Cute Kids I Kidnapped From Heaven!!

Here are some of my favorites, as you can tell there are a ton. There are a bunch more, but I can't put all of them on here. Thank you so much Emily you did a great job! Emily is so cute and patient with little kids, and at the end of our session Cruze looked at me and said "Mom I want to go play with Emily some other time Okay?" If you want to see her blog or get her info to get pics taken it is emilybaileyphotography.blogspot.com







































I told you I kidnapped cute kids from Heaven!!

RUNNERS NEEDED!!

Need motivation to get in shape or stay in shape? Well I have the solution for you, join our team for the Red Rock Relay this September. IT is patterned after the Ragnar Relay. There are 12 runners per team and everyone runs 3 legs of the race. IT is going to be awesome, and we need more people to join our team. The link for their website is www.redrockrelay.com So if you are interested email me @ chantel.clinger@gmail.com. Thanks, and don't be shy!!

Making the Old New Again!

My sister was in need of a dresser, and there was one in my grandma's storage room that was in pretty good condition. It has just sat there for at least 15 years. So I nominated it to go to her. I wanted it to match her comforter, so I bought some spray paint and some embellishments. It was plain cream. I always forget to do before and after pics, so I almost rememered this time. I got pics after I had sprayed the drawers but before I had totally painted the main body of the dresser. I had so much fun with this project. I love a project and a challenge. She has a few more storage dressers that we are going to do as well. This time I really will get the before and afters. The lighting in my garage really stinks so try to look past that. Here it is!

Nickel Jars

So we have been having some big issues with our boys sassing. I mean teenage extra rude sass. They also are extremely aggressive with eachother. I have heard that with boys especially that is normal. But seriously? I had been doing time out and all that, but it didn't seem to matter. They really didn't care when they got in trouble, they would laugh or smile the whole time. Which would of course just make me that much madder. Then when they got out they would do the same things again. I was at a loss of what to do, so I rememberd that when we were younger we could earn nickels and get them put into our own nickel jar.

So we had a family home evening and taught them about money, and saving. Then we decided to start the nickel jars. I had decorated them earlier in the day, and then we explained that everytime they were nice to their brother or sister, shared their things, or said okay mom without arguing, they would earn a nickel. However, if they were rude to us or one of their siblings, took toys, sassed, or told us no, then they would get them taken away. So we then proceeded to explain that they could save their nickels, or wait until the end of the month and they could pick out a toy to buy with their money. Cruze informed us that he was going to save up his money for a motorcycle. I said,"Oh a toy motorcycle?" He said, "No mom a big one like Grandpa's." Then further on into the night he said, "Oh and a big boat too, I'll even let you and dad have a ride on it."

We have been doing it for a week now, and it is working like a charm. There are random "Okay mom's" when I am not even talking to them, and they help let me know when the other one said okay and I didn't hear it. Overall it is a success so far. Just a thought on something new to try. We are loving it!!

Easter & Conference

I have been waiting for my husband to help me get his pics off of his phone, so I could include them in a couple blogs, so I have been putting off blogging, but I can wait no more. So I decided to write about easter and conference weekend. What a wonderful thing for us to be blessed with Easter falling on General Conference. When I was in school, and having to write reports on conference talks, I never realized how lucky we are to be able to have a modern Prophet with Apostles who talk to us. I love being able to wear my P.J's to listen to some of the neatest council we will ever be given. It does always make me so sad when I hear that last talk of the weekend. I love conference and am always so grateful for the talks and the spirit that comes with it.





For Easter we went to my parent's house on Saturday morning for an Easter egg hunt, for both kids and adults(they were seperate hunts.)

For the adult hunt there was only oneegg per person. So my theory was that if I got down there first I may be able to find the best one, boy was I wrong. Mechelle and I were the first down there, and the last two to find our eggs with the help of our brother in law. Thanks Alan!! Then we dyed Easter eggs and went to lunch at Tasty's. It was so fun to be together as a family. Then on Easter we just hung out at our house.



Here is a picture of our kids the next Sunday in their Easter clothes. I do have to add that I made Enza's shawl. I was so excited that it turned out so cute, because I haven't crocheted anything besides a couple of flowers that my sister Tanelle was kind enough to walk me through, and a couple pairs of fingerless gloves my friend Rachel was nice enough to come and teach me how to make. So needless to say this was a much bigger project than the other things. I was glad to have it finished. Yeah!

Sickies!

So it seems like my kids are always sick with something. We just get better and then we get something else. About three weeks ago my boys had Bronchitis, and Enza had RSV or something similar to it, it took forever to be all better from that. We have been better for maybe five days, and last night I was up with Cruze until 5:45 this morning. He went to sleep with barely a runny nose, and about a half hour later he was bawling and super upset. So needless to say I took him in and he has double ear infections, a ruptured eardrum, and strep throat. Seriously he is by far the one who gets the sickest, but I feel so bad that he has so much going on. It makes complete sense why he was so upset and in so much pain last night, but man, oh man! Enza wakes up from her afternoon nap and has pooped and leaked through everything. She was covered from her armpits to her knees, and then it is always laughable to try to get the clothes up and over their heads without covering them in it even further. So I finally get her undressed and bathed. I put my boys to bed, and then I am feeding her baby food before bed and we are just about done and literally the entire thing comes right back up. (As a little side note Enza eats a ton before bed. She usually eats 3 jars of baby food, mixed with 3/4 C. of rice ceral.) There was so much of it that I had to bath her again, and there was a puddle in her bouncer. Anyway, I am looking forward to warm weather so that most of the sick germs are outta here. I CAN'T WAIT!!!