This is the story of my family. I have 7 children ranging from 18 to 5 years old. What adventures we have.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Happy 83!
Grandpa and the model A Ford are both running strong. Here is Grandma and Grandpa with some of their grandchildren. We had a party after church on Sunday.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
I call her Belinda
Friday, July 29, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
It's great to be 8!
Adam plans his birthday activities days, months, years ahead of time. I have had to tell him to keep those plans to himself because if you listen to them once you'll hear them a million times. Some of his outrageous plans did not come to pass, but he did get to go camping and swimming and eat at the frozen yogurt shop.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Not a fashion option
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Just as good as my birthday
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Adam's room
Honestly, since Adam moved himself into the hall about two and a half years ago and lived in the linen closet I didn't think much about his "room". When Nana was redoing all the kids rooms when Mike and I were away Adam made the comment that he was ready to move back in with Kenny. So I ordered a loft bed, bought a light, a comforter and some new chairs and he's back to bed.
At least he'll have a good story about how his room was in a closet when he was little.
Friday, July 15, 2011
More to Potter
Kelly and Patrick went to see the movie this afternoon. Patrick has a Merit Badge college tomorrow and I required him to finish all his prerequisites before he could do anything today. Yes, it was the 4:45 show, and Megan helped him with his power point presentation. It is very sweet to see the children helping one another on projects.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Potter 7
Megan was invited to go see Harry Potter 7 (b) with her friends at mid-night. They decided to dress up as characters, so she whipped together a Hermione Granger outfit. She figured she has the hair. She looked great.
Megan said that a little girl about 7 years old woke up next to her during the movie and said "Hermione!" And some other kids wanted to take a picture with her on the way out of the theater. Too funny.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Vacation
Mike climbs the ladder at the Mesa Verde ruins.
I don't think this little room would fit our whole family as the sign says.
Mike and I went on a little get-a-way for a long weekend. We stayed at the hotel with the jacuzzi again and with nice weather did a little hiking and touristy stuff. While we were relaxing, my parents stayed with the children and did some room re-do's.
I don't think this little room would fit our whole family as the sign says.
Mike and I went on a little get-a-way for a long weekend. We stayed at the hotel with the jacuzzi again and with nice weather did a little hiking and touristy stuff. While we were relaxing, my parents stayed with the children and did some room re-do's.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Where are my socks?
I went out and purchased the mesh bags and wrote everyone's name on them in sharpie and told them what I wanted. Sometimes the bag comes unzipped if the button on the zipper is not fastened.
Problem 1: too many clothes articles in the bag makes it so it does not dry in one cycle. Which might be because of Problem two.
Problem 2: People are stuffing the bag with all their clothing, not just socks and underwear. Jon had a bag with jeans coming out... hmmmm.
So far, this is still a solution but has some bugs to work out!
I re-did the entry way
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The closet is clean (said like in Poltergeist)
Why does it seem like one organization project becomes ten? Yeah, because it becomes ten. I took all the stuff out of Mike and my closet and put it in the bedroom. I put back only closet stuff and then took two full sacks to Good Will, five very heavy garbage sacks to the curb and three laundry baskets of items that had homes elsewhere in the house.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Sock Solution
It's a mesh bag with a zipper. My mom said that she would sew names for all the bags. Mike's concern was black socks- we'll see. The bag is mocking me- Simple Solutions.
I hate laundry- picking it up, putting it in a washer or dryer, sorting it and putting it away. My laundry nemesis is socks. With 9 people who wear socks that is 63 pairs of socks per week. (Yes, Adam you need to change your socks everyday.)
I have tried putting names with sharpie pens on the bottom of the socks, putting all socks in a communal bucket, and have tried to convince younger children to go without sometimes. I had a brain storm last night- each person gets a mesh bag that closes. They put their dirty socks within and the socks are washed and dried and delivered back to their room. No sorting! If they cannot find their socks- it's not my problem. Do they make bags big enough for each persons clothes... hmmm invention opportunities.
I hate laundry- picking it up, putting it in a washer or dryer, sorting it and putting it away. My laundry nemesis is socks. With 9 people who wear socks that is 63 pairs of socks per week. (Yes, Adam you need to change your socks everyday.)
I have tried putting names with sharpie pens on the bottom of the socks, putting all socks in a communal bucket, and have tried to convince younger children to go without sometimes. I had a brain storm last night- each person gets a mesh bag that closes. They put their dirty socks within and the socks are washed and dried and delivered back to their room. No sorting! If they cannot find their socks- it's not my problem. Do they make bags big enough for each persons clothes... hmmm invention opportunities.
Kiddie Kuts
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