what we did this weekend:

we re-did the entire front yard. my bro, eric, was awesome. he brought a mini excavator from a job, so we got to use it for free, got a dump trailer for the entire weekend for only $50 - because he has the hook-up, went back and forth from spfd to ozark to dump old dirt, get good dirt (with poop in it - horse poop that is) and mulch, and helped spread it all out. another bro, carson, helped with the whole process too. he even helped to place the plants, so if you don't like where they are, take it out with him.
then today scott and i put in the stone walkway, and presto chango - we are done! just got to water and weed and keep the acorns and the leaves off.......

hopefully i'll figure out how to get the pictures on here soon - i don't know what the deal is today. i guess i'm in dirt mode and forgot my computer skills...

i'm frustrated

okay, i've tried to post a couple of new things twice now, and they aren't showing up! i'll figure it out later...

reeeach...

we got to go climbing in ak. a couple of weekends ago. it was such a blast. let's just say that scott is a natural with all that lean muscle mass - let alone all that length. it was so great being able to leave the kids with mom back home and take off for the entire day! the pump i had to take sounded like a cow though, it was the battery powered one. everyone felt a little more at easy knowing i could sustain the group if we got stranded up there......... gross.

growing... up

keaton's vocabulary has exploded the last few days. he can say "open, please, thank you, milk, kaden, blankie, nanna," and probably a few others i can't think of right now. he's almost to that stage where you can tell him to say... whatever... and he'll repeat it. such fun! he still speaks fluent keatonese as well - glad we haven't grown out of that yet. we enjoy it. oh, and he knows how to "put it back", kelly is really loving that one!

cheese

we've started smiling!

becoming green

taking the white away is so much fun... before kelly could start with the color though, she had to paint the hallway, living room, entryway, kitchen, and laundry room ceilings - white. i thought closets were the worst... changed my mind... ceilings are

while kelly works

this is what keaton does to help

this is what zooey does to help

this is the office we painted - the colors of a giraffe - a stuffed one anyway. i think the real live ones are a bit more muted...

sure, i'm biased...

but they are so totally cute! and everyone says they look like me (kelly)... so that means i'm cute too - ha! keaton is now in a size 7 shoe (he gets that from dad though), and still likes getting dirty, running outside, and anything that has to do with water.

zooey lost her b.button plug on saturday, therefore she got her first true bath on saturday (she smelled horrible), and started responding with smiles today... ahhh... she still eats a ton too - trust me, i know...

housework

i hear that we should have seen it a month ago - i saw what they carted off to the trash - NASTY! thanks so much to all my families for buying the wood floors, carpets, tile, dishwasher, microwave, stove/oven(double i might add), sliding glass door... and for installing all of it. i would most definitely be wondering what i was smoking if i had agreed to help install it all. don't get me wrong, i wouldn't have really minded, but with two kids...? i'm sure that all y'all that did install were glad that they weren't there to "scream" you on... anyway, thanks a ton to you, we love it. esp. keaton... he loves pushing the broom around on the floors. i love it too - it's a lot quieter than when he plays with the pots and pans. =)


anyway, we've painted two rooms, installed one ceiling fan, painted two closets (most boring thing in the world to paint) - i still have to do the second coat on one - and mowed the lawn! oh, and gotten one car into the garage.