I've been......

I've been busy. I've been taking pictures. I've been thinking of so much to blog about. I HAVE NOT taken the time to do a blog post. Wow, has it really been over a week? More to come. Promise.

Penguins

Did you know that killer whales are an enemy to penguins. I have heard that phrase quite a few times in the last week. Really. At random times throughout the day. Jakob is learning about penguins and sharing his new found knowledge with all of us.
After Jakob painted these amazing pictures he told me the one on the bottom is a killer whale attacking a penguin. "Because you know Mom, killer whales are an enemy to penguins." What a nice drawing! I truly could not be prouder! Truly.

The other day we had a conversation that went something like this.

Jakob: Dad, did you know that you are an enemy to a penguin?

Steve: What?

Jakob: You are an enemy to penguins, Man is an enemy to penguins.
Me: Jakob, when they say Man they mean humans, so they mean all humans, women, men, children.

Jakob: Isabelle, did you know you are an enemy to penguins?

Corners of My Home

This dresser replaced the bookcase that was in the boys room. I put Karter's clothes in the top three drawers of the dresser and a bunch of Jakob's random legos in the bottom drawer. His sets of legos are seperated into tubs in his closet. Karter's clothes were in bins in his closet. His closet is quite empty now. What can I put in there?? So many ideas.

This dresser belonged to my Great Grandparents. I started refinishing the bed and dresser before Steve and I were married and finished it while we were in our first apartment.

I've been trying to use baskets to help divide dresser drawers. I have a hard time finding baskets that are shallow enough, but these drawers are deep.

FYI - I just bought a couple of those white boxy storage units from Target to keep Jakob's clothes in. All his clothes are in his closet.

Corners of My Home

So, planning to post some photos of some changes I've made to different places in my home this week. This is a bookcase I took from the boys room. It housed thier toys. I didn't like what a mess they would make in thier room with their toys, it is such a small space. I decided we already have a playroom and I wanted to keep most of their toys in there. With the exception of Jakob's legos, their are no toys in the boys room. So, I moved this to the back of our sectional and I love how it turned out. I put most of Karters toys that were in a big basket in the bottom baskets and boxes. I like having the option to pull out just a few of his toys instead of all of them. I put fluffy movie watching blankets in the big basket I took Karter's toys from. I love that we have a place for these blankets and that I can just throw them in the basket without folding since it has a lid to hide them.
There are a couple things I'm still working on. The top baskets and boxes need items in them. I have lots of things that need homes, I just want to be smart about what I put where. I also am not sure if I like the green boxes. It is the only green in my main living area. I'm living with it and seeing what I think. I also want to play around with the placement of the sectional. Steve does not like it coming away from the wall, he wants more floorspace in the middle of the room. I think it looks funny pushed back. Well, we will see what I come up with.

Tomorrow I will show what I put in the boys room in place of the bookshelf.

Happy Eight Years

Today Steve and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. We spent this last weekend roaming around the town, just the two of us, doing whatever we wanted to do! It was so fun!! So grateful to Steve's parents for watching the kids for two whole nights! We just forgot about life for a couple days and focused on having fun with each other. My original plan was to get a place in Portland and have fun exploring the city we live next door to. Well, for various reasons (saving money, parking, etc.), we decided to stay in a place closer to home. We stayed at the Hilton right next to the Portland Temple. The first night we ate at PF Changs! So good! We both had never been there before! Since we had got a late start (eating at 8pm) we headed to the hotel to check in and fell asleep a bit early (boring I know!) The next day we slept in with no one to wake us up or ask for breakfast. Once we got up we headed into Portland to eat at a yummy biscuit place I had heard about. So good! We then hung out at the mall and did some shopping. We headed over and saw the Sherlock Holmes movie. We then went and both got a massage. We went to dinner at a lovely place called the Stockpot Broiler. I had lamb and Steve at steak. Very good. We also had this yummy brie/apple combo dip appetizer thing that was fabulous! I'm salivating now just thinking about it. We then went to the driving range and hit some golfballs. Very comical, I'm sure, for anyone who cared to watch us try! We then picked up a movie and some frozen yogurt and headed back to our hotel!! So fun just jumping around for the day. Of course I took the camera with me and left it in the car the whole day. I should have taken it with me to a couple places but didn't want to be bothered with it. So, you get to see some photos of us in the car and hotel room!! How exciting is that??!
This is what happens when you are left waiting for your husband with nothing to do. Any advise on taking pictures of yourself in your car mirror on a dark night??
We looked a lot at our entertainment coupon book. Almost all of our meals were buy one get one free types of things at some really nice restaraunts. Yummy food!!

So fun to celebrate 8 years with this guy! I truly feel blessed to have him in my life!! We have experienced so much together and I'm looking forward to all that is in store for us in the years to come. Thanks babe for putting up with me through the thick and thin of life. Love, love, love ya!

Update

We have got some fun things going on this weekend that I will post this next week. Also, I have been organizing some corners of my home. I'm also planning on posting some pictures this next week of what I have been up to. So, check back this next week and I promise not to disappoint.

Opinions, Opinions, Opinions

So, I need your opinion. Who does Karter look like?? Do you see more Moon or more Huish in him? There is a bit of a debate going between Steve and I on the subject and I would love to hear what you think! Here are some photos to help!