It's a sickness, really

Here we go again.  The kids will be headed to the dungeon in the near future with any luck.  But they couldn't go down to this.

Not because I'm a bathroom snob, but because they would finish off whatever has lasted the first 34 years in this bathroom. 

We immediately took down the old fixtures when we moved in and replaced the toilet seat, all of which were wood.  Did I mention the previous owners had 4 BOYS?!   S-T-I-N-K

Among all the things they did right in our house, I don't think they put green board behind this shower insert.

I will have 4 teenagers at one time.  This layout is not condusive.


This is what I'd love


But, alas, I found two wall mount sinks for $20/each on ksl.

The floor...

I hope.

White tile for the rest?

Pics to come when this endeavor is finished.

Wish me continued luck in finding cheap (yet durable) materials.



Christensen's Early Christmas

 Big favorite for Noah.  Whack-a-mole!

We got this cow for Samantha.  Mae had a pig.  It shakes when you bonk it on the nose.  Sammy wasn't sure whether she liked it or not, but Mae had flashbacks of her piggy. 

 Isaac and Liv got watch bands for their Ipods.  Isaac was without his Ipod for several months after leaving it in Grandma's car when she left for North Carolina.  He was soooo happy to get it back for the trip home!

 He could not get this bow off of his hand.  It went up and down, around, switched hands.  We watched him for several minutes try to get it off.

 This is probably another of my lame attempts at a good gift for Jason.  He got a Sonicare toothbrush, a vegetable grill basket and ...heavens!  I can't even remember the other thing I got him.  Men are so difficult to buy for.

Except my brother.  Who still plays video games.

 Love birds

Grandma and her mini-me, Sammy. 

Louis Leaves

Didn't mean to leave you hangin'...

Here's what else Louis did before he departed for the North Pole for the year.

 Not willing to be left out of our trip, Louis packed his bag and made a bed roll.  We found him waiting by the door.

 We had an early Christmas with my family.  Louis wanted to be sure we remembered the reason for our celebration, so he took some time to snuggle the baby Jesus.

Happy Birthday George!!!

Our last day with Louis, Christmas Day he did sort of a "Ta da!" in the center of the tree.

Thank-you Louis for making Christmas that much more magical.

See ya next year!

We, w.e., wii Party

WE (the us and the Carvajal's)

Had W.E. (white elephants)

Thankfully, no one wanted to trade me for my silk arrangement, so I get to keep it.

They watched a Christmas flick and then started Just Dance 2 on the Wii.  When we said it was time to go they invited us to take a turn, clever children.  Knowing we couldn't stop after just one song. 

Party like it's 2009!

Louis Settles In

It took the kids a little longer to find Louis this morning.  He was downstairs for the first time.  Watching the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, eating a sugar cookie and sipping eggnog.

Louis Uno, but not Solo

Louis Strikes Again...

Now it's Personal

Equivalent to a horse head in your bed?  This time he got Noah.  Must've been naughty.

Clothes strewn from the drawers...

The ultimate dis- sneakers hanging

Diaper cannonball

Cups thrown about.

I get my own morning surprise before leaving for the holidays! 

How lucky am I?!

P.S. Liv's b-day is in June.  Her class was celebrating her 1/2 birthday, lest you be confused.

Louis Takes Time Out

Louis

Louis Hates My Diet

No soup for you Louis...

Louis Day 5

He was dirty from his lack of water discipline during the chocolate making the evening before, so Louis bathed...

Elf on a Shelf...Louis Day 3

Thirsty?

He's messier than Mae.

Louis Day 2

Tonite Louis decided he wanted some new digs.  He got a gift box and created it. 

Maters

I passed the bread for the sacrament last Sunday to Mae.  She held her hand up like a traffic cop and shook her head.  "Nah.  I'm good."

I snuck Jason's birthday present into her room and hid it behind the coats.  "Mae, I'm hiding Daddy's birthday present here.  It's a secret."
Five minutes later, "Daddy, you got a present?"
"SHHH!  Mae, it's a secret."
whispering, "It's in my room."

She always pops up singing, "Divaaaa Las Megas!  DEEEEVA Las Megas!" *lisp.  Don't forget the lithp*

Now she loves coming up with ways to say our names.  "Mama, you name Brandy?"
"Yup Mae."
"You name not Mama, you Brandy?"
"What do YOU call me?"
"You name Brandy but I call you Mama and Daddy name's Jason."

After my Grandma's funeral Noah, Mae, and I were driving home.  She had a glow-in-the-dark necklace and she chewed a hole in it.  She started hacking behind me so I turned around just in time to see her puke up her funeral potatoes on her new dress.  She sobbed big crocodile tears. 

Couldn't get Google for poison control in Payson and so we pushed on.  She'd finally calmed down and I turned to tell her we could clean her up as soon as we got home.  There she was rubbing glow gunk into her eye.
"I wanna new eye!  I wanna new eye!  Oh my hebbens!  Good gracious!  I wanna new eye!"
I pulled over at a gas station.  What do I do?  Take in a naked baby or one with puke all over her.  I chose naked and wrapped in a jacket.  And Noah?  He had to hang by himself (nice), while I shoved (literally), Mae's head under the faucet to rinse out her eye. 
"Oh my goodness!  I wanna die!  Oh good hebbens!"  The rinse was unsucessful. 

Finally got some service and called poison control with Mae still expressing herself in the back seat.  She'd just settled down when she rubbed her other eye.  Still more exclamations. 

About the edge of Springville she cried herself to sleep but woke for a moment to say, "Tell the people on the phone I o.k.  I all better."

As I write she's playing with her siblings something that has to do with, "I break you into jail." 

Louis

Meet Louis, the mischevious Elf on a Shelf.  He's naughty at night.  Liv said, of all things, she went to sleep on one side of the bed (and Mae), and woke up on the other!  Silly elf.  To have something like that happen in the middle of the night, especially to Liv is quite shocking. 

We also found this when we woke.

Liv and Isaac are all over this.  Mae is creeped out by him.  She wouldn't go shut the front door because he was still sitting there with his marker.  Georgia keeps threatening to touch him because his book says he'll lose his magic if you touch him. 

Noah's Big Day

 Could you just squeeeeeze those cheeks?!!!

 GASP!

This means smurf poop for 3 days.

Could we keep this between us?

So that's it?