"Blow a Bubble Mommy"

Private or Not????

Should I keep this public or private???? I seems as though when I keep it private, no one reads it. So whats the point? However it is safer private, then again what are the odds... So what you guys think? Also should I bring Movie Monday back? Did anyone really read it?

More creative stuffs.

Above is Linus and Roman in their new double stroller! Linus is almost 3 and Roman is 5 months. They love the new stroller, and thank Aunt Holly for bringing it all the way from Arizona to us!

To thank her I made her this little diddy below. It is suppose to be a silhouette of her two kids Gavin and Natalia.
If you have ever wondered what Linus does when I am doing me crazy crafty things, he usually is doing some of his own, and Roman enjoys watching him. Shown below Linus was very proud of his tree and "tuip" a.k.a. "tulip."
I made this for Bella's birthday to hold all her bows and clips.
I got this at the DI for $5. Currently I have been in the market for 2 night stands for our bedroom. Right now we have weird (but cute) end tables with no drawers. I decided the did not have to match exact because I will paint them the same anyways. So this was the first one I found.
Here it is after. I want to put a little curtain there on the bottom where it is open. What do you think? Now I am off to hunt for another one for the other side. Then we are going to re-paint our room eventually.

DI/Garage Sale/ Creative goodness!

Most of you all know how I love to shop at DI and yard sales. I usually walk away with some sweet stuff, that others might think look like junk, but I usually make it my own. I also have a bad habit of telling others how much I paid for my goods. It is just a thrill to spend a dollar on something and then spend another dollar on paint to fix it up plus maybe a half hour than walla! Much better than spending hundreds at Tai Pan for the same thing.
Above is some super cute jars I got at DI and put some yummies in. They were 75 cents each.
Spice rack. DI $1.
DI Wooden thingy $3, made into a diaper caddy. Our house has 3 levels and we need diapers on all 3, so before they were just all over. My friend Katie spotted this one.
Yard Sale $3, this is actually a bread pan, but I made it into another diaper caddy with a bow.
This mirror is hard to see the detail but it is so pretty. DI $3, I painted it an antique white.
DI 75 cents. I spray painted the lid black (it was orange), my friend Katie (and my DI buddy) found this one for me. I needed a cute jar for my button collection. These buttons started out as my Grandma's Grandma's. I love them, I used to play with them as a kid and now Linus does!
More cute jars, DI 75 cents!
DI self $1.50 BEFORE.
AFTER
FREE!!!! I needed a chair for my sewing table (also a yard sale find) and my friend Katie gave me this one that she also got for FREE! Here is the BEFORE pic.
AFTER, I covered the chair. With the help of my friends Katie and Nancy!
DI bowl $1, BEFORE.
AFTER.

I have much more to come so I will take photos when they are all done and post them! Thanks to my friend Katie for giving my some new insights!

What we have been up to...

Hello hello! Sorry I have really been lacking on the blogging. Since I can't post all my back posts here are a bunch of random photos of what we have been up too.

Memorial Day, at grandpa Paul's grave.
Our good friend's we have made from around the corner have a cutie Linus' age. They were over at our house and Linus and Lila disappeared and we found them up on our bed and Linus has turned the TV on.
Linus loves watching cartoons with "Ja ja" and "Pa pa" on Pa pa's bed.
Linus and cousin Diana.
Sweetheart Roman, he is 4 and a half months old now and keeps me very busy. This is why I have not updated in forever.
Linus loves reading to Roman and Roman just laughs.
Linus, Lila, and Sophie playing in the pool.
Lila, Linus, and Sophie playing at Sophie's house.
Thanksgivingpoint farms.
Feeding the goats, Linus would only put my hand up to the goat but not his.
He loved the ducks.
Roman at his 4 month apt. Linus started to cry when he knew Roman was going to get shots, so we had Linus hold Roman's hand. He was so sweet with him and kept asking him if he was OK. Linus loves his brother.
Linus and Elijah playing at grandma's.
Linus and Roman in matching jammies.
Linus and Dad planting the garden. Linus is super excited watching the garden grow and can't wait for the pumpkins!

To damn funny!!!!!

My sister tagged me in this photo on facebook. Ha ha she put me on team Edward, indeed I am for the most part because Bella loved Edward. But for me I am somewhere between the middle.

I can't RUN and I can't SLEEP!

OK so it is 2:00am and I can not sleep! Why you ask? well I took some Excedrin and it has caffeine in it so now I can't sleep. I took the Excedrin because my butt hurts.
I am sorry to be writing a post that is complaining but I am super frustrated and I just need to vent, so please feel free so skip if you want.
Ever since I got pregnant with Linus I have had problems with my sciatic nerve. It not only causes pain in my butt but the pain radiates up my back, in my hips and down my leg and wraps around my knee. This makes it hard for me to run, in fact it makes it impossible.
I ran a whole 2 miles on Saturday and have been in terrible pain just from the damn nerve. Ya a whole whopping 2 miles and I had to stop and stretch like 5 times. I am used to running a 6 miles at a time, but now I was lucky to get 2 in and even then I had to stop and walk because of the pain and it was only going to make it worse.
I had "Dr. Fix it" give me a cortisone shot and then he showed me all these special stretches and stuff but NOTHING is working. I am super frustrated and starting to feel like I will never run again. My mom even mentioned that ( I know super uplifting huh?).
This is really depressing to me because running has sort have been my identity since I was young. It was what defined me and my family, as well as what kept me bonded to my dad. Now I just feel like if I don't have that I lose a big part of me and who I am. What else defines me? I am not really good at anything else, nor do I enjoy anything else as much as I do running.
I want to be able to do it now more than ever too. I need that break from kids. I always love getting outside and just running in nature and listening to music, it is some of my most favorite memories.
I have all these friends, and friends in my ward starting to run and they are doing races and talking about doing marathons and I am so jealous because that is what I had hoped to be doing at this point in my life. I just don't know what else to do.
Anyways I am sorry to my a downer and write a sappy "poor me" post I am just super frustrated.