Dollywood Here We Come!

Paul thinks Dolly Parton must be the richest person on Earth. Someone in the ward gave us free tickets to Dollywood and we took our kids on Monday. Marilyn was there and we had a blast. Paul went on the big roller coaster rides with Darren. I can not believe Paul went on 3 big ones with him! He is getting so big it is crazy! I went on 1 big coaster with him and my neck was kinked for the next 3 days. Kyle's favorite ride was the ducks that go round and round. Anyways, here are some picts.

Soccer

So, we just got back from soccer tonight. Which, to be honest I got suckered into coaching. I was so excited to sign my kids up. I had dreams of sitting on the sidelines reading my magazines, relaxing, enjoying the beautiful fall weather. Not so. I am up, running after balls, getting kids attention, blowing my whistle, trying to keep subbing fair, loosing my voice, etc. I come home exhausted and without a voice. Tonight Paul scored a goal, Ellie scored 5! and Kyle scored 1 too. It is so fun to see my kids personality's come out as they play. Ellie is awesome at defense. Paul is in really good shape. In fact yesterday all the 3rd graders ran a mile and Paul came in 1st! He got 10 min and 13 seconds. He said his cousin Grace came in 2nd behind him. And Kyle gets soooo mad if the other team scores a goal. It is super fun. Even if I am exhausted.

Lonely at night

So, Darren works the night shift as a nurse. Someone asked me the other day if I get lonely at night. Hmmm. Not really. I love my time alone at nights. Sleeping by myself does get sad though. In fact, Darren was home the other night and took a picture of how lonely I am at night when he is usually at work.

Dinning Room- Painted

Ok, mom- here you go :) It is night - so it doesn't look as good as during the day. But you get the idea. I also would like to buy some curtain rods for the window. But, here it is for now.

Current Projects

So, I've got 3 fun projects going on right now. I am super excited about this awesome solid wood bookcase I scored off of craigslist for $30!! He had it listed for $85.00 but after someone coming to look at it and deciding it was to big, he was eager to get rid of it. It took me a week to convince Darren, as he originally said, "NO, NO, NO, NO WAY! ABSOLUTLEY NOT!!!" We went and picked it up yesterday, and my brother David came to help. He said, "wait, is this bookcase made out of Popler wood?" I said yea why? And he said Marilyn went and looked at it last week! It was too big for her project. So, thanks to her the guy gave me a great price! Thanks Marilyn! Great minds think alike! My plan is to cut off the top row:( It is just to tall for the spot I need to put it. Then I am going to stain it a dark brown/red. Then I am going to put boards on the back lined with wallpaper. I just am not if I want to do colorful flowery, or simple pattern so I could use it in another room if needed. Anyways, I love it! And I am super excited to redo the dining room!

The Tooth Fairy

Ok, so Paul know the truth about the tooth fairy. She leaves you money! And for an 8 year old business man, that is important! So, he lost a tooth at school- with out us even knowing he had a loose tooth! With Ellie a loose tooth consists of weeks of wiggling. Weeks of whining, not being able to eat anything. Weeks of begging her to let Darren pull it out because it is hanging by a piece of flesh the size of floss.
Anyways, so he lost a tooth, and really does know who the tooth fairy is. So, the first night I forgot. He was pretty upset. I said, "Listen, I'll leave you 2 dollars tomorrow, ok?" he was happy with that and it got me out of hot water. But, the next night I literately had NO money in the house. I couldn't even scrounge up enough change for 2 dollars! I thought it was no big deal until the next morning when he woke me up at 5:30 in the morning crying because the tooth fairy forgot him. I explained that I had tried, but had no money. So, he says to me, "Why didn't you just write me a check?!!." Well, why didn't I think of that?

Master bedroom

Laura asked for some pictures of my house. I am slowly getting them to her. I took these since there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Darren by my bed. Flowers make me so happy. Everytime I look at them I get a happy feeling in my heart!