Happy Mothers Day!

Luckily for me, my life has slowed down a ton! But of course, as soon as my calendar is clear, my children take up all of my time. Jane turned 18 months a few weeks ago and seriously, this week she snapped. She is suddenly independent. She has to do things herself. She SCREAMS when she doesn't get what she wants, she fights naptime, and despite her independence, she's decided she suddenly wants to put up a fight when I leave her with anyone or anywhere.

She gets into everything and on top of everything. Check this out...I decided to document her the last 2 days. I didn't get a picture of her lifting the toilet seat once again, or standing on top of the table, but here are a few others.

The places I find my daughter...

We just got our garden ready for planting, and NO JOKE, Jane did this herself! Dragged it all over, got in and started playing. All while we were cleaning up from mothers day dinner. She's got no clothes on b/c we just stripped her down after getting food all over her clothes. Who needs the beach?

Don't be fooled by the darling strawberry-messy-face smile...

And here is a picture of my crazy boys. The scouts delivered phone books to our garage for storage till they could deliver them tomorrow. The boys were so hyper.!

I just love being a mother! It really is a full-time job!

This is what Tom got me for Mothers Day...
Thanks honey! I LOVE IT!!! Now I can make 4 loaves of wheat bread at a time!

my crazy life

ahhhhhhhhh! I'm sitting at the computer and blogging! Wow! My wheels have been spinning a hundred miles a minute the last two weeks. Now it's somewhat over, and I can breathe.

It all started about two weeks ago when Tom left for Utah.
Thursday:
I woke up and had big plans to remake our closets. They have been a mess since we moved in and I was determined to solve the problem before Tom got home. I had gotten a quote from a guy to build in closets, but after the $2600 quote I decided to do it myself. Off to home depot I went, and thanks to ClosetMaid, I did it with 1/3 the cost.
Friday-Sunday:
All weekend I was obsessed with building, and reading. Yup, I was hosting book group at my house Monday for lunch and had to start my book. So basically, I stayed up till 12:30 ''
/every night and was up at the crack of dawn with Jane. Did I mention I made it to TWO soccer games Saturday, one starting at 8:30am, with all the kids and their winter gear, as it was 45 degrees that morning?

Tom came home on Sunday night, and my closet project was not quite finished. That means my whole room had every bit of clothing and shoes layed out on every square inch of my bedroom floor.
Monday:
I had book group, managed to make lunch, and finish the book 15 minutes before everyone arrived. After book group, I cleaned up the house, and geared up for my next project...making 4 little beds in my house for visitors. After coming home that night from a double header basetball game (Hayden City Rec league...SO fun!!!), we got to have the gatten kiddos sleep over while Tim and Lizzy spent some time at an endo conference in FLORIDA! Let's just say we didn't get too many hours of sleep that night, but that's okay b/c the kids were great.
Tuesday:
Crazy... hanging out with 3-7 kids at any given time. After dinner, Tom and I picked up our house and prepared for a baby shower I was hosting that night. After a bit of craziness, and at about 10:45, it was over and everyone was gone.
Wednesday:
One more early morning...5:30 to be exact...and I got to relax, for about an hour at least. All 7 kids were dressed, hair combed, teeth brushed, looking great by 8:00am. My 4 house guests were picked up at 8:15, and I was able to then get ready for babsitting co-op at my house that morning. After co-op, I went to the store and prepared for my young women's activity at MY house that night where I was teaching the girls to make cinnamon rolls.

Here is a picture of the kids I had at co-op this week. I had to post a picture...6 girls! After constantly having a house full of boys (cameron,braden and friends) who would've ever thought I'd get a house full of girls?

Thursday:
I did some laundry, packed clothes, food, and the car and we left for Seattle the second tom got home from work. We got in around 10:00pm, and finally crashed in our beds around midnight.
Friday:
Julienne and I woke up early to catch a flight to Utah. Once there, we had a fabulous time with Maria, my sweet, beautiful, talented sister-in-law. She had her masters recital on Saturday night and so we spent our Friday and saturday preparing for that, mixed with a little shopping, eating out, and a lot of talking and staying up till 1-2:00am.
Sunday:
Up at 6:30am, heading back to Seattle. In at 10:30, just in time for 11:00 church where Jeff and Kari blessed their beautiful darling baby Brighton Ann. We enjoyed a fun-filled Sunday visiting with family all day before heading back to Coeur d'Alene.
Monday:
Unpack, laundry, go to bed at 10:30pm and get a full night sleep for the first time in 2 weeks!

Oh, and I finally finished the closets...

I still need a few baskets and a few more drawers, but it's 1000 times better than before!