Family Fall Hike

Weve been a little preoccupied with projects around the house to get out much.  Its been a bit sad really.  There is nothing more that I love than to be outdoors as much as possible.  So even though Jonathan is sick...we took the kids on a short but very pretty hike not far from our house. 

Not really sure why these pictures are so small...They really are great pics of the fall colors in normal size.

In other news- Jonathans Ireland trip was cancelled two days prior to departure- Raegan had to postpone her trip due to a family emergency.  Halloween is next week and honestly I havent thought much about it- and Elijiahs Birthday is also coming up quick.  What to do what to do...

Surgery news

( right before he went in)

Wow two posts in one week! Im on a roll.

Well considering Jonathans surgery --I had to document it for our posterity! Many of you may or may not know that Jonathan has suffered for years with sinus issues. This last round of sinus issues has lasted for several months with terrible daily headaches that would cause him to have to leave work or be on tons of medication with little relief. There was discussion of doing the sinus surgery for a long time, but it seemed like a last resort as folks reported mixed reviews on the outcome.

He hit his breaking point though and we decided to go for it. Needless to say, the day of surgery came and we thought it would be a simple affair. We didn’t count on a 2 hour surgery lasting 4.5 hours or me getting a migraine while at the hospital with no medication on me. I cant tell you how much I wanted to go to a nurse and ask if they had imitrex they could give me. Can you imagine? lol Anyway I wasn’t able to be much help after being at the hospital from 11-6:30 pm with the pain I was in---and so Jonathans parents came and picked us up and took us home. I wont go into the VERY yucky stuff that is currently draining out of his face, or how much pain hes has-not sure what we are in for as far as recovery goes, but Jonathan is hoping he will be ready to board his plane for Ireland come next Thursday. 

FHE anyone?

( not the place we went btw- camera charger still missing since move- sure looks good tho)

In trying to get it all done-

Pick up T after work

Pick up J

Pick up E

Go to ski store and grab our waxed up skis, and get Tristan his…

While in the car on the way to get Pumpkins for family night do a quick FHE lesson in the car

Figure it’s a captive audience

Doesn’t go well

Pumpkin picking quite the let down

Family dinner turned out to be Jonathan and I as the boys spent it in time out

Elijiahs 5 minute time out turned into ALL night time out and he was asleep in bed by 7:30

Not so lucky with T- he didn’t turn in so quickly

Night ended on a high note however, but yea family night was anything but.

Whats up?

Things that are happening around here:


1. We are starting on the basement this weekend( cross our fingers)

2. Jonathan will be traveling for 10 days to Ireland for work( SOOO Jealous)

3. Im running about 5 days a week and haven’t lost a pound. I think that extra 7 pounds I gained from last year is here to stay- LOVE getting older!

4. Tristan started preschool and hes doing awesome!!

5. Elijiah has had a great season of competitive soccer and has improved 10 fold!

6. Headed for Vegas for a short 3 day conference- Please Sun be shining

7. Got new ski gear for all of us( Merry Christmas). It’s the year to get Tristan on the slopes!

8. I don’t know if Jonathan and I have had more than 10 minutes of “Us” time in the last month. Looking forward to a date night next week!

9. Baby on the brain is here to stay. Slightly more than depressed with the whole thing.

10. Raegan and family will be coming for a week! It will be great to see her and the kids!

online shopping BOO continues

SAD! So after weeks and weeks of online shopping looking for a rug for my kitchen I finally settled on Safavieh Thom Filicia in Turquoise now the top picture looks blue not turquoise right?  So when I purchased the rug...I purchased the SECOND picture based off the color I saw on Amazon.  I realize the same rug can come in multiple colors so I chose the TURQUOISE/ NOT blue rug...guess what the TURQUOISE rug looked like upon arrival?  Yes thats right....the first BLUE rug!  I called and they said that its an obvious error, but yes the blue in the first rug was a more accurate color of the rug I ordered.  So needless to say I am now paying the shipping BACK for this item and Im still on the hunt for a kitchen Rug. 

On line Shopping BOO!

Mmmm perhaps shopping online is a bit over rated…
3 out of 4 purchases this last month arrived either damaged or so far from their online description that I had to return them....
A bit of advice:
Don’t buy the zig zag chair from Urban outfitters. Piece o crap. Damaged upon receipt and quite honestly not worth the money…
West Elm drapes were not the color seen online and had to go back
Recent Etsy purchase was damaged in shipping and now dealing with a somewhat unresponsive etsy supplier about a refund- we will see if I ever get a replacement or refund.( see pic below for evidence of damaged goods)

GRR

So what is this teaching me? Perhaps only buy things that I see in person. Which severely limits my shopping as I live in Utah and don’t seem to have a lot of variety….and I work full time so my ability to shop is non existent to begin with. Makes for completing home projects slightly difficult.

Its done.

The transformation from old yucky fireplace- to cabinet/entertainment center is done!  I didnt think we could pull it off but Jonathan did a great job and I love it.  We figured out a way to keep the cabinet semi-permanent should we ever need to get behind it, change out cords, etc we will be able to pull it out and access the electrical box.  It has the clean look with some detail that I love, and really hats off to the hubby who was on the receiving end of all my demands and desires for a certain look.  Thanks baby you did an awesome job!!