Ketchup. I mean, Catch up. :)

So it's been a while. How've you been? Miss me much?

Lots going on... Lets see...

Robyn had another Heart Doctor appointment. She's up to 66%! YAY! She's now down to 2 meds twice a day (from 4!) Hooray! :)

She likes stickers and sparkly shoes...

Kaylee (my sister Colleenia's daughter) took a sleepover. I think everyone had LOTS of fun! We colored, played dress up, played video games, and played house. :)

Robyn has started Potty Training. We have made some really good progress - hopefully she'll be done by summer time... In the meantime, if you come over, she probably won't have pants on. Potty training and pants don't seem to go together. She has actually decided that clothes and potty training don't go together. Even when in the car! She's been quite the little stripper lately...

Archer had some dental surgery done. He had some cavities and an infection that needed taken care of... He had to have a back tooth pulled and a spacer put in (and is asking for MORE money from the tooth fairy so he can afford eat at Taco Time!) but he did super well.

DarTanion has started going to an early morning Reading class at school. It's done on the computers and is really fun, so he loves it. He's getting better at reading and is actually starting to enjoy it! We now make weekly (if not more often) trips to the Provo Library - which is awesome, by the way!

Jeremiah has had some job interviews and had some really positive feedback - but still no job. I think he's getting sick of being at home (and remodeling here) but I know the kids have been loving the extra DAD time.

I had a girls night with the Smith girls (just dinner, ice cream and fantastic company but it was super fun). I got to meet the newest 'Smith' family member - Kayle Richins (Kelsey's little guy) He's so tiny and cute and wonderful! He's only 1 month old! Makes me baby hungry. Almost.

Proud Aunt Ashley with Kayle

Did I mention ice cream? My newest obsession is Baskin Robbins ice cream. Mocha Blackberry Chip mixed with Love Potion 31. Tastes like a Cold Raspberry Mocha. My favorite coffee drink... MMMmmmm....

mmm.... ice cream!

Jeremiah has been doing lots of work upstairs to make it look better and get it renter ready. He's been painting, sanding, scraping, tiling, destroying, fixing, wallpapering, hanging doors, etc. BUSY BUSY! The wallpaper border in the upstairs kitchen ripped when he was taking the paint tape off, so we replaced it. I really like the new border better.

old boring blah border...
pretty new fruity border!

The upstairs bathroom has had the biggest makeover. Jeremiah took out the old cupboard / vanity thingy (see the left of the first picture), scraped off the tile on the walls, tore up the floor, took out the old sink vanity. Then he replaced everything and added some real tile to the floor and some great accent pieces for the wall and a dark linen cupboard. (Thank you tax money). Looks great - what do you think?

Before except with new sink vanity (not bad, but not great)

NEW and IMPROVED!!! YAY!

And last, but not least...

Do Not Kneel on your
flat glass top stove
or this may happen.

Glad we have a single burner that plugs into the wall and a stove / oven in our empty upstairs! Hopefully the repair guy will be here soon!

Hope everyone has a great week!