Swimming Lessons

Kya started swimming lessons a few weeks ago and she is loving it. She is even putting her face under the water. She told me that she was going to try real hard to put her face under and that she would go down the slide if the teacher asked. I love her enthusiasm and effort.

I also signed Zander up for a "mommy and me" class. He loves getting in the water and I love that we are teaching him to control his excitement and not just jump right in.

This last weekend, Carl was home and went with us. He wanted to do the class with Zander, which gave me an opportunity to take a few pictures.

And then just five minutes into class, a little girl threw up in the water...so we didn't get to finish class...Kya's teachers taught them a few things about water safety outside the water. Kya was a little bored, I think.

And Zander was just plain cold. He loved cuddling in his towel.

Classic Kya face...

Zander is so much fun...he makes me laugh all the time.

Organized Chaos!

I am on a roll...somebody stop me. I tend to get on these rampages about once a year when all I want to do is organize...spring clean...and redecorate EVERYTHING! I have started a few projects that I have to complete...but today I went a little nuts. I just wanted to organize my whole house.

I have often claimed to be so organized that I am unorganized. I tend to by storage containers like they are going out of style. Unfortunately I can't really afford the super cute ones that I want and so I buy cheap tupperware type containers. So I was going through my house and found a few that were full of "stuff" that we don't use anymore. And since they are not very "cute", I decided to dress them up a bit with some scrapbook paper, glue, ribbon and trinkets.

With a little extra wood, some nails and screws, a few bottles, some containers and A LOT of hard work...this is what I have done so far.

BEFORE: Laundry Room

AFTER

BEFORE: Hall Closet

AFTER

Salt Lake

Took a little trip to Salt Lake...loved the gorgeous snow. We met up with Jerica before she moves to Phoenix, went to the conference center for a tour, had some lunch and had a great time. Bit of a picture overload.

Hog Tied

Found these pictures on my camera from last month...I forgot about this. Carl was tying up the kids and they were having so much fun.

So they decided to tie up daddy...I love Kya's "effort"...she cracks me up.