Moving along 2

I realize I just did moving along but the house has taken giant leaps and bound in just a couple of days. The outside (Brown coat) is up although it isn't actually brown.

And the Drywall is up and they are taping and texturing.

Phineas and Ferb

There is a Disney cartoon the kids love to watch called Phineas and Ferb. About 2 brothers making the most of summer vacation, and their sister trying her best to get them caught in the act of whatever they are doing that day. It is only a 15 minute show and it is quite funny to watch. Anyway I have been downloading them for the kids to watch and Cassidy has learned that if she hears the theme song it's about to begin and she can watch the show. She gets so excited that we had to catch it on camera for everyone else to see. The best part is when she gets in front of the computer and turns into a little zombie staring at the screen.

Build and Grow

Lowe's hosts a free program called Build and Grow for kids under 12 to come in and build a project. They do this twice a month on Saturday's. We try to take the kids up for as many of these as we can. We remembered the Camera for this one and wanted to share it. They are building Bird houses. For those of you living by a Lowe's stop by and ask about their Build and Grow, our kids love it. They get a free apron and a name tag as well as safety goggles. They use little hammers just their size and the holes are predrilled so they can put the projects together themselves.

Moving Along

Well things are moving along we had the drywall delivered and they started putting it up. the outside has the paper and lath for the stucco browncoat. Give it another week and we will be painting and tiling.

Busy Busy

Sorry about the delay in posts I have been busy meeting with contractors and trying to get inspections done. But hurray hurray the house is under way. (I didn't mean to rhyme) I have the electrical finished ( I made some lighting changes) and have the stucco going up on Tuesday the drywall will begin by Friday. Unfortunately I found out the previous contractor decided to make some changes on his own without approval so I have to get an engineer out to approve the changes made. I never realized how stressful running a project this big could be. I have no idea how Mom and Dad did grandma's house back in high school. I'll update with pictures later. I've just been really busy.

The Barlow's Have A Home?

Well we did it we bought a home. Well 75% of one. This is an unfinished home (I realize that's obvious) that the builder was foreclosed on so we managed to buy it for less than it was worth. We are now finishing it and hope to be in by the beginning of June. It is located in Saratoga Springs (outside of Lehi and before Eagle Mountain) After it is finished we would love visitors until then if you come by expect to be put to work.

How do you Sleep?

Elann and I managed to beat the kids up one sunday morning and this is what we found in the kids room.

All I want for, Summer?

One tooth gone the other already loose

Man Vs Machine II

The Defendant The Victim This is the case of Television Vs. Cassidy

It was a quiet night, the kids were playing and Elann went to check on dinner when a thump was heard. There was silence it was so quiet you could have heard a _____ ______. then the blood curdling cry was heard. we rushed upstairs to find Cassidy brutally attacked by the television. The television gave up without a fight and we rushed Cassidy to the Emergency room. The doctors did an examination and then a CT Scan to check for any brain trauma. The Doctor came in and said " She has a Cephalohemtoma", Oh no we cried what can we do, "Leave it alone and it will go away". So we checked her out and went home.

Definition of Cephalohematoma: there is some blood buildup between the scalp and the skull, this bleeding causes a lump (goose egg).

Feel free to fill in the blank with your own analogy

It's Alive

Elann was teasing Cassie with a penny today and to my amazment Cassie started walking to get the penny. Apparently she did this earlier and I didn't know. Here is some short video of her walking.

Since Becky is the only Morbid person I will send the horror story of my toes by e-mail.

Man vs. Machine

I was moving a Washing Machine today at work. Now when you hear washing machine most people think of your standard top load washing machine. This was a Front Load High End machine that weighs 281 Lbs (Pictured Below). Unfortunately in a fight the washing machine will always win. It landed on my big toe and here was the results. (Not a pretty sight beware). It also didn't feel very good. But I learned a very valuable lesson, Never leave your feet in the way of a 281lb machine.

If your so morbidly curious as to what happened to the other toes to make them look like that post a message and maybe I'll tell the story.

Daddy Daughter Date

Cenna and Ariana Seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to doing things with Mom and Dad. Usually because they aren't old enough to do the things Alex and Ben want to do. So today I took Cenna and Ariana on a Daddy Daughter date. We went to the Build-a-Bear workshop where Ariana built a koala bear and Cenna built a High School Musical bear, they had the time of their life picking out the clothes and giving the bears a bath under the fluffing machine. We also went to lunch there in the mall at Sabbaro's Pizza.

It was then off the the games where they rode a couple of kiddie games one is a simulated roller coaster. They enjoyed jumping up and hitting the red light on to of the ride whenever Dad wasn't looking.

Baby Fun

I found this list and thought it would be fun to share.

FIRST BABY: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
SECOND BABY: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
THIRD BABY: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH
FIRST BABY: You practice your breathing religiously.
SECOND BABY: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
THIRD BABY: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month

THE BABY CLOTHES
FIRST BABY: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, colour co-ordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
SECOND BABY: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
THIRD BABY: Boys can wear pink, can't they?

WORRIES
FIRST BABY: At the first sign of distress -a whimper, a frown - you pick up the baby.
SECOND BABY: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
THIRD BABY: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing

PACIFIER
FIRST BABY: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and sterilise it.
SECOND BABY: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
THIRD BABY: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

DIAPER CHANGING
FIRST BABY: You change your baby's diaper every hour, whether they need it or not.
SECOND BABY: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
THIRD BABY: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.

ACTIVITIES
FIRST BABY: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
SECOND BABY: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
THIRD BABY: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.

GOING OUT
FIRST BABY: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
SECOND BABY: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
THIRD BABY: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.

AT HOME
FIRST BABY: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
SECOND BABY: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
THIRD BABY: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

SWALLOWING COINS
FIRST CHILD: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
SECOND CHILD: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
THIRD CHILD: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!

1/4 year old

Officially Cassidy will not be One until 2012 so today is her 1/4 birthday. Here is a couple of pictures from the 1/4 celebration.

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Ben's Problem

We had a small accident at school today I say one thing happened but Ben tells a different story, So we are leaving it to you to choose.

I say his girlfriend hit him.

He says he fell down on some wood chips.

Leave us your comments and tell us which story

A - Sounds cooler
B - Seems more likely

Phone Fun

Cassidy found one of Ariana's toy phones and quickly fiqured out how it was supposed to be used, She hasn't wanted to put it down which sparked a lovely fight between her and Ariana. Oh well I guess they'll work it out in the end.

Wii Fun

When Becky and Ryan came down to watch our kids they had some fun Playing Rockband on the Wii. When Elann and I got back we played a little with them.

MTC

Elann's youngest brother entered the MTC about 2 weeks ago I tried to post earlier but have been having issues with blogger and my computer.

Anyone else remember the little red dots

Scott is going to the Mexico, Cuernavaca Mission

Alex and Ben got to go to the MTC and see him off they were very excited

Dancing with the Stars?

After a long night dealing with a sick 1 year old I awoke to find that Ariana had gotten herself dressed and ready for a day of dancing.

I had to put some music on just so she didn't get dressed for nothing. Unfortunately the camera man forgot to turn the camera on. So sorry no video of the dance just picture a little girl in a purple outfit dancing to Pet shop boys and UB40.

Night on the Town

I was informed at work that I had to use my vacation time or loose it by the end of the year, for Lowe's that is the end of January. So I put in my request for a week off and started making other arrangements. I managed to get a hold of Becky and last Friday after I got off work Becky and Ryan came down to babysit my kids. I had talked with a coworker and found out his wife worked for Holiday Inn Express. Without informing me he arranged with her to get a room overnight for us. It was the first night in 10 years that we have had no kids (not counting when Elann was in labor). I can't say thank you enough to Ryan and Becky for babysitting for us we really needed the night off.

This isn't our hotel but it looks just like it. We went to a movie and dinner for those interested. We saw Paul Blart : Mall Cop a very funny movie.