Getting Ready!!! :)

I will be having a fun and family filled next couple of weeks and I'm so excited! I've been really really busy trying to get the house ready to be somewhat presentable haha. Here are a few pics of the place.

The curtains i made for the front window. Pain in the Butt! :)





Here are two pics of the downstairs bathroom. I redid the cupboard.




Here are some pics of the cupboards of how they looked before and the during process in the upstairs bathroom. I got new doorknobs for our doors so if Mady locks them we can unlock them. Wish i had new doors and door frames too though i hate the color of wood they used in this house :)





Mady and John made a snowman while i went to a Dr's apt. They did pretty good although it is missing one body part and a face haha. Mady loves playing in the snow though. I like to decorate for each holiday. I didn't have anything for st. Patricks day and john made fun of me so i did this! :) HAHA that'll teach him :)





My Upstairs bath is almost done! I finished the curtains and counter. Now I just have to finish the cupboards and have Brandon help me frame the mirror! :) YEAH! Here are some pics of what it looks like now. If you want to compare to what it did look like go to my facebook album. "House Pics" The pics with ** in the title are the original house pictures.




Ummm that's all for now. Lata :)

Christmas

Wow I'm so behind! But i have a good excuse i promise. Well here is what December brought our family! Here is our house at thanksgiving.



One of our traditions is in the month of December to do "Christmas around the world"
Here are some pics of our Holland day. Mady was so excited to find some gifts in her shoe outside her door. I hear her door open and hear her gasp and say WOOK!!!


Then we went home for Christmas. It was so fun. Mady loved playing with her cousins. sadly i forgot our camera and camcorder. But it was fun. then we came home and had our own little Christmas. Mady sure loves to open presents.

Well this website is being stupid and won't let me do any pictures so i'll just have to put the rest on facebook or in another post. See ya

WAYYYY BEHIND!!!

Sorry i have not posted in a while.
John is gone often and i get super busy with mady, my callings, and looking/closing on a house!!! more on that later. We are going to try and get all that done before we go home for xmas... so here is whats been happening lately.

Before Halloween we went home to visit my family. It was johns idea. I had had a very rough couple days. It was fun. We surprised them. It was so fun. I had called Tyrel to make sure they were home so he told them that he wanted to have a game night. We sent mady up to the front door knocked and ran. My dad answered and was quite confused to say the least. My mom heard mady at the door and was like... "Oh that sounds like Mady!" haha it was a fun little get away. Then i threw a Halloween party at my house. It was fun i decorated the house, invited a bunch of friends (its so wonderful that we made so many friends so fast in scottsbluff!), and lots of yummy snacks. I made mummy hot dogs, ghost cupcakes, cookie witches hats, and rice krispy treat pumpkins. Sorry no pictures. i had been sick right before the party and totally spaced taking pics. But it was a lot of fun, we took a quiz, played games and had a blast.

Then comes Halloween. We had fun. Mady loved holding up her bucket and saying trick or treat! Everyone thought she was so cute they all had to give her more than one piece so her bucket filled quick, which was a good thing. John decided to give mady a piece of snickers and she had quite the allergic reaction! Was so grumpy the rest of the night. Her face was swollen for a couple of days. No throwing up though so we were good. The crazy thing is if she even tastes peanuts she spits it right out. Never even is in her mouth for more than half a second, and that is her reaction. I don't even want to think about what her reaction would be if she actually ate it!

Here is Mady modeling my bracelets for me haha silly girl






These are some pics of our trip to mom and dads before Halloween. Mady loved playing in the park :)





Here are some pics from Halloween. Mady was spaghetti and meatballs :)






Here are some pics of Mady's swollen face. You can't see it very well but oh well....





Here are some pics of our first snow fall in Scottsbluff! I only put down a inch or two and it only stayed on the ground for a few hours but it was fun for mady to play with for a little while. She loved it and after 2 hours still didn't want to go inside haha :) she needs new gloves though, these ones don't let her do anything! Enjoy!!! :) hehe






I finally have time to post now because i am sitting in the hotel in Casper while john works haha. We will drive the rest of the three hours when john is done. I will post about thanksgiving and house stuff later. I think this post is long enough haha :) Happy Holidays EVERYONE!!!!

What we have been up to.

Well our lives are pretty boring and pretty much the same but Mady sure does keep me busy. She loves to watch movies, play pretend, read books, run around in circles and have lots and lots of attention. :)

I have been getting things ready for Halloween and doing my two church callings. I teach the 11 year old girls in primary and also am the activity days leader. I have also been doing some cross stitches. I have finished two now. I made a goal to make one for each child. Right now Mady has one that i had, one that john had and the one i made her. I just need to have some more children to put them in their rooms. :) here are some pics.

My daughter is the little cute one with the HUGE attitude!

Since my little Madylena had turned 2 she has been quite a nightmare. Multiple tantrums per hour. Throwing, kicking, hitting, screaming, and oh so much more. Her are some pics of of Mady having a tantrum because i told her she couldn't have popcorn at ten in the morning.














I hear that your two year old's are a look into the future with teenagers. Uh oh.... I'm in big trouble. This morning pretty much right when we got up I was putting on Tangled once again for her to watch while I made waffles. She grabbed a Wii remote because she thought i was gonna play a game. I didn't worry too much about her having it until i saw her licking. So i said ew gross don't lick it Mady. And because i told her to stop she started licking it even more fiercly. I took it away from and so no gross. Sat down and the next thing i knew i got a remote to the face. So i took her to her room for time out. Man that hurt. After a few moments I went in and told her why she was there. She glared at me and then purposely looked away. When i asked her to say sorry she looked at me mouthed the word and rolled her eyes!!!! SHES TWO!!! what the heck. I asked her to do it again so i could hear and she barely whispered it with another eye roll. That little bum. I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with her. Already today she has been in time out like 6 times so that doesn't really seem to be working. She is so horrible, hits and throws things when she gets mad. Quite the temper. Any little advice I'm sure would help. I need to stop this behavior before any babies come into our lives or I'm afraid of what she will do to them haha... Thanks ya'll have a good day.

Inside campOUT with friends...

Well had to have some fun after a long drive and family so we called our friends over for some hamburgers and smores. A very yummy outside food, done inside. Bugs were not invited to the party. These little dandies i made and thought of right before they came and they were a huge hit with children and grownups alike :)
Also i set up our little TV in the 2nd family room and Mady has been wanting to watch "Howse" (mickey mouse club house) all day every day :) Right now as i type this mady sneakily walked by the bed to dads nightstand (where he keeps his kisses) Looked at me, swiped one and ran out the door, closed it, and i'm sure she is in her play room watching mickey mouse thinking i had no idea she just stole a kiss hahaha so silly. Mady has been trying to potty train she is finally learning that she pees on the potty and not just plays on it haha :) Well enjoy some pics of Mady playing in her pretty shoes, and watching mickey mouse clubhouse. and our yummy BBQ desserts :)

LATA