Per Margie's advice, I am leaving this picture here It actually belongs down with the paragraph about the picture, but I accidentally deleted it once and cannot get the picture back where it belongs. If this is confusing, please feel free to call me and I will walk you through the posting--no charge!
Brent Homecoming 2009
This picture belongs down with the other Homecoming picture of Brent and Lacie. I accidentally deleted this picture as well, but wanted it on here. Isn't he handsome?
August 19th--Brent went on his first date! He and his friend Allen set up the date for the last day of summer vacation. Brent had a great song he wanted to play that was about the end of the summer. They went to the park and ate by Candlelight (It was lunchtime). Then they played frisbee and other games and they all had a ton of fun. They came back to our house to listen to music and play cards. I loved listening to all of the fun. Dan and I are soooo amazed we have a child old enough to date. Time keeps on tickin', tickin', tickin' into the future.....
September 4th was Rebekah's 7th birthday. Kristin, Rebekah and I made a Barbie Cake for the occasion. Rebekah asked for this cake a year ago, so we had fun fulfilling that dream.
Grandma Clark made this baby doll blanket for Rebekah--it matches the blanket that Grandma made for Rebekah to match her new room.
Rebekah got a microphone that sings a song when you push the button from Grandma Lewis. Now, combine a microphone with 2 doll blankets and you get a concert --with curtains! The cousins all took turns "singing". They held the blankets up in front of who ever was singing until someone said,"Hit It". We got some great video of everyone. It was sooo much fun.
Now we come to Brent's first formal dance--Homecoming. Here in Rigby they do "Day Dates" so the group of couples that Brent was with hung out starting after lunch. They went somewhere and played Pool and jumped on a trampoline and stuff like that. They all went home and got dressed up and met again for a formal dinner. We had the honor of hosting the picture session. Brent's date, Lacie, has a sister and her mom who take pictures professionally. So, we got to see all of the couples dressed up. Brent had soo much fun. If you are wondering, the girl
with Brent is the same girl he went on his first date with. They are great friends and I just love her.
Here is Kristin ready for a Young Women in Excellence night.
They all dressed up in Prom dresses and had a formal evening. They talked about being princesses and the room was decorated like a wedding reception. It was very nice.
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OK. This is Tyler being silly while I was trying to get a picture of him. It is so real life for him. So fun-loving!
Rebekah's room! The first picture shows her room color as it really is. A grey purple. It is really pretty. Rebekah is holding the blanket Grandma Clark made for her. I am not sure why the other pictures came out more pink, but you get the whole idea of her very girly room!
Rebekah and I love the butterflies right at her bedroom door.
I have an office! The kids have done stamping in there and spread out other projects. Rebekah had a charm she wanted on a neckolace and I was able to go right to the beads and have a space to make the neckolace. I love having access to my stuff and a place to enjoy it! We also hung all the pictures from under our bed in here. I love to see them all hung up to enjoy. Tyler is in band. He is learning to play the Trombone. Go Tyler!
Kristin's room! It is soo peaceful in there. She likes to have lots of colors and we were able to incorporate what she likes into a peaceful setting. I wish the colors were better on the camera. The carpet is really just a light brown. The yellow on the wall is more calm than this picture shows, as well.
Kristin's toy hanger there has butterflies clipped to it. Very cute. She loves having her own space. I am glad we decided to give her her own room now instead of her continuing to share with Rebekah. She is glad, too.
Tyler's room! He likes to leave things a little bit more unkempt than Brent does, so this is another child who is excited to have his own space. He has a board with wheels under his bed that he pulls out to play legos on. He leaves his legos set up how ever he wants--I just request a walk space for safety reasons : ) We love the black with the green walls. The planet bedspread looks great, too.
We bought this black card table from Margie with the intention of using it in Ty's room for his desk. The picture in the corner is a charicature of Tyler as Indiana Jones. Fun, fun.
Brent's room! In the next picture down, you can see the color of the dark wall in Brent's room. He loves that color. The light blue is a bit darker than we planned, because the origional light blue didn't match, so we added the dark to the light until it matched. We love the results and Brent is very happy.
Brent has built in shelves in his room. He has Lego creations and Bionicle creations and momentos. His own space. Have I mentioned that? Well, I can tell you that the kids have lots of "sleep overs" in each other's rooms. I love that they like to be together. they have a choice of being together or having there own space. Sounds good to me!
Notice Brent's poofy hair. He wasn't feeling well the day we took these pictures, so we thought we would show you what his hair is like when it is not offically combed. It gets even poofier!
The stereo in this picture is Dan's old stereo with some of Dan's speakers. Dan is nice to share. Brent loves having music on. We had to experiment with how loud he could have it at different hours of the day. : )
And now, the bathroom! I love this room. Dan and I picked the wood -hickory- and a friend of ours made cabinets for us. I went to Dan's cousin's tile shop and the Interior Designer helped pick out tiles that I absolutely love! The color is truest in the picture on the left. The one on the right is the sink backsplash. The counter is quartz --a reminent from the tile shop. There are two sinks in this bathroom with a tall, skinny cupboard between the sinks.
Here is the shower border. The tiles that look purple are actually grey-blue. Love it!
This is the cupboard in the bathroom. It shows the wood really well. The wall is a calm grey-blue. I was very nervous about getting the right color here, and I am very happy with the results. I love having a bathroom downstair. I also love how it is so easy to put the towels away in this bathroom. Not very far from the laundry room. It is the little things in life that make me happy!
This desk is in the downstairs hallway. The space was origionally intended for a linen closet. We left that out and ended up getting a desk here. The origional bathroom cabinet our friend built was too long, so we had to take out the section between the two sinks and make it narrower. Well, then we had this set of drawers, so our friend made us a desk top and here we go! a custom desk to match our custom bathroom! Dan and I feel like we live in a mansion for rich people!
I thought you would love to see the hallway! I absolutely love having the mirrored doors on this closet. The space is so light, it doesn't seem like a basement. You can see just a sliver of the desk as the hallway turns left after the mirrors. That gives you an idea of the layout. That is Tyler's room at the end of the hall, and when you turn left, there is Brent and Kristin's room. Kristin's room is right under ours. They could all hear us arguing the other evening. They couldn't hear us when thier rooms were upstairs. I suggested that they move back upstairs and no one went for it. Oh well. I have to learn how to be angry in whispers. Honestly, the real sound that carries is from downstairs to up, so as long as I like the song that Brent has on, there isn't a problem! Dan and I rarely argue loudly anyway!
Our custom video closet. Love it! No more movies stashed in different places. This closet was origionally supposed to be a part of the closet in the bathroom, but we split the closet in half and left this part toward the hallway. Love storage space!
And last but not least, the closet under the stairs. Who can say "Food Storage"!!!??? We love having so much storage. Wait a minute. I think I said that already. Oh well. Guess what? Some of the shelves in the hall closet are empty! I know, I know, they will all get used up sooner rather than later. But for now, they are empty!
OK, so there is a bit of a tour of my house. What do you think?
Per Margie's advice, I am leaving this picture here It actually belongs down with the paragraph about the picture, but I accidentally deleted it once and cannot get the picture back where it belongs. If this is confusing, please feel free to call me and I will walk you through the posting--no charge!
Rebekah got a microphone that sings a song when you push the button from Grandma Lewis. Now, combine a microphone with 2 doll blankets and you get a concert --with curtains! The cousins all took turns "singing". They held the blankets up in front of who ever was singing until someone said,"Hit It". We got some great video of everyone. It was sooo much fun.
Rebekah's room! The first picture shows her room color as it really is. A grey purple. It is really pretty. Rebekah is holding the blanket Grandma Clark made for her. I am not sure why the other pictures came out more pink, but you get the whole idea of her very girly room!
Kristin's room! It is soo peaceful in there. She likes to have lots of colors and we were able to incorporate what she likes into a peaceful setting. I wish the colors were better on the camera. The carpet is really just a light brown. The yellow on the wall is more calm than this picture shows, as well.
Tyler's room! He likes to leave things a little bit more unkempt than Brent does, so this is another child who is excited to have his own space. He has a board with wheels under his bed that he pulls out to play legos on. He leaves his legos set up how ever he wants--I just request a walk space for safety reasons : ) We love the black with the green walls. The planet bedspread looks great, too. 
OK, so there is a bit of a tour of my house. What do you think?