Kamree's new hair-do!!

Kamree just chopped her bangs!! I seriously wanted to cry, her hair is soo pretty and one length. The only thing keeping her alive is that she kept the long and cut at her nose, so AT LEAST it's not ugly 2 inch length, right? aackkk!! I will have to even them out, and pin them up for a long time. Maybe we'll cut her hair to make it look okay. I'm real sad, but she is too. When I showed her the bangs she cried.

I was cutting stuff and got up to make a phone call. When I came back...she said "mom my barrett came out" so I put it back in, not noticing the new do. Then she said " I cut my hair, it's in that garbage" (well thanks for the honesty and cleanin up job...) So I look and it's a lot of hair so panic sets in.

Mike has been on me for getting the scissors put up for a while now, guess it's my fault and I will listen to him now.

Would you wear SOCKS in a BOX with a FOX?

So I decided to conquer the SOCK BOX today...I know, what was I thinking right? Well it HAD to be done, it's getting colder here and I've been getting comments from the bus driver for not having socks on my 2 yr old and for me wearing flip flops. (he's a nice old man from our ward) :)

So here are the stats-
matched pairs = 36
socks to small for any of the girls = 11 :(

Good news is I cleared the BOX out, bad new is...it seems we have a FOX that eats only one sock of many many many pairs. I think I'm going to buy a new set of socks for each girl, each with her own color. Then throw out and start again every year because I have decided I absolutely HATE matching, finding and washing SOCKS.

BTW - I did buy Lexi 6 new cute pairs of socks for school, of which only ONE pair is still around...I'm beginning to think something or someone really IS taking my socks :)

*Ms. sHeLbY wELbY*

This is Shelby's smile when we get the camara out, it's hard to get a picture with her eyes OPEN
pigtails!

Shelby's 14 months today!! I love this little munchin...she's hillarious.

She is still not walking, but standing alone for longer.

We'll see next month.

She has just discovered her nose, and her favorite thing is peek-a-boo.

She hates socks and wont keep them on, if her feeties would grow she could wear shoes :)

She has a cute laugh, but an even cuter *giGgLe*.

She's also letting her sister's know who's boss by yelling at them, hmm...we'll have to work on that one!

project for the day

I've had all these 'craft' itches lately. I just wanna make stuff, problem is I wanna do it ALL and NOW. My idea today was to cover these re-usable bags. I've came across a few for free, but they have sayings or pictures on them. So I covered this one with fabric, turns into a cute bag. And you know me, I LOVE bags and can never get enough. I'm already thinking of getting more just so I can have more CUTE bags for cheap.

Sewing the fabric on was kind of a pain, so I was thinking of Mod Podge...has anyone done fabric with it? Let me know...and maybe that would be easier. I also thought of paper

onto the bag, but didn't think it would last as long.

Bunk Beds!!!

Lexi's bed

Ta-da!!

Kam's new bed


Funny story: So we go to pick up the bunk beds the other night from a lady on Craigslist.
1-I end up recoginizing her from 4 years ago when we first moved here to the area.
2-We find out she has a Camry like our Kamree...
3-they have just the 3 girls like us...and theres more....
4-they are all CAR names!!! crazy huh?
They have Camry, Jetta, and Sienna. So we share name ideas we have and now Mike and I need to have 2 boys and 2 girls to use up our ideas....okay that's not gonna happen, but what a crazy night! :)




We were finally able to find the girls a BUNK BED. We have been wanting one for a while now to give them more space in the room and to have another double bed for company. Our twin mattress is an XL therefore FOUR inches too long and wouldn't work...bummer! But my RS pres. gave us one they weren't using anymore and it works great :)
It's been like Christmas at our house...the girls are sooo excited about the NEW bed. Wow, if only I would have known the reaction and could have skipped Christmas altogether!!

We did our traditional Pumpkin Patch early this year, I had to have a WHITE pumpkin (Their always gone by the time we get out). We had a good time and went with our friends Lani and Jordan. My camara was out of batteries when we got there :( I was way bummed...so guess we'll be going back just for pictures!

Shelbs finally said MAMA this week and she is saying HI now. I love it, she's a dolly. She likes to be held alot...but I'm trying to enjoy it b/c Kam wasn't cuddly at all. Shelby is sick right now so she's been miserable and not sleeping well. She has stood a few times alone, but is still not close at all to walking.

Kamree has been playing a lot with her stuff animals. She sets them up and talks with them, they watch a movie and go to school. I love to see her playing by herself...she's different with Lexi gone.

Lexi is loving school. She would rather ride the bus than have me take her, so I guess that's a nice thing. She has an awesome memory. She memorized the whole article of faith #10 in 15 minutes for church a couple of weeks ago. At school they learn a song for each letter...and she knows 8 out of the 12 so far. Yesterday she told me the BOYS were chasing her at recess and she ran to the BIG toy to get away from them. She was giggly and laughing about it...Mike and I couldn't stop laughing.

I'm trying to stay on top of a clean house, homework, and getting a head start on Christmas gifts. Our primary program is in 2 1/2 wks...it will be nice to finish that up.
Mike has been real busy at work, he is gone for 10-12 hours a day. It's tiring, but really good for us. Evenings are exhausting and I'm tired from all day with the kids, but Mike comes home in a good mood (even from a long day) and plays with them. Things are going well and we're excited for FALL...