Projects

I've been busy here and there doing some fun house improvement projects. This cute table I bought at a garage sale for $1. And the dark cherry table is one I've been contemplating throwing it out but i'm glad I didn't I'm happy with the final result...

The left table is primed, the right table has been glazed

Pintrest

Pintrest has a way of telling me I've got a lot of cleaning to do. I never knew you could deep clean your dishwasher. I was dying to see what my dishwasher looked like after I took off certain filters. This is picture is after it's clean...

This is all the hard water that had been built up, I scrubbed it off into the sink.

I unscrewed the filter on the bottom and this is what I found...Yuck!!

And, yes I just had to add some more pics of these adorable guys!

Wait... Which lane am I suppose to bowl in?

yeah i guess the bumper lanes didn't matter too much with this bowl. The other day my friend and I went bowling for Takoda's first time. He did pretty well. He loved carrying every one's ball and handing it to them, (yes a strong little boy he is). Takoda loved watching his ball return. Who knew something I really don't like... he ends up loving. Guess we'll be going a lot more often:)

For Christmas, Azha made these two boys pirate pajamas. She did such a great job. The shirts say "Its a pirates life for me" They love wearing them!

Enough Said...

Have a great Week!

Tape Anyone?

Having family/cousins around this past month has been so much fun! As always Miya and Takoda are M.IA. together and when they come to show you what they've been up to it's usually a good laugh.

Miya/Takoda playing doctor. Can you guess who the sick patient is?

It's always nice to get a jab in the rib, grabbing at the face and crawling on the body when your trying to relax.

We went to the movies and found this star wars cutout. Who wouldn't have taken this pic of Kate.

At the end of our Christmas we all decided to head to California for one last hooray...We spent all day at Ikea one day and the other day outside. It was 78 degrees. Guess I didn't need my boots and jackets.

Eli loves stealing Takoda's blanket when he can get a chance. Takoda as you can see is sleeping, and Eli took his chance:)

We Started Preschool

Okay, so the preschool I was going to send him to didn't work out. I decided to teach him til the end of this school year. He's doing great so far! Good Work Buddy!

Happy Fall

Although I guess it's Winter now. It's been in the low 70's and moved to the 60's these past couple of months, but yesterday literally over night it has turned freezing cold (for vegas at least)

Takoda loves playing with his friends, Gabe and Marissa

This is how we do it in Vegas...
Can't wait for the Whole Walker family to get together this Christmas!!!

Takoda turns 3!

This year takoda insited on having a super hero party...so that's what he got! (Oh and he insitied on standing on this bar stool) This guy is the typical 2/3 year old boy. He loves guns, swords, cars. He loves to ride his bike and scooter and practice on his skateboard. Takoda makes me feel so special. Usually everynight at dinner he says, "Thank you mommy for making us dinner, Daddy you say it too." We were coming in from carrying in groceries one night and he said, "Mommy...your My Super hero!" We love you so much Takoda!

Kate and Todd helped me decorate the night before. When he woke up he couldn't believe it. It was so cute to see the look on his face.

Can you spot spiderman climbing down?

Here are some pictures from his birthday party. He had 5 friends over. We made a Batman Cave (cardboard boxes), made gak or slime for the kids to take home, Chased a villan (Todd) with sillystring), opened presents, had pizza and ice cream cones! We all had so much fun!

Goals
Doesn't life just seem to run a bit smoother when you are trying to reach some sort of goal? I anticipate the result but love looking forward to something. Recently I started training for a race some of my friends and I are doing on Dec. 3rd in St. George. It's a 50mile relay. Today I ran 8 miles by myself...that pretty much has never happend, i've always had someone to run long distance runs with me. It was a looong run and i'll be sore tomorrow.

I've been working and working on little projects around the house, so look for my update on what pintrest has done to me!

I'm happy to announce that...

I cut my hair! I love it and now actually have time to do it, other than Sundays:)
Where has the time flown... Eli just turned 7mo. He crawls, (well mostly with his bottom in the air and legs straight) But He loves to stand and actually balanced not holding onto anything today. He has 2 bottom teeth and let's just say Eli and Takoda are already Best Friends!

Mittens...(yes we still have her, kate decided to re gift her for Todd's birthday, I'm not taking it serious though) But Mittens is always so good to have Eli pull at her, and Takoda chase her with his gun.

The boys and I just chillin at the park

I found Takoda passed out at the top of the stairs, on his first day being sick.A couple weeks ago, All in the same week Takoda had the stomach flu for the first time in his life. Eli got a mild version Todd's friend Mark was staying with us and also got a mild version and then it hit Todd like a Ton of bricks! Lets just say Heavenly Father has a sense of humor. Somehow the mother stays healthy and clean puke, poop and do 10 loads of laundry a day and at the end of day wants to curl up in her own bed and pass out, but realizes it starts all over at 12am. ha ha ha Honestly I'm just happy it didn't last longer than that.

On a Happier Note...

Todd celebrated his 31st Birthday! He woke up and had to bust through this to exit our bedroom. (I saw the idea on Pintrest)

A couple weeks ago we went to a guys Hanger and Takoda sat in the drivers seat of the little plane. (don't worry the engine was off)

Happy Halloween!