Please Explain

Can anyone explain to me why blow dryers or curling irons always die on a Sunday? Never on Monday, always on Sunday. The one day of the week when you can't do much about it. Are we supposed to have extras of these in our "food storage"?
I'm off to figure out how to do my hair (and three daughters hair) with an old curling iron with a broken spring that I only ever need on a Sunday about once a year! AAAHHHH!!!!!!

Hanging Up

We have a deer hanging in our garage. It is rather gross and I will spare you the pictures!

Flashback Friday

I have a few minutes, so here is a Halloween costume flashback.

This is Halloween 2007. Emily was a rock star, Lizzie was a medival princess, Tyler was Optimus Prime (He forgot half his costume when we went to my mom's), Ainsley was Cinderella, and Grandma Roper was a clown.

This isn't a good picture, but it does have all the pumpkins in it. This year Jared even carved one, his is the wolf on the end. Lizzie designed hers with a CD we bought. Tyler did a skull. Ainsley's is Ariel (With a little persuading from mom) and Emily did Harry Potter. I can't wait to see how they design this year!

Weekend in the Bathroom

So there I was, being left at home without Jared for the third weekend in four weeks. I was imagining a relaxing Saturday with lots of movies and treats. I figured that on Friday I would hurry and get the house clean, starting with the bathroom. I went in to start scrubbing and ended up pulling down wallpaper and planning my redecorating job. Needless to say, I did not end up with the quiet Saturday I envisioned. But, I am so proud of myself. I hate to brag, but this is all brag worthy. Jared has no idea I am doing this. He should be home from deer hunting on Wednesday. I pulled out stripped screws, I patched holes, I washed walls, taped walls, and painted walls, and painted trim; all by myself (with kids running around me). What makes this so amazing is that I have never painted a wall before in my life. Jared does all the painting(preferably without kids running around). He hates to paint, but does a thorough job and everything has to be just perfect. Hopefully my paint job is up to Jared's standards! I think that I am most proud of the fact that he has no idea what he is coming home to. Lets just hope I am not sleeping on the couch for a week! Maybe he'll stay home for a few weeks in a row, he'll be worried about any other big projects I come up with!

Happy Birthday Glenn!

OK, Jeni beat me to it, but I did intend to have this post up yesterday so Glenn could enjoy it all day, especially since his card is still in the mail. I asked my kids to say something about Glenn, and this is what they came up with!

Emily:

When I think of Glenn I think of a clown. He is always making jokes, playing tricks on people, and he is scary sometimes!

Lizzie:

When we were at the family reunion this year, Glenn dunked me under the water. I wasn't happy with him, but soon I liked him again.

Tyler:

At the family reunion I pulled you in your tube with Lizzie. I was happy. I like how you play with us!

Ainsley:

He has cats. He once had a baby cat we got to see. He sent me a card with me and Kilo.

Glenn, Thank You for all the memories (nightmares) from growing up. I will never forget being locked up in the big shed while you talked about spiders and rats. I will also never forget being tied in the hamock, and being lit on fire, and then doused in sprinklers. You are so helpful to anyone who asks. Thank you for working at Grandma's so much. I love how you play with the kids ( they love that too!) My kids love to get your birthday cards, they always open yours first and show them to anyone who comes over. Thanks for being you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

We Did It!

Jenny and Rachel and I got a wild hair yesterday. We decided to make Yummy Jane Salsa today! Hopefully, once it cools it will taste as good as Auntie Jane's. We ended up with 60 pints, which is lots more than we were planning on.
Thank you to Jane and Erin for supplying the recipe. Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Woodbury and Jeanie for sharing tomatoes with us. Thank you to Jeanie, Teena, and my moms for having the grown-up things like roasters and canners that we used. Thank you to our daughters who chopped peppers hard and fast.

But most of all, THANK YOU to Jenny and Rachel for the inspiration, the tears and the laughter!

Announcing our addition

No, we are not expecting....but we did add. In honor of Ainsley's fourth birthday today, we added to her name. She is now officially and legally Ainsley Jane Startup. We have been wanting to add to her name since she was about a week old. I'm not quite sure why we didn't do this earlier. I can remember calling her Ainsley Jane when she was only a few days old. None of my girls have middle names because I don't. The poor kid has a plethora of names: Ains, Jane-Jane, Janesly, Boofalo Buffalo, Toothless, Crazy Jane. She used to tell you her name was Ainsley Crazy Jane Boofalo Buffalo Startup. When we were leaving the county health building she asked if we could never change her name again because that place was boring. Even if she didn't enjoy it today, I hope it will be a cute story to tell her children.

I can't believe my baby is four! Time really does fly when you are having fun. She can be so sweet and loving, but boy can she be a terror also. She acts at times like a headstrong twelve year old. She loves Hannah "Ontana" and the Jonas Brothers. Her favorite movie currently is Cinderella (She wanted her name to be changed to Cinderella). She loves anything pink-of course. She is quite a daredevil. There isn't a ride at Lagoon that she won't ride (if she is tall enough). She is the only girl in her primary class with six other boys. She'll tell you that she is going to marry Jaxon in the temple, but Trent wants to marry her too. She loves to love on our cat, and the cat loves to eat her. Just like any other child, she idolizes her preschool teacher and I can get her to do anything if I tell her Ms. Charri does it. She is very snuggly and ticklish. We all love our Ainsley Jane!

She got a Barbie fishing pole for her birthday so we went fishing tonight. She caught a little fish and was so proud of herself!