we're alive

We made it, we live in American Falls now. We found a little farm house to rent for a year. I don't get Internet out there-lame. We're not that far out in the country. I don't know how my grandma up in mud lake area can get Internet but a few miles from American falls I can't. Whatever - I'm going to get a cell phone with a data plan but my current cell contract isn't up till the middle of January. I'll try to live without Internet that long. sniff sniff... :)

bathroom

I saw this way cool thing to do to a wall on shanty 2 chic (craftblog) it's so cute and I wanted to do it to the kids bathroom wall. I told my in laws about it and while they were here over thanksgiving my father in law, cory and I went and got all the supplies. My father in law put up the whole thing! How awesome is he?!?! I felt bad that he was working while on vacation!

Here's what it looked like before..

put a 1x4 across the top...

put 1x4's vertically...

add a "ledge" on the top, this is a 1x3 (i think) and we added some detail to it, i can't remember what the board we put on is called, a cove something???....but it's under the top board (if you can see it)

Filled the nail holes, sanded, primed and painted twice. I am going to put 4 hooks on the horizontal board so people can hang up towels. I think it turned out great! Thanks so much Lynn!!! (sad I don't get to enjoy it....)

Reagans blessing day

photo overload

Here are some photos I took of Reagan while I was messing around with my camera.

At grandma and pa's house she slept in the crate-it was perfect size and she loved it! -Slept 5 hrs one night (longest so far)

already

She's a month old today...so sad. She's growing up too fast. Reagan has done a lot in the last month...

..Had a bunch of baths in the sink

wore daddy out

went to church a few times (look a her tights!-it's the smallest size and they're huge!)

failed attempt at a photo shoot (she woke up)

been smashed by mommy

stayed awake for a while

been very sleepy

has cute chicken legs-love them!

and shes growing so fast. The newborn clothes fit pretty good now!

halloween

I'm lazy and finally posting Halloween pics. We went to Logans school for the trunk or treat. It was pretty lame. I think there were about 12 cars...and I forgot my camera. Saturday night we had a church activity where the kids could wear their costumes. We didn't go door to door this year and I'm glad I have kids young enough to not care. :)

Logan was the blue dragon from How to train your dragon (don't know it's name)

Brooklyn wanted a little mermaid outfit

Reagan went as a baby.

what a week

Warning: story ahead followed by tonz of pictures;

Last Monday afternoon/evening Cory was supposed to be headed out of town to Pocatello. About 3 or 4 I started having contractions, wasn't really sure what was going on so we dropped the kids off at a neighbors and went to the hospital. After a few hours there, they gave me some shot that stopped the contractions and we went home (my nurse in the labor and delivery wing was a HORRIBLE person -she asked how I would rate my contractions and I said 8-9 and she's like "well if you were really at a 9 you'd be crying"-Maybe I don't cry lady! I wanted to strangle her). They wanted to stop my contractions because I wasn't quite 37 weeks yet. Cory obviously didn't go to Pocatello that night but was going to go Tuesday morning instead. We got home about 10:30

I woke up about 5 on Tuesday and the contractions were back-this time closer and harder. NOT FUN!! Again Cory wasn't going to Pocatello! We dropped the kids at a different neighbors so Logan could get on the bus with her kids and Brooklyn could stay with her-I was thinking it would only be a few hours and they would give me the shot and send me home again-wrong- it ended up being an all day thing. (I SOOO owe Anjeanette some chocolate muffins from Costco! :) I felt so bad she ended up having to watch her all day!! We went in and they tried to stop the contractions again and they couldn't so they just decided to deliver me.

Reagan Ellen Grace Omanson

5 lbs, 4 oz.

20 inches

the kiddos coming to see Reagan, me too I guess :)

Big brother..again.

Going home! yay!!

Brooklyn didn't want anything to do with me or Reagan at the hospital but as soon as we were home she was asking if she could hold her. She's such a good big sister!

We are so blessed to have little Reagan in our home!

naughty

I almost peed my pants tonight- (not like it's hard since I have about 5-6 lbs resting on my bladder...)we were getting in the van tonight and we always have the kids climb in on the drivers side (our lock on the passenger side is funky) Logan starts to come on my side and I say, "no, go to the other side" He walks around, climbs in and says, "well I didn't want people seeing me walk like a dumb-ass" ----It's naughty I know cuz he swore but I'm STILL laughing -

new things

I've been stalking craft blogs lately...I have so many projects to do, mostly just finishing them up, I start one and then while paint is drying or whatever I start on a new one. I need to make a check list so I can check off what I've started.

Saw pumpkins painted like this on a blog, can't remember which one-sorry! I'm not sure what to do with them..should I get two more and then make a topiary thing or even a topiary with just the 2.. or just place them outside on my porch as is...?

My sis-in-law told me how to do this wreath years ago and I finally got around to finishing it! It's squares of fabric stuck with pins into a straw wreath form- I love it! I've gotten tonz of compliments on it, so thanks for telling me how to do it Amy!

A few months ago I was cleaning the potty and I got the toilet bowl cleaner, opened the lid and flipped it upside down to squirt it into the potty and I guess there was some cleaner in the lid or I'm just a spaz and it got my purple wall and bleached it blue...it was good because I was sick of the purple and wanted to paint over it for a while, this gave me a good excuse. LOVE the green and we added some hardware to the cupboards and drawers.

Made this out of a dowel, raffia, ribbon, black paint and an old paint stir stick (did you know they have different colors of raffia? I didn't -I thought I was going to have to spray paint the raffia-man what a time saver!)

I got this idea from http://www.diaryofacraftaholic.blogspot.com/ its one of my favorites, she has THE cutest ideas...

Another new thing (which I'm totally not qualified for and already freaking out about)....I got a new calling. (Perfect timing - I just finishing writing the primary program and all. I feel SOOOO bad for the president!! Good thing I have it all ready so if she wants she can just pick up and run with it, or totally change it-her choice-but the program is 4 Sundays away. I feel bad but I don't have to stress about it!) Anyways I got called to be the 4th Sunday Relief Society instructor. HAHAHA. Because I have NO problem getting up in front of people and having them stare at me while I talk. I had a hard time doing sharing time for children! I'm doing the lesson this Sunday!! Way to ease me into it! It's hard because I do the teaching for our times lessons instead of out of the gospel principles book, so I'm given a talk from the latest general conference and I have to make a lesson out of it. Riiiight. Wish me luck and I hope I don't throw up too many times Sunday morning! ;) Once a month right? Once a month, deep breaths...