Our New Toys!!!!

Well we did it. We bought us some four-wheelers!! We have been thinking about buying one ever since we got married but we just never found the right deal but that all changed today. On his way to work one day, Russell found these four-wheelers with a "for sale" sign on them. He called the guy and found out the price and etc. He was selling his two four-wheelers and trailer for one low price. It seemed like a really good deal so after researching the four-wheelers on the Internet we realized we would be saving close to $1,500 with this deal. Basically we were getting the trailer for free. So we went for it.

This is a 2005 Yamaha Kodiak 400. It has 4-wheel drive, independent suspension, and electric shift. Along with the great power and smooth ride, I also liked the pack on the back of it because it will hold a lot of things like coats, lunches, and water needed while riding. It is in really good condition and only had 900 miles on it.

This is a 2006 Yamaha Grizzly 80. It is just a little four-wheeler but still fun to ride. We will most likely sell this four wheeler and make a little money on it. So if you know any one that wants a four-wheeler, let us know. In the meantime, we will have fun riding it.

The trailer is pretty nice too. It can hold 3 four-wheelers and one side unhooks for loading purposes. We can use this trailer for more things than just four-wheelers so we were excited to get this too.

So now our house officially look like rednecks live there because we have our camp trailer, four-wheelers, and truck out front. We can't wait to take our quads out for a ride. Russell was so happy he was like a little kid! Does anyone know of any good trails?

Cleaning Day

"Saturday is a special day. It's the day we get ready for Sunday: We clean the house ... so we don't have to work until Monday." (CS 196).

Every Saturday I try to clean up the house after a hectic week of work and running around. It is amazing how long it takes to clean but how fast it becomes messy again! But this week, I got a lot of help from Emily and Russell so it didn't take all day. Thanks guys!!

First, we had a bath. Russell had a little too much fun with Emily's hair. Hee hee! Her hair is getting so long. I can finally do something with it. (Notice the cute piggy tales.)
Then it was time to sweep the floor. Emily loves helping even when it means sweeping the carpet because the vacuum is too scary!

Emily was getting antsy because she didn't know what to do to help so I gave her a paper towel and told her to "wash" the windows. That kept her busy for about 15 minutes! She even sings while she works as you will see in the video below. Happy Saturday everyone!

My Latest Projects...

My friend, Trista, referred me to these fun websites that give you ideas for crafts and homemade gifts. I have been in a pretty crafty mood lately so I decided to check them out. I found two really cute ideas that looked pretty easy so I decided to go for it and make them. The first one is a Crayon Roll:

This is my finished product! I think it turned out really good, if I do say so myself. The roll holds 16 crayons and rolls up small so it can easily fit in a bag for travel or church. Emily loves pulling the crayons out and throwing them on the ground; she thinks that is pretty funny.

The crayon roll was really easy to make. I made three of them in one night. All you need is two pieces of fabric 5 x 16.5 inches (for the outside and inside), one 6 x 16.5 inch piece of fabric folded in half for the pockets, interfacing, ribbon, and rick rack. Put it all together and...VOLA!!.. a crayon roll. For a better tutorial check out this website... http://www.skiptomylou.org/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/




The next project was a little more work but still fun and it also turned out very cute. Last weekend, Russell had a clinical up at the U of U hospital in Salt Lake so we stayed over at my sister's house in Fillmore. While Russell was at his clinical, Lacie and I made "Cozy Car Caddies" for our kids.

These cute little packs hold 6 matchbox cars and inside there is a little road the cars can drive on. You make them out of an old pair of jeans. (But don't use Wranglers because that denim is tougher than regular jeans so it is really hard to sew around. We found this out the hard way unfortunately, but the pack still turned out cute.)

When the pack is folded up it looks like this. We appliqued this little car onto the front and used Velcro to fasten it.

This is the outside of the pack. We used white piping around the edges to give it a finished look.

The inside... complete with cars on the road. The road is made of gray and yellow felt, I used a flannel print for the background, and the pockets are denim.

The last step was to paint the numbers on the pockets. This was cool because I cut the stencils out of freezer paper then ironed them onto the fabric and painted. Then the freezer paper peeled right off. We definitely had fun making these packs. I know you are probably thinking " Tiffany, you have a girl not a boy!" Well girls can play with cars too. In fact, Emily loves driving cars and saying VROOM with her lips. If you would like a tutorial on how to make these check out this website... http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2009/12/cozy-car-caddy-tutorial.html

I have enjoyed making these projects. I am planning on making all of our Christmas gifts for next year, so I am starting now. My next projects are going to be a felt Mr. Potato Head and a Quiet Book for church. Wish me luck because these might be hard especially the Quiet Book.

UH-OH!!!

Emily discovered the toilet today:

Look at that face... you can't stay mad at her for long!!! Russell and I both thought that Emily was with the other one. Then it was really quite so I decided to go find her and this is what I found!! As you can see, she was so proud of the soup she had made with her toys. What a nut! Oh the joys of having children.

Happy New Year 2010!!

Happy New Year!!! 2009 has been a great year and we are looking forward to 2010 for another great year. For New Years Eve we didn't have any plans so we just hung out at our house and did our own thing.

First, we made home made mini pizzas. Emily loved helping until I took the dough away from her because she tried to eat it.

Our finished pizzas ready to eat. They were really good. It looks like Russell started the festivities a little early!

After dinner we played some card games and watched the New Year's Eve parties on TV. We played SkipBo and Old Maid with Emily. We had a fun time together as a family. At 11:30 we drove into town to see the fireworks. We drove up to the airport thinking there wouldn't be very many people there. We were wrong; however, there were tons of people there but we were able to find a place to park.

Ooooh Aaaahh!!

OOOOHHH!

Emily tried to stay up until the new year but she didn't even make it to the fireworks.

We made it to the New Year!!! Welcome 2010!

We have many resolutions for the New Year but one is to get in shape! We got new running clothes for Christmas and we are going to start running every day! Wish us luck I think we will need it.