Family Pics 2010

The boys had a blast taking pictures this year, mainly because they got climb and play on the rocks and dirt, see the fish, and find fossils....So what do ya think? My how we have changed in 7 years!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to the only man who is willing to deal with me for eternity! A lot has happened in the last 7 years, and we have so much more to look forward to! Can't wait to see our pictures we took this morning and looking forward to our Eclipse date tonight! I love you so much and sure am glad I made the right decision ALL those years ago when I was 18. Love ya much!

Wardle reunion 2010 part 1

I wanted a picture of out shirts.

Our couple picture ( also known as our "before we lose a whole bunch of weight and look amazing" picture)

Hike picture

Our horse family picture

Kevin's horse pic

Cameron's picture

Tyler almost getting up on the wake board.

my babies...

me and Cameron on the tube...

Kevin... right before he went under!

Cameron being cute on the boat.

That is all the reunion pics for now! I hope to be collecting the rest from everybody else! 4 wheeling, beach pictures you name it! We had a blast!

Before we left for vacation we had some fireworks.. the kids favorites were sparklers!

Summer fun!

the boys wanted to get out the slip-n-slide and yesterday was the perfect day! they loved it!

It was especially fun after Dad came home and jumped on with them! Between the slip-n-slide and the bubbles, the backyard had at least 4 inches of standing water at the end of day... but I think it was worth it!

A sneak peek...

So we decided to redo our guest bathroom it is tiny and the ugly yellow/white that it always has been... Here is a before...

Here is the pre-after!.. I haven't quite finished the little decorations that will make the place great!...but me and Tyler really love it!

What do you think?

Before and After Home Improvement

The front door: the plain jane construction door, and apparently I didn't take any "afters" with the tape off the door, lol. I'll have to do that later!


Before: plain jane, white, same as when we bought the joint look.


During: my message to Tyler, his message back (he added the 2) :)



After: the exact color I saw in my head, the cabinets just "pop" P.S. don't make fun of my messy fridge, I was on a "free from kids time line" I will clean it now that the kids are back.



So what do you think? not bad for a couple of days without kids huh?... but thats not all, we have a few other projects that got started but are not quite finished cause I was missing my kids too badly... but before and afters will be up soon!

My dream home..

So all this home improvement has me dreaming of my dream house... I think it is so fun to go look through floor plans! ( this is a list of things I would change about the house we are in now, as well as those things that "would be nice" as well as a few "if I won the lottery" things)

• A Flat lot

• A lot big enough for a garden and a few fruit trees with room leftover for the kids to run and play as well as the dogs!

• I like a one level house with a basement over a house with two stories.

• On the ground floor there must be a bedroom with a bathroom or two bedrooms with a bathroom, ( I don't know why but I always picture one of our parents coming to live with us when they get old... my parents deny this will ever happen, and I have never asked Tyler's parents about it.)

• I like having the idea of all the bedrooms on one floor and the rest of the stuff on another (other than the whole grandparent suite thing)

• You can not see my kitchen or my family room from the front door (deal breaker)

• I would like to have a guest room. ( that isn't the storage, catch everything else room)

• I like the kitchen, breakfast nook, family room combo, just wish they weren't all the same room divided only by flooring.

• In my mind a formal dining room (only used for Thanksgiving and Christmas)is a waste of space...

• Give me lots of windows.. I love natural light! I love covered porches!
  

• I want a beautiful bulb garden in the front yard!
  

So that is some of my wishes... what are yours?

My Style...

So we have lots of projects lined up for this summer and we have been doing a few home improvement things around the house, I have been looking threw some great DIY blogs... I love them... I get lost in them and at times the kids have to come get me..lol. The funny part is, I have no style... My husband hangs everything in our house, has every move we have ever made.. and he has great taste.. so that works for us! But as I do more and more projects I find things that I don't like, and things that I just love! Here they are:

• I like solids or wide stripes, very few patterns ever catch my eye... way to busy!

• I like textures, I like fabric to have textures...(think my headboard fabric)

• I do not like flowery fabric!

• I like stone, but it is way out of my price range..:)

• I like silver over gold.

• I like light colored wood over dark.

• I don't think you can go wrong with a new coat of paint! (unless you are painting over light wood..bad!)

• I think bedrooms should have a darker more subdued flavor, while kitchens, bathrooms and family rooms should all have a brighter feel. (how to get this to flow.. I have no idea)

• Windows are made to be opened

• The simpler a window covering the better.

• If you have a big wall, you should have a big picture, or a bunch of little ones, but never both.

• I don't want clutter, crafts and pictures of people or things that I have never seen in real life are not decorations, they are clutter. The only pictures in my house are of my family, temples or of religious significance for me.

• I believe that your decorations should reflect the things you love.

• My one exception: Decorations can be useful... i.e. I use the "decorative" trivets that hang on my wall.

• I like glass shelves, and am perfectly fine with only a few things on each shelf. no need to over do it!

• Trim should be a different color that your wall.

• I love crown molding, have never had any, but it sure makes a room look rich!

• Lighting fixtures bore me. Haven't found one that makes me want to Do it myself yet.

• A large mirror can change a room.

• An objects use usually trumps "but it looks cute!"

• I love the look of bead board and board and batten. Think it is a cheap way to dress up a room!

• I don't buy things "aged" or "antiqued" ... I will add my own dings thank you!
  

So thats a taste of my style, whats yours?

The matching footboard

We made the matching foot board last night! Never realized that there was a need for one, but I LOVE IT!

pictures?

Remember my boys pics last September? the photographer who took those great pics here and here is having a giveaway!
check it out here!

Wanna see something cool?

at least to me!....

this is 4 of the 5 boxes we put in... the 5th is under the tarp in the back and we put one around the apple tree... so excited... I think I am gonna go put my "cold season" plants in! yeah! the wire thing you see leaning against the fence are where are am going to be growing my trellis plants up! I have 4 of them! wahoo!

now we need to put the watering system together! (Tyler is sooo excited... ok not really, but I am!)

Pure Joy...

Unloading of Pictures

AWWW... yep they sleep like this most nights!

Kevin just ended his first season of soccer... he is the one in the white jersey with the red hoody, he did great! The first practice was spent mostly lying on the ground but he got more and more into it after that. We got the "they aren't sharing" comment and the "I need a break" but over all he did much better by the end of the 4 week season. It was a lot of fun to watch him with is team.


Grandma and the boys being cute!

Kevin rockin his soccer gear with his boxer briefs!
And drum roll please......


I finally uploaded a pic of the paint job in the master bedroom.. three stripes on the South wall...and!

I have finished the headboard that has been two years in the making... literally, got the fabric two Christmas' ago, and the board and batting this Christmas... I don't know about you, but I LOVE IT! ( now Tyler is telling me to go order more to make a foot board...lol.)P.S. it will be a little taller than that, it isn't mounted yet.

Other than that we have been working hard in the yard. We built the garden boxes and got the dirt and even put one of the boxes in, now we just need to get to the rest of them. do the fence post for the raspberries and tomatoes, pick weeds, I could go on and on.. but really we love having the nicer weather and being outside ( the boys love it too) Tyler went on a camp out and had Scout-o-rama this weekend so we only got a half a days work in yesterday but we got everything mowed and edged... the yard is starting to look a lot better! Spring really is my favorite time of year!

Its never to early to force higher education on your children...

So the boys were splashing in the tub last night and I asked them to stop, more water came out... so what did I do? it went something like this...

Mom: "you guys need to stop splashing the water of out of the tub"
Kevin: "why"
Mom: "because you guys are gonna ruin our bathroom floor with all the water and then there isn't gonna be anymore money to send you to college"
pause..
Kevin: "but I want to go to college"
Mom: "then keep the water in the tub"
a couple of seconds pass as he thinks...and i chuckle to myself
Kevin: "hey mom, whats college?"
Mom: chuckling "college is where smart people go and get smarter, its called higher education"
Kevin: "Oh, I thought you said that me and you and dad were going to go to college to get brushed?"
Mom: "nope honey, you get brushed at the dentist, this is college"...

p.s. the dentist conversation is pretty funny too!

Later Tyler asked me how college came up in the first place... when i told him it was because i was trying to get the boys to stop splashing in the tub, he laughed, said "nice" and realized, i will do anything to push higher education on my boys....lol.

You have to start early! HAHA!

Where else do youth think i could slip in college...
"you better finish you food, or you won't grow up big and strong or go to college"
"you better clean your room, or your college roomate with think your a wierdo"