Cannon

So I really need to be posting something about Lyla for her birthday this past month, but I took this picture of Cannon and wanted to get it out there. So he came down dressed for school in his turtleneck and "short" pants, then he got the brush out and brushed his hair as far over to the side as he possibly could. I think he looks a little french and he always make me laugh at the things he likes to wear and do. He LOVES pants that are just a couple of inches above his shoes. He LOVE to have his part just a little above his ear and then comb over the hair. He LOVES this turtleneck. He really wants to grow his hair out and because I really don't care he is going to. I imagine he will still want his part in the same place so it is going to get interesting. I am so glad I love this little guy and we can all get a smile out of his style.
He is also funny about everything being a challenge. We got bop-it for Christmas and he beat it a few weeks ago. It goes through the levels and then once you beat expert it just says, "you beat bop-it" and then turns off. He is that way with everything. He will work on something for a LONG time just to beat it and get to the end. It makes it pretty easy to have him learn new things because he doesn't care if he is the best at the beginning he will work until he has mastered it.

Ashlee's kids

I watched Ashlee's kids last weekend so she could have a few days with Michael for her birthday. My kids LOVED having cousins over and getting to have a sleep-over. Miya loved being around Olivia and making her laugh. Lyla and Emery have a love/hate relationship, but enjoyed dressing up to dance and finding swim suits so they could play swimming pool. Cannon and Arleigh are good friends because she just enjoys doing whatever Cannon likes. He enjoyed showing her his amazing bop-it skills. It is so great to have them all this close and I just love getting to know them better. I love them all so much.

Bringing in the New Year

They each had their jobs helping Phil. Someone was on tape duty, another spacers and another to hand over the tiles.

Phil had the day off on New Year's Eve so we were working on the cabin. We started tiling the shower around 11:30 that morning. The kids helped for about 30 minutes and then found their way back up to the house to clear out the candy cupboard before we came up a few hours later for lunch. We laughed at 12:00 am when we were still in the cabin working on the tile and we heard the fireworks around the lake. I said "happy new year" we took a 3 minute break to watch out the window at the great firework show and back to work. We finished everything around 1:00 so it wasn't too bad. I think it turned out really great and most of the time consuming work was around the window and the shelf cut out we made.

Hope we don't party like this next year.

Really

I had just walked in the door from hanging out at Ikea with Ashlee. What did we need to get at Ikea? Nothing, but the kids can play in the play area for an hour and we can walk around talking and looking at stuff without any kids. Plus, kids eat lunch for free for the first few weeks of the year. Ikea is one of those half-way points for us and we find it a pretty cheap and easy place to meet...well until we try to take the kids home. It took me 20 minutes and six rounds of Red Light Green Light to get her to the car. I checked the messages when I got home and there was one from the Principle informing me that my kids were just wondering if I was going to come get them. Yes, it was a half day and I had NO idea. So while I was waisting time at Ikea my kids were waiting in the office at the elementary school for 1 and 1/2 hours. That's right, my kids have the world's BEST mom.
Oh, and did I mention that I left Miya at church a couple of weeks ago and Phil had to go back and get her. Luckily our friend who is in the Bishopric saw her and brought her into the Bishop's office and gave her candy.

Cabin Update

Well it has been a long time since I blogged about the cabin and we have been hard at work whenever we have a moment. It is slowly coming together and we got the bamboo floors in and tiled the kitchen and the bathroom floors just before Christmas. The walls are all primed and ready for paint. The floors in the kitchen and bathroom took a little extra time with the heating system we put in, but I think they look great. Phil has tomorrow off and we will spend this weekend working and getting the shower tiled, trim around the floor and more painting done.