Wallpaper!

I'm still trying to make this house a little more "Kristi" and a little less "BLAH", so in the basement hall/laundry area my sweet dad put up some wallpaper. It adds so much color and makes me happy! I also painted all the walls in the hall with the same color I had my bedroom done with. It's a great color and when I get the money, I'm going to have the rest of my house done with it. My house is getting there.....

Park City

My girlfriend Ashly and I were able to get away for a night in May and head up to Park City. We went to dinner, a movie, made crafts in the hotel, ate breakfast and shopped.......ALL WITHOUT CHILDREN!!! It was a really fun 24 hours of girl talk and lots of old stories (we met each other in Jerusalem and toured Europe together for 2 months - so we have a lot of memories!). We don't live terribly far from each other, but she has 3 kids, I have 2, and we are both quite busy with our little lives! Every time we try and get together we probably get about 10 minutes of talking with each other done and the rest is us handling our kids! Hopefully we can do this more often! And a big THANKS to the husbands for staying home with the kids!


We used to take a TON of pictures together, but this was the only shot I got! Oh well, she looks adorable as always!

Alex Gymnastics

I signed Alex up this year for a month-long gymnastics class at the community center. He was ridiculously good! Far above the other kids - but he also liked to goof off and not listen to the teacher. (Probably because he wasn't being challenged) He really enjoyed the class though and especially loved the medal at the end!

What a ghetto fabulous family!! A bit scraggly, but still awesome!

Of course!

Yesterday at the dinner table Samantha asked me how long Daddy and I have been married (Andy was out of town for this conversation). I told her 8 1/2 years.
She quickly corrected me, "You mean 8 1/2 WONDERFUL years!".

Yes Samantha, of course they have been WONDERFUL! Sure makes you realize how much kids rely on their parents' marriage for stability.

Official Big Bike Riders

It's taken some time, some tears, some crashes, and the purchase of a smaller bike, but both kids are now riding their big kid bikes!! Andy was feeling bad that they couldn't ride their bikes (they were a tad too large to really practice), so one day a few weeks ago he went to Walmart and bought a smaller bike. Samantha was DETERMINED to learn that bike - and she did! She has been riding it around for a while and getting more and more confident. Yesterday Andy convinced her to get out her big bike and give it a try. It only took 2 tries and she was flying!!

Alex has been more of a struggle! He was always fine once he got on the bike - he has amazing balance - but it was the getting on and off and starting that he was frustrated with. And he just loves his scooter so much he didn't really see the need for the bike. Again, yesterday must have been magical, because we talked Alex into trying the small bike and he got right on and took off! My kids WILL NOT do anything until they set their minds to it and then NOTHING can stop them. So, I guess Alex decided to learn bikes yesterday. He rode the small bike for about 30 minutes, grabbed his big bike out of the garage and hasn't stopped riding it!!

Both kids rode up and down the cul-de-sac all evening, and then first thing this morning they were out there riding again. I'm so proud of them!! And happy for the peace it should bring me!! ;-) Love you kids!