our cute Bradley

The other day I was looking at Bradley's work from school and noticed half of a person:

Then I saw another paper with another half of a person:

So I put them together:

When Bradley saw what I was doing he told me to flip it over and he would still be there..so I did:
Bradley makes me laugh.:)

Bradley was star of the week in his kindergarten class this week so I made a poster all about him:

We had our first parent/teacher conference yesterday...before school started I had a dream that his teacher wouldn't laugh at his jokes..so it was good to hear that she loves having him in her class and that he makes her laugh with all his funny stories. So now I am just worried about what stories he tells her about us.:)

Grandma Comes!

Mike's Mom was in Dallas on a business trip but found a few minutes to sneak away from work and stop by and visit with us. The kids love when "Candy" Grandma comes! We're glad she came to visit with us even though it was for just a few minutes.:)

Ena Beana

Lately I've noticed that Ena has decided to put -ie or -y on the end of a lot of her words..there are the usual words like doggy, kitty, and even tosie..but now she is saying things like chipy, shirty, and now helpie...

Flowers

Last night I came home from the General Relief Society Broadcast to find my kids in bed and flowers in my kitchen.:) I have a good hubby!:)

Still Painting..

This is the only before picture I could find..it's when we first moved in and I was still trying to figure out where to put everything...

This is After..

The upstairs is a little darker than the downstairs.
This was the hardest wall...

Now I am going to start on the bedrooms..but I think I will take a break for a little while..I just got the 2nd twilight book so once I'm done with that then maybe I'll start painting again.:)

The other day we had some of our neighbor kids over to play and I came downstairs to see Mazi in the middle of them..I thought it was cute.:)

Paint

I've been painting for what seems like forever! I finished the down stairs living areas and kitchen/dining area today. I still have a lot I want to do but that was the biggest area. I think it looks a lot better and the paint really helps the fireplace stand out. Here are some pictures of the finished product....

Our Mazi

They say that cats have 9 lives...well, Mazi must be half cat.

Here is her story:

1. When we went to pick out a puppy we had one in our hands ready to go and at the last second we decided on her..if you saw the place we bought her you would know we really did save her life that day...

2. When she was a puppy she had a weird growth on her tail... 3. The day after we brought her home we had to rush her to the vet..she wouldn't eat, she couldn't walk...

4. The vet told us we would have to put her to sleep so we decided to get a second opinion
5. Bradley ran over her with the toy jeep Mike's mom gave them.

6. While we were out of town our neighbors were watching her and they went to check on her and they found her not responding and had to rush her to the vet..they believe she had a allergic reaction to a bug bite.

7. While my niece was here this summer we started looking for Mazi and couldn't find her anywhere..as we started thinking about the last time we saw her, Kelsey remembered seeing her under the recliner when Mike had his legs up...I ran over to the chair and sure enough she was closed up in the chair..she had to have been there for at least an hour..she never made a sound.

8. Twice she has gotten a plate full of chocolate chip cookies off the counter and eaten them and she also found a chocolate candy bar in Mike's mom's purse and ate it...Dogs aren't suppose to have chocolate.

9. We can't keep her in our yard..she digs out..we put bricks and she knocks them over....everyone on our streets knows her and they've all saved her multiple times..usually when she gets out someone finds her pretty quick..but yesterday she got out while we were at church and the kids found her collar in the back yard...she was gone all night...so this morning I put signs out and called the animal shelter but then around 2:00 I was painting (I post pictures later..) and I heard her beagle howl...I ran outside and there she was. She looked pretty wild. There is no telling where she had been but somehow she found her way home. She slept the rest of the day.:)

Even though she drives me crazy most of the time and she keeps running away and chewing everything up...I still really like her. She fits in well with our family and I am glad she made her way back home...let's just hope she'll decide to stay.:)