Nafe Growing Up!!!!

Since I did a post on KJ, I decided I'd do an updated post on Nafe! :) This baby of mine is such a blessing in my life! Even though he is turing 7 months on the 4th of September he looks like he's 12 months old! He brings so much joy to our family! He is such a character and I love seeing new traits come out as the days go by.

I love watching both my boys interact with each other! A love for a sibling is something that cannot be duplicated!

I'm so grateful to have my two amazing, healthy, beautiful boys in my life!!!

KJ's first day of Kindergarten!!!!!

Yesterday August 30, 2011 was my KJ's first day of Kindergarten!!! I can't believe how fast he's grown up! I can still remember the day I went into labor with him as if it were yesterday. I didn't think that his time of starting school would come so fast, but it did!!! I guess when we're having fun time just has to fly right by us! The first thing he said to me when we got to school was "see ya later mom!" like he had no fear of starting a new chapter in his life. I'm not going to lie I was filled with mixed emotions! I wanted to cry thinking my baby was starting school and is growing up on me too fast, that the next step in life for him is getting baptized (yeah I think I'm crazy for thinking that far ahead, but when time flies it flies!) But I also wanted to jump for joy knowing that he'll be gaining knowledge and skills that we couldn't teach him at home and for the fact he'll get some of the never ending energy out at school.

When Kepu picked up after his first day of school the first words that came out of his mouth was "Dad I'm so so sorry! I didn't listen to my teacher today and I talk to much!" bahahaha sounds totally like the KJ I know! He knew we would find out sooner than later how he acted in class so he was coving his steps before he got caught! :) He's too smart for his own good! lol

I love being a mom! It is the hardest job on earth yet the most rewarding one at that!!!! I love my family!

Foot Surgery......

I'm not sure how many people have it.... a BUNION..... yeah these freaking things HURT!!! I've had one on my right foot for as long as I can remember (even past 3rd grade) and just in the last few months it has been causing me so much pain! Since we made our out of pocket max deductible through our insurance I figures WHY NOT get this stupid thing taken care of. So on Thursday August 25th I had the dumb thing removed! :) I can't tell you whether it's been a good decision or not only because my foot still throbs at the moment but I'm sure once the healing has completed I'll think nothing but the best from this decision! I had x-rays taken today to see how everything was healing and so far so good. I have two small screws where they had to break my big toe and re-aligned it... and in 3 weeks I'll get the cast removed! :) I can't wait!!!!!

Home improvements!!! :)

I know I've always stated that today will be the day I'll keep up with my blog... well obviously that's been false seeing that my last blog was in April. I have decided that since I'm not very good on keeping a personal journal that I'd just keep thing updated and posted here on my blog... isn't that what blogging is for?!?!?!

So much has happened in my family since April! :) This past summer Kepu has been going to summer school at UVU. This was his second semester of many to come and so far so good. We have realized that going to school full time in the summer isn't a very smart idea, seeing that all our family fun happens during this time and it would require him to miss school. I'm proud of him for getting through the semester and for wanting to go back in the fall! WAY TO GO BABE!!!

Once summer school ended for Kepu, we decided that we'd make some home renovations. On August 15th we decided we'd rip out the carpet and much to our surprise we found hard wood floors. And this is what we found....

I can't take any credit for doing anything, Kepu did it all while I was at work and watching the boys! :)

This is after the 1st round of sanding......

This is the 2nd round of sanding......

2nd coat of staining...

I thought it was too dark... so Kepu being the BEST HUSBAND ever re-sanded the entire floor and started from square one again! :)

The FINAL product!!!! .....

After finishing the floors... we (Kepu) just HAD to paint! :)

Kepu did an amazing job getting the front part of our house looking brand new! :) I absolutely love the way it looks! The pictures only show the front room, but when we decided to start all over on the front room we also decided to get KJ's room done as well. Our next home project is to finish the my bedroom and the kitchen.... that will begin the next school break ;)