Where's Kyrie?

Isaiah's napping, Kyrie is watching Bear in the Big Blue House, and I'm researching child backpack carriers on the internet. Kyrie says,"Mom, Bear's over!"
"I'll be there in a minute."
I hear her going to use the potty. I have a while to type some more. The toilet flushes. One more minute, and I'll go and help her start up a new movie. Two minutes pass, and I'm thinking,"It's really quiet. Better go see what Kyrie is doing."
I look in the living room. No Kyrie. I look in the t.v. room. No Kyrie. No Kyrie in the bathroom. I look in her room. Where is she? I check the other rooms again. I go back to her room and hear her snoring. She's curled up in a laundry basket w/ Tigger as a pillow, sound asleep. She looked so cute. I'm glad I grabbed my camera before she wakes up and I suggest to her that she'll be more comfortable in her bed.

I won a gold ribbon!

So I decided to enter some layouts at the Latah County Fair in Moscow last week. I was hesitant to enter because usually the judges are all about journaling. Even if it's the simplest layout that didn't take much work- as long as there is journaling on it, they will favor it.

At the County Fair, the layouts are usually given 1st, 2nd or 3rd place ribbons- usually dependent upon the amount of journaling. Then, they will take the top 3 layouts and give them gold, silver or bronze ribbons. I've only seen "Best of Show" ribbons go to scrapbooks, and since I haven't managed to complete a whole scrapbook ( I have tons in progress), I haven't entered any yet.

So anyway, I guess that the judge fell in love w/ the picture and the sunflower shaker box on this particular layout. She did comment that she would have liked to see more journaling :P. But, hey. I was really proud of this layout. I did it the night before the judging. My best work always seems to come out at the last minute.

I also got a few first places and a 2nd place ribbon on the other layouts that I entered. Maybe next year I can go for a Best of Show.

Excuse the bad scanning and stitching job.

Napoleon's house

We're home!

It's been a long time since I've entered a post into my blog. I thought that this would be a good time to make an entry. We just got back from Pocatello, ID where we had my family reunion. It was a long trip home w/ two small kids under the age of 3, but we made it!
My favorite part of the trip was when Mark and I left the kids w/ their Auntie and Grandma, and took off to Preston, ID where the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" was filmed. Mark and I stayed at a hotel in Logan, UT the night before, since there really isn't anywhere to stay in Preston. We went and saw all the sites from the movie and got lots of pictures and some of our own re-enactments of the movie ;) We must have looked like a couple of geeky tourists to the residents of Preston, but we had a lot of fun. I'm sure they are used to it by now.
The worst part of the trip was the overwhelmingness of the LDS(Mormon) culture in my family. I understand that the church plays a big part of their lives, but a little sensitivity to those around you would be nice. Maybe they forget that I'm no longer a Mormon and my husband never was one. We're not entertained by baptism bloopers, Church History tours, the BYU channel, and who holds which callings. I love my family dearly, but it seems so awkward at times.
We did enjoy playing games, and Kyrie and Isaiah loved playing w/ their older cousins.

And w/ that, it's time I go to bed so I can get up and catch up on life. I so look forward to unpacking, shopping, and going back to work. NOT! ;)

2-9-05

Today marks the start of Lent. I've chosen to give up spending time on the 2peas website and computer games. These are things that I find myself spending a lot of time on. It's amazing how much of a habit it has become. When I woke up today, the kids were still asleep, and my first thought was to go check the message board at 2peas. This will be a very interesting experience for the next 40 days. I'm sure the first few days will be the hardest.