Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day...

Have you ever had a day where nothing went right? Do you remember that book Alexander and The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. Well that was my Friday. It started with an early rise. I woke up happy and ready to start my day at 4:50, ya I said 4:50. I thought I'd spend a few minutes revamping my blog with a new template, some new family pics, stuff I do all the time, then get to my 5:30 workout. Well, I picked my new template, code and all, copy and pasted where I was supposed to, saved it, viewed my blog and oh no! It was white, had all my side pictures missing, all my links GONE. I could cry. All you bloggers know how time consuming it is getting all this done. And time is something I don't have ample supply of! So I guess this is a GOOGLE/BLOGGER. I've researched it and I guess this had happened to people a lot the last week or so. Blogger is working on it. So bare with me until they or I figure out what to do next. The blog will let me post, but I don't want to add too much because once I can change templates or add things when my layout/ update buttons are working again I could lose more. Has this happened to anyone else? Anyway, the rest of Friday was much of the same. Oh well. I'm a lucky girl with a happy life. Some days are like that.( Even in Australia!) Well this is probably a good
time for me to go private. I've been thinking about it for a while. Can you all start e-mailing me so I can add you to my list. My e-mail is havefaith2@cox.net. Thanks!

First Day of First Grade!

Makena has had a great first couple days of first grade. She was a little nervous, but excited before we left yesterday morning. She's so cute. A few days before school started she set out the whole weeks clothes, accessories and shoes on her bedroom floor. She was very happy to have two close friends in class with her. She likes her teacher Ms. Lopez. And she's even enjoying having lunch at school,and playing on the big kid playground,(Eek!) which she was a little apprehensive about.
The crazy thing is I totally remember first grade, don't you?! It's weird to think her little life's details will now be lifelong memories! She is a good girl with LOTS of personality and sass. Did I mention sass. I am so proud of her. She told me she befriended a new girl at her school who was feeling a little nervous about being at a new school. She has a big heart. I love my brown eyed girl! (I posted a couple first day pics as well as some bowling pictures from over the weekend.)

New Firsts

Really, already! Payton stood up this week . She's certainly my most active, most ambitious baby. But she's such a shrimp that she's been attempting to stand up on the coffee table and couch without success because they're too tall. On Tuesday, she crawled into the bathroom where I was bathing Brinley and Makena and she climbed the tub. And then Matt had the brilliant idea to pull out our living room toy box to the middle of the floor. It's the perfect height. She loves holding on to it. She can even move around it a bit. As you can see Makena put sunglasses on her. She thought it was funny bcause everyonr else did! I'm not ready for her babyhood to be over yet! She also broke her first tooth this week. And without much crankiness at all. She is the sweetest little girl ever. I couldn't imagine life without her.

The Start of Something New...

Makena and I went to Tuacahn last Saturday with some of our mother/ daughter friends to see High School Musical. We had such a blast. We took off early and did some shopping at Tai Pan(sooo fun). You really could spend all day in there. The girls weren't as crazy about it, but the Moms had fun. We then took the kids to The Children's Place for some school clothes. That they loved. It's so funny having Makena bring me clothes from racks that she likes. I feel like I say it all the time, but I still feel like she should be in diapers.
High School Musical was so cute. It was fun watching Makena enthralled in watching all the actors. Her favorite part was getting Gabriella's autograph after the show. Even the drive home was so great. It was fun being able to spend some quality alone time just with her. It seems like so long ago it was just she and I. How fast they grow. Only a few weeks until first gra
So while I was away Matt was busy working on a huge surprise for me. He put in new stainless steel appliances and tiled the backsplash of our kitchen. It was a big project for just 8 or 9 hours. I was very surprised. It looks great!( I'll post some pictures in the next few days. We still need to put in the sink and grout the tile.) He even enlisted two buddies to help and got sitters for the kids. Thanks Honey, you're the best! I love you.