It's an OCD, manic, freaky chic thing

Okay, so I feel like I have gotten nothing done this past week! Brady has been sick and now I am feeling under the weather, but, I did get 11 pages done at the Scrapbook late niter I went to on Friday and I spend all day today cleaning the house from top to bottom which it has needed since we moved in a month ago...gross! So, now everything is clean, but my bedroom is still half painted. I need to finish up all of the detailing I am doing and paint the other two walls, but finishing it seems to be impossible. Not to mention the rest of my house waiting to be painted and decorated. I think I finally decided on the colors for the family room, thank you Shantell. I am looking at fall colors,you know, rust orange, dark green, plum, browns, a gold maybe. I haven't gotten up the courage yet to buy drapery fabric because I can't make up my mind which route to take. After switching things up in my bedroom, I am not feeling like I can make more changes at the moment. It's that whole OCD, manic, freaky chic thing that I have going on. Who knows, but I do need to do something and fast!

I'd Like to Thank the Academy....

Melissa, you shouldn't have.....I have been nominated for this beautiful award and now it is time to nominate some of my friends.

1.Tara Fisher---You are one of my best friends! You always know just what to say to make me feel better and stop stressing, OCD-ing, or feeling down; that is a rare talent. I love your sense of style and the way that even when life sucks, it never gets you down.

2.Tanya--You are my fellow cleaner, organizer, obsesser and I love you for it. I also love the way that you tell the truth. I am so glad that you are finally home.

3.Melissa--Thank you for nominating me. I am so glad that you were the YW Pres. that I got to serve under in KBP ward! You are amazing and I relate to you so well! You are an inspiration to me and I hope that you know how special you are.

4. Michelle Shirley--The other YW Pres. that I know and love. You also are an inspiration to me and I love everything that you are. You are beautiful and a wonderful example of being the best that you can be.

5. Brooke Romney--I want to be you, it's as simple as that. You are a great wife and mom and through it all, look like you just walked out of a fashion magazine. You are a great spiritual example to me and I wish I was more like you in that area too.

6. Laura Tannery--I absolutely love reading your blog. You are the most fabulously funny blogger and person! I dig it, and kudos to you!

7. My two beautiful sisters-in-law Manda and Anna--You are both so important to me. I love being a part of this family when I get to have you both in it. You are such wonderful examples of what I strive to be like. I love you both.

Rules of award:

1. Post the award on your blog

2. Add a link to the person who nominated you.

3. Nominate 7 other people for this award and add links to their blog.

4. Leave a message for the people that you nominated!

It's Poop, Cat!

So I am changing Sarah's diaper just now because she is stinky. Catherine was asking me about dressing up for her Primary Activity this Saturday. We were discussing her dress and she didn't know what I was talking about and asked, " What is that Mom?", and Sarah answered her, "It's poop, Cat!" Sarah thought Cat had been asking what was in her diaper. The things that toddlers say.

It's never ending!!!

Painting-never ending
cleaning-never ending
children-never ending

I had been having kind of a rough day with Sarah and hit the end of my rope and she got put into time out in the powder room. She screamed and yelled and slowly I grew accustomed to the sound and tuned it out. I came to realize that I hadn't heard her in a while and went to see what she was up to and found an empty powder room. I then found all of her clothes and her diaper in the formal living room, then I found the lady of the hour sitting in the formal dining room, ripping up packing peanuts and feeding them to herself and the kittens, stark naked!! Naughty, just naughty! Then, I have Cat guarding the door of my bedroom so that the kittens can't get in the paint and of course they still got in and I found little blue kittie prints on my carpet. Not happy... Summers are difficult for kids. We can't go outside so they are stuck inside all of the time, which turns them into little monsters and they manage to find all sorts of mischief to get into. We are plugging away and making it work. The blinds go in on Saturday and hopefully, our bedroom will be done by then as well. Saturday Cat has a Primary Activity for Pioneer Day and gets to dress up like one. I will take pictures. The other day, we were at family dinner and Sarah came running in and said, " Whooy Whooy Whooy, one, one, one, it's going to wain." Translation: "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Run, Run , Run, it's going to rain!" There was a monsoon and she was very worried and convinced we needed to take cover. When we all just sat at the table, her little brow furrowed and the look of consternation was priceless! She was not happy that we fools were just sitting around and not heeding her advice. Poor little girl gets no respect. Wish me luck continuing on my painting, parenting adventure; until next time....

4th of July

We went to see Kit Kittredge, American Girl, on Friday with Grandma, Auntie Deborah, Auntie Karson, Emily Layton, Auntie Sarah and Aunt Anna, plus Emma and Abby. Auntie Deborah's friends joined us as well. We had lots of fun and there were lots of dollies there. We brought Mommy's special Samantha and Cat brought Felicity. We all had so much fun eating popcorn, and watching the movie. After we went swimming and had a huge BBQ that Spencer and Karson hosted, we were supposed to go watch fireworks, but we were so tired that we went home. The girls and I fell asleep in the car. Brady tried to wake us up to see some fireworks out by our house, but we all missed them. We feel so lucky to live in a free country and to be able to choose what we believe and what we will do. The 4th of July is such a great holiday!

Our little drama kittens

These are our kittens, Greta Garbo (the calico) and Rudolph Valentino the 2nd (the orange tabby). They are so adorable and my kids have played non-stop with them. It is so cute to watch Sarah carrying around a kitten. They get played with so much that they sleep all night long. They try to sleep during the day, but it never is for very long before one of the kids finds them. They were so tuckered the day we brought them home that I banned the kids from taking them out of the laundry room if they were sleeping in there. We are excited to have our super cute Hollywood kitties.

Newness...is that a word?

Everything is new; the house, the car, the kittens. Yes, we got kittens! Hooray! They are so adorable! It is just difficult to relax because I want everything to stay looking new. When it was already used it wasn't such a big deal. I tried putting pads on the bottom of the chairs so they wouldn't scratch the floor, but they have all fallen off and now are making little sticky marks on the floor...grrr! While I was loading the Brady's car during the move, I told him I had loaded it and he said, "You didn't scratch the leather did you?" I was sorely tempted to tell him I had loaded it with screw-laden shelves and other various pokie items, but alas I had only filled it with blankets and I cannot tell a lie. Keeping the kittens in one piece since yesterday has been a greater task than I anticipated as well. My darling little two year old has turned into the human scratching post because she refuses to learn that even kitties have personal boundaries. She has literally played with them non-stop since we got them yesterday afternoon. The girls have carried them around, chased them, played fishy toys with them, fed them, helped them discover every square inch of our house, and attempted to help potty train them. Both the kittens and the girls fell into a quick and deep sleep and I got to sleep in until 7:00am this morning. I've been needing these kittens in my life so that I can get more sleep. Who knew? I am off to do more unpacking and rearranging of things to find that perfect fit.