Girls room makeover

Autumn was complaining that her room felt too little girl ish and she wanted more privacy. With the help of a hot pink can of spray paint, we went to town; as well as added the curtain above her bunk.

Summer broke her arm

Over Labor day we went to Strawberry with Russ family and was able to get quite a bit done on the cabin. Sunday night we were hanging out by the campfire when we heard summer cry. We went by the zip line and sure enough she fell from the very top right off the ladder. She calmed down after and Advil and went to bed. We made her a makeshift sling and gave here Advil every once in a while and finished our camping trip. By Tuesday she was acting like it was feeling better but it was still sore so I asked a Doctor friend of mine (We all need a Doctor friend) what he thought I should do. Of course with no hesitation he said go get it x-rayed. Sure enough her elbow was broken, so my friend put a little half cast on it and now she is good to go. The next morning before school she didn't want to go because she was embarrassed. That afternoon when I picked her up from school she was so happy. I asked how her day was and she said "I love going to school with a broken arm because everyone helps you." Its also good since it is her Left arm. I guess she has learned to cope with it all. Only downside is she has a hard time at dance and she cant do gymnastics or trapeze for a couple months.

Trapezing Show

We had another Trapezing show today and as always it was a total blast. Here is some video of the practice tricks as well as Autumn and Summer Trapezing after the show.

This is for you Verna and Ron

We are having another trapezing show this Saturday. I am working on my back end tricks this semester and have even moved onto a new belt which is exciting. Here is a couple of my tricks called a back-end layout. Verna, if you are watching just push the play button on the bottom left corner. If you scroll down a little you will see one of my other trapezing tricks.

This last video is of Autumn.
She was pretty young here (6 yrs old) and has gotten a lot better but it is still cute.


This last video is of Summer when she was 3 that still makes me smile so I thought you would enjoy it too. I cant believe she is going into first grade already.

Oh I am so excited about our Cabin (Single wide Trailer). It is so fun to go up to Strawberry and go camping and sleep in an Actual bed. We have been doing a lot of work on making our "Cabin" cute. we are still not totally done and it still is a little messy but it looks much better. I have really enjoyed working on the cabin. because the walls were covered in wallpaper in the kitchen, I had to texture them so you wouldn't see the seams. I got creative and painted on tissue paper. It actually looks pretty good and you cant even tell there was wallpaper before. I painted the cabinets and re faced them with bead board. It has been a project for sure but worth it. I also sewed curtain valances for all the rooms.
Russ is working on getting us solar power. I cant Wait!

this is Our Cabin Before...Our Cabin After!

My dirty Link... not allowed in the cabin without a baby wipe bath.

Take a Risk and Cover the Thermostat

I got sick of looking at our thermostat in the middle of the wall so I decided to cover it.
Who thought of putting a Thermostat in the middle of the wall?
Seriously whoever designed this house must have been a man.
I am so proud of myself since I am not a super handy person, and if I asked my husband he probably would have objected so for me this was a risk.

~Before~

~After~

(I left it open at the top and bottom so air can flow through)

Cheap Home Decorating

So, I have been on this Home Decorating Thing lately
(After 6.5 years of living in this house)
and I am super Cheap.
Then I found The Nester blog that gave me some great ideas.
So here are a few things I've Rigged up...

(please note the lighting is not the best,
I just took these photos fast to blog about them)

$2 Curtains out of garage sale fabric and hand sewn

$3 Coffee filter Wreath

$0 Sticks from our Fig Tree Nailed to the wall
(nest and egg also found in our yard)

Plate Wall

$3 Book Wreath
(so much prettier in real life)

$3 Curtains (fabric from yard sale)Just Cut and fold... No Sewing.
Hung with 4 small nails no curtain rod.
Then poofed them with grocery bags.

Ok, I feel a little exposed now that you know my secretes.
I hope these gave you some ideas. Thank you to the nester for inspiring me.

First Frount-End Split

I Started Trapezing again since my wrist operation and am Loving it. This was the first time learning the Front-end Split trick.

I am excited to start doing Front End tricks which are a little harder to do because you have to swing out first.

BayWatch Episode

A Ski friend of mine on Face Book found this Episode of Bay Watch we were all in. We were sporadically throughout the show, but this is just clip of the main Ski Part. It was a great experience and fun to meet and work closely with the BayWatch Cast, including Pammy and David... Enjoy.

Merry Christmas 2010

For Christmas Grandma/Pa Smith and Stephanie/Miley and Sterling Came over to our house for breakfast. We later went to Aunt Pams for Dinner and to spend more time with Family.

Autumn got a Guitar and Sewing Machine, Summer got a polly Pocket Car Track, Link got a remote control Helicopter and Marble Track, and we got an X-Box with Kinect for the whole family.
It was one of our most Abundant Christmases