Church Ball

it's that time again...time for church basketball! and jay is so excited to play again. our ward won their game, but not without someone paying the price. (if you don't know already, jay has a slight tendency to injure himself while participating in athletic events.) after a hard foul, jay was bleeding from his eyebrow down to his nose. they guy that fouled him gave in a nice little cut above his right eyebrow. it was kindly suggested that he have it "taken" care of. russ was kind enough to offer his services. so, after the game we loaded up and followed russ home for some fixing up.

he used dermabond to close the wound,



and only took off one stray eyebrow in the process.



tough guy!



that's gonna look pretty in the morning.



see, what did i tell ya?!



and then when we got home, it looked even worse. not to mention, it looks infected and now the puss is glued in! ewwww!



boys?! i just don't understand em!

Homemade Hazelnut Hot Cocoa

around christmas time, our good friend emily gave us some homemade hazelnut hot cocoa. as soon as i tried it i knew i was going to have to make it for myself (and maybe share some). she was more than willing to share the recipe with me and i would like to share it with you...

1 large can (1 lb) nestle quick
1 lb. powdered sugar
1 8 qt. box of powdered instant dry milk
1 bag of marshmallows (optional)
1 lb. non dairy coffee creamer (these can be purchased in 1/2 lb. containers, so if you want two different flavors (ie. one vanilla and another one hazelnut, mix all three of the ingredients above, divide it in half, and and then add in the flavor mixes)

mix thoroughly in a large bowl and store in a dry container

add 3 heaping teaspoons to 1 (5 ounce) cup of hot water or about 1/3 a cup to a mug

and enjoy!

thanks for sharing emily!

Welcome

we moved! and as you can see by the map, we didn't go very far. 1.4 miles to be exact! point a (red) is where we had been living. the girls and i lived with my brother and because jay and i could not find a house fast enough, he moved in after the wedding...in aug! that all changed with tons of help from brother brady. we found a house we loved and were able to close on december 31st. we packed up our moving truck and drove all the way to point b (blue).

moving day!

here is our 24 ft truck that still didn't fit all our stuff.

alexis and ariana showing off what they can do.

they were quite the posers.

welcome to our home!

no shoes.

please and thank you!

off to the right of the front door is our dining room.

we still need to get proper lighting in here.

and to the left of the front door is the family/piano room.

(don't know what i was thinking when taking pics cause i forgot this room)

keep walking in and you will find the downstairs bathroom.

i promise to kick her out if you need to use the restroom.

right next to the bathroom is our office that will be used as a guest room.

we are so excited for our first over night visitors...grandma and grandpa rasband!

this is overlooking the living room.

sorry this one came out so dark.

i love these windows but not the coverings...they have to go!

go cards!

the girls love their daddy mack!

looking from the living room into the kitchen/breakfast area.

kitchen.

i love all the open space.

must be snack time.

off of the kitchen is laundry room.

(nice and spacious)

darn it! i forgot the huge pantry.

upstairs we go!

or down?!

here is the loft.

it is still under construction. we want to build a desk (the entire width of the wall with the two small windows) for all the girls to be able to do their homework, hold the computer, etc.

caprice's room is just off the loft.

and not clean!



starting down the hall is the girls bathroom with linen closet.

beware!

alexis' room.

she has a trundle...great for sleepovers!

ariana's room.

she loves not having to share anymore!

i told you she was a poser!

finally my room!

i mean our...

we have a very nice, very big (very empty) room.

with our own bathroom!

we didn't have that at my brother's house, so it is a big deal to us.

potty room.

walk-in closet.

with cute little windows!

and enough room for all my shoes! yea!

that fan thing above the window has got to go!

thanks for visiting our house!

it still needs lots of work and lots of paint, but it is ours and we love it!

come again when you can stay longer!

bye!

p.s. while cleaning this weekend, ariana found an unwelcome house guest.
he was so quick, it was hard to get a good picture.

ewww!!!

Dear Tooth Fairy?!

yes, that's right, alexis left a letter (note) for the tooth fairy.

it reads

i need $6 for a web-kins, little kinz
pleass

i have never been the kind of mom to encourage writing letters to santa so when i found a note to the tooth fairy i was caught a little off guard. i replaced the note with the standard $3 and made my way out of her room as quick as i could. i took jay the note and we both had to laugh! alexis told us the night before that she had put her tooth under her pillow and was ready for the tooth fairy, we know now what she meant by that.

when she woke up, we had to pretend that we knew nothing of the note. needless to say, she was disappointed. she ate her breakfast in silence and continued the rest of her morning routine that way.

i felt bad but what could i do?! give in? what would the next request be? lol

what would you have done?