The Story of the Faucet

Words cannot even begin to explain how excited I am to be able to post this picture! For the past year we have had a faucet with NO handle and the only way to turn it on or off is by manuevering this little tiny stick that was poking out of the dark hole where the handle use to connect to. And most of the time that little stick would fall out and i'd have to dig through the sink to find it. For the past 6 months the faucet wouldn't even turn off, it started as a drip drip drip that we couldn't get to stop to the current steady stream we've had going for the past few months. I would be so excited if i could get it to just drip that i'd rinse dishes in the bathroom sink just so i wouldn't lose my 'drip drip' and be stuck with the steady stream. Jeremy's mom, bless her heart, got us a new faucet for Christmas. She couldn't stand to see us with our poverty faucet any longer. Although it has taken until today, February 28, to actually get it installed and working. Jeremy would've done it a long time ago, but didn't have the right tools. So my brother Devin came over and put it in, only to realize it was missing an O Ring. (also to discover that the last faucet instillation was put on with the intentions of it NEVER coming off again. He actually had to take the entire sink out and melt down pieces so he could pry stuff apart) So the company had to fed-ex a new ring, and as of today, WE HAVE A WORKING FAUCET!!!!!! thank you so so much to Dawn for giving us the faucet and to Devin and his amazing plumber skills. Thank You!

Little Salsa Lover

Jeremy made salsa the other night, and it seems Courtney has found her new favorite food. She loves to sit on the counter and eat her chips and salsa. This was the saddest little face when I tried putting it away so she would eat her actual lunch (which by the way, she didn't. i had to get the salsa back out just so she would eat something!).

Adorable Little Dress

My good friend Andrea is an amazing little girl dress maker. She sent Courtney this dress in the mail, and Courtney was SO excited to get it. I told her a week in advance she was getting a special package in the mail, so she'd go with me to look in the mailbox each morning. When it finally arrived, she was so funny, she tried tearing it open to get the dress out. Once we got the dress on her, she started twirling around and flapping it and spinning saying "pretty!" it was pretty cute. She wouldn't let me take this dress off of her for the next hour or so. Thanks, Andrea, we love it!

What in the World is This??

I'm in the process of clean sweeping my house and reorganizing everything, and today's project is the kitchen. So I emptied all the drawers and was organizing everything when I came across this. We got this as a wedding present, it came with a bunch of knives and such, and five years later, we still have no clue as to what it is or what it's used for. I haven't found anyone who can tell me what it's for, but there's got to be someone out there who can help me. What is this??

Flowers from Daddy

Jeremy was so sweet and got both Courtney and me flowers for Valentines Day. Courtney got her own single pink rose. How cute! Thank You, Jeremy, we love you!

A Valentines Day Party

The day before Valentines Day I decided to have an impromptu V-Day party the next day, so i called everyone up and invited them to come on over.

Jeremy went out and got us some pizzas and pop. Oma brought Valentines Day heart straws (which double as whistles, come to find out!) to stick in their cups. (plus cute little bracelets for the girls and a toy car for Brigham). It was a yummy lunch! After lunch we tried watching Madagascar 2, but they were more interested in playing instead. So they all headed upstairs and played in the play room for a while. Then they came downstairs to decorate their Valentines Cookies.

Shay's Cookie

Miriam's Cookie

Brigham's Cookie

Courtney's Cookie

Jazzy's Cookie


Here they are in the always neat and tidy play room.

Courtney's Valentines Bear from Daddy and Momma

Here's little Fairy Shay. It was the funniest thing. She and Courtney were upstairs and it was pretty quiet, so I went upstairs and saw that Shay had stripped down and put on a fairy dress.

Once everyone else saw that Shay was a fairy princess, they all wanted to dress up. Here's Prince Charming with his four beautiful princesses.

Princess Courtney

Miriam, Brigham, Shay

Courtney fixing her headband

Jazzy pushing the baby

Princess Miriam

I love this picture. awwwww

Tea Party and Some Basketball

Today Courtney was so excited to play with Brigham and Jaz. She can't get enough of playing with other kids since it's so rare that she ever gets a chance to. We started out with a tea-party.

Isn't Jazzy cute?

Brigham wasn't so much for the tea party, so he talked to Ruger while the girls played.

I find it funny that they're both sticking their tongues out, and not even looking at each other!

That tea pot is actually filled with water. Jazzy went home with soaked pants. Sorry Melina!

Brigham just had to be in the picture ; )

Aren't I so creative? haha. Then we played a game of basketball.

Here's Courtney explaining to Brigham how it's going to go down.

She doesn't get her perfect technique from me. i'm more of a "granny shot" shooter.

Jazzy takes a shot.

The defense got pretty brutal. That poor baby doll on the floor didn't have a chance.

Slam Dunk!

Eying the shot...

Jaz makes a basket

Brigham goes up for a lay-up. Nice shot Brigham!

Sparkly Clean Teeth!

Courtney is officially the happiest girl on earth. She has her very own brand new first time ever lady bug tooth brush and her very own baby tooth paste to clean all 10 teeth with. And to top it off, she has brand new pink leopard print jammies that she LOVES! (Thanks Jazzy!) Sunday night Melina gave me a bag of clothes jaz had grown out of that will now fit Courtney. Jaz was a bit confused, saying, "These are just like mine" when she saw the pile. When explained they were hers and she was asked if Courtney could borrow them, then bring them back, she simply says, "No, Courtney can't wear them because they're mine." Such logic. We snuck them home anyway and Courtney (meaning me) is excited for all her new clothes!