Projects

This past week has been a very busy productive week. I spent a day finishing up some projects I started a LONG time ago. First was Kami's blanket. I started it last year and was hoping it would be a first birthday present- at least I got it done before she was two!

She loves it and sleeps with it all the time now. This seems like it would be a fairly simple project, and it would have if my machine would not have tried to eat the material about every 6 inches! It has problems!

This is the second one I worked on. I actually had the main portion of the curtain done months ago. I added the ties and the top flap last week. I was very short on material and made the flap as long as I could. Also, the straps aren't as wide as I would have liked. I think it turned out pretty good considering this was from scrap material I had in the closet! I figure it is in the laundry room anyway so who really cares!

I love this picture of Kaitlyn, it totally shows her personality. We found this hat in the closet as we were cleaning and she wore it for like three days straight. I practically had to tear it off her head at gymnastics! She loves it because it is just like the one Harriet had.
We also spent a couple of days cleaning out closets and clothes. Ash had so many clothes that don't fit anymore, Katie is loving her new wardrobe! I also discovered that both girls needed new shoes. We of course shopped Zappos and found Ash some cute tennis shoes. Katie is still in need of church shoes, hopefully we can take care of that tomorrow. She did enjoy pulling out her new sketchers from the tote. I am finding that Katie doesn't always have the right size of things for the season. Poor Kyle, he thought we wouldn't every have to buy anything new after Ash!
Ky also enjoyed a busy week with a S&R mtg, an actual S&R search, planning and zoning mtg, and tackling the basement. This was all on top of YM and work!
Friday we hit one of three baptisms (the only one we actually made it too) for the week. Cynthia was baptized and it kinda freaked me out. I was sitting there and realizing that it will be Ash in about 7 months! When did my baby grow up!! We had a good night and the girls enjoyed watching the whole thing. After we got home we tackled the basement again and this is what Kami looked like when we were done!

This is actually after I cleaned her up a bit. She did have dirt caked in her hair! YUK! Thank goodness for soap! We were able to get everything moved out of the storage room and the girls' bedroom. We then finished the demolition in there and framed both rooms except the exterior walls. I will post picts later. Poor Kyle had to deal with my super straight cuts(NOT) with the skill-saw! I did very much enjoy using the sledge hammer to knock out walls! The basement has opened up a ton. We now have lots more crap to haul out and just a little more demolition left. Hopefully, we can get everything out in the next couple of weeks and then finish the demo, that will feel good, finish framing the exterior walls and then run wires. After we run all the wires we will be spraying everything with kilz. Then comes the fun part -sheetrock! I am excited to see it actually taking shape.
Our super bowl plans fell through on Sunday so it was just us. Ky spent most of the game trying to stay awake after having been up for 31 hours straight. He had a search Sat night after we spent all day in the basement and then he came to church when he got back. He didn't even make it to half time! This is what we did while he was sleeping- Ash's idea!

Yep, Sparkly Pink! Poor guy he didn't even know what hit him. Katie spilled the beans after about half an hour- life with all girls!
Even though it was absolutely crazy last week it felt so good to get some of our projects crossed off the list. I did have one nice relaxing girls day with my sis-in-laws, I could use more of those!