June highlights thus far

Since the computer had a little issue last week (ok it was a big one... but almost taken care of,) I have been a little behind on my busy blogging world... sorry this one will be long.

At the beginning of June, as noted in an earlier post, we had our baseboards put on. In order to get the entire main level, we had to pull the washer and dryer out. So I decided it was the best time to get the 1/2 bath/laundry room painted.

Before:
After:

I finally got around to sewing curtains for the kids' rooms. Hopefully they'll sleep in later now that it's a lot darker in there!

Sam's room: (obviously since Lightning McQueen is his latest hero)
Livia's room: (aren't little girls all about sunshine and rainbows?)
Jason made a swing for Sam....

which he loves!

And so do his little friends.

Another project we have been avoiding the tackling of.... removing the strange, and very large chunks of concrete in our yard... this picture does not do justice of the amount that is in there...

We rented a jack hammer from Home Depot and Jason worked on breaking it all up for about 3 hours. (I helped a little too.)

Fun broken up chunks, ready for removal:


On Sunday, June 7, we went to my sister, Ronda's house for dinner. Another sister, Jill had just arrived in Utah the night before.

All the Danielsons were there too. The Danielsons are basically our family... yet there is no actual relation. I won't go into all the similarities now, but most people in our lives have always gotten us confused with each other.

The four of us girls on the couch are me and my sisters. The four on the floor are the Danielson girls, and the two Danielson boys are on the ends.


And then, we have all the kids....
not as cooperative as the adults. Apparently Sam likes to show off his bare side more than his face. Little stinker. The rest of the kids did pretty good though!

Serena was helping Sam hide his cake and ice cream.
A random shot of the party:


We also celebrated some birthdays. Ok, so there were a lot either recent or soon to come, so we just sang Happy Birthday dear Everyone. (But Jason's birthday was the next day, and Alycia's a few days later, so that's where the whole idea started.)

Jason, being a goof, and not letting me get a decent picture of him, like usual.

Too much cake for Livi?
For Jason's birthday, on June 8th, I wanted to surprise him by picking him up from work and taking him out to Lunch on the Lake. But due to the awesome rain.... we ended up going to a movie instead. We'll do lunch another day. I'm sure we can find something else to celebrate!

I thought my flowers all died. But I am again seeing some sign of life in the rose bush!


On Monday night, my sister, Jill and her family came down to stay with us for a couple of days. There is an excessive amount of snails around here, so Braden and Kari found about 150 snails and put them in a bucket.
Then Sam saw it. In his head, the only reason you'd put something in a bucket, is to dump it out again. Hence, the next picture. Preston agreed with Sam.
Yeah! A sandbox playmate!
Kari and Braden loved the swing.


Another long day for Livia. (I honestly do give this kid naps in her bed!)

For Jason's birthday we got him a new bike. I convinced him to use the toddler seat, and Sam was happy with the results!

And so was Maggie.
And so was Mommy. :)


Livia has been helping me blog today.


She's getting a little bored now.

Ok, cranky Hank says it's time for Mommy to be done.


Happy June!