Valentine Bedroom Makeover

I redid our bedroom for Valentine's Day and surprised Ben when he got home from work. I got a headboard, new duvet, sewed some pillow covers, rearranged furniture and covered the lamps with fabric! Everything is gray and green. I have been wanting to hang out in my bedroom all week!

I Love Lucy!

I just love this baby girl of mine! I love that she is the "unifier" of the siblings; urge kids usually have someone they aren't getting along with, but never Lucy! Everybody loves Lucy. We are so happy she is part of this crazy family.

Warm January Days

I LOVE it when it is warm in January. Ben took the boys to Legoland and I took the girls to the zoo.

What did you do for Christmas?

One of our Christmas traditions: going to see crazy Christmas lights.

Not so traditional: swimming on Christmas Eve.

Utah Fun

Spent a great week in Utah visiting Ben's sister in Mt. Pleasant, seeing both sets of grandparents and 7 siblings, catching up with old friends, and ringing in the New Year with some sweet puzzle action, playing 2011 charades and Just Dance on the Wii. Good times!

Halloween, again.

Okay, yes, it's been a while. I have a whole list of excuses, but really, I'm just busy. But for now, here are some Halloween pics from this year:

Lucy on the porch with pumpkins, our jack o'lanterns, our front-yard spider, and an awesome family of Angry Birds.

Pumpkin Patch

I get a kick out of the Socal Pumpkin patches that are smack in the middle of the urban sprawl. Just lay out a bunch of pumpkins, put up a few hay bales, decorate with some corn, and VOILA, you've got yourself a real-life pumpkin patch. Throw in some ponies, goats, and a haunted house and it's a fair! The downer is that the pony rides cost $5 and the bounce house is $2 for five minutes! But this year we took the kids, and had ourselves some fall fun.