Free Giggles

They say that laughter is the best medicine for the soul.   Today, I was thinking about how much I love the giggles of my little people and how they make me smile.  If only I could bottle up those giggles and sell them!  So, I thought I would video them to remember their sweet giggles and in case you haven't had enough smiles yet today, here are some giggles for you, for free!

Finishing up with Spring Break

So spring break is about to be finished, the boys go back to school tomorrow as do I.  I thought I'd show you the progress we've made in the bathroom.  I'm proud to say that the tile work is done, and the tub/shower fixtures all work WITHOUT LEAKING!  I really like the tile Rhonda picked out, and the layout is pretty good as well:)  The toilet would be in if I had measured tile and space better, but as it is I had to quickly stick in some extra chunks of tile so there isn't a space showing on either side of the toilet!  

All in all, it's been a pretty successful spring break!

Bathroom Fun!

This week has been my spring break, as well as the boys', and Rhonda and I decided to make use of this week off to hit our master bathroom hard and try to get a lot of it renovated.  It began with taking all the old stuff out, the vanity, toilet, old tile, etc.  and then in went some new drywall, and as of today all the new tile is in as well!  I'll be grouting in the morning, if anyone's bored and wants to come over...  and while I've been working, the boys have been busying themselves doing some projects as well!  The pictures are out of order, but suffice it to say we tore OUT the small nasty tile from the 60s and put IN the nicer, bigger clipped tile with little 2 inch accent squares!  The diamond pattern on the floors was much harder than the regular pattern on the walls for sure.  Credit for the design goes to Rhonda, I just put it in!  Couldn't have done the floor without her, or not as well for sure!

Solomon

I wanted to show you, Grandma, all my Star Wars characters, so I lined them up and took a picture of them.  They are: Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Jango Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi (2), Qui-Gon Jinn, Clone Trooper, Grand Moff Tarkin, Death Star Trooper, and Darth Maul.  They are fun additions to our household!  I love you Grandma, Sol.

Grandpa's in a better place

We are saying "see you later" to Rhonda's Grandpa Claude Petrov this week, as he left a tired and broken body here on earth for a perfect Heavenly body and eternity with Jesus on Monday morning.  He was ready to go, life wasn't easy the last several years, but we will all still miss him.  When I was talking with Grandma Toni last night we talked about how it's still hard to say goodbye, even when we know we'll see him again.  I, for one, am very excited about that, as my boys and I (Dustin) never got to know the Grandpa who had energy, loved to work on trees and take his own boys waterskiing, and preached the gospel unceasingly.  

My  mom and I were talking the other day about how we both think that when we get to heaven we'll wonder why we were hanging onto life so dearly here on earth, the change will be so dramatic and incredible.  I guess we'd all want to rush this life to get there, and so God chose to leave much of it a mystery to us, and perhaps it's better that way.  

Either way, Grandpa will be missed and we're all looking forward to Heaven even a bit more...

Future Scientists

We have a day off today and our little scientists are busy making a cure for cancer.  We love you Grandma!  We're also glad you're not relying entirely on their concoction since it's main ingredient is Sweethearts.  :-)