New Swingset Fun...

We found this used swingset at a yard sale. The asking price was for $350, but Trent offered them $200 and we snatched it. He took some large pieces apart & had some guys from our ward help move it. Good thing it was just down the street. Since it's been put together, Evelyn can't stop talking/smiling about it. The girls can't get enough of it, and we really can't be happier with our spontaneous purchase. Gotta love yard sales, they are one of my favorite Sat. activities. I took my camera out the other morning to capture them on this. Love these pics. Enjoy!!

Things The Girls Say Lately:

Lyla: "modydoo, modydoo, modydoo....she says it when she is upset or sad. We can not for the life of us figure out what it is....Mommy do??? who knows.
Lyla: "Purple, green, blue, red, kink: usually when she sees something colorful or cars in a parking lot.
Evelyn: Usually when I tell her something she doesn't want to do/hear. "Well, then if you do that I will just punch you in the face, or cut you!!" *What the heck, where does she get this from?? as a side note I never threaten that I will punch her in the face or cut her if she doesn't do something.....silly silly girl.
Evelyn: (on the complete other hand) "Mommy I love you and your my favorite person."

Weekly 10!!

1) Trent got his elk head back and it is a huge beast. Trent is trying to convince me to put it in the house, but it would overpower our little home and I reminded him that when we got married I said none in the house. sorry! So, into the man cave garage it will go.....with Pride!
2) Got to go on a fun date with. Trent's brother Ty & his wife Annie, & his sister Taryn and her boyfriend Shane. We just drove to Mesquite & ate at Los Lupas, plus went and grabbed Trent & Ty's Elk heads.
3) Went with my Mom to an awesome yard sale. This place buys items up for auction and resells them. The guy sold me a baby cradle over 100 years old, and knows I do photography. So he bought a 100 year old wooden highchair with me in mind. My mom went on Friday & told me about it. So, on Sat. I had to go see it. Which was great but expensive, I also got a kids rocking chair, and 2 other chairs.
4) Trent & the girls went on a four-wheeler ride by our house and found a swingset. They wanted $350 and he talked them down to $250 then to $200. We had some guys from our ward help us move it on a trailer and we drove it over to our house.
 Also our old one got taken by a guy in our ward it couldn't have worked out more perfectly. Trent put it together and the girls are gonna love it.
5) Evelyn got to come with me to Zumba, my sister in law Annie did a kids night in honor of school getting out. She was scared to dance but after a few songs, she had a blast. And has really got some moves.
6) Since I am always buying photo props I am running out of room in the garage. So, I started to put them in our old barn out front. We swept that out and now I have some chairs in there. Always so many projects to do around here.
7) Lyla was standing in the yard and got bit by lots of piss ants. (ONE THING I H.A.T.E ABOUT THE DESERT) We had 100's of them in our driveway, that appeared after some pipe burst in our neighborhood and flooded our yard. Thank goodness for our friend Jay D. With Baja Pest Control. We called him and now not one ant is out there. phew....Poor Lyla I ran her over to Trent and we turned the hose on full blast, sheez those things can pinch. You can still see the bites. Dear Ants, you threaten my daughter again and well, you know what will happen.....grrrrrrrrrr.
8) Trent received parts from Australia this week for the Mustang. He also decided on a color to paint it. Even though that won't happen for a while. The color is called sonic blue, it's a dark blue. It's gonna be soooo flashy. I tried to talk Trent into a different color but, he loves blue, it's his favorite color. lol
9) I am in the process with setting up my cool cousin Dane Askeroth with Haley Leavitt a family friend. Ok, I have only set up a few people in my life and haven't been successful. However, I am convinced there could maybe be a wedding here. We'll see they go out this weekend. I will keep you updated.
10) The blasted wind here (ANOTHER AWESOME THING ABOUT LIVING IN THE DESERT) lol. Blew a huge tree branch right by our window last night. I was up tossing & turning and think I heard it crash down. Scary if it would have hit our window.
***Here are some chairs & stuff for photo props too. I can't wait to fix up and make my own. Hands down my fav photo here, the girls in their glasses....oh ya!!

Right Out Of The Girls Mouths....

Evelyn: "Mom last night when everyone was sleeping, I felt something in my panties...it was a gummy vitamin, in my panties, so I ate it and it tasted yucky".
Me....no reponse.....ha ha .
Evelyn: (After I just made finished making her dinner) "Hand it over Mom!" Me: Please ask me in a nice way...she did then.
Evelyn: (talking to my Dad at his office, after Trent and I got adjusted) Me:" Evelyn it's time to go, come on, you'll have to draw here another time. Evelyn: "Mom let me handle this ok!" (I don't know where she gets her spunk...sheez)
Evelyn: "Mom can I type right now?" Me: "In a few minutes I will set it up for you ok".....Evelyn: "Well, then I will just punish you, I never ever say punish to her!!
*HERE IS THE MOTHERLOAD.....Trent and I changed the show for about 3 minutes and Evelyn heard the B...WORD....SO SHE SAYS IT.....TRENT AND I LOOKED AT EACHOTHER AND PROMISED WE WILL ONLY WATCH CARTOONS AND CHURCH MOVIES FROM NOW ON, WHEN THE GIRLS ARE AWAKE......DON'T THINK I AM AN AWFUL MOTHER OK PEEPS.
Lyla: Me :"Do you want cheese for a snack?" Lyla: Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya, Ya.
Lyla: "Sleepytime, anytime she wants to sleep. Hooray for having the best sleeper ever, thankyou Sleep Sense program, you have changed my life. All that hard work was worth the effort.
Lyla: "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, *notice the repetition in No's and Yes's?
Lyla: "Piglet=Pigget, Evelyn: Remember= Beemember, Door=Dorn
 Lyla: Team Umizoomie=Zoomie, Zoomie, Juice= Duice, Kiss=Tiss, Love You=Wudd You.
Evelyn:( Runs into my room to wake me up) "Mom read the scripture stories to me, she went and grabbed 3 Book Of Mormons". I smiled with delight as we talked about the scriptures. What a neat moment, she is soaking up everything.

Our Week In Five...

1)We changed Lyla's crib into a toddler bed, she loves feeling like a big girl, and as long as I keep toys and books out of reach she takes fantastic naps, & is still sleeping 11-12 hours a night. 2)Trent went on a ride with his brand new tires and ruined one in about ten minutes, plus the rim, about $200 down the drain....lovely:)He ordered a new tire & rim and happily cruised on his fourwheeler. 3)This week's weather was H-O-T, holy smokes we are gonna melt this summer, but it will be all worth it for the nice winters we have. 4)Attended Stake Conference today, everything was pretty peachy until, Evelyn started running towards the back of the cultural hall, I tried to catch her went around the whole thing, feeling so lame. Oh she got a nice long talk about why we don't run at church & how it is a walking only zone. 5)Hung out with lots of family this weekend and loved it. It is fun to have family close by. I know the girls love having their grandparents in the same town. **I guess my week was too lad-dee-daa for weekly ten. LOL