Halloween Ideas?

So Halloween is just a few weeks away. We have no idea what Jenna should be. We don't want her to be the typical princess (although that is probably what she would want to be, but it's not about what she wants--kidding), but can't find anything else we really like. Any ideas? What are your kids going to be this year?

Blindsided

So Joel and I were asked to go see the bishop this last Tuesday. We assumed it was about our calling as the Marriage & Family Relations teachers. We haven't had a class for a couple of months so we thought he wanted some input on how it's going and who should attend the next session of classes we will teach. We were dead wrong! We got another calling. We are now the activity committee chairpeople. I never would have guessed that. We are excited. I guess the committee was disbanded about 6 months ago when the last chairperson got a new calling, so we are starting from scratch. We are supposed to have 4 activities a year, and since we have never been to a ward activity, we need any help we can get. Let me know if you have any suggestions!

It's done!

So, we are done with the basement for awhile. We got the carpet last Friday. The color wasn't what I really wanted, but it is growing on me. It's really soft and clean. Jenna loves to run around in circles down there now. As soon as the carpet guys left, she ran down there and just ran and jumped. She likes all the extra space we have now.



When the carpet came, Joel was at a conference for the weekend for work. He was anxious to see what it looked like, so I made a little video of it for him. It's not that exciting and has no sound, but here you go. Sorry I am focused on the carpet, but you can kind of get the idea of what the rest of it looks like. I was going to make another video so you could see more, or at least take pictures, but we are in the process of moving all of our crap down there so it is a little bit of a mess right now.

Happy Birthday Gampa Harrison!

September 11th was "Gampa" Harrison's 70th birthday. Yesterday we had a big surprise party over at the park across the street from our house. We had dinner, visited, and played with the kids. It was a nice little gathering and I think everyone had fun. Thanks, April, for planning all of it.

Of course the only pictures I took at the party were of my little princess. Here are a few shots.

She can't wait for cake!

Still so excited (don't worry, she didn't actually touch the cake.
So serious
She is SO big! She can climb the ladder to the slide now!

The end is near!

So we will be "finished" with the basement this Friday! We have an appointment to have our carpet installed then. I put "finished" in quotes because there will still be work to be done after Friday, but we can start moving our office and stuff down there once the carpet is installed. I am so excited!

Joel, his brother and his dad worked on the tile in the bathroom the last couple of weekends. It looks really nice. Hopefully it will be done this week. There was not that much tile to lay, but the BYU games keep getting in the way of the work :)

Here's a picture of the tile. All the red stuff is some crack resistant stuff we put down first (in case you were wondering).


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Jealous

Okay, I started this blog a few months ago, but it was kind of depressing so I didn't finish it. I started it when I was first getting on to the blogging "scene" and was just beginning to stalk people. I guess I was having a down day or something because every blog just made me feel jealous and I started to make a mental list of things I wish I had that my friends have. Here is what I came up with.

A nicer house. My house is sufficient for our needs (and probably more than that). Of course there are always things that could be better, but it doesn't really matter in the long run.

A cleaner house. My house has been a disaster since Jenna came into the picture. I try to clean up, but Jenna insists on keeping things a mess. I have to keep telling myself that I would rather spend time with her than cleaning. Plus, Joel is pretty good at helping out.

Be a stay at home mom. If I have to work, I am glad that I have the job that I have. I really enjoy it for what it is worth.

Have a house full of kids. The one I have is wonderful and the cutest in the world (sorry to break it to all of you other moms!).

More time to blog. If I had more time to blog I would spend way too much time doing it. This stuff is addicting!

Something more interesting to blog about. I have noticed that people are interested in what you have to write about no matter what it is. Even if all it is is posting a picture of your child's poop for the day (Anna Marie!).

A child that goes to bed at a decent hour! It is actually nice that Jenna goes to bed late because that means I get to spend more time with her at night.

A chance to catch up with old friends. That's what blogging is for, right?

I never finished this post several months ago, because I realized soon after starting it that I need to stop comparing myself to other people. I am really blessed in my life. Sorry this is so sappy!

What have I done?

I knew this was going to happen one day, but I was hoping it would be a little while down the road still. I was reading, but the TV was on. I looked over and Jenna was actually watching. It was on a kids show and she watched nearly the entire thing.

My child is now in to TV. I am not too excited about that (although it may give me a little free time).

10 minutes later...