Warning: This post is potty humor; I'm not kidding; reader beware!

So I don't usually post potty humor but for some reason an episode last night was really funny to me. Last night was my first night of Aaron's latest trip (he's in Sweden this time). I got to bed late because I hate sleeping without him and right as I was dozing off I heard Liam come up the stairs in a panic. He went into the bathroom and I could hear him making noises and I figured it was just my luck that the kids would get the stomach flu as soon as Aaron left. I got up and went in and he was kind of running around in circles in the bathroom. I couldn't tell if something hurt, if he needed to throw up or needed to use the bathroom so I tried the third and most simple option. He was so asleep I had to help him a lot but then he started peeing, and peeing, and peeing. If any of you remember the scene in a League of Their Own where Tom Hanks goes for like 3 minutes, this was similar. I couldn't believe he could possible hold that much and he was still only half way done. Anyway, now that half the people reading this are totally grossed out and the other half are wondering where on earth the humor is, I really don't know. I am probably relieved that his problem was so easily solved but he must have been so uncomfortable. When he was done he went right back to sleep and slept peacefully till morning. It really is the little things in life (like the ability to empty your bladder) that count.

Family Night

On Monday our family night was not as planned as it could have been (hey at least we did it). We usually give assignments beforehand but we only had the lesson/activity planned and we winged the rest. So after the Prayer Aaron asks who wants to give the scripture. Liam jumps up yelling that he wants to do it and runs up the steps to stand on the landing by the door (we were having family night outside because it was really hot inside and we were using the landing as a kind of stage). I started thinking of scriptures I had memorizes so that I could help him say one but then he started. "And Jesus... (he paused here for a couple of seconds and I thought he was going to tell a story about Jesus for his scripture) ...wept". Then he gave us a cheeky grin and sat back down. The kid is 4 years old! We had talked about that being the shortest scripture before but it was months ago and I didn't even realize Liam was listening. Needless to say Aaron and I busted up laughing and Liam got the exact reaction he was looking for. Overall it was a pretty good family night.

Random Pictures

These are some pictures that I wanted to add but I don't want to write a whole post about each one. Mia keeps going outside and playing hopscotch by herself. I looked out the window and she was out there saying "jump, jump, jump" while trying to play. She kept herself entertained for quite a while. Who needs fancy toys?
This is my Mother's Day picture. I got lots of awesome presents including a picture of Christ from Aaron and his parents, a book from my Dad, flowers and hersey kisses from the kids and a string art from Gwen. I wish Mother's day came more often.

Now that Evie is walking she is a whole new class of trouble. Her favorite thing right now is to pull all the books off the booshelves. It is merely annoying when she does it with the kid's books but she has hurt her toe a time or two when she tries it with the heavier adult books. Little turkey.

Our Newest Toddler

Evie started walking a couple of weeks ago. We thought it would take longer because she didn't crawl very early but she started walking just a couple weeks after she started crawling. This video is from 2 weeks ago, she walks like a pro now and walks back and forth across the room just for the fun of it. I am kind of sad that my last baby is growing up so fast but it is hard to be too sad when she is so darn cute.

Easter Skirts

Today is the day I am catching up on all the updates I was supposed to do in the past month so here is one more. These are the Easter skirts I made the girls. I was going to do shirts as well but I ended up just buying them simple shirts to go with the skirts. They were very easy which was a must for a novice sewer like myself and I think they turned out cute.

The "improved" Bathroom

About a month ago I did the last of my home improvements on the top floor of the house. I re-did some of my bathroom and painted in the hall/stairs/entry. People have been asking to see pictures of the new bathroom and it has taken me a while to put them up but here they are so stop bugging me. In the picture of me painting the stairs you can't tell but I am super high and I am afraid of heights. Probably the most scary home improvement project I have done.
Here is the bathroom before. Cream walls, cream countertop and brass hardware and light. You can't really see lots of it and you don't get to see the roses stenciled around the top but I didn't get a better picture before I changed it all.
Here is after, I paited it blue, changed the hardware to silver fittings, replaced the countertop and sink and the light switches and light. The countertop was the most annoying, we were doing this on a pretty tight budget so we got the already made stuff at Home Depot. Well we knew we would have to cut it to make it the right lenght and make the sink hole but it was also too wide and went all the way into the doorway so we had to cut off the backsplash in the back and now we have no backspash. At some point I will probably do a tile backsplash but right now I need a break and am moving on to outside projects so it will have to wait. Over all we are pretty happy with it all.

Happy Birthday to Me

So last week was my birthday and I turned 31! That seems so old but then I guess having six kids already establishes that fact. I am usually kind of tight with money and feel guilty about spending it on myself but this birthday I totally splurged (though in my defense it was also my present from my last birthday and from Christmas). I got a real commercial cotton candy machine and a nice snow cone maker. Last year Brock chose to forgo a present in order to rent a cotton candy machine for his birthday party and it was fun to have. I have 4 birthday parties and a primary party do do this summer and was thinking that cotton candy would be fun to do but I didn't want to waste the money to rent one so after a lot of searching through ebay and craigslist I was finally able to find a used one in my price range (I couldn't believe how much cotton candy machines cost). Anyway, to cut it short I got a cotton candy machine and it is great. The cotton candy is just like what you would get at a carnival and I am sure I will be spending more money on dental work from all the sugar than the cost of the machine but right now I am just having fun. I may be old but I can't be all that grown up if things like cotton candy and snow cones are such a big deal to me.