My little missionary

This was the conversation I had with Chris after school yesterday.

Chris: I told some boys to stop when they were saying "Oh my God."

Me: That's good Chris. You know that we shouldn't use Heavenly Father's name like that.

Chris: Yeah, I told them that if they went to the Church of Jesus Christ for Latter Day Saints they would know that it was wrong too.

How to update a bathroom in $50 or Less

Every since we moved in I have wanted to do some painting to the house. Everything was white and neutral and I wanted to give it some of our own personality. The only problem was I have no time, no knowledge of design and no money. Then I discovered the mis-tint paint section at Wal-mart. I found the paint for the dining room there. I check that shelf every time I'm in the store. One day I found this nice blue paint. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but I bought it anyway. I started thinking that it would look nice in the upstairs bathroom, but that would mean new towels, and rugs, and shower curtain. So I started looking around. I finally found towels and rugs on sale at Target. I snatched them up and got to work. I've spent this week taping, and painting, then un-taping and painting some more. Finally today I had everything cleaned up, and the new towels and rugs in place. I still need to find the right shower curtain but I saw one at Kohl's the other day, now I just need to watch for the sale...

Total cost:

Paint: $6.50

Towels and Rugs: $20

Paint supplies: $5

Shower curtain: $? (I'm hoping for around $15)

Weekend in Raleigh

We spent the Labor Day weekend in Raleigh with my brothers and their families. The cousins had a great time with each other and we all had fun visiting together. We packed as much as we could into the weekend while still leaving plenty of time to sit back and relax.

Rachael was less then thrilled with a 3 hour car trip. Apparently hugging daddy's arm made her feel better.

Our first adventure was a trip to the museum. Krissi told us about a great, and free, museum downtown so we packed up all the families and had a great morning.

We were able to celebrate Brandon's birthday while we were all together. My sister-in-law, Krissi, baked a cake, and then I decorated it with help from Becca and Lily.




It wouldn't be a complete weekend while Brandon balancing the kids. I'm still not sure why this is their favorite activity, but whatever makes them happy.