This Saturday we all participated in a fun run in our little town. Chickadee accompanied Little Red on a 1/2 mile run. I ran/walked with Yippy-Skippy for a mile and Big Red ran a mile on her own. There was a 5k for the grownups and Chickadee wanted to try it out, so Her and I ran the 5k after a friends took the "little girls" home. Everyone had a great time, although some were more "into it" than others. And I love how they would stop when I tried to take their picture while running. :)
A good friend of mine also ran and achieved a personal record and placed first in her age group and a youth from our ward placed second in her age group, so that was cool.
Ironically, Chickadee was placed in the wrong age group (and they didn't even have an under 13 category), so she took home the third place medal for the 17-20yr age group. (I LOVE our little town!) She had a great time. "So...When's the next race?" she asked.
Topper and Fam
24 February 2008
20 February 2008
Sledding -Desert Style
Step 1: Pick out a tube.
Step 2: Drag it to the conveyor belt.
Step 3: Up!
Step 4: Pick a route down, and GO!
Step 5: Get out of the way, and repeat.
So here we are on our Presidents Day Holiday. An hour up the mountain, and this is all the (fake) snow we can find. And we had to pay for it! -But I'm not trying to jog in it, so I don't mind so much. My friend who's husband is also "away" and I teamed up to take this outing and I'm glad she dragged me out of the house. It was pretty fun, the kids had a blast! They paired up and rode down in double tubes for a while, backwards and laughing, spinning, and thoroughly worn out after a couple hours.
Step 2: Drag it to the conveyor belt.
Step 3: Up!
Step 4: Pick a route down, and GO!
Step 5: Get out of the way, and repeat.
So here we are on our Presidents Day Holiday. An hour up the mountain, and this is all the (fake) snow we can find. And we had to pay for it! -But I'm not trying to jog in it, so I don't mind so much. My friend who's husband is also "away" and I teamed up to take this outing and I'm glad she dragged me out of the house. It was pretty fun, the kids had a blast! They paired up and rode down in double tubes for a while, backwards and laughing, spinning, and thoroughly worn out after a couple hours.
10 February 2008
Finished Bathrooms
We started pealing off the wallpaper in the bathrooms during Thanksgiving break. And they sat bare until we got back to them a week or so ago. The girls had a Wed-Fri off so we figured we should just knock the project out and be done with it. I enlisted the help of a painting friend, and a frame/light 'expert' and got down to business. I tried my hand a tiny bit of wallpapering and put in the lights with the help of Little Red. I'm happy to say that in exactly 7 days they were completely finished (minus a detail here and there :)) and fully functioning. No more detours around buckets of spackle or stubbing toes on displaced items in the bedroom. Hooray!
This is the best before picture we have of the girl's bathroom. It's mostly to show the wallpaper. Nice 70's peachy iridescent flowers. It had a long and healthy life. Just past the shower on the left is a little cave with a toilet. The next picture is a picture of that cave showing just above the toilet.
I'm working on getting some small colored lettering to go above the tiling all around to bring things together and reinforce the theme, but we'll see how long that takes.
Another of the girls bathroom sort of across from the cave. Notice the glowing orb hanging from a chain that calls itself a light fixture. Not pictured is it's twin that is hanging on the opposite side of the mirror. Nor can you see the whole site duplicated, yes, in the master bathroom too. Ack! Note: Upon further review, this is the master bathroom (no peach flowers) but oddly enough the view of the left hand side of these mirrors is identical in both. Right down to the electrical outlet and the towel rack.
This is the last of the girls bathroom. I know, the perspective in this photo comes close to an MC Escher print, but from it you get the idea of the finished product. No more peach flowers or glowing orbs.
From the funky 70's to the Hip 80's Here we have old black and white (iridescent) striped wallpaper of the master bathroom. There is a subtle detail here that is missed in the photos. That is the soft pink stripes between the black and white that match the rosy colors of the flower border that runs around the whole room. I know, you're sorry you've missed it. Yippie-Skippie helped me take it all down.
Here's the same view now. Since we have a black and white floor in here that cannot be avoided or ignored, I went a bit art-deco (which I kinda like anyway). I framed artsy postcards from a vacation in dollar store frames that I spray-painted black. The shade came from salvation army. Nice find, but barely fits. :)
Opposite wall , more orbs. It's much better and brighter now. The green stripe on top needs some touching up. Maybe when I get those letters for the other bathroom, then...
Anyway, much ado about nothing, and I wonder in 10 years what folks will have to say about my horrible decor choices, but it's kept us busy for a while. Now back to dishes, laundry, bathing the dog and taxes. Another note: I'm also going to frame in the mirror with molding. -Eventually.
This is the best before picture we have of the girl's bathroom. It's mostly to show the wallpaper. Nice 70's peachy iridescent flowers. It had a long and healthy life. Just past the shower on the left is a little cave with a toilet. The next picture is a picture of that cave showing just above the toilet.
I'm working on getting some small colored lettering to go above the tiling all around to bring things together and reinforce the theme, but we'll see how long that takes.
Another of the girls bathroom sort of across from the cave. Notice the glowing orb hanging from a chain that calls itself a light fixture. Not pictured is it's twin that is hanging on the opposite side of the mirror. Nor can you see the whole site duplicated, yes, in the master bathroom too. Ack! Note: Upon further review, this is the master bathroom (no peach flowers) but oddly enough the view of the left hand side of these mirrors is identical in both. Right down to the electrical outlet and the towel rack.
This is the last of the girls bathroom. I know, the perspective in this photo comes close to an MC Escher print, but from it you get the idea of the finished product. No more peach flowers or glowing orbs.
From the funky 70's to the Hip 80's Here we have old black and white (iridescent) striped wallpaper of the master bathroom. There is a subtle detail here that is missed in the photos. That is the soft pink stripes between the black and white that match the rosy colors of the flower border that runs around the whole room. I know, you're sorry you've missed it. Yippie-Skippie helped me take it all down.
Here's the same view now. Since we have a black and white floor in here that cannot be avoided or ignored, I went a bit art-deco (which I kinda like anyway). I framed artsy postcards from a vacation in dollar store frames that I spray-painted black. The shade came from salvation army. Nice find, but barely fits. :)
Opposite wall , more orbs. It's much better and brighter now. The green stripe on top needs some touching up. Maybe when I get those letters for the other bathroom, then...
Anyway, much ado about nothing, and I wonder in 10 years what folks will have to say about my horrible decor choices, but it's kept us busy for a while. Now back to dishes, laundry, bathing the dog and taxes. Another note: I'm also going to frame in the mirror with molding. -Eventually.
04 February 2008
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