A Fun Project

I love painting and fixing furniture.

Mark likes things nice and new.

But he only wants them when we can afford them and need them.

Well I may not need some of the things I get the moment I get them but I get them for incredible deals and after I fix them it's still much less then I could buy it new for.

Well mom told me she had a corner hutch from one of her rentals that she didn't want anymore.

I died!

I have been wanting one for years, ever since I saw one in a friends house within the first year I was married so for about 5 years.

She was giving it to me for free and even brought it with her when coming to visit me.

She didn't have a lot of hope for the hutch and thought I was a bit delusional for seeing potential.

I saw something incredible.

I sanded it like crazy.

I painted coat after coat.

I sanded it some more.

I sealed it.

I was in love!

Here it is.

I am so happy with the final product.

I didn't have any other cream furniture so I also painted my console table cream although I didn't antique it.

Mark likes the final product also but still thinks I crazy.

Oh well, if I'm crazy then I shall stay that way because I enjoy this so much.

Primary Continued

Scott is learning to love the time he has away from his parents.

While this kinda makes me sad it is also amazing.

Amazing because he knows that the people we are leaving him with love him.

He has been blessed with incredible teachers and not just in school.

His primary teachers blow me away every single week.

they are great at getting him to cooperate and participate.

They are great at being patient with him.

Most importantly they are great at showing him love and he knows it.

They teach him about the gospel in a way that he understands.

I used to teach children this age in two of our wards and I was no where near as amazing as these teachers are.

Since they are so incredible we just drop Scott off and don't have to worry about him till Sacrament meeting.

What's amazing is that he gets incredible things to take home.

They are hand made and I know it doesn't take ten minutes for them to put together.

They also spend money on the stuff that I can tell costs more then a dollar per kid.

What's also amazing is if we miss a day of going one of his teachers stops by and gives him a minnie lesson along with the hand out.

AMAZING!

Here's a picture of Scott showing off his latest handout.

The lesson was on loving birds and insects.

They gave him an insect collection box full of his favorite, small insects and snakes and lizards along with a nest and a sweet little bird.

What's also amazing, maybe the most amazing part about these amazing lessons and handouts is that it keeps him happy and distracted almost all of sacrament meeting.

Workin It

As I said earlier Mark got me a treadmill for Christmas.

After I got it Mark and I both had a great time running and walking on it for a good month.

But then I went to Idaho for a week and after I got back I had this crazy idea to potty train Scott.

CRAZY!

Then our family spent a few weeks being sick which was a lot a fun, let me tell you.

Well I'm done being sick and potty training and being lazy too.

Spring is here and summer is right behind it.

Our family bought "The Pass of All Passes" this year and Scott and I plan to spend a lot of time at the water park.

I am not ready for swim suit season so I got to start workin it.

Two weeks ago I went off sugar for three days to try to get it cleared from my system.

I was completely addicted.

Three days may not seem like such a big deal to most but it was SO hard for me.

After the three days I didn't crave it anymore.

I also went off of soda at the same time, obviously, it has sugar in it

I didn't even try to justify getting a diet soda.

I am now on my second week without soda and I'm doing just fine.

I'm not craving the caffeine or the bubbles running down my throat.

Well last week I started working out again.

I'm running and doing weights and some yoga and other stuff, all on my own.

I'm always thinking it would be easier if I had my gym pass again or if I had my work out buddy again or if I had more work out videos.

I was constantly making excuses for not having one thing.

WILL POWER!

I had NO will power.

No self control.

But I realized something when I was trying to go without sugar.

I had read that it takes three days to break the sugar addiction and I told myself that I could do three days.

And I did!

I told myself that I could go without soda for a week if I was going without sugar.

And I did!

I realized I did have self control, but I had to set small and realistic goals instead of crazy ones.

Maybe it started while potty training Scott and I realized that I could do hard things.

I don't know but I feel like a new person.

I'm not completely off sugar anymore but I practice self control by limiting my intake and replacing it with more healthy food the majority of the time.

I still have days when I don't want to work out but I have set a goal to stick to this till we go to California the second week in May.

That's three more weeks.

I can do that right?!

It will be hard but I CAN do hard things!

Farm Country

I think I've written before about my mom having a pass to Thanksgiving Point.

She gets Scott in for free and me in for half off.

It has been so fun for us.

We have only been to the dinosaur museum till now.

It was hard driving there and Scott seeing the dinosaurs on the wall and then telling him we weren't going in.

But it didn't take long for him to understand.

We went to Farm Country and he loved it.

Around animals is where this boy comes most alive (dinosaurs included).

He loved every animal we saw.

I would show him one and he would smile and laugh and talk to it.

If we could pet them I would take his hand which was nervous and force him to touch it.

He would laugh and pull away the first time but he would try it again by himself within a moments time.

I would pick him  up and drag him away to show him another animal.

Each new animal was heaven and leaving each animal was torture.

After an insanely long line full of cutting and one person saving a spot for 10 children he finally got a pony ride.

This picture doesn't even begin to portray the pride he felt on that horse.

It was incredible how he got one and I knew that he immediately had this feeling of home. 

Like Hercules on Pegasus.

He was born to ride a horse.

We can't wait to go back just for the pony ride.

Easter 2013

This was the first year that the Easter Bunny hid eggs for Scott to find.

I bet it's because he knew that Scott wasn't quite ready to find them.

Scott was ready this year and he had so much fun finding them.

We had so much fun watching him.

Everyone made him pause and check them out.

He recognized the ones he dyed and had to show them to us.

He also would try to open the plastic ones.

But we stopped him from digging into the candy too early.

Scott's incredible teacher strikes again.

I tried teaching Scott about forgiveness and the Savior's love for us and thought that would have to do.

Well his teacher taught him the whole story and gave him his beautiful grassy knoll including a tumb.

She is just amazing.

 Here is our family after church.

My family would always take a family picture every Easter in our cute new Easter clothes.

I decided we needed to start this tradition.

After all Family is what it all comes down to.

Sensory Table

My mom and day surprised the grand kids with a sensory table for Christmas.

It has been awesome.

They used the left over composite wood from their deck to make the frame and legs and bought a small plastic trauf to fit on top.

During the winter we have had it inside full of rice.

But with the weather getting nice we have been able to bring it outside and fill it with water.

I need to try to find more things to do with it.

He loves playing with it and it helps his sensory issues so much.

Thanks Grandpa for making it for him.

Scottosaurous Rex

While living in the village a friend of ours gave Scott a nick name.

Scottosuarous Rex!

Just a bit on the mark I'd say since every time he likes someone he Roars at them.

Which is what he always did to our friend Cam.

Scott is absolutely in love with dinosaurs.

He thinks about them all day long.

He dreams about them at night (sometimes he talks in his sleep).

He eats them, breakfast he likes Coco Dino Bites, lunch we turn his sandwich into two long necks with a cutter, and for dinner he eats dino nuggets.

Thanks to Sid in "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" he now eats broccoli.

Scott also prays for his dinosaurs.

This past week Scott started saying prayers on his own.

He thanks our Father for the dinosaur museum, for the T Rex, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, Allosaurus, and so on.

He goes through about 10 to 15 sometimes.

He's just added Godzilla to the list after watching a silly cartoon of it.

As of now I find this completely adorable.

He tells his Father about the things he loves.

He may not be thinking about it that way but I love that he does it and I can still take his example.

Not just ask for blessings but be more grateful for the things I love and to tell my Father about all that I do.

Another cute/ funny thing that Scott just did happened this morning.

Well, first off, whenever Mark and I hug or kiss Scott has to join in.

He sees us hugging and he runs over and squeezes between our legs and hugs us.

If we kiss he comes over and gives us kisses.

If we say "I love you" to one another he says it too.

I just love that he knows where he belongs and that's with us.

Well this morning Mark came over as I was resting (I'm sick) and told me he loved me and kissed me.

Scott was laying next to me and leaned in for Mark to kiss him.

But the funny thing is that the way Mark said "I love you" to me Scott said "Allosaurus" and expected a kiss.

I guess that's another way of saying "I love you."

I don't know but he did the same thing right after Mark kissed him to me and also wanted a kiss after.

This kid is a mystery to me.

I just adore him and his love of dinosaurs.

Allosaurus Scotty Boy!

XOXO