainscotting and molding and he built the shelves. I did most of the painting, filling holes and touching up. The last thing to do is get a new light fixture. I was going to find a pretty chandelier, but I think with the AZ heat putting a white ceiling fan up is a better plan. The only thing left is to built out her closet with a closet organizer.