All squnchified - take 2

This cute squnchy face reminds me of someone


Happy 8 months Lucy!! Or as your dad calls you - "Smiley Cyrus".

Milky Way

The other morning I went to the kitchen and walked into a cloud of white powder - that I thought was flour. Oh, how I wish it was flour. It was powdered milk. Sticky and stinky powdered milk. It left a white film on every surface in my kitchen. The kids went in the bath - which of course - water + powdered milk = milk. They were swimming around in a luxurious opaque milk bath. I cleaned and cleaned but our house is still smelling pretty milky.

Quick trip to KANtucky

Joey's cousin got married and we drove to Louisville, KY to see aunts, uncles & cousins..


and most of all Joey's parents. When Joey's parents asked him how he would like to spend the few hours we had between the wedding and reception - he took us all on an adventure. I'm sure this was just what they had in mind. :-)

The Louisville Skate Park


joey and his mom - enjoying the bike tricks of the louisville youth


luke getting in on the action


dad, joey, mom and lucy watching luke skate with the pros

Bonus Room before and afters

(long overdue pics as this was finished in may)

before


after

(awesome popcorn machine courtesy of clint & sarah cresap)

Before / After

(movie-esque rope lights courtesy of joey. every time i see them i start singing annie "let's go to the movies...")

so, we have accomplished the great feat of making it EVEN easier for us to be lazy. it's been really great.

ps - thanks cresaps!!

Nursery Before & After

Guest Room becomes...


Lucy's nursery!


I need to take better pictures so you can see the whole nursery but whenever I think about it, Lucy is sleeping. The owl softies on the shelf are designed by my childhood friend (kindof sister) star. check her out on etsy at mytinystar.
So....Jacob. Isn't he the best? He took such good care of our kids while Emily and I were busy going through clothes. (Emily did a mini "what not to wear" episode for me while she was here.) After our trip to Greers Ferry, Jacob vacuumed out our van and cleaned it. And "while he was at it" he swept, cleaned and organized OUR WHOLE GARAGE! I cried when I saw it. He also did the dishes after every meal. I asked Emily and Jacob to describe their favorite thing about each other in one word. Emily said, "nice". (I agree but there needs to be a word for nice X 10) Jacob said, "passionate". They are such a perfect match.

09 / 22 - here are a few more nursery pics.

Greers Ferry Lake, AR

my sister and her husband came here and we went on a mini-trip to Greers Ferry, AR


Joey singing "i believe i can fly"

Jacob & Ems

Mama and babies

Our armadillo buddy (Luke's "dinosaur" buddy) - we saw 5 of them on our hike

Luke & Ems. Luke's 3rd or 4th time on the tube. Probably saying "faster!"

adoring auntie ems

captain jake at the helm of 'ugly betty'

a lucyhead tumor

ems - wakeboarding

yeah, we've been to asia.

skiing

happy lulukachoo

ems and kids

friends scene-it game. i think ems is the reigning champion.

that place was pretty magical. glassy water, cliffs, sugar loaf mountain hiking, good company. more on these awesome visitors later.