Butterfly update

The other day we transferred the cocoons to the butterfly house.

Here we have the cocoons in their little cup, ready to be moved to their home.

I want you to take a good look at the above pics...

Did you notice a mouth?.............

Or an eye looking back at you??..................

Jaden is such a goofball! It wasn't until after I took the pic that I realized he was peeking through. And yes, he's wearing his Halloween costume. He's going to be The Human Torch from the Fantastic 4.

Tonight I put Jaden to bed at like 8:30. At about 9:30 he comes in...

"mom, is it in the middle of the night yet?"

"No, why?"

"Because I'm going to climb in bed with you in the middle of the night."

So I put him back in bed and a few minutes later....

"Mom, LOOK!!!"

He held up his butterfly house with 5 little butterflies fluttering around. He was so excited! I was so surprised!! I haven't even paid any attention to them since I moved them over.

So we fed them some flowers dipped in sugar water.

Straw-bababa-ba-berry bedroom!

KynnLee's bedroom is coming along, slowly but surely!

I had my friend look out for a chandelier at yard sales a few months ago. To be honest, if I would have been there to see it, I probably wouldn't have gotten it. So when she brought it over, I was really glad it was only $6!! It was pretty drab. I was looking more for one that had the sconces pointing up so I could put tiny shades with beaded fringe on them. That's why in the picture some of them are pointed up. It didn't look so good with them pointed up.

So it sat in my basement for a long time because I wasn't so sure what to do with it.

Blah, eh? Plus the picture is horrible because it was taken with my cell phone in the dark basement.

Well, a couple weeks ago I decided to throw some spray paint on it.

WOW, what a difference!! Spray paint is AMAZING! So then I thought I could probably do something with it. I got some bright pink beaded fringe, and some longer crystal beaded fringe, and covered the ugly chain with some fabric.

Not too shabby?? I wanted to replace the sconces, but as of yet, I haven't found any that I like better. They're actually not bad, I just wish they were clear instead of white. I've checked Home Depot, Lowe's, Target, and Walmart. Anyone know where else I should check??

I'm having a horrible time finding anything strawberry. I find plenty of cherry, watermelon, apple, yadda yadda yadda. Which makes me want to do strawberries even MORE!! :) So it looks like I'm going to have to MAKE everything.

I came across some wooden letters at Target on the dollar aisle (LOVE that place! that's where the "haircutting fairy" shops! :)). I painted the little thingy green...

and threw some felt and rhinestones on there...

VOILA!

So now I have 6 of these strawberries but I haven't decided how to hang them yet. Maybe somehow with 2 groups of 3.

We have some shelves up in her room that Beeda made years ago... back when Trevor and I first moved into our new house, and we each had our own "spare room" (boy, I can kiss THOSE days goodbye!), and they were made special for my spare room. But then MY spare room became Jaden's room, so they were Jaden's, and now they are KynnKynn's. Anyway, back to the subject... I painted those shelves pink and I might hang the strawberries from the bottom of the shelves.

Wow, I guess I really need pics of the room now so you get the idea...

We just got the chandelier hung last night... what an adventure THAT was!!! The breaker was off to the bedrooms, but apparently the LIGHTS are on a separate breaker (who does that???). Let's just say I'm VERY lucky I didn't get singed hair or a gigantic electric shock!!! I had the bracket unscrewed and not until it was coming down did the big FLASHING SHOCK scare the living bejeebers out of me!!! I mean, my face was right there!! My hand was even black, and I didn't get anything! I was scared to touch anything for the rest of the night.

More to come on the strawberry bedroom!!!!

Welcome back...

to the blogging world! Yes, I know, it's been a whole month. You all know the excuses I'm gunna use- going back to Idaho (again), work, busy with kids, yadda yadda yadda...

So we got back from our Idaho trip in July, and went back again in August for a funeral. Here was Jaden's highlight of the second trip...

FISHING WITH GRANDPA! Only this time they caught one!!! My dad came home from work one night and Jaden was all over him to take out the boat and go fishing. Do you think Grandpa could turn that down? No way!!!

Just look at both of their proud faces! (ok, they might not both be wearing them in the same picture) Jaden was so excited when they caught one! He said, "Let's go home and cook it!!". So sneaky Beeda and Pa went to the grocery store and bought some fish. When they got home, I distracted him and they let the fish go, and put the grocery store one on the grill. Jaden was a little disappointed he didn't get to "see his bones and pull them out".

What else have we missed out on??? Jaden's first day of Kindergarden!!! He has always loved school (bet u can't tell), and I hope that never changes. I remember his first day of preschool when he was 3 years old, he was SO disappointed he didn't get to go to school on the bus. :)

I had to get the shirt, that's totally Jaden!!! "I'm kind of a BIG DEAL". The other school shirt we got him has a mirror image that says "You Are Handsome". Funny!

I've been in the process of doing both kids' rooms. KynnLee's is going to be in Strawberries and Ballerinas. I actually found some fabric with Strawberry Shortcake Ballerina!! It's super cute! It says "Tutu cute"... and it IS!!

I gave Jaden the choice between Trains, Lightening McQueen, or fish. I should have known it would be a no-brainer...

FISH-all-the-way!

I actually tried to get him to choose one of the others because I thought the color of his bed would be hard to match to fish, but it's all good.

Boy did we SCORE the cutest fish decor!!! I brought it all back from Idaho, it was in Beeda's basement, used to be in Kade's room. It was just sitting there waiting for Jaden to take it :).

I'll have to take some up close pics of everything. But we had it all put up in his room when he got home from Kindergarden. He LOVES it!! He'll go in there and play (very carefully!) with some of the stuff. And he's so stinkin observant... "why do I have 2 of those?". I think we just need to throw some paint on the walls in there and we're pretty much done!! How easy was that??

Another thing we've been waiting for... Jaden's caterpillars!!

When they arrived I felt like Sid on Toy Story.... "They CAME!!! THEY FINALLY CAME!!!"

Micalla gave him a butterfly garden for his birthday (she just held onto it so we could bring it back!). The caterpillars took forever to arrive. I guess when you place the order, they harvest the eggs (or whatever) and then send them when they're grown a little. I think it's almost time to move them from the cup into the butterfly garden.

We'll keep you posted!

Utah/Idaho trip! (part 3)

Ok, now this is RARE. Very rare. Not only did I get a picture of Teagan smiling, he's showing TEETH!!! Awesome, go aunt Karie!!

A highlight of our trip was our ANNIVERSARY!!! Trevor surprised me with a room at the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake along with a couple's massage. It was oh so good. We stayed in the Italian Gondola, it was cool.

Possibly my favorite thing about the rooms at the Anniversary Inn is the tubs with the waterfall. It's so cool. I will have one of those in my bathroom when we build "the house". The breakfasts are also super yummy, not to mention the fantastic presentation of them.


When we left, they were cleaning several rooms and the doors were open, so we snapped some pictures.

This was Romeo's Suite. This is what I want my master bedroom to look like...

Ok, I might be mistaken on these, but I think they are Jackson Hole, Romeo and Juliet (love the loft!) and Sun Valley (??).

We so needed that little get-away. Besides, I would say that 9 years DESERVES it!! But this means it's my turn to plan the big 10yr next year. Suggestions please!!

Just some more fishing pics. It is soo "Grandpa Dan" to drive the boat through a bunch of birds just for the heck of it...

I didn't know KynnLee pulled her scary face until I uploaded them on my computer. She's so funny!!!

Family Reunion time!! Jaden, Maycee, and KynnLee loved the tire swing. All three of them were laughing. It was so cute! KynnLee and Avery sat on the porch and played with each other for quite a while. They liked to "prune" the flowers. Then we have Kynnlee in her little dirt hole. I pulled her out of the dirt like 3 times and finally gave up and decided it was cute...

Jaden got into a couple water fights with Darin, this is the only picture I got. It was funny!! It took him like 5min to go fill up a cup of water, then he would come back and throw the whole thing... and usually miss.

Had to get a pic with uncle Sonny. He's the funniest!! And here we have a professional photo taken by KynnLee. I was holding her and had the camera over my shoulder, she reached back and pushed the button, several times. Joyce and Tami tapped me on the shoulder and said she was taking pictures of them. Funny!!

I couldn't resist a hair day with my little neices!! I did Myleigh and Brenna's hair several times. I can't wait for KynnLee's hair to get longer!!

Jaden got to spend a day working at The Pit Stop with Grandpa. He loved every second of it!!! I have a sneakin suspicion that Grandpa did too! I tell you what, we definitely named our boy right... Jaden DAN Haynes shares MANY of the same interests as Grandpa Dan. I have pics of him when he was two years old, he would get out his little motorcycle and his tools and "fix" it. (Grandpa Dan owns a motorcycle shop, for those that may not know)

We went to a mother-daughter thing at Laurie's ward. Man, did I have the opportunity to take advantage of BreAna!! It was so nice having her there! "BreAna, go get KynnLee. Don't let her get wet (BreAna got fired for that, my baby sat in the pool). BreAna, BreAna, BreAna....". And the best part about it was telling her that she had no choice. Because when BreAna was that age, guess who was chasing HER around??????? (AUNT KARIE!!)

We spent our last night doing nails and waxing eyebrows! I was brave enough to let Jaden and Myleigh paint my toes! (you know how serious I am about the appearance of my feet!) And there was no nail polish remover there!! That was, until Jaden dropped a bottle of open polish on the floor... Trevor and I had to make a run to the store. I'm sparing Mikka and BreAna the pics I took of waxing. They were all up real close, so it made the closest object (their nose!) to the camera look very large. They all look like cartoon pictures. Hmmm, should I save them for blackmail, or just post them now???

That sums up the trip! We were glad to come back home, but then not, all at the same time. Did that even make sense??