Life with the Richardsons

Sunday, July 10, 2011

May

In May there were a lot of things going on, mostly school stuff. Here are some of those things.

Kayla had a big school project where she researched a famous person and she chose Mary Cassatt. She made this poster and dressed up like an artist. I made the beret which was my first time really sewing something. I think it turned out ok for being a beginner! I splattered paint on a white tee shirt and Jake helped her made the palette. She looked great!

One of Mary Cassatt's paintings titled The Bath

There were a lot of other great costumes, like this one as Leonardo daVinci.

Some famous princesses and queens like Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana.

This one was one of my favorites! Brigham Young! I was surprised he was able to do his project on a religious person! Another reason I really liked this one was because I used to be his Primary teacher.

Another good one was this girl who was Sacagawea, I also used to be her Primary teacher. You can't tell but she's wearing one of those baby carriers on her back, it looked like the real thing! I should of taken a pic of it.

Kayla was honored at Academic Night which was for kids who got all A's and only one B the whole year! We are so proud of her for this great accomplishment!

On the last day of school Samantha's kindergarten class had their end of the year program where they sang songs, it was really cute!

Samantha excited to sing!

Her teacher gave all the kids scrapbooks she made full of pictures and things they had made in class! She was a great teacher, Samantha loved her teacher and kinder so much!

A hug from her teacher!

Samantha lost her top tooth!

And last but not least...we got a kitten! His name is Sparky and we love him a lot!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Fun stuff and Easter

The kids had their school carnival in April. It was a lot of fun! They had blow up bounce houses and such. Here's Samantha waiting in line for the slide.

Kayla having fun!

Weeeee!

They had pony rides too!

This was how the girls felt after not winning anything in the raffle.

This is a picture Kayla drew in art class that was selected for the school's art show! She also received a medal! We are so proud of her!

Easter at my mom's house. There was a egg hunt, great dinner and a awesome time!

Samantha with her money that grandma and grandpa gave her along with all the candy she found!

Kayla's money and candy!

Jake and I enjoying ourselves!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Spring Break

Spring Break was this past week and we just stayed here at home. It would of been so much fun if we could of went out of town like so many people do but we couldn't afford it this time. We ran into some unexpected bills to pay recently so staying in town was the only option. I worked most of the week but only at night. But I did find some things for us to do. Monday we really didn't do anything because I had to do laundry and other stuff so the girls just hung out at home. Tuesday I took them to the Arizona Art Museum for Youth in Mesa. We've been there before 2 years ago but they've changed it since then. In my opinion it doesn't feel like much of an art museum, there is some art displayed but it's geared for younger children like Samantha's age so there's a lot of hands on stuff to do and see. Kayla was kinda bored but she did find a couple of things she liked such as the giant eraser board and the IPad art table. They had a section for Fairy tales so there were a lot of dress up areas, lots of little craft tables. Then there was a baseball section, which was mostly about the Chicago Cubs training ball field in Mesa. Wednesday we cleaned the house from top to bottom! The girls helped me by cleaning the bathroom, dusting and cleaning their rooms which were so messy! Thursday we went to see a movie with some friends at the mall, had lunch and walked the mall. Friday we didn't do much, just the park and out to dinner and rented movies. Saturday I was at work while Jake babysat the girls and their friend, worked on his friend's truck while his friend planted a tree and some plants in our front and back yard. So it wasn't too bad of a week. Samantha is happy to be going back to school, she told me "I think my teacher missed me!" I'm sure she did.

Samantha in the glow and dark room at the Art Museum. The theme was Alice and Wonderland.

Kayla in the glow and dark room.

This was the Princess and the Frog corner, I added the hair garland for fun.

The Three Little Pigs! They wanted me to be the 1st pig but I got out of wearing the hat by telling them that someone needs to take the picture! Clever me!

This is in the playroom where the girls built a fort out of these blocks.

Goofy face time!

Our new tree in our back yard!

A little tree planted in the corner of our drive way. The potted plant will be planted next to the tree at a later time.

This was planted in our front yard.

In my last post I showed a picture of my end table that I was working on. I finished them! I sanded and painted them (this was a few weeks ago). My next project is painting Kayla's desk white. I sanded it a while ago and Jake painted it for me. He spray painted but it doesn't look very good so we might have to get a different kind of paint. So its been sitting in the garage for a couple of weeks. Hopefully soon we will finish it so I can move on to my next project!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Valentines Day

Pretty roses Jake gave me for Valentines Day!

Cards! We feel so loved!

Valentine cookies!

Last but not least...on Valentines Day I decided to start my first wood refurnish project! I sanded my end tables and painted them a dark brown to match the entertainment center. Jake coached me on how to sand and paint, cuz I know nothing! After the paint dried, Jake painted on the polyurethane which gives the table protection from scratches etc. Well, we(meaning Jake) ran into a little problem with the polyurethane. So Jake is fixing the problem and once he is done I will post the finished project!We went out to dinner the Sat. before because I was going to be at work on V-day night. But Jake stayed home on V-day cuz he wasn't feeling too good so we went out for lunch. So it was a nice day spending time with him (even if he wasn't feeling his best). We got the girls some little gifts(candy, V-day socks) they got lots of candy and cards from school! Hope everyone had a nice V-day!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Decor changes

I've made a few decor changes in our house. We painted the front room back in Nov, to be exact Thanksgiving day! We wanted it painted before we had my mom come over for Thanksgiving dinner so nothing like waiting to the last minute! Then last month I bought this dark brown scarf curtain, I've never had to hang a curtain like this before so it took some time to figure out how to keep it from falling down because the material is sooo slippery! After stressing about it for a while, I got the idea to pin it in place, easy! As you can see I got an early start on my Valentine decor!

Back in Nov I think we bought this tv stand, we tried and tried to find something on craigslist for real cheap that we liked but we couldn't find anything. So we broke down and bought this at Walmart. We love the dark color and plan on changing the rest of our family room furniture to match. Oh and we just recently painted the family room the same color as the front room.

Last month I put up some objects above our cabinets.

Thats a pillow in the right corner, one that Jake's grandma made years ago. For the longest time I didn't know what to do with it because it didn't go with anything. So I just held onto it for sentimental reasons all these years. I recently became interested in vintage/old decor so I thought this was kinda vintage looking. I don't know maybe it looks weird up there. What do you think?

Just the other day I told Kayla and Samantha to bring down every single Valentine stuffed animal they had to decorate the front room! So this is want they came down with, 9 animals! Is it too much?! *I just noticed that that picture looks really small on that wall, hmmm need to fix that!