Wednesday, May 28, 2008

5 simple pleasures!

I've been tagged!!  Here are my 5 simple pleasures

1. Going to the store with no kids!
2. Date night with Paul
3. Tile floors that appear clean, even when they are filthy!
4. Hanging out with friends and family and laughing over nothing.
5. Toilet paper....I was stranded earlier with no one to save me but my 2 year old.  He did save me with one baby wipe....man those things are cold!
One last one...sleeping through the entire night with no one having a bad dream, or needing their covers back on.  That is the best!!

I guess now I get to tag someone....I choose Kaite Burgi :-)

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Memorial Day

The Sunday before Memorial day has always been the same for me as long as I remember.  We get in the car and drive down to good ol' Payson, UT to visit the grave sites of my grandparents on my mom's side.  For years I dreaded it, but as years go on I'm learning to appreciate it more.  Last year we started doing a potluck of snacks at Barnett Elementary right by the cementary with all the cousins.  Good food and family always help me appreciate things more! (Just an FYI Barnett Elementary was named after my grandpa Owen Barnett.)  Long story short it was a fun day.  Awesome grandma came with...which always makes things more fun!  Sam lost a tooth there and my sister Laura had a big laughing attack that got all of us laughing!  There is nothing better then laughing till it hurts or you start to cry!
Speaking of losing teeth, Ellie lost her first tooth yesterday at Awesome grandma's house.  It was very exciting.  Awesome grandma played toothfairy instantly and gave her a dollar, then we ran into grandpa Mark on the way out and he gave her a handful of change.  As we drove away Ellie say " They were so nice to me....AND they made me rich!!!"

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Kitchen

This weekend our kitchen was completed!  I was finally able to finish unpacking! Yeah!!!  We are so please with how it turned out...Thanks Kerry and Bro. Law.  We were amazed with the before and afters pictures so I thought I'd put them on.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

We've had a very fun, excited, busy, crazy week at the England household.  We made the move over to our new place, forgot to pick Sam up from school on short day, had Carter's 2nd birthday, and Mother's Day.
We are very happy and excited to be in our new place.  We are loving the extra room.  The kids love having a basement to go play in, and I love that the mess stays down there!  We are slowly getting more and more settled.  Hopefully by the end of next week we will be all settled in.  Our kitchen is getting redone this week, so I'll be able to get all my kitchen boxes unpacked.
I've had to start driving our kids to school, because they don't bus where we are at now, and 
Friday I forgot to pick up Sam.  Half hour after school got out, my friend, Ashley Boyle, calls and tells me she is at the school with Sam.  I was trying to figure out why she was telling me that, and I dawned on me that it was short day.  I felt so bad.  Ashley was sweet and brought him home for me.  Both Sam and I were grateful.  I have now set my cell phone to go off 15 mins before I need to pick up Ellie and Sam everyday.  Hopefully, I won't forget again!

Yesterday was Carter's 2nd birthday.  He enjoyed every minuet of it.  We had a little party with family that night at our house.  He got spoiled with lots of nice gifts and fun cousins to play with. It was fun to see everyone and visit.

Mother's Day started off with a bang at our house.  I was spoiled with lots of cute cards and a yummy breakfast prepared by my hubby and kids!  They made me feel like a queen.  I'm pretty sure I have the best kids and husband ever!  I feel very blessed to be a wife and a mother.


Friday, May 2, 2008

I'm attempting to join the blogging society!  I tried a while back, but was unsuccessful.  We'll see how this goes.  Things in the England household are going well.  We are moving into our new place tonight...hopefully!  The kids are all super excited....maybe a little too excited.  Paul and I are excited to have our own bathroom and not have to clear toys out every time we shower. It should be a fun adventure for all of us!