Brooks family

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

We're slowly moving in...

We're slowly, but surely, getting our new family room put back together. We are totally re-doing it, so it's taking more time to figure out where we want everything to go. Looks like Outside Kitty would love to come in and have some input in the creative process!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Reading Night

Polston Primary hosted a "Reading Is Fun" night. The kids dressed in their pajamas and prominent community members came in and read or told stories. It was fun and Jamie was so thrilled to get to wear his pajamas to school! Cookies and milk were available when storytime was finished.

Getting Organized

Since we had to move EVERYTHING out of "the room" and are now reorganizing, I figure that I can set up my scrapping & stamping room exactly how I want it. I've been reading lots of magazine & web articles and looking at pictures of other people's scrap rooms. I'm excited to actually have an organized and dedicated space for my hobby!

The only thing we've got in "the room" now is shelves in the closet area. It looks crowded but it is organized and I like it a lot. Oh, and the other permanent feature is the electric heater!

my stamps

my paper

This was a cassette tape rack that Bill made back when cassette tapes were THE music industry standard. Well, we went through the cassette tapes and got rid of most of them and actually put this rack in the stack of stuff to sell in the next yard sale. I happened to be cruising the internet yesterday for organization tips and saw that someone had used something like this to hold punches. I dug the old rack out and, it works perfectly. I love how my punches fit on it and I love that I was able to find another use for this rack.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Valentine's Day

Jamie's kindergarten class had a pizza party to celebrate Valentine's Day. All of the kids were so excited to share and receive their valentines. Jamie is involved in a cute love triangle with Ashley & Taylor. We knew he'd be a heartbreaker, just didn't expect it to start in kindergarten!

Taekwondo

Jamie is learning Taekwondo through our local Parks & Rec Department. His friends Parker, Ryan H., Ryan A. and Aaron are also in his class. They have learned a few kicks & punches and the instructor (master?) makes it fun for this age group. Jamie thinks it's cool that he has to call her "Ma'am".

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Mom's Day Out Ski Trip

Julie and some of her "mom" friends took a day off to hit the slopes at Wolf Creek. It was a perfect day, lots of sun and not too cold! This was my second time ever on downhill skis and I started to feel really comfortable on the skis after the 3rd or 4th run. It took me a while to figure out how to get off of the chairlift without falling. I finally did it, though, and had a blast!

The perfect pizza wedge!

The "girls" (Julie, Christine, Coleen & Lynn)

Hanging out in the lodge after a full day of skiing!

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Snow Day...Work Day

We took advantage of an extra day off to get some work done on "the room". We finished the closet, put in the transition strip, installed the quarter round baseboard and painted. Now, we just have to go through all of our stuff and figure out what needs to go back in there.

WHAT???!!!??? ANOTHER SNOW DAY???!!!???

It was snowing when we were leaving scrapbooking last night but I was only joking when I told Coleen & Tiffany that today was going to be a Snow Day! Who would've believed it?

This is the second Snow Day this school year, the school super- intendent must be beside himself!!! We woke up to about 6 inches of new snow and an unexpected day off for both Jamie & Bill. YAY!!!

The day started out dark and dreary, but the sun broke through and it turned out to be a beautiful day!

Jamie had fun helping Bill shovel the driveway and then had to taste-test the freshly fallen concoction. Bill dug out the cross-country skis for a trek around the yard & took Jamie for a ride on the sled.