halloween spirit...

This past Saturday, I woke up feeling like I wanted to go to Salt Lake. So I arranged with John to watch Zane and I packed Lily up in the car and headed up. I wanted to go up to see Sara's stuff at the Oh Sweet Sadie Boutique. I am doing the Sweet Tweets Boutique in Salt Lake in October which will be a similar type show, so I wanted to get a feel for what type of stuff is there and how it all works. I left at 10:30ish am, arrived in Salt Lake around 3, stopped by for a visit at (great) Grandma and Grandpa Cannon's house, and then over to the boutique. I was able to spend an hour at the boutique, help Sara pack up (I was very little help) and then a quick stop for dinner at Training Table (mmmm turkey bacon ranch and cheese fries). We made it home again around midnight. Lily was quite the trooper (with the help of a few lollipops).

So Zane and I made this candy clip-a-day today. He loves making stuff with me. He always tell me "Mom, isn't today a great day" whenever we do projects together. I must not do stuff with him enough! I stole this idea from a friends blog. What a fun idea huh!

Zane got his first "leveled" reading book from the school this week. It was level F. They start at Level A. From what I've heard they should be at Level F by the middle of first grade, mr. smarty pants. So far the books have been easy for him - and I don't know how long they stay at each level. But I'm not at all going to push it, because really - he's in Kindergarten.

it's time to come out of the closet...

We are expecting! Baby #3 will join the Collins family sometime around April 19th, 2009. I am almost over the sickies, still tired, but ok. We've already had one u/s and I have something called a subchorionic hemmorage (actually 2 of them). It sounds MUCH scarier than it is. Mostly the Dr. said he would keep an eye on it, but that I should expect to bleed. What???? That's not nervewracking. Sorry if that was too much information. At 10 1/2 weeks though, I'm feeling much safer to announce it to the world. Yay us!

What Zane has been saying lately:

Us: Zane, calm down, you sure are being hyper.

Zane: I can't help it. Heavenly Father put hyper into me.

Us: Why do you think he did that?

Zane: To trick you.

Niiiiiicccceeeee.......

bedroom re-do...

This weekend, we decided to re-do Zane's bedroom. It's needed to be painted since we moved in (ahem almost 3 years ago). He picked out a "car" theme, of course. We got these great wall decal stickers at Target, and it came with a LOT! We also moved the queen bed from the guest/craft room into his room. We don't really have guests visit us all that much - so it was really just taking up space in there. We are going to convert the guest/craft room into a play room/craft room - so I can be working in there, while the kids are playing. That room is still a work in progress.

Before: (this picture was taken at night with flash.
These were dark blue walls AND ceiling - it was actually really dark in there)








After: (ignore the wrinkled curtain, and the ceiling is white)






*Note: Zane put these stickers up. He lined them all up like they are on a highway. He said "They are going to Cedar City."




John and I got new glasses too. At my last eye appointment the Dr. said that blood vessels were starting to grow into my corneas, which is a result of lack of oxygen (i.e. wearing your contacts too long without taking them out). So, I decided that I would take a break from my contacts and stick with glasses for a little while. I'm going to miss my sunglasses though.

*my glasses have cool moons and stars on the sides and a bluish tint behind the tortoise shell frames (This is a terrible picture - in all my no makeup, no showered glory! It's actually quite embarrassing, why am I sharing this?)

in the mood for more video?

Lily's latest trick. Love the binky switch at the end. Classic.

2 years ago....

Here is what John was doing just 2 years ago:

Enjoy!

*edited to note: I didn't think about the fact that a lot of you don't know that John is a tenor. He is the high tenor in the quartet, so you can easily pick him out. He sings loud as it is... but to sing sooo high and not in falsetto - he had to up his volume even more. Also, so you know, I don't think this was their best performance of this song (to my music "snob" sisters - yes they go a little flat - and you know I mean "snob" in the nicest way because I am one too).

a nice start to september...

We spent Labor Day weekend shopping for a new bed. No, we aren't getting a new bed. Just shopping for one. Maybe one day in the not so distant future. We tried every kind out there, and our recommendation is an intelli-gel type bed in case you were interested. Then it was back to school and normal routine. All is well.

I had a WhichWatch boutique this weekend for my sister, and I also had a chance to try out my new display for my jewelry which I will be selling at a boutique in Salt Lake in October. Just wish more people actually came to see it. What can you do. But you should all check out my sister's watches because they are seriously awesome, and they are on sale only until the 15th! http://whichwatch.etsy.com/

Also, this past weekend - on Friday, John (well really it was Lily) managed to lose his keys at the store. Still haven't turned up. And this morning Lily managed to break his glasses. This is only funny (or not) because he just had his glasses replaced about a year ago. He lost his really nice pair in the lake. Ask John about that one some time. Even after that incident, he didn't learn that he needed to have a backup pair. So we spent the entire day shopping for glasses, and eye exams, etc. Of course I had to drive him everywhere, because he's totally blind. Yay for September!

And for random cuteness(to go with the completely random post): picture of me and the kids, and Lily in pigtails (that lasted about 20 seconds).