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Life 365 | Week 15

Monday, April 5, 2010
apr5I was determined to get a lot done this week. It’s Spring Break for the kids and so I decided that there was 2 major goals for the week. 1. Spend lots of time with the kids – with at least 1 special activity a day and 2. Get Spring Cleaning done! Today we cleaned the bedrooms – especially rearranging the kids bedroom. We created a “Terabithia” for them underneath JJ’s bed. It’s a little crawl space that they can go and play under now. For our special activity today, we had a picnic. Unfortunately it was raining really hard outside so we opted to have the picnic inside. Beth and I even dressed up in dresses!

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
apr6Today we cleaned the bathroom and hallway and for our special activity, we went to Storytime at the Library. It was so fun and interactive. The storyteller told an African story and the kids got to dance and play music! We also picked up a few books and movies to take home for the week!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010
apr7What an adventurous day! We drove to Sandy and went to the Aquarium. It was our first time and the kids really loved seeing all the fish, penguins, and other aquatic animals! We ate lunch in the cafe at the aquarium too. Then on our way home we went to Pleasant Grove and hiked the Battle Creek Falls. It was a fun little hike (about a mile) to a waterfall. The kids enjoyed it but we were so tired when we got home. We got home just in time for my Over the Hump crop! What a day!

Thursday, April 8, 2010
apr8Since I didn’t do any cleaning yesterday – I had a lot to do today. I cleaned the living room and kitchen. The kids drew pictures and cutout shapes and did lots of artistic stuff today!

Friday, April 9, 2010
apr9Today we cleaned out the shed and got it all organized. It was a mess and you could barely get through the door – but now everything is stacked neatly! It was quite a project, but so glad to get it done. We donated some stuff to the DI and got rid of lots of stuff we didn’t need! We also cleaned off the porch and yard. Then we got to decorate and prepare for Beth’s Birthday Party tomorrow!

Saturday, April 10, 2010
apr10A wonderful day for a tea party! The weather was so great and Beth had 4 little Princess friends come and join us. We had sandwiches, fruit, crackers, pretzels, cheese, mini-muffins, cream puffs and Strawberry Lemonade for our tea party. The girls even got to use a new [plastic] tea set that we got for Beth. They loved being able to pour their own lemonade! We also played Pin the tail on the Unicorn, a Princess Quest (Maleficient had stolen their treat bags so the Princesses left clues for them to find it), they decorated their own crowns, decorated cupcakes [in ice cream cones] and they danced and played games to a Disney Princess Party DVD. I was so happy that they all had a great time! For their treat bags, they each got some Princess bubbles, stamps, suckers, stickers with a crown frame to decorate at home, and I had my Princess DollZ from my Happily Ever AfterZ Collection printed and I cut them out so that each girl would have a set of Paper Dolls! Beth received a Princess Aurora Bathing Beauty Doll (from Baylee), Princess Tiana Doll (from Abby) , a Littlest Petshop Deco Puppy (from Shay), and a balloon, ring pops, birthday pin, doll, and fan (from Annie).

Joey and JJ went and got haircuts, had lunch and ice cream, and watched movies at Joey’s office while we were having the tea party. Afterwards they came home and Joey and Beth went shopping for a gift for me (our new birthday tradition). They gave me 2 books to read – so excited! The rest of the day we just relaxed at home. A great day!

Sunday, April 11, 2010
apr11After church today we had lunch and naps and then we went over to Cody and Becki’s for dinner. It was so nice to visit and get to hold Mallory. She’s so cute and its so fun to see her amazing smile! Beth also got to open her presents tonight. She got some princesses with horses and the Princess and the Frog DVD from Joey and I, a Cinderella Puzzle from JJ, and Princess Stories DVD and a horse playset from Grandpa and Grandma Sorensen. Beth was so delighted by all of her fun gifts this year! Her very favorite was the horses from Grandpa and Grandma!

And here is my weekly layout:
week15I used my Happily Ever AfterZ, Resolution BearZ & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, aquarium, Beth, birthday, cleaning, family, haircuts, hike, ice cream, library, life, memories, moments, party, presents, princess, spring, spring break, storytime, tea party, terabithia

Life 365 | Week 12

Monday, March 15, 2010
mar15I spent the day lounging in my motel room with take-out food, hot shower, a book, and my computer. I did a lot of thinking, resting and playing. It was wonderful. Meanwhile, Joey and the kids got to go to a play based off the children’s book, “If you give a Mouse a Cookie.” The kids LOVED it. They also went to school and then enjoyed an evening with Joey. I’m so grateful for such a great family!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
mar16I came home at 5am. I was ready to be with my family. It was a busy day with laundry and cleaning up the house from being away.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
mar17Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I discovered last night that I didn’t have anything Green for Beth to wear. The only thing we had was a yellow stripe shirt that did have some green in it. So we went with yellow-green and I made Beth a green bead necklace and beads for her hair. She was so excited to be so decked out for school! JJ and Beth had a great time at their fun St. Paddy day activities. I spent the day busily trying to get some things done – like getting my van inspected (didn’t pass) and trying to find a side marker lense for an old van. Hopefully we can figure something out. Joey was able to work from home today because his foot was hurting pretty badly. It was nice to have him around!

Thursday, March 18, 2010
mar18Beth has been on a puzzle streak lately and we only had 1 puzzle in the house. So today we took a trip to the store and found some puzzles. A big horse one and a Disney puzzle collection that had 8 puzzles in it. JJ, Beth and I spent hours today on doing this 550 piece puzzle. The kids went to bed and it still wasn’t done, so Joey and I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning getting it finished. Silly us – but it was worth it in the morning to see how excited Beth was!

Friday, March 19, 2010
mar19Joey came home a little early today and treated us to ice cream at a fairly new shop here in Orem! It was a lot of fun – it was self-serve and you could get your choice of flavor(s) of yogurt/ice cream and they had all these bins of toppings that you just could add whatever and you paid by the weight. Yummy! Afterwards, Joey went to do his podcast and the kids and I had a quiet night at home.

Saturday, March 20, 2010
mar20JJ and Joey spent the day finishing up their Pinewood Derby Car. They had to get it weighed and handed in tonight and so they had to get it done. I think it turned out great. JJ was so excited to get to help. Beth did some puzzles and played while I worked on my computer for most of the day. We went out to eat at Training Table for dinner and it was really great not to have to cook!

Sunday, March 21, 2010
mar21After church and naps, we decided to go to Chuck-a-Rama for dinner – they have lots of great comfort foods on Sundays so it was nice. We came home and since it was already almost bedtime we needed something kind of short for Family Movie Night. We decided to watch a part of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, since we are reading it. We watched up to when the kids meet the Beavers – since that is where we are in the book right now. I think it really helped the kids to comprehend the book better.

And here is my weekly layout:
week12I used my Practically Perfect & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, book, cleaning, family, farr's fresh, green, happiness, ice cream, life, memories, moments, motel, motivation, movies, narnia, pinewood derby, play, puzzle, read, search, sleep, st. patricks day

Life 365 | Week 11

Monday, March 8, 2010
mar8My mission this week was to get the house in order. I’ve been just picking up lately and not really cleaning. It all started with the kid’s bedroom today. I had to snap a photo because it’s usually only this clean for 5 minutes. Everything is in its place for the moment.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
mar9More cleaning and designing today. In School this week, Beth’s learning about rainbows and yesterday she brought home this dandy. We hung it up on the fridge today and Beth just beamed. I love it when she’s so happy.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
mar10We’re trying to accomplish JJ’s reading chart this month – we only got the chart on Monday – so he can get a free pass to the Seven Peaks Water Park. We’re on a roll so far! We’ve been reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It’s the first longer book that we have ever read to the kids so hopefully they are comprehending it.

Thursday, March 11, 2010
mar11More cleaning and designing again. Beth and I hung at home all day and had raman for lunch.

Friday, March 12, 2010
mar12The kids coughed all night long and so they stayed home from school today. We finished getting the house clean and I made meatballs, spaghetti, and breadsticks for dinner. Pete came down to our house for the podcast tonight so it was fun to have him here.

Saturday, March 13, 2010
mar13Kind of a weird day today. It started with sleeping in and snuggling with Joey – so great. It was an overcast/rainy day and Joey suggested I do something that I haven’t done for a long time – so I went for a walk in the rain. It used to be something I did a lot, but I haven’t done it in years. I’ve been struggling lately in so many areas and a walk in the rain is such a good remedy. I was gone for a couple of hours and it just wasn’t quite long enough to face all the things that I’ve needed to think about, but I just didn’t have enough time. JJ had his first friend birthday party to go to and he really enjoyed that. The kids did some painting and watching movies and JJ and Joey started working on their Pinewood Derby Car.

Sunday, March 14, 2010
mar14The kids still have colds, Joey has a cold, and I was up all night with heart burn and a stomach ache. So once again, we stayed home from church. Joey and JJ worked a bit on their Pinewood Derby car again and did some reading together. I stayed in bed with a flu bug. And then Joey gave me a special present – a night away from responsibility. I am here in a hotel in Provo, all by myself. Just me and my computer. I’m still pretty sick, so its not the most relaxing time in the world – but it really is something that I have needed. Some time alone to think about things. I’m sick of being stressed and depressed. I truly just want to be happy and hopefully this little getaway will help me find that.

And here is my weekly layout:
week11I used my FriendZ from the Wood & Digital 365 to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, art, away, cleaning, designing, family, food, happiness, life, memories, moments, pinewood derby, rain, rainbows, reading, scouts, search, sick, sleeping, snuggling, walk

Life 365 | Week 8

Monday, February 15, 2010
feb15We did some deep cleaning of the house today. It was such good weather – it almost felt like Spring. It really felt great and after being sick all last week, it felt good to get the house all clean and sterilized and aired out.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
feb16Grandpa and Grandma Sorensen and Uncle Lane and Uncle Clint arrived today to spend a couple of days. It was great to get to visit with them. We got some KFC take-out, played some Wii and just visited.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
feb17A busy day today. Grandpa and Grandma and Lane went to to Salt Lake City to do some shopping, take care of some business, and a special banquet for Lane. Clint got to hang-out with us all day. We took Beth to school and Clint got to play some more Wii. We then picked up JJ and Beth and took them to the dentist. Later JJ had Cub Scouts and we got some pizza while Grandpa and Grandma went to dinner with Max and Janice. I also had my Wednesday night crop.

Thursday, February 18, 2010
feb18Grandpa and Grandma and Lane and Clint left for home today. It was so nice to have them here. Beth and I did a project today for her school. Tomorrow is Beth’s 100 Days of School and they were asked to create something with 100 things. We decided to make a beautiful bead necklace with Beth’s favorite colors – purple, pink, and red. It turned out great. Joey came home from work feeling really awful and barely able to walk – another gout flare-up. Later coming up the hall to the bedroom, he gave me a scare by passing out. But he came to – pretty quickly and we got him to bed. It was a pretty awful night.

Friday, February 19, 2010
feb19Joey worked from home today. It was a real awful night and his ankle is so swollen and it is hurting him a lot. We took him to the doctor and now it might not be gout. They aren’t sure what it is. They took some fluid out of his ankle and there was lots of blood, so it is pretty scary and it was so painful. But after getting all that out of his foot – he feels a lot better. We will have to wait for the fluid to get tested before we will get answers on what it could be. But he felt better so he was able to go do his podcast tonight. We also got to babysit Kalissa all day. She is very cute and it was fun to have a baby in the house. After school, Beth enjoyed getting to play with her and feed her! She was a great little helper!

Saturday, February 20, 2010
feb20The kids like to put on “shows” for Joey and I. They are so funny. They spend tons of time getting everything ready and then when they start the show they get so nervous. Today’s show was JJ’s magic tricks (where he pretends to make cards disappear) and Beth’s Storytelling from her books. They were cute at the end where they took hands and gave a bow! I spent the morning and early afternoon at the Stake Center for a Women’s Conference where we had a luncheon and some classes. The women in our ward choir sang a song at the opening session and it was really nice to be able to participate in that.

Sunday, February 21, 2010
feb21Joey’s foot is still hurting pretty badly, so he wasn’t able to go to church with us today. I had to sing in Sacrament meeting so I left the kids home with Joey – went and sang and then came and got the kids for Primary. Later, the kids looked so cute cuddling up to their dad today for our family movie.

And here is my weekly layout:
week8I used my “Polka Dot Frenzy” to create this layout!

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, baby, beading, cleaning, cuddle, family, friends, gout, grandpa and grandma, kalissa, kids, layout, life, memories, moments, pizza, playtime, podcast, school, scouts, shows, sick, uncles, wii, women

Life 365 | Week 5

Monday, January 25, 2010
jan25
Joey is going to have to work late tomorrow, so we decided to celebrate JJ’s birthday tonight. Joey came home early and we surprised JJ by taking our family to Chuck E Cheese. JJ was so excited to be able to have his favorite food – pizza – and play games! We had a great time together as a family. We came home and JJ got to open his presents – some new scriptures with his name on them, some Transformer toys, and a Spiderman watch.

 

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
jan26
Happy Birthday to JJ! I can’t believe he is already 8 years old. I made some brownies and he was so excited to take them to share with his class today at school. He came home very happy. While he was at school, Beth and I made his cake and he loved it! Tonight he got to blow his candles out and we ate cake and ice cream for dessert. He also opened some gifts from Grandpa and Grandma Sorensen tonight – he got some markers and Spiderman coloring pages and some sweat pants. He was so excited to be able to have THREE birthday parties this year!

 

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
jan27
Ever since we had kids, Joey has been mentioning a tradition he wanted to start with the kids. This year, he finally implemented it and it is truly one of the sweetest things ever. He took JJ out on Monday to buy ME (the mom) a present for JJ’s birthday. JJ got to pick out a present for me as a thank you for giving birth and all the things I do as a mom. Isn’t that just so sweet? So JJ got me a book and this adorable Willow Tree Figurine – I think it is just so perfect!

 

Thursday, January 28, 2010
jan28
Beth can just be so adorable sometimes. I was doing some cleaning and trying to be motivated not to just play Facebook all day (since I still don’t have my computer back) and I came into the kitchen and she had taken 2 chairs and made herself a little bed. She’s just too cute!

 

Friday, January 29, 2010
jan29
We introduced the Wii Sports: Tennis game to our kids this week and I love how much fun they are having! Beth loves to dress up in one of her princess gowns to play and JJ had to get on the action and he got into his Spiderman costume! They are just so cute!

 

Saturday, January 30, 2010
jan30
Joey was very good to me today and got my favorite Olive Garden take-out for dinner! It was nice not to have to cook and just sit around and be lazy!

 

Sunday, January 31, 2010
jan31
Since I still wasn’t in the mood to cook – Joey was very nice and made pork chops and hashbrowns for dinner. It was really fun to see him in the kitchen and the food was great – good job honey!

 

And here is my weekly layout:
week5
I used my Digital 365 & Happy Birthday, Jelly Beans, & Birthday Cake (3S Collab) Kits to create this layout.

And here is my January summary layout:
jan10
I used my AspirationZ & Digital 365 Kits to create this layout.

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 365-2010, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2010, bed, birthday, cake, candles, chuck e cheese, cleaning, dad cook, dinner, dress-up, family, food, games, layout, life, memories, mom gift, moments, olive garden, pizza, presents, spiderman, sweet, wii

Project 365 | Week 42

Monday, October 12, 2009
oct12
Today I walked Beth to school for the first time since I sprained my ankle. It was hard and it hurt, but I made it and I’m so glad! It was a very long day. Had a hard time sleeping, so I only got a couple of hours of sleep. Because I walked so slow, I missed JJ’s bus coming home and he was home alone for about 10 minutes and he was so scared because “he couldn’t find me.” I felt awful that I didn’t make it back in time, but it doesn’t look like he will be scarred for life or anything. Just a really tired day!

 

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
oct13
It rained today and it just feels like Fall Weather! We finally were able to find a ride for our van to go to Orderville so my Dad can fix it for us. The kids enjoyed watching the van get put on the “big truck” and it feels so good to finally get it down there.

 

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
oct14
Another rainy day. I really do love Fall Weather! I made some Bone Breadsticks to go with our Spaghetti tonight – the kids LOVED IT. They really like it when I do fun stuff for the holidays. I really need to do it more. I just don’t get into holidays anymore and everything feels like a hassle, but when I see the delight on my kids’ faces – it gives me motivation to do it. Another successful Over the Hump Chat tonight too!

 

Thursday, October 15, 2009
oct15
I have decided to do Fall Cleaning this year. My house has totally gone downhill since I sprained my ankle. It is time for cleaning and organization. I accomplished moving the bookshelves and all my office stuff into the bedroom today. I cleaned it all out – got rid of stuff and organized. It may not look the cleanest, but it is organized chaos – so it’s much better. I am now using the little side table I got from Grandpa Baker’s house to put my hard drives and laptop too. I spend most of my computer time in the bedroom anyways and now Joey can use the desk for all his computer stuff – which frees up my kitchen table! Things are much better now! I really hate housework – but it sure feels good when its done!

 

Friday, October 16, 2009
oct16
The kids had fall break on Thursday and Friday, so they have been home with me. I feel kind of bad that I didn’t do anything exciting with them this week – but I think they just enjoyed being home and actually they have liked helping me sort through everything and clean. They have found all kinds of treasures that have made them happy. We cleaned up the living room today – and organized all the books and everything. It’s looking really good. We did take a craft break today and made up some cute little paper bag puppets with some craft supplies that I forgot I had! The kids had a lot of fun and it was fun to see them smile and play together.

 

Saturday, October 17, 2009
oct17
We just cleaned again today – finished up the living room and started in on the kitchen. We got paid so I did some much needed grocery shopping at Costco and Walmart.

I forgot to mention that on Wednesday, JJ came home with this amazing certificate. He is one of the students of the week at his school! He got some great coupons for some free meals at some restaurants. He is such a good friend and example and help to the other members of his class and his teacher and I’m so glad he has found a place in school that he enjoys! I’m so proud of him!

 

Sunday, October 18, 2009
oct18
A regular Sunday this week. Church, Choir practice for mom, nap, and a priesthood meeting for Dad. I made some Ravoli for dinner and Beth was so happy! It is her favorite and I haven’t made it in a while!

Filed Under: Life 365-2009, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2009, award, bone breadsticks, cleaning, crafts, fall, fall break, family, halloween, holiday, memories, ravoli, tired, walk

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