Laundry

February 2010

Landry at our house is always quite the process. On this particular day, Cayden and Gavyn decided to document how they do laundry.

It is no wonder that laundry takes these boys hours to complete. At least they are having fun!

Odie

My kids have always been terrified of animals so Curtis and I talked about getting them a puppy. One day while Curtis was at work, I get a call from his saying....guess what I bought. That night, he brought home a miniature Dachshund for the kids. We surprised the kids that night at my parents house. Curtis was so cute. He had already gone to the store and bought blankets and toys. This is the kids reaction to the dog.

Bryce was immediately attached to him. Every day, as soon as he got home from school, he would run up and grab Odie and play with him until bedtime. Bryce took it upon himself to potty train him.

Gavyn carried around the camera every day to take pictures of Odie.

I am assuming Gavyn found his shadow to be pretty interesting.

As soon as we got the puppy I started getting really sick. We could not figure out why I was so miserable. I went in to the doctor and after some tests they told me I was allergic to dogs. Curtis and I talked and we decided it would be best to return Odie to his prior owner and wait a few years and get an outside dog. It was horrible when we had to break the news to the kids...especially Bryce. We ended up waking the kids up early the next morning and Curtis took Odie back to his prior home. We had Odie for one week...and the kids still talk about him constantly.

These pictures break my heart.

Gavyn, Abigail, and other miscellaneous stuff.

Last year Gavyn and I got to play with Abigail during the week quite often. We absolutely love having her come to our house. She is such a sweet little girl. Gavyn and Abigail absolutely love each other.

In this video, she had found Cayden's grinch pajamas and was carrying them around everywhere like a blanket. We ended up sending them home with her and getting them a couple of days later because she was not willing to give them up without a fight.

Gavyn wanted me to take a picture of him doing his favorite chore. He loves vaccuuming out the couches and I have to say...he does a great job. He pulls out all the cushions, vaccuums the cough and then vaccuums each cushion. He he such a good helper around the house.

This is an antenna...can you tell? We do not have any television service and when I was put in bed red in 2008 Curtis decided to build an antenna so that I could watch TV while I was in bed. I finally got around to taking a picture of it. It actually works really well.

And..this is Bryce's motorcycle he got for his birthday. It came in a little kit and he put it together. He was so happy because it is red.