I Looked Out the Window...

We were driving down the street and Emery asked something about the flowers on the trees and what happens with them. Jacks quickly chimed in and said it was popcorn. Emery laughed and said no it's not. Jacks wasn't going to listen and said "Yeah it it, my teacher told me so." 

Beck's Night

Beck had his special day this past weekend. He has been wanting to go to a movie, so we waited until "Home" came out and saw that. He loves getting a snack there and watching a movie with just us. The movie was eh, defiantly just a renter. After we went to Dick's that just opened here. I could have a lot of fun in that store. Beck and Brad got new basketball shorts and they look pretty cool. You can't tell here but they look like snake skin. He's already thinking of what to do on his next time out. 

New Pictures

The weather is getting so nice, so we took advantage and took some new pictures of the kids. The last ones we did Beck had a cast, so it was about time. Camden loves to pose so it's hard to pick just one of him. Beck really doesn't like to pose and is good if we just do one and done. I think they turned out well and thing we have some really cute kids. 

What do you do after pictures on a warm day, especially if the kids were good.... Orange Leaf. 

New Post

It was 'clean out the pictures on my phone' time and these are the ones I meant to write about. 

The other day Jacks was playing with play-doh. He wears pjs most of the day and while he was playing with it he got some on his leg. He didn't notice and went to bed. When he woke up the next day he saw it. He came to me and showed me and I told him it's ok, not to worry I'll get it off later. Well, we have a boy that comes over in the AM to wait for the bus with the boys and he thought it was a good idea to cut it off.... not a good idea. 

 Most nights Emery falls asleep in maybe 5 min. She's tired and falls asleep fast. She also sleeps horribly. We are always fixing her head before we go to sleep. I'm not sure how her neck doesn't hurt all the time. 

 Brad tired something new with the kids hair this last hair cut. Jackson loves his new style, he says it's Godzilla hair. For a few hours after he got the new cut he acted like he was Godzilla. Maybe it's not a good style if it makes him have more energy. 

The Dog

It's no secret I didn't really like Hurley. Being home all the time I had to deal with him the most and it got old. The main problem was Beck LOVED the dog, so we dealt with him. Well we have decided to fix the house and yard up and sell the house. Every site I looked on for tips on how to prepare you house, getting pets gone was a big one. Another big one is a nice yard, but Hurley dug, so that was another problem. We also may need to live with family while we are in closing, and Hurley couldn't come with us there. We talked for a few weeks about re-homing him and we told the kids it may happen. I'm not sure they believed us. Well on Sunday I put him on Facebook and within a few hours he had someone who wanted to take him. Now came the worst/hardest thing I've had to do, tell the kids. I knew Beck would be sad so I wasn't wanting to do it, but they needed to be able to say goodbye. I started to tell them and Camden started to say all the pets we could get now. I have to say I was annoyed so I told him to stop talking and finished telling the kids that someone was going to come soon and get the dog. I looked at Beck and he broke down (and then I was started too). I let him know it wasn't his fault, that he was a good owner for the dog, we just don't have any other option right now. We told Beck he should take some pictures with Hurley and play with him. Doesn't his face just break your heart? 

As I was with Beck in our room Emery came in crying. I was kind of surprised by that because she never really paid attention to the dog. Then Beck and I went outside to take pictures while he played and Camden came out. Due to his comments earlier I told him he may not care the dog is going but Beck does do try and be nice. He looked at me and said what and completely lost it. I felt so horrible and sad for him. I had no idea he cared and felt bad for saying what I did. Needless to say Sunday wasn't a fun day. The guy was supposed to come Sunday but didn't so Monday morning I told the boys to make sure they say goodbye in case he comes while they are at school. Good think I said that because he did. When the new owner got to the house Hurley instantly loved him. He was excited to  see him for some reason, but it made it easier that way. The guy has kids so Hurley will be happy there too. After I took the dog to his car and came back in I was so sad, sad for the kids. I hated this stupid dog. I couldn't wait for him to be gone and now I was crying over him going. Ugh so lame. That was one of the hardest things I've had to tell the kids, and it wasn't even anything overly important. They have been fine since he's been gone. Beck misses him but we keep them excited with the thought of a new house, which they all want. 

Random

On Valentines Day (yep it's been a while) we went to Grandma and Grandpa Barnes house and decorated cookies. The kids love doing this, and eating them. This was one of Camden's. I love how the bears are kissing. 

 The boys went to the Harlem Glob Trotters with Brad and Grandpa Barnes. The boys loved it and had a ton of fun. 

 Beckham has worn the wrist bands pretty much every day since. 

 It's interesting the things you have to, or should or can teach your kids. The other day we had pizza and noticed Jacks was eating his weird. I'm not sure how this looked like the easy way to eat the pizza, but it was to him. I guess we need to teach him the "right" way to eat pizza. 

Camden lost another tooth on Monday. While I was as work everyone went to Grandma and Grandpa Barnes house for FHE. We have given Camden a fear of getting teeth pulled so he really doesn't tell us when he has loose ones. We noticed on was sticking out really bad and needed to come out. Grandma offered to take it out but he wasn't having it. Uncle Josh then said he just wanted to see it and when Camden wasn't thinking anything Josh looked at it and flicked it out with his finger. At least it was quick and easy. 

Beckham is the only one in the family who really likes the dog right now. He writes stuff in school about him all the time. Here is the last poem he wrote about him. 

Hurley hurries, hurries, hurries

to me and he has curlys

Hurley, Hurley, Hurley I say

did you know you're from Burley

When I come home from school

Hurley comes in and doesn't act cool

 When I get on a game

Hurley acts all lame.

When I get on my tablet

Hurley comes and sits like a rabbit

When I go out side

Hurley acts like he has a pride. 

I love how much he loves the dog... but just don't like the dog. The sad thing is we may need to get rid of him and the only thing I'm sad about it how Beck will feel. 

Projects

We are still redecorating our house. I wanted new art for the kitchen and our room, so in true Pinterest fashion we made them. The easy things I can do and don't mind. I think they turned out pretty well. 

 Ok so we need something different on the shelves, but the signs look good. 

 To match the grey better we painted an off white on the other three walls in our room, and did this painting. It was really easy and turned out nice. It ties the bed room and bathroom together well.