My Budding Artist

I was in the other room putting clothes away, and when I came out, what should my wondering eyes see but a little girl and a black dry erase marker. Yeah!! She had marker on her toes, hands, and legs. She also had colored the kitchen floor and the fridge. It made me giggle! My personal favorite was the back of her brother's head. (He didn't find it as comical as I did) I, of course, put her in time out and then had her clean up her mess. This whole experience was just too "two-year old" to resist blogging. This same day, she dumped out a whole bag of potato chips for her brother, and used a chair to climb up and get Cooper candy as well. Milk duds and lemon heads, no less, the perfect food for a 9 month old. Such a little helper.

Thank You Tearsa!

I would like to draw all of your attention to my incredible new blog header, brought to us by my new friend Tearsa! In my "blog-stalking" days, I stumbled across her/her mom's blogs and was immediately envious of their headers. One day, when I could stand it no more, I finally got up the courage to leave a comment and ask how it was done. Tearsa was so nice and immediately offered to help me. Now, I am ashamed to say, Tearsa helping me turned into Tearsa doing all the work. She even got herself the picture. I pretty much just sat around and picked my nose. (Not really, I tried to help/do my part, but I made more of a mess of it then anything else.) Anyways, I just wanted to publicly thank Tearsa. She was so sweet and helpful! I can't thank her enough!
By the way, no one else get the idea that you can ask her to do the same for you, she is just my friend, not yours! Just kidding. I just don't want poor Tearsa to think I am advertising her services, because that would be rude. And I'm nice... Anyway, I am just expressing my appreciation for this wonderful new blog header!! My blog already looks cooler/more professional, wouldn't you say? Now I just need a new "journalist" and "photographer" to replace my current one (me) and we are on our way to stardom! GO US! ... no, actually GO TEARSA!!

Tent Fun

Ever since I made a blanket fort for Kameryn (another "Oops, forgot to blog" moment) she has been asking for a tent. I keep telling her later, later, later and today I finaly said to myself "how long could it take". After making a blanket fort and continually being called back into the room to fix it, my mind happened upon an idea. I got down her play fort/tent we had bought her this summer at Costco. It assembled in a snap and, best of all, stayed assembled! Kameryn of course loved it and Cooper really loved it too.
I love Cooper's face in this bottom picture!

Little Laundry Guy

Cooper was helping me do the laundry the other day. I couldn't seem to switch the wash with him in my hands and so I put him down. I promise when I first sat him in this hamper he was smiling. But, by the time I got back with the camera, he was not amused. Bummer, because he made the cutest little "Mommy's helper".

Patio

After living here for a year, Brandon and I could take it no more! We needed some sort of hard surface out our back door to help with the cleanliness of the backyard (dang dogs! ... I love dogs, but this is a long story) It was with the approval of our landlords that we decided to lay a "patio". Nothing big or spectacular, but definetly an improvement. I didn't get before or after pics, but I did get a during and here it is. This was our first patio laying project, and while it is by no means a professional job, we must admit, we did good. I enjoy home improvement more than I can possibly say. As a renter, it's hard to get the opportunity to do so. This project allowed me a release from all my pent-up home improvement energy. And, I might add, my husband was quite the man!! (It would have made up for his pansy mouse experience had it not happened prior to the instance) Go Bowens!

Girls Night

Whenever I import my photos from my camera I find pictures I meant to blog but haven't. So then I go on a blogging spree and post 8-9 posts in one sitting. Today is one of those days! These are the pictures I took one night after Kameryn and I painted our nails while Brandon watched basketball. I just love her faces that she is making for the pictures, she is quite the versital poser.

General Conference

We just had a wonderful General Conference. My family came up from Utah to spend the weekend with us. I was so excited, I turned into my Grandma Faun! (Wanting to bake cookies, make elaborate meals, etc.) It must be something in the Idaho air... Anyway, my family was the whole reason conference was so awesome. We really didn't listen to much conference, my brothers are so noisy... Just kidding! It's hard for me sometimes having them live in Utah with all the rest of my family and having me be the only one up here by my lonely. So, it is such a treat when they come up here to my little world to share in it with me. So, we just had to blog to let them know how grateful we were to have them here. We really love anytime we can spend with them.