{discovering} life

I have a fascination with this chair!!

I don't remember when the first time was that I saw it...interior design school, StepMom (Julia Roberts house had them in aluminum with wood slats - loved them soooo much) and on and on. This is my dream chair. The orignal is like $1500 a chair - don't think that's gonna happen. Well, for months, I've been looking for a chair for my studio and I've searched the net relentlessly for this chair - found it at Target - of all places! You get a set of 2 for $250. Unfortunetly, it's been out of stock for like 4 months. I keep checking 3 times a week, I've emailed them and it's just not be there - and I need it!!!! It would of been perfect - one chair for my studio and one for our computer desk in our bedroom - how cute!!

So, today, I was browsing my Pottery Barn catalog (so don't have time to be doing this right now - oh well!) and found a cool chair that had the same slats on the back - so I bought it. I can't wait to get it. My desk is from Pottery Barn too and it's the same color and finish so I think it'll look nice. I'll get a little pad for the seat - I think it'll look cool to have a white chair against my red wall.

Cute hey? I'm excited! While my mom was here last week, we talked about my room and some ways to change some things. I want it to look clean and fresh - not so much clutter everywhere. So, I'm gonna work on it. I'm gonna buy this cool huge shelf from PB and put it above my stamp dresser - I'm gonna paint it black and rub the edges so the red shows through - lots of fun things. Just need to get a little break to work on it all. Anyway - I'll post pictures when it comes - 5 days! I'm counting down.   

Lots going on today - Madi's school is having their Halloween party - I need to go get things ready!! 45 minutes before schools over they are doing Trunk or Treat in the parking lot with all the mom/dad's cars. Ryan is going to come so I can take pictures! LOL! I hope I can with Hudson running around. Anyway - better run!

Busy week!

Things have been so busy I've forgotten a bit about my blog! LOL! It's been busy with Ryan at school and work and then Saturday  he went to Las Vegas for the UofU (his school) vs UNLV Football game. I've also had a ton of assignments to get done...MM and some for CK! (: So, I've been busy, plus with the kids - geez! They are a handful! Madi has fallen back into a bad phase for some reason. I don't know what is going on with her but we are really having a hard time with her right now. She's just out of control. I wish I knew what to do! It's so hard!!! I hope that she isn't reverting to something - or how she used to be - I hope it's just a phase - but geez - it's so hard!

I've got to wrap up another assignment for CK today and I have a bunch of MM assignments to get done by Friday. I also want to get my fashion file piece done this week! I picked the piece last week and totally loved it. I'll post it here:

I loved my layout so much, LOL, that I am going to use it for an assignment instead, so I'm not posting it right now. Maggie did her's and it's so cute! If I don't end up using it, I'll post it later. But, on to the next one. We will probably post it on Wednesday on 2 peas and our blogs. We've gotten a bit off track but we'll get back there!

So, another day. Thankfully Madi has school today so I can get a little break. I've got to get to work - so much to do and I'm just sitting here on the computer. I'm so bad!

Talk soon!

So...this is how it went...

Saturday: Woke up to Madi throwing up. Repeat all day. Up all night with her - she had a bad fever, couldn't sleep.

Sunday: Stay home from church with the kids - Hudson has diahhrea. Madi starting to feel better.

Sunday night, 12:50 a.m.: Ryan, up throwing up. Repeat every 45 minutes.

Monday morning, 5:00 a.m.: Robyn up throwing up. Repeat every 45 minutes.

Monday: Robyn and Ryan in bed all day. Hurting - so sick! Poor kids...show after show. It was so hard - we just couldn't get up. We tried our best.

Monday night: My mom is here to help my sister and she went to the store and got us soup and more things to help us feel better. We ate a little soup and went to bed. Had an upset stomach but slept fairly good.

Tuesday: Feeling better. Body is aching...sore. But, up and about. Please, Mr. Flu, BE GONE!!!

If any of you get this flu, I am praying for you! It is horrible! I don't remember being this sick in the LONGEST time!! Yuck!

Good news: On Monday, I got the mail late at night and guess what...lots of goodies came.

• My new Lens for my digital camera...thanks to Loni I had to give in and get it! (:
• My Heidi Swapp CHA Summer preorder came in the mail...yummy!
• Some more Heidi Swapp target items Jill Barnett got for me...thanks again Jill!!!
• My Basic Grey Blitzen preorder came! So beautiful! I love these papers. I got the little to-go boxes too - gonna fill them with candy for each member of my family for Christmas this year. So cute!!
• And, the Designing with 2006 calendar. I digged right into that one! Love those girls work! Laid in bed hurting, but at least I had something to look at! (:

And I think that's it! Talk about a good mail day! Heavens! Loved it! Anyway, I've got lots of things I need to get done today! So much on my plate and I need to get working! Hopefully this sickness is gone - been cleaning this morning too - opening the windows - all that fun stuff. Anyway, talk soon! Hugs!

Craziness once again...

I had a bad nights sleep Friday night so my hubby let me sleep in Saturday morning. He came and woke me up at 9:30 and said that Madi had been throwing up all morning and that Hudson woke up with throw up in his crib. Oh, great. Madi had the flu bug all day and night. It was horrible. She had a horrible night last night too - up all the time just burning up. Hudson was okay, but this morning, he just had diahhrea really bad so I guess he's getting it now. Oh the joys! I'm so tired and I have two assignments I have to get done for tomorrow - don't know when I'm going to get to them!

On Thursday, we went and saw baby Isaac. He is so cute. I took a bunch of photos of him and my sisters fam for her - so cute. It was weird to hold a little baby again - it's been awhile and it was just odd to realize how really little they are. My Hudson is truly a little boy now - it's sad to realize I don't have a baby anymore. And yet, as much as I loved holding him, it didn't make me crave to have another. Which, is a good thing. I'm starting to wonder if we will just be the party of 4...only time will tell I guess.

Maggie and I are working on the Fashion File Challenge that we will post on Tuesday. This week was just crazy for both of us so we were going to post that everyone could just try to work on a piece from the last few weeks - but we didn't get to it. So, we'll be back into it this Tuesday.

Hope everyone has a good day! I'm back to clean up more throwup and poop! (: Hugs

Show and Share.

Yesterday when I picked up Madi from school, she was carrying this big green box that said 'Show and Share' on it. She was to put a toy in it for sharing time at school today, Wednesday. So, as soon as we got home she instantly filled it with all her princess books, colors, pictures and more. It was packed full! I mean packed! She dragged it everywhere. She slept with it right at the side of her bed and woke up talking about 'Show and Share' at school today. She was sooo excited!

So, I left early and had to go to Target before I picked her up. I decided to just go and get her early from school and take her with me. She LOVES the 'Red Store'. So, when I get there they say they are just about to do her 'Show and Share'. So I grab Hudson and we watch. It was so stinkin' cute! She sat there and called on her classmates to guess what was inside...then to watch her share her favorite things was just so precious. She was soo excited to share with everyone! So so cute! Love days like this!

On another note, my sister when in to be induced at about noon today. I finally heard word (been stressin' all day to hear something) that the baby went breech and my sister's body went into shock and they had to do an emergency c-section. The baby, my new nephew Isaac, is fine and doing great. But my sister is still in shock. They had to pull out her uterus to make sure it was all clean, stitch, put it back in and stitch her up. They are watching her real close and I'm just praying that her body calms down soon. I'm hearing everything from my mom who is calling all of us to keep us informed. I was so excited to go see her tonight, but it will probably be tomorrow now. I can't believe that on her fourth - she had to have a c-section. And hello, this is my sister that taught aerobics till two days before - she is nuts! So, keep them in your prayers! (:

Happy Birthday to my dear friend, AMY HOWE. I've loved chatting with you lately and I hope that you had a fabulous birthday!!!!!

It's been a crazy week. My hubby has decided to go to Real Estate School to get his license. He is a real estate appraiser right now and it will be cool to have that under his belt too. We've had a few opportunities where he could of made some money, plus with the developing him and his friend are doing, it will be good. But, he has classes every night this week from 6-10 pm each night. Ahhhh...so I've got things to do and trying to deal with the kids 24-7 is a little frustrating. Argghhhhhh. This will go on for a month - back to school. Bummer but it will be good in the long run.

Anyway - off to try to scrap and watch the kids and watch Martha Apprentice and and and....(: Hugs!

Bah-bah.

Ok, so my little Hudson is not so little anymore. Don't tell me though - I like to think that he is still my little baby. But, there are signs everywhere that he is growing up. Like, when he was sick three weeks ago - it was bad. He was a sick little boy. But, something always good seems to come out of it when my kids get that sick. I remember when Madi was about to turn two and we had just gotten home from Disneyland...she got really sick. She was addicted to her binkie and being that sick, she couldn't breathe and keep her binkie in her mouth at the same time. Wahlaa...she didn't want it anymore. Same thing happened with Hudson...and I'm so glad. He was starting to really want that thing all the time and now it's gone. Yippee!

But, it's kinda pitiful that I'm holding on to 'the baby' for so long. This month on the 23rd, he will be 18 months old. And, the little bugger is still on his bah-bah (his bottle). How sad of me! It's funny - I just don't remember when your suppose to transfer them to different things - you just get in your routines of life and forget. But, I think it's time.

So, being the good mom I try to be, I bought him Buzz Lightyear sippy cups and all. Today, I tried to put his milk in there and he freaked out. And let me tell you, my little guy doesn't freak out often. He is so laid back and just easy going. So, this for me of course, was so tramatic! LOL! I gave in...to the bah-bah. I'm so lame!

So, I need ideas. How do I get this kid off his bottle without distroying him? (: Do I just totally take it away and he only gets it from the sippy cup? Eventually he'll want milk huh? Any ideas? I'm desperate right now!

I finally sat down today and got all the photos off my camera. It's so funny - I just have to laugh at myself. I was downloading pictures from the weekend up at my parents and I have 300 photos of the kids on the swings, slides and play area in my parents backyard. How silly am I? People take that many photos on a vacation and I take that many in a day. Just keep on snappin' - my new motto.

Anyway - off to figure something out for dinner. (Really, I'm most likely going to go back into my scrapbook room to work on this project for awhile. Then, when hubby gets home, I'll whine and do something really easy and quick! LOL). Another sad tale of my life! (:

Fashion File #7

So, I'm a little late getting this posting - things have been crazy this week. Plus, I got sick last night for some odd reason and I'm still not feeling that great today. Hate days like that! Anyway, here is my piece - pretty simple this week. Took the colors, the dots from the pattern (in the Chatterbox paper) and sewed some stripes on my paper to reflect the random stripes in the sweater. I've also posted it on Two Peas. My hubby is so mad I used that photo of Hudson - he says he looks like a hippy with his hair around his ears like that! LOL! Yes, obviously I needed to cut his hair and I finally did! (:

On another note, I'm gonna admit something. I absolutely love ribbon! I have way to much ribbon - seriously! And yet I still buy it! But, I haven't been using it a ton on my layouts lately cause something about it has really started to irritate me. Don't laugh at me.....but I can not stand the creases in ribbon...like when you get it off a ribbon card. It's really been bugging me! So, I bought a little mini ironing board at Target and have put it in my scrapbook room. So, today, I got out my Ironing board and my Heidi Swapp mini iron and straightened out those lovely Making Memories ribbons. It worked like a charm! SOOO happy! No more nasty creases in my ribbon! LOL!

Hope everyone has a good day! Hugs!

Great weekend...

It's been fun being up at my parents house this weekend - Madi loves it here. It's so hard to try to keep them out of things though - my mom has redone a room to a play room for the grandkids and they just love it. Tons of fun toys to play with.

Conference was so wonderful to listen too as well! Saturday afternoon was extra special for our family. President Monson read my Dad's name to be sustained as a member of the presidency of the seventy. It was cool to hear his name read again and after they said his name and had people sustain them, the camera instantly went to the audience and showed everyone raising their hand. It got me emotional...it see people sustain my father in a calling...and many don't even know him...but they trust in the Lord and that he should be there. It's also a personal reminder to me...just always so special for me to see and be able to sustain my dad.

So, Ryan is up at the property with my dad fly fishing early this morning. I want to go run to some scrapbook stores and hopefully pop by Maggie's house and see her for a little bit. I miss hanging out with her - now that we've moved to southern Utah. I need to chat with my mom and see what she wants to do today. We are going to leave this afternoon to drive back home. So, off to do some shopping - hopefully I'll find some fun stuff. I always feel like I have everything I could possibly need - but then I always seem to find more to buy! So bad!

Hugs!