Brother and Sister

They really do love each other.  This is Isabella playing games on the DS and Bryce watching.



Mother's Day

So I've often heard mothers over the years complain and say that they really don't like or get Mother's Day.  Well I'm starting to understand what they mean.  And I figured where's a better place to complain/whine about it than here.  See, Mother's Day isn't really a "break" for me.  Luckily, this year my husband didn't have to leave to head to meetings at church until 9:30, usually he's gone before the kids even wake up (except Bryce, who seems to be an early bird lately).  So since he's gone, that means I have to get the kids and myself ready for church, make sure I have everything we need in the diaper bag, make sure I have everything I need for church, and get out the door and to the church.  Then I have to lug everything into the church.  I teach the music time for the children ages 3-12 and they are always expected to sing during the congregational portion of church on Mother's Day and Father's Day.  This is not cute or even remotely relaxing for me.  I always get super nervous for the kids and myself.  I don't know why, I just do.  So I can't relax until after they sing.  Luckily they do try to have them sing relatively early in the meeting.  Then I still have to go teach music time, twice, since the kids are split in half.  Not always easy, and this year we were starting to learn a pretty hard song for little kids today.  Then we end up running all over to "celebrate" the day with both mine and Ken's family.  The kids end up worn out and we're worn out.  I mean, I got some really pretty flowers and some candy and a beautiful card from my husband and kids, but I would love that any day of the year.  I think I would love it even more so out-of-the-blue than when they feel they "have" to do it.  This year, I saw many things that said that we need to shower our mother with gifts to show her how special she is.  So what's wrong with telling her that any other day of the year.

So now the kids are in bed and Ken is in bed, so what am I doing?  I'm finally enjoying my Mother's Day . . . I guess.  Who knows, maybe I'll think differently about Mother's Day as I get older and my kid's get older, but from my friends who have held the position a lot longer than me, I'm not holding my breath on that.  And maybe I'm just in a bad mood today.  Maybe I'm out of sorts from not having a kitchen most of the week.  I don't know, maybe I'll be just fine tomorrow when its no longer Mother's Day.

Kitchen redo

So a month or so ago, our fridge died and we found it necessary to buy a new one.  We got a great deal on a french-door fridge with two freezer drawers.  It is a great fridge and we are loving it.  There was one problem, however, that the fridge was just a tad bigger than the space available.  We were able to make space for it by removing the countertop in that corner of the kitchen.  Ken decided that he wanted to tile a new countertop instead of going to Ikea and buying some laminate.  He was able to get that one corner tiled last week and I grouted it on Saturday and sealed it on Tuesday.  It looks really good.  He decided Tuesday night to rip out the large section of counter, which meant removing the kitchen sink.  He got it tiled yesterday and I grouted today.  We'll be able to seal it on Saturday and put the sink in by Saturday evening and actually use the sink on Sunday (you can't get the area wet for 12 hours after sealing even though its traffic ready after 2 hours).  It looks really nice.  We still have the backsplash to do whenever we decide for sure what we plan on doing for that.  And we're going to eventually paint the cabinets and replace their hardware.  But here are some sneak peaks of the process and what it looks like for now.

Easter Egg Hunt at Aunt Teresa's

We went over to have Easter dinner at Teresa's house.  After dinner, they did an Easter egg hunt with the kids.  Bryce had fun just carrying the eggs around.  Isabella ended up with so many in her basket that they kept falling out.

Easter Outfits

Of course, I forgot to get pictures of the kids finding their eggs on Easter morning.  Oh well.  Here's them in their Easter outfits.  Heaven forbid I get a normal picture of Bryce.