Happy Weekend.

The laundry is folded and the homestead is clean; 'tis time to celebrate. I used to save bigger chores for the weekend so Mr. Keller could help with the boys while I worked, but I've switched my routine around so we can spend more time together doing better things.....like baking, laying around and napping. Those are my favorite weekend plans. We're also hoping to make a quick trip to Utah to go to the temple and to snuggle our two new Frischknecht babies. 

Happy weekend, my dears.

Weekend.

Kricket came this weekend to spend a few days with us. She watched the boys while I went to yard sales Friday morning and Saturday, Mr. Keller took the boys adventuring in Franklin County while we spent the day in solitude. The house was so sunny and quiet. It was a lovely day. We went talked, cried a little, went shopping, cleaned and rearranged a few things for summertime. I love her.

Church was the normal rodeo it always is. Danny, at one point or another, always throws something in Sacrament meeting. This week it was a bag of marshmallows that bounced all over the pew. Last week it was a set of car keys that almost hit the lady in front of us in the back of the head. I don't take him to nursery, so he and I usually find our way home after Sacrament, or halfway through Sunday school. Mr. Keller feels like a widow sometimes at church, which makes me feel bad. Maybe eventually another arrangement will be made with the nursery leaders, but for now it is what it is.

My new Canon arrived in the mail on Friday and as silly as it sounds, I was so relieved. I had decided to be brave and try out the Nikon D series, but after a few days, I knew it wasn't the camera for me. Thankfully, Costco is as good as gold with returns and a few days later, I had a Canon back in my hands once again. And it felt like home.

Happy Monday, my dears.


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From the weekend....

[from kricket]

[my new love]

[shopping]

[mantel]

[kitchen]

[these bad boys were finally installed in our basement family room! I'm in looooove.]

[sunday morning undies time]

[my boys all in a pile]

Happy weekend

Isn't this picture so sweet? It's my grandma and grandpa in 1971 (if you couldn't already tell the year by his orange velvet shirt).

The weather's supposed to be lovely this weekend, (according to my mom who dvr's the news), and we'll be spending it working in the yard. (Very, very excited!). Also in the plans: banana splits, a bonfire in the backyard (with all of our yard junk!) and Mad Men reruns until late-late-late.

Happy weekend. Xoxo.

Happy Easter Weekend

I snuck away last night to do some Easter shopping for the littles. I also brought home some pretty pink tulips for our Easter table this weekend. (They are beautiful!) This morning we've been doing laundry and sprucing up the house with our spring decorations. Perhaps the biggest blessing of all is that the sunshine is still high in the sky and the air is so warm. This morning, Mr. Keller declared it feels like summer. Of course, we're hesitant until June. Still, it's coming.

This weekend, we'll be dyeing hard boiled eggs and watching a new Franklin Easter movie and Sunday, we're having scalloped potatoes and carrot cake. This is one of my favorite times of the year and it always makes me think of all of my grandmas - grandma tilley, grandma glenna and of course grandma dixon. It's such a feminine holiday. I'm even wearing an apron today.

Of course, I'm so ultimately grateful for my brother and Savior, Jesus Christ; for his atoning sacrifice and for the extending promise of the Resurrection, which is cause for greatest celebration. Here's to a lovely Easter weekend. 

Xoxo.

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And now, some springy pictures for you.

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Hey look, I got dressed. (My sweats were in the wash.)

Also, I became a mall kid and got a smart phone. Weeeeee.

Dreams being realized here...I'm finally the proud owner of a vintage dress form. Love.

Vintage quilt! I'm still so swooning over this flea market find from last weekend.

And the rest are things we set out this morning....Happy weekend!

Weekend.

{last March}

Happy Friday  my dears. The littles and I went on a pick this morning to a storage unit and found a bunch of cool vintage stuff. Mr. Keller has yet to unload another truck full of junk. His poor back. We went to Fred Meyer and got goodies for the weekend and I bought this cd, which I'm now in love, love, love with.

We're having the usual pizza tonight, and hot cocoa later on, by the fire. And tomorrow, I'm diving into my shop and working on Vintage Farm stuff all day long. Mr. Keller's on parental duty. The flea market's in exactly two weeks and I've got a lot to do.

Have a happy weekend.

PS- have you ever had Grasshopper cookies dipped in hot chocolate?....Or better yet, crumbled and drank up? I'm a genius for discovering how superb this is. Seriously try it. You won't even believe it. 

^^^ Danny boy at nine months. Oh my goodness, I could die! ^^^

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.....and because I'm the slowest nerd ever to catch onto anything mainstream, here's a lovely tune. xo.

Weekend.

^^^ December 2011 ^^^

It's snowing here and I'm wishing we had a cozy fire blazing. The other door on our fireplace cracked a few weeks ago and we've been sans fire ever since, just waiting on it to be replaced. That's $500 bucks poured into new glass on that sucker in the last month. Oy.

Last night was date night and I ate way too much popcorn. Also, I just have to say I'm really glad we didn't pay full price to see Breaking Dawn. I think we can all sigh a breath of relief that the series is finally at a close.

We went to Lowes and Home Depot together, too, which is clearly the hottest thing we could think of to do on a date. Today we'll be working around the house, hanging some last decor on the walls -- Mr. Keller's favorite thing to do. (Not.) We also finally got hardware for our kitchen cupboards and I'm excited to see how it all looks.

Have a lovely weekend. Here's to hoping we all get a nap and a piece (or two) of sunday chocolate cake.

Xoxo!

Whatareyours?

date night to the dollar movie, 

dinner at Buddy's, 

three naps for me (one tomorrow, two on sunday), 

carrot cake 

and pizza. 

weekend plans, folks. 

what are yours?

Fridaaaaaaay.

Truth: It's a special occasion/treat when I buy white bread. Last night we had grilled cheese. *On white bread.* A good night indeed.

Thursday, I made meatloaf for the first time. For Mr. Keller. Because he had a hugely successful day at work, completing something he's worked so hard on for the last two months. It was a big day for him and for our future. We teased that January 17th was actually New Year's Day for us. We had sparkling cider and I watched him eat meatloaf. I'm not even close to the point of wanting to try that stuff. No, thank you.

We scored at Big Lots. I got a bracelet and two pairs of sunglasses. Morg got three learning puzzles, construction paper, glue sticks, race car pencils and a writing tablet. Who would've known the nifty things that can be found there? Afterwards, since the sun was shining, I took the boys to Great Harvest for lunch. Danny hadn't been out of the house for three weeks, except for the short walk to church on Sundays. When I strapped him in the carseat, he actually giggled. It was good to get out.  

Our fireplace door should finally be ready to be picked up today. It's been so cold (it was -8 when we woke up this morning) and we've missed being cozy each night with a warm fire. Mr. Keller was so skeptical of having a wood burning fireplace, but he's totally converted now. I can't believe I've survived this long in east Idaho without one. We love our fireplace.

This weekend, we're going to Red Robin for California burgers and fries and....to pick up our new couch at Downeast. (It finally arrived!) I'm making this recipe for dinner, and Mr. Keller has to speak in church on Sunday. He came home Tuesday night and told me the bishopric had called his phone to ask if I could give a talk. He let me go on all night (and read the assigned conference talk TWICE) before fessing up that he was really the one they wanted to have speak. He had also told me that the bishop wanted to meet with me the next day about a calling, which turned out to be false, too. Ahhhh! Not nice.

Have a lovely weekend. Here's to us all getting a good nap in -- the two-hour, afternoon, comatose kind. I really love those.

Lately.

Yay for Downton Abbey's two-hour premiere! I'm happy to say I somehow conned Mr. Keller into watching it with me (not without some complaining, though). Funny thing is, he asked me to pause it a few times, rewind it a few times, and at the end, he asked when it was coming on again. Not bad, not bad!

We've been housebound this last week and it's been nice. Mr. Morg and I escape in the evenings for a few errands here and there, but we'd rather not haul little brother around in the snow. He weighs a million pounds and I can hardly lift him, and that's all we would need is a quick little slip in the snow and we'd be in trouble. 

Yesterday we made banana bread and it was all gone by this morning. I consumed most of it. Poor boys. 

A few nights ago the glass broke on our fireplace door (we don't really know how), so we've been fire-less, which is quite the bummer since it's been snowing like crazy. 

Danny's been super in love with daddy lately. He follows him around, hugs him tight around his neck and literally runs into his arms when he comes home from work at night. It melts my heart. The other night, I kept saying, "Danny loves his daddy" and pretty soon Morgan came over and crawled on my lap. He said, "Danny loves daddy, but Morgan loves mommy." I think he thought it was making me feel bad. My sweet little Morgan boy.

Danny's also been super lovey with his big brother. They hug for several seconds at a time all during the day and Danny will turn around and fall back into Morgan so he'll put his arms around him from behind. When they were bathing the other night, we swooped in with a towel to get Danny out and Morgan said, "Noooo! Don't take my favorite fish!" Hahahaha!!! He's also very protective. Danny is in a crazy-busy stage and drives me semi-insane most of the time! Whenever I get after him for doing something naughty, Morgan says, "You have to be nice to my Danny. He's my best friend!"

And there's the reason I had another child.   

So, it's Friday.  The house is (mostly) clean. It's snowing. And I've cooked all week...which means I'm *not* this weekend. Things are looking good.

Happy weekend, my dears. See you on the flip side. Or whatever. 

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{a few pictures from lately}

{at kricket's}

{our snowy backyard. i'm in love with this tree.}

{our cute shed, if a shed can be cute}

[sledding at grandma's on new year's}

{musketeers, all three}