Little Builder

Lorna is loving her new bunkbed.  She loves being on top.  She mentioned to Jeff that she wants a little book nook spot.  He told her she can build one.  She found some wood and asked me to trim a piece and went to work.  I love that she felt confident to go forth and create what she wanted.  It's not very big, but now she has room to store a book and flashlight while she's up in her bed.  Way to go Lorna!

 

Highlights

Mhari has been asking to have highlights for a few months.  I was not interested in doing that in the middle of moving and building a house.  She finally got her wish!  This is the first time she has ever had her hair colored/bleached.  It is always a bit scary the first time.  I did a balayage style bleach so it would blend and just add some more color dimension.  The toner I used should have turned a nice copper tone.  

Let's just say it was a big change in her hair.  It looks so blonde.  That wasn't quite what we were wanting.  Her friends at mutual all noticed.  I guess we will see if it tones down on it's blondeness or if we need to add a darker tone to calm it down.  It's lighter that's for sure.  

 

Bunk Bed

Sandra came down from school to visit for a few weeks before her summer job starts in Idaho.  We don't have a bed set up for her so it was time to make a bunkbed for the girls room.  I had already precut the boards so we just had to assemble the bed.  It was fun to see Jeff and Sandra work to get the bed done.  We had to pick up a mattress so it wasn't quite ready for sleeping on for a few days, but it is nice to have room for all of our girls again!

Plasma

It has been almost 4 years since this tv has been out of storage.  Jeff and I were thinking back to when we bought it and it is over 10 years old.  It has such great images and we really loved using it in our media room in our last house.  I'm happy it's out of storage and working again!  Hopefully we can get a few more years out of it!  Jeff and Clark worked hard getting it installed.  They have the stereo hooked up, but for some reason they aren't talking to each other.  I guess the stereo will have to wait for another day. 

Conference Fun

It has been about 5 years or so since we have enjoyed a "normal" General Conference weekend.  Buying the ranch has made our weekends full of travel and projects.  It was so nice to be at home, on the ranch, and just enjoy conference.  I really liked getting to hear every session!  The little chicks got to join in the fun and cuddle during conference too.  Of course Dad and Clark each got their big toe painted by the girls.  It wouldn't be conference without nail polish fun!

 

Baptism Trip

Our homeschool friends have started taking regular trips to the temple to do baptisms.  We weren't able to attend last time with all of the move stuff going on, but we went this time.  We were a smaller group, but we had fun.  Lorna offered a ride to a friend so we had Adalyn with us too.  It is always nice to be in the temple and even better when you get to go with your own kids.  Next year Clark will be old enough to help perform the baptisms!

 

Cheepies!

Mhari got some fertilized chicken eggs and an incubator from our friends, the Eldredges, so she could hatch her own chicks!  The Smiths gave us more eggs so she had 11 viable eggs.  It took about 3 weeks for them to hatch!  It was so exciting to hear the little egg start cheeping before they even hatched!  One chick hatched earlier than the rest.  It was alone all day waiting on its friends.  Jeff and I ended up at Atwoods and decided to surprise the kids with more chicks.  We bought 4 more!  When the kids got home from mutual they were very surprised to see so many chicks!  After that the rest of the chicks started hatching.  With the 4 we purchased she has 13 chicks. Mhari is loving her little friends and has been naming them all, with help from Lorna.  It is fun to have little chicks again!