Clara did it!!!!

So I am soooooooo happy!!!! I just had to share with everyone. We went to the store and when we got home Clara told me she had to go potty and then she pooped in the toliet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooooooooooooooo happy with that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just thought I would share our little success of the day with you all.

F.H.E.

This is what we did for fhe tonight. You have got to love fall!!!!!!!

happy hair

So this is what we did yesterday afterschool. We got a litte crazy with the ponytails and what fun we had. Sara & Tessa wanted to wear theirs' to school. I told them they would have to wait for crazy hair day. Also Clara has been dry for two days now, she even went poop in the potty tonite. YEAH!!!!!!!

The mighty hunter

So Doug went out with some friends to do what all good Idahoans do this time of year, HUNT. He was trying to be such a good provider and such. But he has the worst luck with that. Of the 5 or so times he has gone 3 times he has ended up hiking back into town vehicleless. It has become quite a joke with us, (okay, just me, but it is funny!) This time was no different. After going out on errands with the girls I get a call from him wondering when we will be home so he can take the suburban back out to retrieve his broken down truck. This time it was the alternater that stopped, so he hitch-hiked back down the canyon into town, leaving his friend and two boys up in the hills to hunt or freeze, (which ever came first). So he got the parts he needed and we deposited the girls at a friend's house and made the drive up the winding and narrow road the retrieve his truck and friends. It was actually quite a nice drive up and we even found a few hot springs. Then he tinkered around and fixed the broken part, (he is quite good at that, luckily) and we headed back into town.
And that is what my mighty hunter did yesterday.

What we did this weekend

The girls had Thurs. and Fri. off last week for teacher inservice. So we went on vacation at home. We spent the mornings cleaning and thinning and re-arranging the house. And then Doug took the afternoons off and we went on drives. One day we went up above Horseshoe Bend in the mountains to Silver Creek Plung. It was so beautiful!!! I love fall!!! The hills were just covered. Then we got to go swimming, outside, in a light rain, but the water was from a hot spring and was about 90 degress. It was heaven and we had the whole pool to ourselves!!!! Needless to say we were there for quite some time. Then on the way home we stopped at a little diner in Garden Valley for dinner and hot chocolate. YUM!!!!
We also got to go to Linder Pumpkin Patch for FHE Monday night. The weather was so nice. I couldn't believe it because it has been so cold, but the light wind was almost warm. The girls had fun walking through the fields to find just the perfect pumpkin. And Amber being so considerate of others had to get a tiny little one for the baby.= >

Quilting

So I have been taking a quilting class with Malauna
It has been really fun and I have learned so much!!!! I know, there is actually something that I didn't already know about sewing, IMAGINE!!! => I learned the right measurements for triagle pieces and how to clip the corners and how to sew triangles and make them match up. It was very instructional!! Even if I hadn't learned anthing new, it was nice to have a night away doing something I like!! I can't wait for the next half when we learn to machine quilt and bind it. I am only doing a small 4 square wall hanging in hopes that I get it done. I am using browns and blues to go up in our tv room.

So I have to interupt to tell a very funny story. As I am up stairs typing this the kids are all out front with Doug. Out the open window I can hear the beginning sound a music, yes, it is the ICE CREAM MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I brace myself for the onslot to come, and it came, four little girls came rushing in to the house yelling and jumping up and down, "CAN WE HAVE ICE CREAM??? CAN WE HAVE ICE CREAM???!!! HE'S ON OUR STREET!!!!" When that music comes floating down our block it is amazing how fast they come running. Maybe I should use that song when I want them to come clean. =>
But I panned them off this time by telling them to go find their dad and let him tell them no.

I just had to share that. Thank you.

Now I have lost my train of thought so I will go now.

Look-a-likes

who would have guessed???