I totally just sewed a SKIRT!!!

My mother in law got me a sewing machine for my birthday and it was still in the box....it scared me! I knew sooner or later I just needed to bust that thing out. Well my friend Emily saw her other friends daughter in a rag skirt and thought, "Hey Johanna and I could totally make that!" LOL That's what I thought when I saw it too...."rag" skirt...how hard could it be right?! AHHHHHHHH ok so it probably shouldn't have been as hard as I made it be.....my OCD kicked in trying to get all the pleats just right or lines perfectly straight! HELLLLOOOO I have never sewn anything in my life! Well except for a couple of "rag" quilts....also encouraged by Emily....that was a few years ago! But I thought, "what the heck" and gave it a whirl!

It is by far not perfect, but it's mine and I love it! Hee Hee! Adeline's will turn out better....right, I hope?!! So all of you out there that knows I don't sew.........well check it out!!!

Gwendolyn was totally in the mood to put it on and "model" for me! I am so glad she likes it!! Makes my heart swell with a little pride! ;)

P.S. I asked a friend if she wanted to see my skirt that I was making....she looked at it......"cute, WOW your tiny......LOL I just laughed.....I guess I did say "MY" skirt! Then a few days later I asked, Robert the same question, not thinking of course and he said, "It's a little short isn't it...I said no(I was thinking of Gweny) then he looked at me and said, "it looks pretty short" and that's when it clicked and I laughed and laughed! Thanks guys for thinking that this was MY skirt! You might want to go get your eyes checked....I AM NOT THAT TINY!!! ;)

Raingutter Ragatta

Yep I had no idea what raingutter ragatta was until now! It was fun to watch the boys almost pass out trying to win! Elijah needs more hot air!! That's him and his buddy Shepard.

Good work buddy!

I asked and He answered!

Last year was a nightmare trying to get all the kids ready and Elijah off to school on time...I hoped this year would be different, but after a week I could tell it wasn't! I was praying and asking what I could do to help our mornings go smoothly where I didn't have to end up yelling by the time we left for our day! I didn't like it and I didn't want the kids off to school with the last thing mom was doing was being upset with them........so with pondering I got my answer about 2 weeks ago and I haven't had to raise my voice once and they have at least 30 minutes to play which is something they like to do in the mornings too!

As you can see, maybe. It's a check list. They have to get all these things done to earn a sticker! Through out the week they have to earn 6 stickers(we added Sunday to the list!!) in order to play the Wii on Friday and Saturday! When they get home from school they like to play the computer, their homework has to be done and their room cleaned then they are allowed 15 minutes each! WOW this has been a pray answered and I am soooooooo grateful!!!!

Sometime I will make a more official one, but for now this will work!

Guys day out....date with Daddy

Ian earned the date of his choice awhile ago and was so good to wait until we had a Saturday they could go! Robert took him out to lunch then to see Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D!

Ian got a kick out of how close the picture seemed! Robert said for the first few minutes of the movie he wouldn't put his glasses on and when he did he was soooooooo excited about how cool it was! He would say I can touch them, I will tickle Shi Fu.....yada yada yada They had a great time!

Randomness...lots of that around here!

After doing the girls hair one morning Gwendolyn decided she wanted to do her babies hair! Then Adeline had to join in on the fun too!

Adeline went to a birthday party last Saturday and came home with lots of goodies....Ian was into the crown! LOL He loved his picture taken too! Thanks Adeline for sharing all your cool stuff!

Sunday Evening

It was so nice outside Sunday evening so we played and played and played!

Watching the clouds and picking out things in them.....

The kids were much more creative than me.

I straightened my hair for the first time in a LONG time and the kids couldn't stop playing with it!

Playing a little 500....so FUNNY to watch!!

Isn't that the cutest pouty face you have ever seen..............love her!

Randomness in September

You know my couches are NOT my favorite, but I am grateful for them! The kids have the best time in them, on them, with them...you name it they have done it! If I had the couches I REALLY WANT then they wouldn't get to do any of these things that make great memories......thank you couches for being such great things to play with!!

Girls made a fort for them and their dolls.

We were watching Minute to Win It!! We love that show!

The theme in Primary this month is Missionaries. Sister Tucker made all the kids name tags! They are sooooo cute! Being a missionary in church this month must have worn her out!

Just Kiddn' Around

Addy was off on her first day of preschool so my friend Emily and I were going to celebrate having only one child at home! We took the girls to Just Kiddin' Around and they had a BLAST!! During that hour and a half I was reminiscing on the days when I just had Elijah and how much things have changed since then! I can't imagine only having one child...they all bring something wonderful and different to the fam!

Oh the babies were a hit.....they played in this section the longest!

We had some good mommy and me moments......number 4 doesn't get one on one as much as the others do, I think she enjoyed herself!

First day of Preschool for my Adeline

I was going to do a co-op this year with some ladies in the ward but decided to put Addy in preschool at the last minute and I am glad I did! She is sooooooo excited and glad that her little friend Halle is in her class too!

I was SHOCKED with the outfit she chose to wear, because this girl is ALL ABOUT the skirts and dresses, but not today!

She can't wait to learn and make new friends! Today when she came home we had to hang her artwork up in her room so everyone could see it! She does wish that she could go as long as the brothers, but I told her that she will when she gets to be 6. She was ok with that!

Robert had a Birthday shout hurray

Robert and his sister Michele have the same bday 4 years apart....Michele is older, but she doesn't want to claim her true age to fame yet! So that is why her cakes always say 29.5........I didn't know that until the last minute, but we made it work!

We had the family over for a BBQ and some yummy cake!

Michele is getting a new car so we got her an emergency kit to go inside.........you never know right! Also Dad and Jenny gave her a shawl made out of BSU colors!

This year Robert needed some stuff for hunting and the $$$ was getting up there so I decided to get him a cabella's gift card and have everyone go in on it together. Robert couldn't wait until his birthday to go shopping so I went along and took the kids around Cabella's looking at the fish, animals, and getting some fudge while Robert tried on boots(for like 2 hours!!) Anyway in the meantime I snuck over to get him the gift card and had the kids take it to him saying happy birthday! He opened up the card and was surprised by what he saw...he was soo happy and I was happy that I pulled it off without him knowing!! So this is what he got for his bday! Hope it was a good one babe we love you!!

Randomness of the weekend!

Oh yes this is how we do it!

I got a sewing machine from my mother in law, Jenny and I didn't dare get it out and try it! Robert needed some pants sewn before he went up scouting in the mountains so HE got it out and did it himself! One of these days I will be brave...........just not today!

The boys watching the first Boise State Football game.....actually I didn't take the pic in time and it was a commercial!!

Great movie we watched for movie night! Soooo funny!!! The boys like the little monkey and the dog the best! There is a scene in there where the monkeys fight the birds so of course that is the scene the boys have to act out........got Adeline in on it too!

Let's go fly a Kite..........

There was a little breeze on this day and Adeline saw this kite and really wanted to fly it...so we did! She was sooo cute running around with it in the air!

Until it fell that is............she was so confused as to why it fell....(the breeze died down) I told her she will just have to run faster!

So she did!