We Made It

After trevailing through the heat of Texas, the construction in Colorado, rainstorms of Wyoming, and the traffic in Utah, we have finalled arrived to the famous Gem State. It was an Ok trip, just too long to sit in the car, especially when you are just a kid, but we did get to listen to magic treehouse books on CD and watch some exciting movies (I only listened).
Someone has forgetton to tell them here that it is summertime, because it has been raining since we have arrived, which translates to no swimtime (suntan time) and playing indoors. Hopefully, it will clear up soon and the real fun can begin. However, it is nice and green here.

Outside the back door at mom and dad's


Sage has already adopted one of my mom's outside cats. He is a sweet little guy that just wants to snuggle. Sage has named him Pepper and wants to know if she can take him home

New Tile

so, right before our trip for the summer, I got this hairbrained idea to tile my sunroom. Well, actually, I had been debating about for a while. Then a friend of mine came over and convinced me to get started. So, once I started, I had to finish. It looks alot better than nasty 70's linoleam that was in there. I still have to put the base boards up, but here is the tile. Don't notice the mistakes.

Sage, an artist and a poet

Toward the end of school, Sage's class had an art and poetry day. The kids read poems they had written with lights turned low and all the parents as an audience. Each child had written a little biography about themselves as introduction and then read their poems.

Emotion
Red is a color of peacefulness.
It sounds like a cracling fire.
It taste like ice cream strawberry syrup.
It smells like big red roses.
It looks like my dad's red t-shirt.
It feels like my soft red blanket.

Cheetah
Cheetahs are so big and fast,
in the race they won't be last.

Cheetahs have many a spot.
They live in a place that's really hot.

Cheetahs have 4 paws,
on each they have 5 claws.


After, the poem reading we had snacks and were able to look at around at their art projects. They had learned about different artist, and as they did they created art similar. For Divinci, they drew a "Mona Lisa", for Monet, a watercolor, for Michaleangelo they painted upside down, nder their desks. Sage didn't have nearly as much fun at school all year as she did her last 2 weeks getting ready for the art show.




Great Job, Sage
Thanks Mrs. Rodgers!!!

Sundays, always the hardest day of the week

I had one of those days yesterday. It is always fun to see how crazy things can get sometimes!!
In my efforts to get to church on time, which didn't happen, I had a wrinkle that was bugging me. I did have a jacket as well as a blouse on, so I thougt I could iron that wrinkle out with out taking off the shirt, guess again. I have a big blister on my chest.

Later, after church, I was trying to make cookies for my neighbor who so generously mowed our lawn after he was done mowing his. I wanted to make sugar cookies. I went online and found a recipe that had several reviews that were good, so I tried that. My cookies didn't turn out quit like I had anticipated.

Lastly, I have been repainting a storage shelf for the girls toys. I was almost done, it needed one more coat, but I didn't have time to finish Saturday and didn't want to work on it on Sunday. So, it has just been sitting out in the back yard waiting for me to finish, well, last night about 3 am. It started a down pour and when I got up this morning the rain had creeped underneath my paint job, because I didn't prime it, and now it is a do over!!

Anyway, life goes on.

Artist Paints Curb

The day before yesterday some guy came to our door to ask if we wanted our curb painted my mom said yes. So yesterday some guy came over and painted our curb. And guess what my mom asked him to paint. A boise state sign. We're keeping, well trying to keep, it a seceret until my dad gets home. Here's a picture.
It will stay on until my dad gets home because he put this special paint on it to make it stay.
Posted by Analise

In honor of Mother's Day

Why are there Mother's?
Because other wise the diapers would never get changed. This cracked me up!

Analise Dance Recital

Analise takes dance here from the "Butterfly Dance Studio". She really likes it most days. They had their end of the year recital last weekend. She did great. She has natural rythym and is not afraid to get up there and shake it up. She had a big smile the whole time. (They had it at a church, so the background is a little differnt.)