A Little Blip On The Map.

I have not been watching the amazing race this season...But this week my Mom told me I had to turn it on so we did... They were in Singapore. Last Oct. Dano and I went to Singapore on our first real vacation in 10yrs.  It was amazing! The show brought back some very good memories.  We have some awesome friends that are living over there and they were so generous to let us crash at their place and they showed us all the really cool places to go.

When we were watching  the show it was so neat to realize we had been to all of those places or seen then as we drove past. We went to the opera house and the pavilion in the park on our Sunday walk after church how cool is that.... It made me miss being there so very much. It is so beautiful and clean and safe. I wish that I could go back. But we will cherish the time we had there.

Thanks Ben Cheryl and Little Samara for the great time.

Happy Easter

OK ...Ok I am going to update my blog soon I promise. I hope you are havinga GrEaT EASTER!

GURNEYS HOUSE OF FOOD

Have you ever had your kids freak out about having to eat leftovers? Well it happens at our house every once in a while so we thought we would change things up a bit.
Yesterday after school I gave Slade a list of things we had to eat and I asked him to make a few menus. He had a lot of fun and he did a great job. The girls had no idea what was going to happen later but I knew they were going to love it.
Just before dinner Slade brought me the menus and we handed them out to the family.  He named our restaurant  GURNEYS HOUSE OF FOOD.  They had so much fun choosing what they would have for their entree, drinks and desert. Dano then explained to them that the restaurant they would be dining at was a fancy one and they needed to go and get dressed up.  You don't need to tell my kids twice when it comes to dressing up they were all over it.
When the kids returned in their fancy clothing and make-up for the girls Dano took pictures so they would feel so glamorous. Dano called them mademoiselle and garcon all night and they giggled every time.
Libby however missed out on our fun evening, she fell asleep as soon as the menus were brought out.
They ate without complaining and that doesn't happen very often.
It was a success.
I HEART MY FAMILY!

Photos from Gurney's House Of Food.

And Libby Sleeps through it again...Silly girl.

Lots of laughs!

Today has been filled with my kids saying and doing the craziest things. When I was trying to put jeans and a t-shirt on Finn this morning he ran away and opted for a pink fur shrug and a pair of princess shoes...NO I didn't take a picture...
Then this evening after we ate dinner with very little complaining we were all helping with dinner clean up when Piper started chanting REESE IS GOING TO JUVIE....REESE IS GOING TO JUVIE..... Meanwhile Reese was standing on top of a stool VERY PROUD of the thought.....ARG my kids are crazy.
We watch a little to much ICARLY at our house but it is so stinkin funny! I was laughing so hard and all I could say was Hobos can't afford cable(another line off icarly...)
Then again tonight Finn and Libby come walking out of their room both holding a purse and wearing princess shoes.
I HEART MY FAMILY!

Mozart

I could not resist this Mozart Bust I found at the thrift store.  I did think he needed to be brightened up a bit. We listened to Mozart on youtube while I painted him....It was very inspiring.  I thought it was a great learning moment for my kids.

My Red Kitchen

When we started building our house I found a picture of a red kitchen and I fell in love. A lot of people encouraged my crazy ways....THANK YOU!  I almost changed my mind a couple of times but I am so glad I went with the Red in the end...As my Mom puts it...It speaks to me.
The top of my hood vent will be finished soon sorry.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.