A Snip Here...

My sweet sweet little girl decided to take matters into her own hands. She had went upstairs while some of my daycare kids were napping. Aubrey has always went to lay on her bed to look at books or play with her babies. WELL this time she had went into the boy's room and grabbed some paper and a pair of scissors that Lukas had left. She took them back to her bed and started cutting the paper. While cutting, the front hair was falling out of her ponytail and into her face.  What's a girl to do?

Cut that pesky hair out of the way of course. Right after she cut her hair, she came down stairs and instantly started cuddling with me. After a few minutes I realized that new growth was really starting to grow. Only it wasn't new growth.

When I asked if she had cut her hair she LOST it. The tears were flowing!

                                                   Doesn't this look like a guilty mugshot?

                                                          Here is some of the evidence.

She is now the proud owner of bangs and a few short strands on the side. Lukas is now the proud owner of zero pairs of scissors. :)

New Project...

After years of trying to get Justin to let me remodel the kitchen, he came home from a local home improvement store and suggested we remodel the kitchen. Of course I ran with it before he could change his mind.

We were on a tight budget since we don't have plans on staying in this house. This is the only room that had not been remodeled. We figured it could only improve the sell of our home. So why make the  stop at just the kitchen right? While we were deciding what changes we wanted to make, we decided to do a few changes to the dinning room as well. Both rooms got new paint and we also put down new flooring. The new paint really helped lighten up both room and the flooring made both rooms look so much bigger. I couldn't be happier.

Here are some pictures along the way. Of course I forgot to take a picture with the top cabinets still in but it gives you an idea of what it looked like.

          We ripped out all the top cabinets and the lovely teal counter tops. They were LOVELY!

                                         This picture shows the old paint color and flooring.

                          Justin was thrilled that I took his picture. He was labeling trim pieces.

             Here is a picture of the dining room when we started adding the padding for the new floor.

I will take some pictures of our final product and post them soon. It has been a great learning experience for both of us!

A Great Read!

It's about time I get my blog back on track! It's been a long time since I've posted and so much has happened.

Have you read this book?

If not, your missing out! You may have heard of the Pioneer Woman from all of her amazing food recipes. The lady knows how to cook.  I had no idea she was writing a book until it was suggested to me. I had a really hard time putting it down to get back to mommy reality.

Black Heels to Tractor Wheels is a true love story of how The Pioneer Woman ended up meeting the man of her dreams. She had been posting short stories on her blog http://thepioneerwoman.com/ about how they met. Readers were so in love with the stories they kept asking for more. She finally decided to sit down and write out her whole story.

SO... if your looking for a great summer read, pick up a copy. You won't be disappointed!

This Child...

This Child...

is FOOD ALLERGY FREE!!

I recently took Aubrey in to meet with our Allergist to be tested. Since our middle son has had food allergies, one being nuts, she has never had any. So in order to go to Preschool in the Fall, she had to be tested to make sure she didn't follow in her brothers footsteps. (allergies effect what class your child is in) After chatting up the Doctor, she sat patiently waiting to be tested. I was so nervous that she would cry because I know that all the pokes in her back would not be pleasant. To my surprise she sat on my lap and didn't even let out one tear. I could tell as they were getting closer to the end that it was getting more painful and the tears would be starting soon if we continued. For now we are not having her tested for outdoor/animal allergies because they are not as severe as Lukas's. PLUS I didn't want to put her through that if we could avoid it at this time. This ended up being  a huge relief to Justin and I. One less thing for me to stress about once she starts school.

A Day Filled With Love...

Our days are filled with love all year long but, I wanted to make Valentine's Day a little extra special this year. I woke up and made these heart shaped cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

                                                                       Idea from Pinterest

 Made heart lunches for the boys to take to school. Strawberry Jam and Soy Butter heart sandwiches. Valentine pretzels. Strawberries (frozen that we picked from the summer. the store was sold out!) and heart shaped marshmallow peeps.

                                        Strawberries, banana and cinnamon rolls for breakfast

 A VERY special treat. Strawberry milk. Aubrey was the only one that liked it. I'm sure it was because of it's color.

                                           Their mail bags were filled with special goodies.

              This little lady even got a rose delivered from daddy. Can you tell how excited she was.

                 I made up these heart hand warmers for teachers and aides from the boy's classes.

                                              Here is the tags I made for them. (idea from Pinterest)

                           My special helper and I helped out in Lukas's classroom during the party.

                                            Lukas LOVED getting valentines from classmates.

               For dinner, we had heart shaped pink pancakes and bacon shaped like hearts.

                                                                Cupcakes for dessert!

December In Picutes Part 2

                                                          The kids got some fun new hats!

 We had our annual Christmas with some of our Miller cousins. This was our 9th year and I love the tradition.

                                                                    Aubrey's fun hat!

Mrs. Claus let us take a picture with her. We had already seen Santa earlier in the month.

                                                                    Our note for Santa.
           (Notice the note from Jaren, :( Yes it's our first year with someone in the house who "knows")

                                                                    Ready for Santa.

We enjoyed some wonderful Christmas Music.

December In Picutes Part 1

We had a wonderful December this year, but I'm glad our life is finally getting back to normal routine. Here is part one of some of our fun during the month.

                                                                    Lights were hung

                                                           Christmas trees were made.

                             Lukas let Aubrey help him make a Gingerbread house at his class party.

                                                                She really loved it!

                                                               Opening new ornaments.

       Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Rhino (Ryan) and two of their kids, Lilly and Finn came for a visit from Kansas

                                                                    Fort kits were made.

                                  Someone got a new lunch pail and lunch is now served in it daily!

                                                                    Fun new books.

                                                      Pure joy and filled with princess love.

                                                      A surprise visit from Christmas Ninjas!

                                 I'm now a huge fan of North Pole Smoothies. (recipe found off Pinterest)

                                                  A new baby joined our house. (Lucy)

                                           A new hunter will be joining his dad this coming Fall.

                                                              Someone finally got his DS!