Monday

Brett found some tiles at Lowe's for $0.25 each. They are the style we had talked about so we decided that today was the day. Well......I decided. Brett had other projects in mind, but we ended up doing mine instead. I did keep telling him that he could go do the ones he planned on, but then I'd need him to cut something right after I'd advise him. He's a sweet husband.

I had Tori take a picture of the both of us working on the tile. I know, I'm cheesy.
I also made Brett take a picture of me placing the last tile. Again, REALLY CHEESY!!
This is the before shot of wall with the stove.
Here is the tile job as is.Still needs grout, but it looks like a whole other kitchen.

Next we'll need to paint the walls, Brett is going to make a faux paneling on the walls, then repaint the cabinets, and new hardware. This is will have to wait a little bit, but I will be able to live with this kitchen for a while!

Monday

The kids took Jason outside for me, for a minute. It was very cute, and they were all very sweet.



Duncan wanted to go to the skate park, so i figured this was a golden opportunity to teach Samantha how to ride her bike without her training wheels. There were a ton of kids there so Duncan couldn't get much skating in. Most of the video is of Samantha trying to ride. She is finally getting it. She is VERY proud of herself.

Monday

My husband called me this morning to remind me that the kids had an eye appointment. It's a good thing he did. I would not have remembered. It was quite the ordeal. Jason, Samantha and Tori all had appointments. Which is exhausting. I'm not sure if I prefer splitting them up, or not. If you split them up you are driving up to PCMC three times, but at least you are only fighting one kid at a time. The rest can be babysat.

Tori's vision is fine, her retinas are doing well. Samantha's retinas are doing fine, but she will be getting some progressive bifocals. That should be interesting. She has always had a hard time reading through her lenses. This wouldn't be a big deal except that she sticks her nose clear into the book to read them. We just spent another $500.00 to get her seeing. We must really like her. Jason is near sighted, but is still not too bad. Not that he'd wear the glasses if the doctor said he would need them. His retinas are also fine.

By the time we got done ordering Samantha's new glasses I was spent. Jason cried the whole appointment. Duncan and Tori fought or were overly silly. Samantha is always overly silly, or REALLY Momma needy. Today just wasn't my day.

This picture was taken by Duncan as he and Tori tried to wrestle with Jason out in the lobby while we got Samantha's glasses situated. The receptionist in the lobby asked Duncan if Jason wasn't feeling well. Duncan just smiled and said, "Nope, he's just Autistic."
For Family Night we went to the Bountiful Art Museum. The have a free Family Fun night once a month, so I thought we'd take advantage of it. My Mom and Dad came with us. We consider Mom an artist even if she doesn't.

Jason of course was his normal self. Thank goodness there really wasn't anything that Jason could get to, to destroy.
Tori and Sam really liked the paintings. It was kind of fun to see them look around.
There was a little project area, we didn't have much time to explore.
Duncan spent most of the time looking around with Grandpa. This was my favorite picture though. All the gold is embossed. Pretty cool huh?
Then they had a little art project. They showed the kids the picture "The Scream" by Edvard Munch and then told the kids to draw what made them scream.

Of course, Jason just jumped in and drew to his hearts content.
Samantha drew Monsters.
Tori drew a grave yard.
I'm not sure what Duncan drew. He drew a couple of different things and kept jumping up to show the teachers.

It was a fun and cheap Family Home Evening. The kids enjoyed themselves and even got some treats out of it.

Monday

Today Duncan had a Dentist appointment. It was his six month checkup. I always dread this with Duncan because he ALWAYS has cavities. Surprise, surprise.....no cavities this time! YAY, Duncan!!!

As you can see, Jason makes a visit to the dentist office very relaxing.

I was referred to this AWESOME website. http://www.familiesinzion.com/ It has a bunch of family home evening ideas, and they are simple and fun. So we had the lesson on the Atonement this evening. I told the kids we were having a quiz, and the person who gets them all right gets a treat. So I asked the questions. They were not simple. Of course nobody got all of them right. Than I advised them because I loved them and I knew they had tried their best I would let them have a treat after Family Home Evening.

I then read a story out of the Friend. About, Elder Paul H. Dunn when he was little. It talks about him breaking a window and his father making up the difference. Click on the link, it's worth the read.

We had a good discussion, with Brett giving insight that I wouldn't have known. I bore my Testimony about how much Jesus and Heavenly Father loves us. How much Christ had to go through, for each of us. For everyone of us, personally. Duncan was cute, he said, "Mom, I'm not sure I like Family Home Evening. It makes me all emotional." I smiled and told him that was good, because it meant the spirit was in our home.

We had ice cream and then we all went and ran through the sprinklers in our clothes. It was fun.

Monday

Yesterday was a day of complete forgetfulness for me. I kind of zoned all day!

We went for a walk, hopefully we'll be doing this a lot all summer. I told the kids I needed to walk the track at the school 3 days a week. I figured if anyone can keep me on a routine they can.

Then of course we came home and played on the slip-n-slide. That was a lot of fun. Duncan again did nothing but Halo until I told him he was done for the day. Then he and his buddies came out of the cave and played in the slip and slide as well.

I tried to get Jason to play with the kids outside, but the whole neighborhood came over once they saw the water. Jason wasn't going to be overwhelmed by the number of people so he kept leaving the yard the kids were in. I didn't get much done yesterday.

Then at about 4:30pm I finally thought about calling the dance school to see what time the girls dress rehearsal was. It started at 3:00pm. Nice! I'm not doing well with schedules lately. I can't stay focused on anything!!!

Duncan had a sleepover with Curtis again. I think this will be a fairly normal part of life now. I remember Jeff having someone sleep over almost every week. That will probably be Duncan.