Why 5th Graders Rule

My class earned a party. They wanted to have a crazy hat party. I asked, "What will we do with our crazy hats for 30 minutes??" In time, the class voted for a crazy hat/crazy clothes/dance party USA/fashion show party. Have you ever heard of that?? Anyway, here are pix from the red carpet. The music was playing, the kids were silly, and the boys ruled the show. Fun times...

St. George Trip

Brian and I headed to St. George last weekend for my friend Melanie's wedding. It was a fun conference weekend with just the two of us.
I worked with Melanie at Manila for a few years. It was such a fun day and for those of you that know her, I know you will be happy to see pictures. She and her husband, Clint Nielson, are very happy.

Almost Done

Are you sick of my interior decorating posts? Well, it's all I've been working on and I'm almost done. Here is the (almost) finished product. The kitchen still needs some attention, but that is a new flower arrangement and table runner.

I actually sewed those window treatments myself. Yes, it's true! I did get some help from Brian's sweet mom. Next I am on a pillow sewing rampage. My sister Annie gave us a couch (that my other sister Liza gave to her) and so we are loving that "new" piece of furniture. Fun for us!

Otherwise, we're off to St. George for the weekend for my friend Melanie Bunker's wedding. Looking forward to it!

Picture Day

So today is picture day at Manila Elementary. A few observations:

*It's the only day of the year I can guarantee that not one student comes to school with bed head. Believe me - I've seen some doozies.
*All of the girls have to go into the bathroom to apply lipgloss and do a hair fluff at the same time.
*The boys are mostly embarassed that their moms made them wear their hair all slick.
*I get a full-on 8x10 of my own face. This will be my 8th one. What on earth am I supposed to do with all of those?

It's also not nice when the picture lady says, "I can tell that you don't like to have your picture taken." That can't be a good sign, can it?

I'll let you know how mine turns out. :)

More Progress

Soon I will be all done with my scrapbook room and my front room. I have ordered at least six different fabrics and am currently sewing my guts out! Well, my mother-in-law is sewing her guts out...
Anyway, here are the two rooms that will soon be done.

I wish I had interesting things to blog about. I think there are about six of you who even look at this, so I'm not sure what to say...I can talk about: school, 10-year-old behaviors, Australian shepherds, my love of Clorox wipes, Brian, TurboKick, and scrapbooking. Sometimes I think that's just not interesting to you people. Any ideas?

Proud of me

For the past several weeks our garage has been out of commission because this giant piece of furniture was taking up the space. We finally completed the project of refinishing our tv cabinet from the front room. It was just plain wood with no finish (sorry, no before picture) and we painted it white and antiqued it. We like how it's turned out. There are still some things to do to complete the room, so we'll wait to send the completed picture for later. For now, just be proud of me.

St. George

The end of our summer travels included a Robinson family trip to St. George. I think I got my first tan since, well, years ago. We got to ride waverunners at the lake, play in the pool, and visit Brian's friend who lives there. Brian's parents always take us to the Oasis buffet in Mesquite. I always feel like I am such a waste of $16 because I don't love seafood and it's a king crap buffet. But, I made up for it in stir fry and pineapple.


Quail Resevoir. Nephew Denver and neice McKinley.

Oasis Buffet.


Brian golfing in Fillmore. We walked 9 holes together. I wasn't worth the price of golfing either, so I just spectated.