A little vintage

Before (sooc)....

After...(with boost, vintage, and edge burn actions applied).

I'm sure i'm the LAST to know about these totally awesome things called actions. I've been checking out pioneer woman photography blog here and there and kept reading about actions. You take a photo, pick an action (or two or more), push play, and bingo...photo edits at the touch of a button. I just downloaded a few freebies yesterday when I discovered to my surprise that Matt had downloaded photoshop on my computer. I think these are going to be FUN!

Thou shalt not commit adultery

I got a new primary calling two weeks ago in church and we are learning about the old testament. Sunday's lesson was the ten commandments. Now I teach the 8 and 9 year olds so I was a little concerned about how to explain the 7th commandment without bringing in a lot of unnecessary information! I thought I had a pretty good explanation so I was feeling pretty good. Needless to say, I didn't even need to explain it because one of the girls in class did it perfectly for me! I however got a good laugh about the class and am still chuckling about it! Here's kind of how it went down....

girl 1 - "What's adultery?"

girl 2 - "It's when mom's and dad's love somebody else that's not their spouse."

girl 1 - "Oh! I've had that commandment memorized forever!"

Later when we got to sharing time the primary president was talking about the Holy Ghost and what invites or causes the Holy Ghost to leave. Girl 1 got a chance to answer...

girl 1 - "The spirit leaves when we commit adultery!"

primary president - "um...yeah...it's not good to break the commandments is it?"

It was pretty much awesome!


As I was preparing my lesson, I found this funny joke...

A children's Sunday school class was learning about the 10 commandments and discussing the commandment to honor your father and mother. One little girl asks, "well is there a commandment that teaches us how to deal with our brothers and sisters?" A boy, the oldest in his family, peeps up, "Yeah, thou shall not kill!".

Haha - what a funny day it was:)

Tucker's 1st Birthday!

Happy Birthday Tucker! I can't believe he's one. We had a fun day yesterday on his birthday. He did sleep 3 hours of it away but hey, kids need their sleep right? Tuck had a spaghetti dinner and ate a whole cupcake and ice cream (and some of matt's cake too!). This year has gone by amazingly fast. I'm sad to see it go because it's been so awesome to have this sweet little baby in our home! He makes me smile every day and I love him to pieces! Oh yeah - he took his first steps yesterday too!

New Styling Product!

Tucker discovered a new styling product today! A half a jar of vaseline and your hair will hold any style. It's waterproof so it doesn't even wash out! Awesome!

I was talking to my mom on the phone about ready to wrap up the conversation when I discovered what he discovered! I was laughing so hard I couldn't talk. What a treat it was to try to clean up! We washed his hair half a dozen times. Still soooo greasy. I looked online for "fixes". I'm apparently not the only one with the problem! So if your kiddo ever finds the petroleum jelly....try some cornmeal and corn starch, oil (I just so happened to have some of my massage oil here), and dishsoap. I think the oil (surprisingly) and dishsoap helped the most. Don't even bother with the shampoo!

Look what I found mom!

Had do do some styling!

After several washes....still greasy!

Next up....cornstarch!

I think he's about 95% better. Still a little greasy but hopefully another washing with some dishsoap will take care of the rest!

What a day!

Some recent pix

Handsome! Grandma was in town last week and bought Tucker a suit. We think if he got a little hat he could go gangster or mafia!

Mmmmm Spaghetti! So cute to watch this little guy slurp up noodles.

Ten Month Pix - Yeah I know that was a little while ago. I wish he would slow down!

Ten Month Pix - Just outside enjoying some nice weather!

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Garden Boxes

The Garden disaster of last summer. Yeah I thought it would be a good idea to plant a garden last summer...so did the weeds. I'd like to think I was busy with a new baby, but probably I was just being lazy and not wanting to pick the weeds! Pretty much I picked a few tomatoes and that's about it.

This year I wanted to try and minimize the weed picking and we decided to make some garden boxes. We are SO NOT expert gardeners but hopefully we can get enough good produce to make these worth it! (AND NO WEEDS!)

Tucker is loving his new play area! Too bad we have to fill them up with dirt. Oh wait! He liked playing in the dirt too!

Playing peek-a-boo!

A nap works wonders!

 

Tucker was a super cranky pants a couple mornings ago. I put him down for a nap....too upset to sleep. Got him up to eat....too upset to eat. Put him back in bed....still too upset. Got him back up to read a book....calmed him down enough to eat....then sleep so back to bed he went. When I heard him in his room making noise, walah! This is what I got....one happy boy!

He's been pulling himself up on everything lately btw!

Christmas 2k9

We spent Christmas and New Year's (and the week between) in Evanston. It was such fun just being with family. Well minus the part about sharing a highly contagious dose of stomach flu. Christmas is all about sharing right? Matt and Tucker didn't get it but everyone else did! 11 of 13! Good thing is was a short one. It's fun watching kids at Christmas. Tucker and Parker probably don't get it yet, but it's still fun to see. We were eating breakfast when I honestly realized that we hadn't even opened our own presents! We all got some pretty good loot, and had some great food and company. Thanks Mom and Dad for everything. Oh, and Evanston can really put on a good fireworks show. I would say better than Boise on the fourth of July...and my mom said it was tame compared to their 4th!