Thursday, July 21, 2011

Hudson't 2nd B-day

My baby is now 2 and it makes me so sad that he isn't my baby anymore. I think that this year we got Hudson really confused because we threw 2 birthdays. One on Mon and one of Fri when his actual birthday was really on Wed. I know, confusing right! The monday one was the Daniels family party with a tractor cake that I desperately bought at the local grocery store. The second party was a friend party with the cutest lawn mower cake. No, I didn't make it. My great friend Chelsea had made it when I was frantic about how the poop I was going to make a lawn mower cake. Thanks for the help. Both parties were so much fun and we wish everyone that was invited could have made it.




Monday night cake



Friday night cake (much cuter)





Tyson and were very excited for this trip to Bear Lake because the past 2 years we haven't been able to go. The trip was so much fun. We rented a pavilion the year before and so we had tones of grass, our own little private beach, a bonfire pit and picnic tables. We even set up our own volleyball net and had some heated matches (lol). Overall it was a blast.






The 4th of July

The 4th of July and the Magrath Day celebration are two of my very favorite holidays. I love that it is warm, tones is going on, and you get to see old friends all day long. To top it all off the night ends with fireworks. What could possibly beat that. This year the Daniels Family decided to throw together a softball team. It was more than fun playing ball with some definate athletes. It was more fun to just joke around and have a blast. We are lucky because at the end of all the action Grandpa Thayne buys tones of fireworks and we head to his house to have our own show. My kids were beyond exausted because about 15 min into it they were completly crashed on my lap and didn't budge during the entire fireworks which were very loud. Now that is how you end a good day.





Monday, July 18, 2011

Complete Transformation


When Tyson and I first moved into our house, which was 1 year ago, we decided to have our master bedroom in the basement because the previous owners did and because there is a master bathroom. We absolutely hated being downstairs and after 1 year of going down into our cold dungeon and hoping that our children would be safe on the main floor we decided to move up to Hudson's room and move both kids upstairs which meant having to renovate 3 bedrooms, YIKES! My friends know how I roll though and I like to take on an overwhelming amount of projects in as little time as possible and after finishing them I don't do anything for an entire year till the next spring. All of the rooms just needed a little TLC and paint but Hudson's room was an inferno and had a gun cage in it was grain wood paneling so I desperatley needed my dad's help. We decided to use a less expensive alternative and went with beaboard. I can't believe it is still the same room.

Master bedroom on the main floor where Hudson use to be. It took me 4 coats of paint because I hate primer and am in too big of a hurry to take the time to use it. I really regretted after the second gallon and fourth coat. The furniture was a four piece set I got at a yard sale and then painted from a orange brown to black and sprayed the handles from a gold to silver. The bedding I got on smartbargains.com for only 60 bucks. It is from bed bath and beyond and when I looked on their site it was on clearance for 250 buck. I am so proud of that deal. Keep in mind that this room is far from finished but this is the furniture!

Hudson's bedroom on the top floor. The window is the front of the house from his room. I loved the really light gray color. I am actually really upset that I didn't take a before picture. This room doesn't look even close to the same. It was so dark and frieky before. I didn't have to buy anything new for his room, all his decore worked perfectly.

Teagan's room looks much cuter than this picture does justice. That darn glare. I really wanted her to do this really light rosey pink color but she really wanted purple. I love purple but have always been hesitant on putting it on the walls. When I came home with the swatches I fell in love with the purple next to her bedding that has a plum purple in it. I found a drastic shade lighter in the same plum tone and I am so grateful that Teagan demanded purple because pink wouldn't have been nearly as cute. Good job Teag. This room is on the north (side) of the house. Our house faces East. It too isn't completed. I need curtains and some more decorations for her hutch.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

June 11th

We finally did it. We finished our first half marathon. I was so excited the night before that we had to get some pre-marathon pics. We looks pretty convincing dont we.

I am just about to cross the finish line and I look like I am in excruciating pain, which I was. After Riess and I got some pictures. I ended up getting 1:51 min and Riess got 2:08 which I was pretty happy with considering that it was our first and we had had some set backs while training. It was so much fun and I highly recommend it. Plus, if I can do it, anyone can.

I have never been to a Bees baseball game but it is the minors in Salt Lake City.




We went after our half marathon and trust me, although I was smiling I was in tones of pain. We went with our great friends Holli and Harley and there was a firework show right after that was so much fun to watch. It was a crazy but very eventful and fulfilling day.