A Sunday Aloha

Being that it is the middle of winter these days, I think it is safe to say we are all a little stir-crazy. That is, until I was doing some cleaning in L & M's closet the other day, and remembered that their Aunt Heather brought back these mu-mu's (sp?) for the girls last time she was in Hawaii. (I say last time because we're going again soon!) Anyway, what better way to add some sunshine back into our lives than to remind everyone you see of Hawaii. L & M have it figured out. I tell you one thing, you want compliments, wear a mu-mu to church.
Speaking of church, I have also realized I haven't posted an update about the girls' nursery experience. They started nursery in late October, and have been doing well. London pops right in and hardly says goodbye she's so excited to play with the toys and the kids. Maddie struggles a little more, as she is turning out to be a little more clingy, but just at the beginning. By the time we pick them up, they are happy campers! The leaders say they are doing great; the only thing is they can't get them to stop eating crayons! We have been working on that at home as well. (New family rule.) Anyway, as Ryan has said, we have become the most active members in the church since nursery has entered our lives...Sunday school for us is basically a date.

L & M's First Haircut

Well, bang trim is more of a better term, but first time under the scissors. I bribed Maddie with her favorite treat: fruit dip without the fruit. She goes nuts for this stuff! Looking back, that was not the brightest idea when you are cutting hair. The end product was, well, sticky little pieces of hair everywhere. But hey, it could have been worse.



I used a bang-trimming technique I read about in a magazine. I can't say it was entirely successful, but it at least prevented scissor-related eye injuries.



And done! Maddie told me she wanted the side-swooped bangs. I did my best.


Londie's 'before' shot. Apparently, she's having a hard time seeing with all that hair in her eyes.


You have got to be kidding, mom. I can't let my friends see me like this!


Now that's more like it..
After this whole ordeal, mom has decided we are growing out our bangs for a little while. Also, in case anyone is wondering, fruit dip makes a pretty good mousse!

A Whole New Bathroom...

It only took us 17 months of staring at our sick, awful, ugly glass shower doors in our bathroom to make this discovery: they can be removed. Not only can they be removed, but with only a little time, effort, energy, and screwdriver. Oh, and a little help from Chris, whom we always recruit for projects when he comes for allergy shots. Anyway, afterwards we got pretty excited about 1-having a shower curtain and 2-having a normal looking bathroom, we decided to furnish the thing, too. So to many, it's just a regular bathroom, but for us it was a long journey worth taking the time to appreciate.



We installed this cute little cupboard above the toilet. You can't see it here, but the bead board matches the clock, pictured below.



Ryan has been admiring these grey towels for seriously, a year. We just couldn't bear to put them in the old bathroom because it would have ruined them.

The Vomit Resurrection

This is my first blog I have ever posted, which may cause one to wonder, what occurrence would cause Ryan to actually sit down and write some form a journal entry. Not New Years, but my (supposedly crappy) cell phone my work issued me. So let the story begin.

This weekend, our house was flooded with vomit. Good ol' fashion mixture of milk, oatmeal, juice, carrots, and stomach acid. First started with Maddy and ended with London. Well, Leslie and I, caught off guard by the amounts of throw up produced by such tiny bodies, rushed them (they actually didn't throw up the same time, Maddy did 7 times on Friday and London did 6 times on Sunday, I'm sure you wanted the numbers) to the bathtub. This is turn caused vomit to be on our clothes (ruined my favorite tie), and every inch of floor space we have. In our deep cleaning of the house, Leslie was in charge of washing the clothes. In doing so, she checked my pockets, but forgot that I have two cells phones, she got my regular cell phone, but forgot about my work one. So it went right into the washer with my pants. When I changed the wash, I didn't even see the cell phone and it went right into the dryer. It went through a whole cycle in the washer and the dryer. Once discovered, we said our good-byes. It was toast. I tried seeing what would happen if I put it in the charger...nothing. I decided to hold onto it so London and Madelyn can add it to their collection of Cell Phones. But then, a miracle happened. Three days later (o.k. it was only two, but three gives the story that extra spice), it came back alive. I don't know how, or even thought it possible, but it's alive and working. Here is the picture to prove it. That's my story. I'm done.

Leslie insert: Everyone else in this house tries to be a super hero. Why not the cell phone?

Horsing Around

I seriously never know what Ryan and my other bundles of energy are going to do next. Sometimes they veg in front of the tv and watch Spongebob, sometimes they run around the house screaming, but it is safe to say never a dull moment. This day was an event to remember. And for those of you who have already seen these pictures, just pretend I used the shall we say alternative title for the blog.





London seriously said 'giddy up' in twinglish (that's the twins' language).


And the highlight picture as well as my personal favorite: Ryan the mule (look at his face)!

Maddie the Mother Hen

So every time I drop the girls off at nursery, I have a funny observation: all the little girls are feeding the baby dolls with bottles! London and Madelyn must have been watching very closely, because last time we went to my mom's house, here is what we found little Madelyn up to.



Make sure her eye doesn't get thirsty...


And then we had to laugh because Maddie rolled OVER her baby to put herself to bed, too.


But didn't think it would be this boring.


Maybe the babies like it better in the cradle.


Maddie decides to see for herself what it's like in the cradle.


Hard to do while it's rocking...


And in! What was the funniest was how serious she was the whole time.


Night night, Maddie! She actually stayed here for about 15 minutes being rocked! London even helped.

How we celebrated New Years

Well to start out, I must say we had the most fun and eventful New Years ever! Last year and the year before, and I think the year before, we must have gone to bed early and missed the whole thing because I have almost no New Years memories with Ryan. All of that changed this year, as we were invited to a fantastic little shindig at our neighbors across the street. You can't beat good food, good company, oh and then there were the fireworks. Not firecrackers, I said fireworks, just picture the 4th of July and then some and you have a good picture. We're not going to say if the fireworks were legal or not, but we would like to thank the state of Wyoming for providing them, as our entire neighborhood benefited immensely. We ended up staying up until 3 a.m. with friends, which was all fun and games until the crack of 7:45 when the girls woke up! New Years day we were invited out to lunch with my family, and then back to the house for the pool sharks to get their game going. In the meantime, the girls kept themselves especially busy with the toys. It may take several days to get everyone's sleep back on schedule, but was totally worth it in the end!