Rainy Days

the hutch before...


The hutch after! It is done. I like it- it is very bright! I still need to find the right knobs for it. What do you think?

Mothers Day I woke up throwing up. I felt awful and spent most of the day in bed. I'm feeling much better today though ;) Brett was a big help and watched and took care of the girls all day. Today is rainy. The girls are bored and keep begging to play in the sand box. I think not...

Update on Projects

Well- I have been busy. I sanded and put primer on the Hutch. I think it is going to be white. I am actually taking the back part of it out and putting bead board on the back instead. It is just what it needs to update it a little!


I also think I have selected a paint color for the living room. I have been looking and looking for quite a while now. I think this is it. It looks a little bluer in the picture then in real life. The color is "Time Capsule" by KWAL. (which doesn't seem like that great of paint by the way) I am thinking of doing a bead board in the living room too. What do you think? Too much? I don't know.
I need to decide if I should paint the blue in the kitchen too. Does it look awful next to the ugly yellowish wood? That is what the cabinets are made out of too. I am going to paint the fire place white. Maybe some day I will paint the cabinets too!! (If Brett allows it)

Treat! Treat!

You know what one of Claires first words is? "TREAT!" I think we have a problem ;) How can I resist giving them treats when they are just SO happy to have them though!?

My life

Sarah's life in a nutshell from Sarisker on Vimeo.

So- I totally stole the whole idea for this video. I did it 1- because I loved the idea, 2- I'm learning how to take music and images from the internet and make it into my own video. I'm just learning how to make movies again. It is rather frustrating, but it will be worth it. I really wish I could just use the old software. It was so simple. But this new one can do so much more and will let me edit with the format that the camcorder films in.

Hiking

Hiking from Sarisker on Vimeo.

Well- I have tried to do a video using all new software and uploading from our new video camcorder. It was a pain in the bum, but I have done it. It took forever... I will learn though ;)

Up in the Canyons

I really can't believe she is old enough to pose for the camera! CRAZY!

Liv with her rock to throw in the river

We love to play in the Canyons here in Utah. They are so pretty. We live only about 10 minutes away! It is one of our favorite Sunday activities. We pack up, have dinner with a camp fire, go on small hikes, throw rocks into the river and just have fun hanging out. This time Claire thought the fire was VERY interesting. She did not understand the concept of hot. It was quite annoying trying to keep her happy and away from the fire... I can't wait until she is a little older. This age is really not one of my favorites...Tantrums, restlessness, melt downs... but I'll just leave that for another post!

What a Character

I had a Dream

Last night I had a dream. It was scary- as most of my dreams are ;) This one was of importance though. I was with my family camping and we were flooded out. Every one was in the car together floating in the water hoping we wouldn't sink (I don't know why we didn't! Probably because it was a dream!!) Anyway- we were realizing that all of our stuff was lost and gone. My mom was SO upset because she realized the beautiful dress she had just bought was now gone. She said "I know what they are saying now when they say we will have to sacrifice!" I told her they were just THINGS. (As I secretly was having a panic attack that I didn't have my camera anymore) Then I realized Brett had gone on a walk and wasn't in the car with us. Then I woke up.
It was a FREAKY dream! But it has caused me to ponder. I want to be PREPARED. For anything. God has given me today, tomorrow, and who knows how long to prepare. What will I sacrifice to be prepared? I want to be prepared physically and spiritually. TODAY I have the time, I have money, I have a house, I have the scriptures. I have everything I need to get prepared. My children will grow up before I know it. Today is what I have to prepare them for what is to come tomorrow. God has given us a commandment to be prepared. He has told us what is to come. It is no secret. Study your scriptures TODAY, prepare just 1 thing that you may need or want to have ready if a disaster strikes.

Girls at the Park

Liv loves the park. She is happiest running and playing outside.


Claire is getting so independent. She can climb and go down the slides all by herself!

Well- I know pictures of the girls is some what boring, but I haven't put up many for a while. Poor Grandma needs to see her girls!

Our trip to D.I.

Today we went to DI. I have never bought clothes there. Today I kept finding LOTS of good stuff though. I couldn't believe it! I think next time I want to look for clothes I will go there! A lot of stuff is like new, but only $3 or $5 It is awesome. I always thought used looked used. Which a lot of the shirts do, but there are plenty of nice pants! Here is what we got:

A new doll.
It was LOVE at first sight. Plus the yarn hair is perfect for learning to braid!

3 capris and 1 shirt

and 2 gently used books.
(the book in the pic has a whole bunch of nursery rhymes! Liv LOVES book)

All for a grand total of:
$17.00
Pretty good if you ask me!

Happy Birthday to ME!

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We went to Cheese Cake Factory for my Birthday lunch/dinner. It was very good! We LOVE it there!I almost forgot- I made a cake too. I used fondant for the first time. (the pink and white are fondant) It was interesting.... It tasted really good, but looked okay. My cakes sunk in the middle a lot. Anyone know why? I was sure I didn't over mix... nut I guess you never know!

So- for my Birthday I got a new video camcorder. I LOVE it! The only problem is that I now have to learn a LOT to get my videos edited and on my blog. It is a pain to have to learn all new stuff. Soon I will have a video up though.
I almost forgot- I made a cake too. I used fondant on the top layer for the first time. It was interesting.... It tasted really good, but looked okay. My cakes sunk in the middle a lot. Anyone know why? I was sure I didn't over mix... nut I guess you never know!

Food Storage Update

We've been working on being prepared for anything. It is a lot of work. We now have our 72 hour kits, almost have the 72 hour food kits done (I'm still buying the rest), almost have a full years supply of wheat ( we need about 5 more buckets). My arms are sore from carrying the wheat buckets. We have a full 1 year supply of random things like salt, and powdered milk. In the next year I should be able to complete our supply and have a FULL years supply of food. We have a good solid 3 month supply, but I really want the full year.
I am excited to have finally kind of figured all this out. I have decided to stop thinking about it and worrying about tings going bad and to just DO IT!It is actually easier to just do then to think about. I am no expert and still have far to go, but I think I have a good start!
Any one know the best way to store rice and beans? Buckets? I am scared of storing beans. We really don't eat many beans, and I have never made dry beans- I've only used canned beans. Any ideas? Should I go to the Bishops store house to do the beans and rice? I just don't feel like the Costco plastic bags of rice would store very well.

Imagination

Have I mentioned that Olivia has a very active imagination? Well- she does. At first I was worried that she had skitzophrenia, but I'm realizing it is normal to have imaginary friends.
She tells people about her "daughters" often. She has a daughter that is a baby, and one that is 15! She is always telling them what to do and apologizing for her daughters bad behavior. It is pretty funny.
Her favorite friend is "Deanna". (Dee-Anna) is always around. She is 3- and her hair color is always changing. Today it is purple. The other day Deanna bumped her head and it was bleeding. Olivia was crying for her. She had Dad give her a blessing. Jesus healed her and she was fine.
The other day Olivia claimed that her kitty was outside and she needed to go save her. It was stormy outside. Dad let her out to get her cat. Liv came back in, but then said "I have to go back out! I didn't get her!" I was some what annoyed and didn't want Liv going back out, so I stupidly told Olivia "I think your cat died. You don't have to go get her" I don't know what I was thinking. Olivia bursts into tears and ran to her Dad. Brett says "What is the matter!?" Olivia still crying like a maniac says "MY CAT IS DEAD!" Then I told Brett I was the one who gave her the idea. Brett fixed it all and said "I don't think your kitty is dead- I think she just ran away with a friend, so mom thought she died." That made Olivia content.
Sometimes these imaginary friends cause too much trouble around here. I guess I can't really just get rid of them though. I wonder when she will stop talking to all her friends and taking care of imaginary babies. It is such a weird idea to me. I don't think I ever did that.

Mad Face

Claire gives us this face all the time. We usually just laugh! I think I know where she gets it. I'm pretty sure I make the same expression quite often...

The IPHONE and other updates

Brett got an IPHONE (that his work is paying for) the other week. We ALL love it! I never knew it would be so fun. We can check the weather, browse the internet, play games, browse and take pictures all at the touch of a finger! The girls LOVE to play with it. Claire likes to browse the pictures (since it is simple to do) and Liv likes to draw and play some games. I kinda like the wikkihow that tells you how to do random things.

Liv stole the phone out of Claires hands.

Britta (my sis-in-law) is in town this week. She is VERY good at baking and creating, so I asked her to help me learn to make a cake. I have to make one for RS next week, so I needed to learn. My last test run that I did by myself a few weeks ago looked AWFUL! So- Britta came and taught me all the tricks. The cake was pretty, and tasted even better ;) It is REALLY yummy chocolate cake!

Here is an update on my bangs. I just cut them straight across (not so different as I have done this a lot, but that's okay) I will hopefully be getting a haircut soon. Maybe I'll do something crazy then!

The girl is silly

Got Milk?

As I sit here-Olivia is chasing Claire around tickling her with a duster. They are both laughing. Sweet. Just this afternoon while I was doing laundry- in comes Claire with a frozen ball of cookie dough. then in pops Olivia with one too. Liv thought they should have a little treat! It is funny to me that she gave one to Claire too. Then- as I am folding the laundry I am hearing lots of laughter in Liv's bedroom. I go in to see what is going on- apparently Olivia had snuck her friend "Susan" in her bed under the covers (so Iwouldn't take her away) Susan is our MOP! She has spent many hours dancing with the mop telling her how beautiful her hair is. (it is a libman mop)
Olivia- you can be so mischievous, but SO funny!

Your Opinion

So- I've been wondering a few things lately. I'm very bad at making up my mind sometimes.
Here are my dilemmas:

1- What should I do with my bangs? They are much longer then I usually have them and I need to do something!

wear them like I have for the last I don' t know- 7 years?

maybe I could TRY sweeping them over more. Although- I just don't think it works with my hair and large fore-head. It looks like a comb-over.

I could try growing them out. This is hard for me. I feel like I look older in a bad way, and I have a big forehead. It feels weird, but I could try. There is also just cutting them in a new style too. Any suggestions!?

My next dilemma:
The color of my walls and the color of the hutch. I am thinking of maybe doing a blue/green gray color for the walls and either a green or white for the hutch. Or maybe something else. I don't really know. Here is a pretty blue and green room I like, but I'm not sure if it is the blue I am looking for.

Wedding Dress

Liv and I thought we should try on my wedding dress! It was fun! It still fits me, and Liv is convinced it fits her too! ;)

Girls Playing Together

note the jewelry- they BOTH love to wear necklaces and bracelets.
Olivia likes to wear things on her head and the other day said "Mom, I look like Jesus! No, actually I look like Mary. Yeah, Mary, she's pretty!"

A Daily Occurrence

A picure is worth a thousand words... or maybe I'll just write them in for you ;)