Yesterday, I took the kids to the underground salt museum. Becca and Aidan went last year with grandpa and grandma. Kaliska and I went for the first time. The salt mine is 650 feet below the main building, we take a mine elevator down which takes about a minute and half to go to the bottom(it is dark the whole way down). You have to wear hard hats and have a breathing apparatus with you at all times. Once you get down in the salt mine you can take a train ride and a dark ride into areas that was once worked in the early 1930's and 1940's. They also are a underground storage area which houses movies, costumes, props, and other stuff.
The kids and I had a blast underground! Next time we need to take dad with us, it was a good way to end the summer before school starts next week!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Mother/Father's Day
Yes, you read that right!
Mother's Day
So being the silly mom I am, I enjoy getting stuff that I would use for around the house. So this year I wanted to get some jewelry with my three wonderful kids birthstones. So we went into a local jewelry store to see what they had. They did not have anything I liked, put they could order from a vendor called "Posh Mommy". They make tags with the kids names and birthstones. I loved it, two in one! So we ordered it a few days before Mother's day. They told me it would take 4 to 6 weeks.
I had not heard from them in over 8 weeks, so I gave them a call and they did not have the necklace. They said they would call the company and find out were it was. After I had talked to them I called my husband to let him know, he said he would stop by. When he got home he told me they shipped it over a week ago. Come to find out they shipped to a post office in California and lost it.
So they said the company would remake and we would go to the top of the list. They said we should have it in 10 day. It took another month to get to me, and on top of it they told us it would cost more then what they said. SO my wonderful husband went into the jewelry store to make sure they charged us the right price and the store honored their original price and gave us the silver chain. I finally have my mother's day gift three months later, I think I am not going to ask for jewelry for awhile.
Even after all the madness to get my mother's day gift, I love it very much. I am very grateful for my three wonderful kids!!
Click on Photo for better view!
Father's Day
OFF-ROAD REMOTE CONTROL TRUCKS!!! Whoo-hoo! I got a new Traxxas 1/10th scale Rustler off-road truck. I loved it so much I got one used for Becca and Aidan got one for his birthday and we can drive them together. One of the used ones worked fine as delivered, but the other one took hours of work and $$ of parts to get it running. Once I got that one running though, it's crazy fast (40 - 50 mph! where the others are 20 - 35 mph). It's a crazy hobby and if I let it, it will eat up lots of time and money, but it's a ton of fun I can share with the kids. Since we moved into our new house I haven't had much time to spend working on the trucks. I've been too busy with home improvement projects!
Mother's Day
So being the silly mom I am, I enjoy getting stuff that I would use for around the house. So this year I wanted to get some jewelry with my three wonderful kids birthstones. So we went into a local jewelry store to see what they had. They did not have anything I liked, put they could order from a vendor called "Posh Mommy". They make tags with the kids names and birthstones. I loved it, two in one! So we ordered it a few days before Mother's day. They told me it would take 4 to 6 weeks.
I had not heard from them in over 8 weeks, so I gave them a call and they did not have the necklace. They said they would call the company and find out were it was. After I had talked to them I called my husband to let him know, he said he would stop by. When he got home he told me they shipped it over a week ago. Come to find out they shipped to a post office in California and lost it.
So they said the company would remake and we would go to the top of the list. They said we should have it in 10 day. It took another month to get to me, and on top of it they told us it would cost more then what they said. SO my wonderful husband went into the jewelry store to make sure they charged us the right price and the store honored their original price and gave us the silver chain. I finally have my mother's day gift three months later, I think I am not going to ask for jewelry for awhile.
Even after all the madness to get my mother's day gift, I love it very much. I am very grateful for my three wonderful kids!!
Click on Photo for better view!
Father's Day
OFF-ROAD REMOTE CONTROL TRUCKS!!! Whoo-hoo! I got a new Traxxas 1/10th scale Rustler off-road truck. I loved it so much I got one used for Becca and Aidan got one for his birthday and we can drive them together. One of the used ones worked fine as delivered, but the other one took hours of work and $$ of parts to get it running. Once I got that one running though, it's crazy fast (40 - 50 mph! where the others are 20 - 35 mph). It's a crazy hobby and if I let it, it will eat up lots of time and money, but it's a ton of fun I can share with the kids. Since we moved into our new house I haven't had much time to spend working on the trucks. I've been too busy with home improvement projects!
Freak Storm
So all summer we have been in the triple digits for weather and no rain. Over the last few days we have been having thunder and lighting storms with some rain. So yesterday morning it rained and then cleared up. About 5pm it started to storm, thunder and lighting, rain, etc.. Then all of a sudden the winds picks up to at least 100mph, you could not see outside it was raining so bad, then the power starts to turn on/off a few times. So I happen to look out back and notice the fence has blown over on either side of the house. Not to soon after it all dies down. Yet we are the only ones with damage to the fence.
Dedrick was not home for any of this, so when he got home he was shocked.
Here is a some pictures and video!
Dedrick was not home for any of this, so when he got home he was shocked.
Here is a some pictures and video!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
House Projects
It's been great to be in our own home that we own, but there've been a lot of projects to make the house the way we want it. Dedrick's parents came out for a week to help with a lot of them. They spent a lot of time and money helping us with putting a new surface on the deck, installing better towel holders and all kinds of other projects.
Some family friends have helped a lot, too. Brandon Tabolt and his sister Chelsea have helped at different times. Brandon and Dedrick have spent a lot of time installing an adjustable shelving storage system in the garage. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa Lund for buying it and thanks, Brandon for helping install it.
We got a new faucet and water filter for the kitchen sink. The old faucet was broken in a strange way - it would always return to the far left position of its pivot and you had to apply tension to move it anywhere else. It's flow/pressure had dropped off, too. Our old landlord, whois now our plumber/HVAC specialist, came out and installed the new faucet and filter.
Before:
After:
Old Faucet:
New Faucet:
Garage Storage:
Some family friends have helped a lot, too. Brandon Tabolt and his sister Chelsea have helped at different times. Brandon and Dedrick have spent a lot of time installing an adjustable shelving storage system in the garage. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa Lund for buying it and thanks, Brandon for helping install it.
We got a new faucet and water filter for the kitchen sink. The old faucet was broken in a strange way - it would always return to the far left position of its pivot and you had to apply tension to move it anywhere else. It's flow/pressure had dropped off, too. Our old landlord, whois now our plumber/HVAC specialist, came out and installed the new faucet and filter.
Before:
After:
Old Faucet:
New Faucet:
Garage Storage:
Aidan's 6th Birthday
So my sweet, sweet boy turned 6 years old, it is hard to believe. This boy brings love and mayhem in to our home all at the same time. This year we were able to let him have a birthday party since we did not move out of state. We love our wonderful son who came into this world early and fighting.
On his birthday he wanted to go bowling with friends, and had the added bonus of having grandpa and grandma here. Aidan's friends Walker and Mimi had a blast!
On his birthday he wanted to go bowling with friends, and had the added bonus of having grandpa and grandma here. Aidan's friends Walker and Mimi had a blast!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Mom Moments
The last few weeks has been crazy busy...so when I had to run to the store for the fifth time that day I notice my sweet girl Kaliska shoes.....
It makes me realize I am doing something a little right!
It makes me realize I am doing something a little right!
Friday, July 8, 2011
New House
So we bought a house at the end of June!!! We are so happy to have a place of our own, and have a place to call home! So the new house has 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, fenced in backyard, two car garage, family and living rooms. The kids are excited to have there on space. There is a few things we will change in the coming months, so stay tuned!
P.S. My kids wanted to be in all the pictures!
Pics of house!
P.S. My kids wanted to be in all the pictures!
Pics of house!
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