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Monday, December 19, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
October Highlights
Again, life is busier than ever! I can't remember the last time I took a nap...and I'm a huge napper! Since we decided to take our town home off the market, lots has happened. I decided to "embrace my town home" by reviving my three bedrooms upstairs. I am happy to say that all of my remodeling has been paid in cash. I used the money from my garage sale this summer, I have sold and bought quite a few things on KSL classifieds (Just discovered it! I'm in love!), and have taken a lot of my nicer stuff and sold it on eBay or on consignment. Being on the Dave Ramsey Diet is teaching me so much. The main valuable lesson I've learned is...NEVER pay full price for anything. And I have done lots of DIY projects. I can honestly say, I like my home again. Because I practically have no budget, its happening slower than I'd like, but I'm also learning patience.
Within days of taking our home of the market, Phillip was called as Elders Quorum President. Moving, I guess, was not what the Lord had in mind for us. Although Phillip feels inadequate and we see less and less of him, I love what this calling is doing for our family. I see the blessings daily. On top of that, we are keeping the "Gazelle Momentum" (for you Dave Ramsey people, you know what that is), and Phillip is working an extra 30 hours every week at Costco. I love and admire all his hard work. We miss him, but are proud to call him our daddy/husband.
Waffle Shoppe has taken an unexpected but AWESOME turn. Catering! We catered 2 weddings and one shower in October. I absolutely LOVE catering. It's what I want to do now! It's a perfect job for a stay at home mom. I just wish we had more events booked...so spread the word. We have a great product and it has been a huge hit at these events. If you want to book or have questions...go to our website thewaffleshoppe.com...we can't wait to help you!
Here are some picture Highlights from October:
We made and mailed our birthday card for the Sprout. It aired at 7:30am on her birthday. We barley missed it. A good friend of ours saw it and told me. Oh, well.
Horrible picture, but this was such a fun family night. We went miniature golfing at Cherry Hill. Phillip's old stomping ground. I got a detailed report on how things have changed or stayed the same. Sadly the Swiss chairlift near the end wasn't working, but everything else was fun. Nice to enjoy a final warm day of fall.
First Hair cut!
Sorry stylist...your ten minute window has expired. Get me out of this chair and stop round brushing my hair. No movie, balloon or sucker will change my mind.
As for Jane, she loves getting primped. She takes after her mom and Grandpa Keith. She got the most adorable short A-line cut. (Still trying to fix the damage from her cutting her own hair this summer).
For FHE we painted pumpkins, at Jane's request. It was lots of fun. We never ended out carving them because they were so cute.
Paisley says Cheese and poses for pictures with this adorable scrunched face. I love it.
She could be crying or whining, but if you point a camera (iphone) at her, she'll give you this cheesy grin.
We have been to Home Depot a lot lately with all the changes I've made to our garage and upstairs. The girls have been real troopers. I keep dum dums in my diaper bag permanently now.
When Jane's Ariel costume arrived in the mail, I was so excited for her to see it. She's been talking about being Ariel for a while now. She wanted red hair, flippers, and the purple seashells. After her nap, I showed her the package the postman brought. She opened it up and got all grumpy. Do any other kids get ANS out there? (After Nap Syndrome). I made her try it on and she just cried. I took her picture and she refused to smile. I was mad, so mad. After all I spent what little budget we have on clothes for this perfect, glamorous, and requested Ariel costume. I decided to ignore her...for two hours. Every time she tried to get my attention or ask for something I let her know that she hurt my feelings and i have no desire to be around her until she apologizes and is nice. After two hours, she came up to me and said, "Thank you for the Ariel costume Mom"...with a big smile. Yay! She made a good choice! My spoiled little brat of a daughter, is no longer a brat.
Jane's Joy School went to Wheeler Farm. Jane LOVES going to school and wishes it were everyday. Two more years sweetheart.
While I was catering a wedding, Phillip took the girls to the Pumpkin Patch.
My sister Hayley (my business partner), went on a dreamy vacation to the Dominican Republic with her husband and I was left to cater our second ever wedding. Luckily we both have amazing friends that helped out. They volunteered their time to help me. How cool is that? It was tons of fun and everything went smoothly. I wish Hayley was there, she'd be proud. With just two more catering gigs, I will have paid off my half of the business. I am so excited about that. I want to start contributing to our debt elimination plan.
The girls got a bunk bed! They love it. I love it! Great space saving solution. If you notice, Paisley for the time being is sleeping in the pack and play. She's kind of trouble and not quite ready for a big girl bed. Perhaps in a month or two we'll try the bottom bunk with a side rail. Jane LOVES the top. No problems at all!
I'll spare you the gory dead deer picture, but Phillip got a deer! His brothers helped out and it made for a good story, and steak.
The perfect pumpkin for Paisley.
Thanks to Belle Butler's hand me downs, Jane has another pair of ice cream jammies in her size so they can be twinsies. She loves to match Paisley. Paisley has no clue and could care less. Posing for this picture was torture.
This picture still makes me laugh. I turned the bath water on and called downstairs for Paisley to come up and take a bath. She loves baths. I saw her making her way up the stairs and I quickly went to my room to get in my PJ's. I came back to the stairs to greet Paisley at the top and she wasn't there. She wasn't in her room, the office, or hall. Then I looked in the bathroom and sure enough I saw a little head peaking out of the bath tub. Sure enough, she was sitting in the water ready to take her bath. Jacket, corduroys, leather shoes and all. The straight face kills me too. It's as if she's saying, "what? what's wrong?"
We made Frankenstein Pudding for our Joy School Birthday treat.
Jane's Birthday was on Sunday this year. We had a great time with family that night celebrating our so excited to be 4, 4 year old.
One of the activities for Janes birthday was to decorate the 20+ milk cartons we've been saving to make a line of ghosts outside along our walkway. So much fun and so easy!
At Ariel's request, Phillip was King Triton and Paisley was Arie's friend aka a pink mermaid.
The morning after Janes birthday (Her birthday is Oct 30) I woke up to this...Jane playing her new V.Reader in the reading tent Phillip and I made for her birthday. So cute!
Within days of taking our home of the market, Phillip was called as Elders Quorum President. Moving, I guess, was not what the Lord had in mind for us. Although Phillip feels inadequate and we see less and less of him, I love what this calling is doing for our family. I see the blessings daily. On top of that, we are keeping the "Gazelle Momentum" (for you Dave Ramsey people, you know what that is), and Phillip is working an extra 30 hours every week at Costco. I love and admire all his hard work. We miss him, but are proud to call him our daddy/husband.
Waffle Shoppe has taken an unexpected but AWESOME turn. Catering! We catered 2 weddings and one shower in October. I absolutely LOVE catering. It's what I want to do now! It's a perfect job for a stay at home mom. I just wish we had more events booked...so spread the word. We have a great product and it has been a huge hit at these events. If you want to book or have questions...go to our website thewaffleshoppe.com...we can't wait to help you!
Here are some picture Highlights from October:
We made and mailed our birthday card for the Sprout. It aired at 7:30am on her birthday. We barley missed it. A good friend of ours saw it and told me. Oh, well.
Horrible picture, but this was such a fun family night. We went miniature golfing at Cherry Hill. Phillip's old stomping ground. I got a detailed report on how things have changed or stayed the same. Sadly the Swiss chairlift near the end wasn't working, but everything else was fun. Nice to enjoy a final warm day of fall.
First Hair cut!
Sorry stylist...your ten minute window has expired. Get me out of this chair and stop round brushing my hair. No movie, balloon or sucker will change my mind.
As for Jane, she loves getting primped. She takes after her mom and Grandpa Keith. She got the most adorable short A-line cut. (Still trying to fix the damage from her cutting her own hair this summer).
For FHE we painted pumpkins, at Jane's request. It was lots of fun. We never ended out carving them because they were so cute.
Paisley says Cheese and poses for pictures with this adorable scrunched face. I love it.
She could be crying or whining, but if you point a camera (iphone) at her, she'll give you this cheesy grin.
We have been to Home Depot a lot lately with all the changes I've made to our garage and upstairs. The girls have been real troopers. I keep dum dums in my diaper bag permanently now.
When Jane's Ariel costume arrived in the mail, I was so excited for her to see it. She's been talking about being Ariel for a while now. She wanted red hair, flippers, and the purple seashells. After her nap, I showed her the package the postman brought. She opened it up and got all grumpy. Do any other kids get ANS out there? (After Nap Syndrome). I made her try it on and she just cried. I took her picture and she refused to smile. I was mad, so mad. After all I spent what little budget we have on clothes for this perfect, glamorous, and requested Ariel costume. I decided to ignore her...for two hours. Every time she tried to get my attention or ask for something I let her know that she hurt my feelings and i have no desire to be around her until she apologizes and is nice. After two hours, she came up to me and said, "Thank you for the Ariel costume Mom"...with a big smile. Yay! She made a good choice! My spoiled little brat of a daughter, is no longer a brat.
Jane's Joy School went to Wheeler Farm. Jane LOVES going to school and wishes it were everyday. Two more years sweetheart.
While I was catering a wedding, Phillip took the girls to the Pumpkin Patch.
My sister Hayley (my business partner), went on a dreamy vacation to the Dominican Republic with her husband and I was left to cater our second ever wedding. Luckily we both have amazing friends that helped out. They volunteered their time to help me. How cool is that? It was tons of fun and everything went smoothly. I wish Hayley was there, she'd be proud. With just two more catering gigs, I will have paid off my half of the business. I am so excited about that. I want to start contributing to our debt elimination plan.
The girls got a bunk bed! They love it. I love it! Great space saving solution. If you notice, Paisley for the time being is sleeping in the pack and play. She's kind of trouble and not quite ready for a big girl bed. Perhaps in a month or two we'll try the bottom bunk with a side rail. Jane LOVES the top. No problems at all!
I'll spare you the gory dead deer picture, but Phillip got a deer! His brothers helped out and it made for a good story, and steak.
The perfect pumpkin for Paisley.
Thanks to Belle Butler's hand me downs, Jane has another pair of ice cream jammies in her size so they can be twinsies. She loves to match Paisley. Paisley has no clue and could care less. Posing for this picture was torture.
This picture still makes me laugh. I turned the bath water on and called downstairs for Paisley to come up and take a bath. She loves baths. I saw her making her way up the stairs and I quickly went to my room to get in my PJ's. I came back to the stairs to greet Paisley at the top and she wasn't there. She wasn't in her room, the office, or hall. Then I looked in the bathroom and sure enough I saw a little head peaking out of the bath tub. Sure enough, she was sitting in the water ready to take her bath. Jacket, corduroys, leather shoes and all. The straight face kills me too. It's as if she's saying, "what? what's wrong?"
We made Frankenstein Pudding for our Joy School Birthday treat.
Jane's Birthday was on Sunday this year. We had a great time with family that night celebrating our so excited to be 4, 4 year old.
One of the activities for Janes birthday was to decorate the 20+ milk cartons we've been saving to make a line of ghosts outside along our walkway. So much fun and so easy!
At Ariel's request, Phillip was King Triton and Paisley was Arie's friend aka a pink mermaid.
The morning after Janes birthday (Her birthday is Oct 30) I woke up to this...Jane playing her new V.Reader in the reading tent Phillip and I made for her birthday. So cute!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Life has been crazy! So what else is new? September Highlights
Sorry for the lack of updates. Life is busy. I actually like it that way. When I go a whole day or even a week without watching my DVR, it makes me happy. And that is how it's been lately. Here are some pictures from September...
I love this snapshot of what I see in my rear view mirror everyday. I love it! They are either talking, giggling, mimicking each other, or singing (Paisley bops her head to the music).
(No comments on the front facing 16 month old. We are both happier this way and I have full confidence in my Britax.)
Jane's first day of JOY SCHOOL! She is one of the oldest in the class of six. I love this class this year (and last year), they are so well behaved and excited to learn. The moms that rotate are wonderful, I feel lucky to know them.
We painted our garage! Not a necessity but it definitely looks better. It took ALL day. It needed a coat of primer and luckily one coat of paint. I'm glad that's over with. It looks great.
Jane wanted to help, how could I say no?! Here she is in all her glory for a whole 5 minutes! Three year old's don't have much of an attention span.
Yep, we got every nook and cranny. It was a great way to spend a Labor Day together. The girls were surprisingly good the whole time. They wandered around all our garage junk that was poured onto our driveway. It kept them very busy. Paisley took two good naps. Jane has always been good at entertaining herself (what a blessing!). But I do have to say, it would have been much faster without the girls...but not much of a memory.
Paisley sat in this Little Tikes car for 30 minutes, beeping the horn, steering the wheel, and talking on the phone. I wonder where she saw that example?
Here is my hotty husband doing something I wish he'd do more often...play with power tools. He was so kind to make me a TON of shelves in the garage. I'll show you a pic of that later.
My family and I went on a trip to California. We had a great time. I am, afterall, a California girl...that's right, born in Santa Ana. My Aunt and Uncle live in Yorba Linda and I love to visit them. We stayed in a beach house (right next to the beach), went to Legoland, and Disneyland. I'll post pics of that later. But the last few days of the trip we spent at Lake Arrowhead in my Aunts Cottage. On our way up we stopped in Riverside, CA. That is where my Grandma and Grandpa Tintle are buried. It's a military cemetary. Being there is so peaceful, patriotic, and beautiful. It felt very reverent and I felt close to my grandparents while there. I sure do love and miss them.
Family picture...My mom, sister Lindsey, me, Dad and brother Darren. We missed Jason and Hayley and wished they were there too.
My Aunt and Uncle took us on a tour of Lake Arrowhead in their pantoon boat. I've done this several times, but I never tire of looking at famous people's gorgeous cabins right on the lake. They are something else. We parked the boat in the middle and went for a swim. The water was freezing at first, but you quickly got used to it (NOTHING like Lake Powell). Paisley fell asleep on grandpa because of the gentle rock of the boat (and it was nap time). Nice.
I love Lake Arrowhead. Wonderful memories have been made there.
Since being back from vacation, I have had a lot of projects to continue. Finish organizing the garage. Go through all of my junk. Sell it on ebay and KSL. But still have fun with the girls. When I'm feeling like a neglectful mom I say "hop in the car girls and let's go grab a cheeseburger (Jane says...but with no pickles and no onions...picky).
We frequent the germ infested McDonalds Playland often. Build that immune system, right?!
Jane is such a good sister to Paisley. Pais can be hard and in the way sometimes, but she shows a great amount of kindness and patience. I truly believe that first borns are pretty special and are able to handle a lot.
I love this picture of Paisley. She now poses for the camera with this cheesy, scrunched, grin. I love it. She makes me laugh. Just today she did it again, but now she can say "cheese"...so cute.
I love this snapshot of what I see in my rear view mirror everyday. I love it! They are either talking, giggling, mimicking each other, or singing (Paisley bops her head to the music).(No comments on the front facing 16 month old. We are both happier this way and I have full confidence in my Britax.)
Jane's first day of JOY SCHOOL! She is one of the oldest in the class of six. I love this class this year (and last year), they are so well behaved and excited to learn. The moms that rotate are wonderful, I feel lucky to know them.
We painted our garage! Not a necessity but it definitely looks better. It took ALL day. It needed a coat of primer and luckily one coat of paint. I'm glad that's over with. It looks great.
Jane wanted to help, how could I say no?! Here she is in all her glory for a whole 5 minutes! Three year old's don't have much of an attention span.
Yep, we got every nook and cranny. It was a great way to spend a Labor Day together. The girls were surprisingly good the whole time. They wandered around all our garage junk that was poured onto our driveway. It kept them very busy. Paisley took two good naps. Jane has always been good at entertaining herself (what a blessing!). But I do have to say, it would have been much faster without the girls...but not much of a memory.
Paisley sat in this Little Tikes car for 30 minutes, beeping the horn, steering the wheel, and talking on the phone. I wonder where she saw that example?
Here is my hotty husband doing something I wish he'd do more often...play with power tools. He was so kind to make me a TON of shelves in the garage. I'll show you a pic of that later.
My family and I went on a trip to California. We had a great time. I am, afterall, a California girl...that's right, born in Santa Ana. My Aunt and Uncle live in Yorba Linda and I love to visit them. We stayed in a beach house (right next to the beach), went to Legoland, and Disneyland. I'll post pics of that later. But the last few days of the trip we spent at Lake Arrowhead in my Aunts Cottage. On our way up we stopped in Riverside, CA. That is where my Grandma and Grandpa Tintle are buried. It's a military cemetary. Being there is so peaceful, patriotic, and beautiful. It felt very reverent and I felt close to my grandparents while there. I sure do love and miss them.
Family picture...My mom, sister Lindsey, me, Dad and brother Darren. We missed Jason and Hayley and wished they were there too.
My Aunt and Uncle took us on a tour of Lake Arrowhead in their pantoon boat. I've done this several times, but I never tire of looking at famous people's gorgeous cabins right on the lake. They are something else. We parked the boat in the middle and went for a swim. The water was freezing at first, but you quickly got used to it (NOTHING like Lake Powell). Paisley fell asleep on grandpa because of the gentle rock of the boat (and it was nap time). Nice.
I love Lake Arrowhead. Wonderful memories have been made there.
Since being back from vacation, I have had a lot of projects to continue. Finish organizing the garage. Go through all of my junk. Sell it on ebay and KSL. But still have fun with the girls. When I'm feeling like a neglectful mom I say "hop in the car girls and let's go grab a cheeseburger (Jane says...but with no pickles and no onions...picky).We frequent the germ infested McDonalds Playland often. Build that immune system, right?!
Jane is such a good sister to Paisley. Pais can be hard and in the way sometimes, but she shows a great amount of kindness and patience. I truly believe that first borns are pretty special and are able to handle a lot.
I love this picture of Paisley. She now poses for the camera with this cheesy, scrunched, grin. I love it. She makes me laugh. Just today she did it again, but now she can say "cheese"...so cute.
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