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Life 365 | Week 5

Monday, January 25, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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:

I used my AspirationZ & Digital 365 Kits to create this layout.

Project 365 | Week 40

Monday, September 29, 2009
Beth was such a good girl today. She was my little helper and since I couldn’t carry things since I had to use crutches, she helped me do laundry and dishes. I am so grateful that my kids are old enough to be independent and able to help me as I just feel so helpless right now. I’m also so grateful to Cody for his help picking Beth up from school! I couldn’t do this without the help I’m getting from my family!

Tuesday, September 30, 2009
Joey’s parents came up today and took our car to get it fixed. We haven’t been able to use the car for over a year and it isn’t even licensed, so we are so grateful that they were able to come up and get it. Our parking space looks so bare now since Joey’s car is gone and we moved the van over to the guest parking until we can get it to my Dad to fix it. I’m so grateful to Pete for letting us use his car for awhile and for all the help our parents are giving us. I think this trial is definitely teaching me patience and to be humble.

Wednesday, September 31, 2009
Quite the storm we had last night – lots of wind! And we had another huge branch of the tree fall on our trailer. It even woke the kids up.

Thursday, October 1, 2009
JJ was so excited to finally get to wear his Spiderman shirt to school. The weather has turned cooler this week so we are pulling out some of the long-sleeve shirts and this is JJ’s new favorite shirt. Thursdays are always fun days as it is PIZZA DAY at JJ’s school and that is his favorite food – you can even see some of the sauce still on his face!

Friday, October 2, 2009
Beth loves to stack up her toys when she is playing. I loved her little circle of Disney Princesses and My Little Ponies. I was playing with her the best I could – since I couldn’t get down on the floor with her with my hurt foot. Joey’s dad got our car fixed, so Joey hitched a ride to St. George with Clark and brought the car back up today. He got back way early in the morning but its good to have our car back.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

We listed to General Conference today and we also returned Pete’s car. We just hung out together as a family and when Joey saw that CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS was playing we decided to head to the movie very last minute. It was a fun way to spend an evening and a cute movie!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

It was nice to just stay in our pajamas today and watch General Conference. It is so nice to be spiritually uplifted by hearing from the prophet and the apostles. In between sessions we whipped up a batch of Ghost Pancakes! The kids thought it was so much fun!

Project 365 | Week 37

Monday, September 7, 2009
sep7 We celebrated Labor Day by just staying home and hanging out together as a family. We did have a picnic on our lawn too. The kids hung out with Dad while I did some designing.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Our day consisted of school for JJ, chores, and playing (spinning/dancing) outside!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

What a day! Our van’s head gasket blew last night and so we had to figure things out. Joey took the day off work and we got JJ on the bus. We were going to walk Beth to her FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL and then Joey was going to ride the bus/trax up to Salt Lake City to get Pete’s car. He generously offered to let us borrow it until we get the van fixed. We were on the phone a lot last night trying to figure out a way to get our van to my Dad (5 hours away) so he could fix it for us – as we are really short on money right now. So we were already stressed and then JJ’s school called and told us that we needed to come and get him because he was sick. And of course I needed to start walking to get Beth to school. So Beth and I walked to her school and Joey got a ride with a friend to go get JJ. I walked the mile to Beth’s school, dropped her off and then walked the mile back home and just beat JJ and Joey home by about 10 minutes. JJ was crying and stressed because he had to come home from school. He had a cough and was sniffly. Joey finally got on the bus to head up to get Pete’s car and JJ and I had to walk to go get Beth from school. Joey got the car and barely got back home before we had to get Uncle Aaron to come babysit for us so we could go on our date night that we had planned for a couple of weeks. So we got the kids settled and headed out to go back to Salt Lake City for dinner and movie (Nine) with Curtis and Anne, Jared and Bryn, and Pete and his date, Suzanne. We had a great night and I’m glad that the day ended well after all the stress!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

JJ stayed home from school and the kids played all day. I was very amused with their creativity. One of JJ’s favorite movies right now is BACK TO THE FUTURE and he was using Woody as his “Marty” and a shoe as his time machine! Love it!

JJ’s school has a new policy where even just a little cold has to be checked out before the student returns to school (mostly because of the swine flu scare) and since Beth was sick a bit too today, we got an appointment with the doctor. It was just colds for both of them.

Our stake is starting volleyball on Thursday nights so I was so excited to be able to do that. I went and played for 3 hours – and I’m so sore, but it was a lot of fun. With this once a week and walking 4 miles, three times a week – I think I’m actually going to get in shape!

Friday, September 11, 2009

JJ stayed home again and we had to walk Beth to school. On our return home, I found a box on my porch and inside was an amazing surprise. My dear friend, Georgia sent me a Fairy Bear. It was so cute and lifted my spirits immensely! Thank you, Georgia.

I continued my goal to make cookies on Fridays. This time, I made no-bake cookies, but unfortunately, I failed. I couldn’t get the cookies to set up – they tasted good, but it was pretty much like eating dough – got to figure that one out!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

I had the opportunity to spend the day at the ScrapbookUSA Expo. Even though I’m totally a Digital gal now – it was fun to walk around the booths and see all the fun scrapbooking supplies there are now. I met up with Sabrina and her cute daughter, Kalissa for awhile too and it was good to visit with her. I mostly sat at a table and tried to catch up with my Project 365 layouts. I’ve kept up with the photos and journaling on my blog but have really gotten behind on the weekly layouts. I was able to catch up on 4 weeks worth and though I was hoping for more – at least I got going on it. It was funny to sit at the tables and be one of the only ones with a laptop – I did see one other lady with a laptop, but not sure if she was scrapping. All around me was lots of traditional scrappers, but I did have one lady come up to me and watch for awhile. She had just gotten Photoshop Elements and was wanting to start digital scrapbooking – very cool!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

JJ has spread the cold to all of us now – Joey and I woke up with sore throats and the kids are still sniffly. So we stayed home from church today. The kids seem to be on the mend so I think I will send them to school tomorrow – but I thought we would give them one more day at home. JJ loves using Dad’s computer to watch his Spiderman and so he got to do that for a little while today, while Dad watched his football. The Colts had their first game of the season today – they won, BARELY – but we’ll take it!

And here is my layout for this week:
I used my Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!

Project 365 | Week 2

Monday, January 5, 2009

JJ had to go back to school today. He was very excited to be going back on the bus. I meant to get a photo of him getting on the bus but I just didn’t get to it. But when I went outside I saw the neatest thing. His footprints in the snow, leading to the road where he got on the bus. And when I finally went to get the mail after dark – I got some pretty good snow EYE CANDY! 🙂

Joey, along with our friend PETE, made their first podcast tonight. They are going to do it weekly and they are talking about some of their favorite tv shows, politics, and other things. Joey really had a great time tonight!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Beth got to go back to preschool today and she was so happy to get out of the house. Lots of snow today and the kids were excited to wear their coats, hats and gloves. We did a little grocery shopping after preschool and then just hung out after JJ got home from school. Each of them got a shower and we put them in their new pjs and robes to go get Dad from work!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

JJ really loves the Lightning McQueen Car he got from Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen for Christmas this year. It walks, races, talks, and is just a fun addition to his toy collection. Today I finally was able to capture his excitement for the toy!

This smile says it all!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Today was kind of a downer day. I just felt a little under the weather, a little out of sorts, and just not myself. Nothing particularly exciting happened today. It was just kind of a BLAH day. There’s only one thing you can do when this happens – and that’s forget healthy meals and go with comfort food. So for dinner some of my favorites were on the menu. Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, Stove Top Stuffing, and for dessert came the Vanilla Ice Cream with hot fudge. YUM!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Before Joey left for his Friday night racquetball, he was working on his computer and JJ got really excited when he saw the Firefox logo on Dad’s screen. He kept saying a word that we didn’t understand. We rarely get details from JJ about what he does at school, so when he finally got the word he was saying across to us it was a real surprise. He was saying STARFALL and apparently it’s a program on the internet that they use at school that helps them to learn to read and other learning experiences. We thought it was so neat that JJ recognized it from the Firefox logo and that we were able to find it and now we can play it at home! It’s a great experience to have communication with JJ and to see what he is learning! A great day today!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The kids have been playing Hide ‘n Seek with their Dad lately and they totally love it and can’t get enough. I managed to snap a few photos of their game today. The kids took turns counting. They were so cute as they shut their eyes, leaned against the kitchen counters and counted – Beth to 10, JJ to 20. Both kids can’t contain their giggling when Dad is hunting them. They give away their hiding place every time. And it’s a hoot when Beth finds Dad because she shouts BOO! It was such a delight to watch the interaction of the kids with their Dad.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

JJ loves Spiderman. Joey managed to get some Spiderman cartoons for him and that’s all he wants to do now is watch Spiderman or play Spiderman or be Spiderman. No matter how much his Dad tries to convince him that Superman is much better, JJ is completely convinced that Spiderman is the best superhero. Maybe we will convince him eventually. After all, his middle name is Clark.

Joey went to the Casetta’s house for a little while tonight to help Mike with his computer because as Beth said, “Dad is going to help EVERYBODY with their computers.”

And here is my completed layout for Week 2:

I used my Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!