Party!

Lane decided he wanted a family party this year.  So here's the  results....lots of fun presents!

Lane is on a spiderman kick lately....so uncle eric's family got him spider man!  he was pretty excited!

A sweet army mummy bag! Perfect for the father-son campout coming up!

A t-ball and bat from mom and dad!

some legos! 

A "Super Lane" cake!

making a wish

success!

birthday boy!

wait....lets try that again with the correct amount of candles!!!! (we forgot one the first time :)

apparently we were too slow to get out plates, and the kids decided to help themselves.  We actually had another cake there, so we just let them go at it :)  Less dishes to wash, right??!

look at those smiles.....i feel the same way when i have free reign on a container of ice cream! :)

too much sugar? who knows...

the remains....

Over all, Lane had a great birthday! Thanks to everyone who came, and  for being such great friends and family! 

Look who is 5!!

5 yr old Lane!

Newborn Lane

1 yr old Lane

2 yr old Lane

3 yr old Lane

4 yr old Lane

 What a cutie!! We love our little boy!  Lane is so fun, and growing up so fast!! He is so excited to start kindergarten next year.  He is a great big brother and such a good helper around the house. Lane's 5 yr loves are: super heros, dress ups, outside anything, riding his bike, ice cream, books, motorcycles, snorkeling, swimming, snow, fireman poles, his new fort, ect.....

Happy birthday lane! We are so happy that you are part of our family, and we love you very much!

Remodel

I guess I have these two to thank for our recent remodel....

After these two blew up (our 2nd set of craigslist washer and dryers) we decided we were all done with used washer/dryers....and thanks to our crazy tax system, and our tax refund, it all fell into place!

step one: tear out old stupid broken machines...
ahhhh clean canvas...

Step 2: ask your AMAZING husband to build you a new shelving system next to your new washer and dryer!

step 3: fill it with junk :) we're still working on that one...

step 4: Ask said husband to put up more "Hangy racks"

oh yeah.....

look at that wall o hangers.....

AWESOME

don't forget the kid-sized one!!

There you go! I am LOVING our new laundry room.....someday, all the kids will get their own shelf for laundry basket/backpack space.....that is, of course, if i can stop putting stuff in there :)

wish me luck!

Projects

Scott has been busy these last couple weeks making some furniture...hopefully to get some business....but really to please his wife :)

I have been wanting these bathroom cabinets, since....before I met scott actually. I saw them in a magazine and loved them....and i showed him the pictures.....and voila!!!! :)
look at these sweet hinges we found!

that's where they go :)
now i need a sweet "rustic" shower curtain!

The door to another cabinet. The wood is from an old gate I saved from our Aframe house....i KNEW It would come in handy for SOMETHING! :)

This is a little bookshelf that he made for a "giveaway" We get some free space at a bank to set up a little advertizing for a month so we're putting these there with a raffle box! So if you're in the area and want to win this book shelf, you just have to stop in a fill out a raffle ticket.......i would tell you which bank, but i don't remember at the moment!! :)

more shelf

A fun end table. He made two for our living room. That little handle actually opens a drawer that he made into the stump! so creative!

more bathroom cabinets....this is what the inside looks like...

aren't they cool!?!?! I love old wood

how they latch...

he's getting good at his "beat up" look too! I can't tell you how he does it...family secret....:)

last but not least.....my new towel hanger in the kids bathroom! not quite as impressive as scott's projects, but i painted....and made some hoodie towels for the girls!!! :) Don't worry, Lane has a hoodie towel too, he just forgot to hang it back up!

there you have it!! If you know anyone interested in some log, rustic furniture....that lives in washington....send them our way!! :)

remembering

I found these these while looking through pictures, and i missed my ice!!!! it's still frozen but we didn't keep on on keeping it plowed :( Next year will be better!!! I WANT to use my ice skates again!!! :) Lucy and Macy had alot of fun when scott pulled them around on the sled on the ice....

Rub a dub dub.....

apparently Lucy is missing her lost baby-hood and wanted to bathe in her kitchen sink?!!

Once there was a snowman

Lane and daddy built a sweet snow man on the rock retaining wall
He was a happy snow man...

after lunch that day we looked out the window and our snowman was GONE!!!!!

Then we discovered the tradgety.....he fell off the rock.....

more carnage

Lane was mourning the loss of our happy snow man

don't worry buddy....we got like 6 inches of snow last night, we can make another one!!! :) Next time we just won' t build him on the rock wall!

Captain America!

Lane is a big fan of super heros these days

Last week, he got to stay home with daddy one day, and now i'm in trouble forever.....
Daddy made him a sweet WOODEN shield.....

now i'll never be able to get away with making cardboard shields and swords again.....

great :)

The Y

I keep saying I'm going to bring my camera and take pictures of us at the YMCA. This is about as good at it gets. I always think i should document the excursion becuase I think it's pretty note-worthy. Taking 3 little kids to the YMCA, and actually taking them swimming is a big deal I think!! :) This is my little munchkins after swimming, munching on bribery snacks :)

They're really having a blast swimming these days. Lane has turned into a little fish, which I"m SO glad. He's taken to snorkling, and is pretty good at swimming around and keeping the snorkle OUT Of the water. He just learned how to do a flip underwater this week, and will now let me throw him in the pool! He's lots of fun!

The girls are awesome too! The will both jump off the edge in the "deep" end to me or whoever they make eye contact with actually :) People often stop and watch Macy becuase she's so little and they think it's crazy that she'll jump in so readily. It's really cute how excited she gets before she jumps in, i really should video it :) They should be all prepped and ready to go for the lake this year! YAY for the YMCA!