Lake of the Ozarks

For the long weekend and Tyson's birthday, my mom gave us a vacation to Lake of the Ozarks (about 3 1/2 hours away from Kansas City) at their time share. It was AWESOME! Thanks mom!

My camera was just about dead and I couldn't find the charger...so here are a few pictures I was able to snap...

When we got there we ate at Steak n' Shake (which I love and is really cheap). Plus they gave Eden a Steak n' Shake hat and paper car. Eden played with it all night taking her snake and elephant for a ride.

It was WONDERFUL weather. So we went swimming.
Eden was VERY excited to swim.
This was the view from the time share. AMAZING. Right off the lake.
We also went on a short hike. Eden only liked it when she was carried...But it was beautiful and the leaves were all starting to change color and fall off the trees.
We also went to the beach. Although, it was really rocky and not a lot of fun to play in. But Eden loved it and cried when she had to leave.
We also spent a lot of time at the HUGE outlet mall there. It was a bitter sweet experience because we're poor med students. I could have spent LOTS of money there if I could have. :) But we did get a few things we needed (clothes for us and kids).

And of course, while at the condo we enjoyed having cable TV which we normally don't have. Tyson and I have an addiction to HGTV. I admit it.

Thanks again mom!

The only bad part about the vacation was coming home to 'real life' so soon.

Girl's Room: Part 3

I still need to change the ribbon on Leila's sign. I ran out of the purple and the light blue color just doesn't cut it for me. It was temporary so I we could figure out where to put all the butterflies.

(The butterflies are made out of plastic with a magnet on the back. I bought them on sale at Target once upon a time back when I just got really sick of Eden's room looking so plain and lonely. Anyhow, you put in a small metal tack and then the butterflies magnetize to them.)

I like the room but don't LOVE it. I still have a few more projects to go.

Conversation with Leila

Leila: "Hi Mom! I'm naked!"

Mom: "Hey little chubber!"

Leila: "WHAT? You think I'm CHUBBY?"

Mom: "Well, LOOK at those little rolls!"

(Leila looks at her rolly legs)

Leila: "Oh, its not THAT bad."

Mom: "Let's see if if my hand fits around your thigh."

(Leila thinking: "Let's see if MY hand fits around YOUR thigh mom!")

Leila: (Laughs) "I may be a little chubby, but I'm still cute!"

Laura and Trey

My sister, Laura, and her son, Trey (who is 3) came over to visit for the weekend. It was great fun. My only regret was NOT pulling out my camera. We had a lot of fun and no pictures to show for it.

We were able to go to Penguin Park, a decent sized park with large statues of a few animals (that have slides inside them) and a lot of other things to play with. The kids really enjoyed that.

*images stolen from online. Shh...don't tell anyone.

We also went to a little chocolate fountain party (we came late and it was actually only us and the lady throwing the party...and all our kids, but we all still enjoyed ourselves). We also went out to DELICIOUS Chinese food. And we were able to relax around the house and watch some conference.

And while they were here, Eden learned how to pillow fight and I learned how to play Family Feud on Facebook. Good times. :)

I Promise My House DIDN'T Look Like This When I Left...

Tonight I went to the Women's Conference at my stake. When I got home my house looked like the above picture (and it looks 10x messier in real life unfortunately).

While I could TECHNICALLY blame my husband for the mess, the REAL culprits are Pantry Moths.

Tyson took Eden on a trip to Lowe's to finally rid of our severe moth-breeding-in-our-pantry problem using....

...and this...
Leaving our house smelling like a familiar scent that I can't quite pin point. But it has a somewhat minty/dentist-y feel to it.

Unfortunately, we read up on these pesky moths and apparently they are quite difficult to get rid of. We read lots of stories of people who set up more and more traps and spray and spray...and while it helps, they keep re-appearing and re-breeding all over your house. Grr.

Honestly, these moths are EVERYWHERE in our house. We kill them constantly. But the part that grosses me out the most is the moth breeding ground AKA: the pantry (and all surrounding areas). They are everywhere along with little nests and eggs. Gives me the heebie jeebies (or however you spell it). Makes me itch just thinking about it...so I'm done thinking about it. On to something else.

Women's conference was good. Well, I assume it was. The whole time I was hiding in a closed classroom with Leila SCREAMING. She was NOT gonna let me listen...

Good news, it tuckered her out for the night. Hopefully she sleeps well. Which reminds me, I should be sleeping right now instead of playing on the computer.

p.s. I love these pajamas. She just looks like a giant, pink marshmallow. I could just EAT HER UP.

The Girl's Room: Part 2

Signs for the girls. I had made Eden's previous to Leila's birth, so I thought it only fair to make Leila a sign. Unfortunately, I think I kind of rushed it and her letters are a bit more...slanty and not as nice as I wish I had made them. But its too late now. It'll all work out I guess.

And this is my dear husband asleep on the couch after he came home from school today and I was finishing up dinner. He's been studying like crazy for his test and when he got home he instantly fell asleep waiting for dinner to be made. Poor guy.

A Big Storm

Late Saturday night a storm began. A big storm.

Tyson and I were watching a movie...but never finished because the power went out from around 10:30 pm to 6:00 am. (In fact, church was cancelled the next day because the power was still out at the church....and our church starts at 1:00).

But the craziest part of the storm. The hail. That's a quarter next to it. That piece of hail is about the size of a ping pong ball.

Don't get these things in Utah...