Our First Day of School!

Kenidee and I both shared a first this year! On Monday, August 25 we both had our first day of school. What a new experience for both of us! The mornings now starts at 5:30ish with a quick shower(for me), a cup of coffee(for me), breakfast(for Kenidee), Kenidee arguing about what Dad has picked out for her to wear, Dad mumbling something about next year and uniforms, and out the door by 7:00! Heath has been such a trooper! I would have to get up at 4:00 to get both Kenidee and me out of the house, but my wonderful "Mr. Mom" husband has really stepped up and helped out with this transition! What a magnificent man I am married to! It has really made going back to work an easy decision for me!

Teaching kindergarten is so much fun! I love that God has opened this door for me! I have always wanted my kiddos to attend Grace Lutheran and it is just an added bonus that I get to be there with them! Kenidee loves the fact that I will be her reading teacher and I love that she gets the best education Pocatello has to offer and it's a Christian one too! The Good Lord has really been looking out for us!

And this happy face made it all worth it! Kenidee didn't cry but Mom did!

Parade of Homes

What a busy month! The Southeast Idaho Parade of Homes was last weekend and it was a huge success! Now let's all pray the home sells fast! Here are a few pictures. I think Heath did a wonderful job with this house, and given the interest that has been generated, it should sell fairly quickly. Yeah!
If you know anyone interested in moving to Inkom, let us know!

Look at this handsome builder!
This is the front entry. The door is solid knotty alder adorned with a beautiful deer engraving! This was custom made for this house and it absolutely gorgeous!
Of course I could not pass up the opportunity to try to boost my Uppercase Living business so I did a few custom things myself! This particular expression is in the living room.
Laundry room: The comments about this one were very creative! Some even attempted to remove their own "drawers!"
Dining room.

Thank you Aunt Melanie

Aunt Melanie gave Kenidee a handmade nightgown for her birthday and all I can say is, "We need more!" Kenidee will not go to bed without wearing her "Princess Nightgown." Needless to say, I need to wash it sometime! Kenidee loves it! Thank you Aunt Melanie!

On this particular night Kenidee had talked Dad into dancing with her at the "Princess Ball." I took lots of pictures of Kenidee and her "Prince" dancing, but Heath threatened me within an inch of my life if I ever posted the pictures of him on here dancing. I complied, but told him that I was not going to delete them. Hint, Hint! :-) LOL (One can never have too much blackmail arsenal!)

My little princess showing off her dance moves! (Uncle Kevin, your time is coming soon! :-) LOL)


She really wants to take dance lessons! I guess she's old enough now.

Thanks Mel and I'll be contacting you soon to get a few more nightgowns!

Happy Birthday Kenidee!

Ok...so Kenidee's birthday was more than a month ago, but my motto right now is "Better late than NEVER!"

We had a lot of fun! We decided to have a princess party! We invited lots of friends to meet us at the park dressed in their favorite princess costumes. We jumped on the jumper, had snacks, cake and ice cream and opened presents. I tried not to make it a big deal, but it just so happened that that is exactly what happened. I didn't know it, but a group of people here in Pocatello get together every Sunday evening at Lower Ross Park and pretend to be knights. They wear suits of armor and practice fencing. It is actually sort of neat. Well guess what?!?? Kenidee's party coincided with the knights! A friend of mine knew one of them and asked them if they would join our party for a few minutes! It was great! Kenidee actually got to have "Real Knight" join her party!

Kenidee and her "Knights in Shining Armor!" (Doesn't the bigger one sort of look like Shrek? NO, my princess is not FIONA! Although, sometimes at night if she's really tired she does act like an oger!)
Only some of the party guests. Others were a bit apprehensive about the knights! LOL!
No, the sword was not sharp! Doesn't she look so happy?!?
Fun on the jumper!
Our little princess eating her favorite! Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream!

"This is my song!"

I am a huge country music fan and therefore that is all my kiddos listen to while making the long trip into town from our house. Usually the music is turned down fairly low so that I can carry on conversations with the kids a little easier. If the music is too loud, Kenidee hollers, "It's too loud! Turn it down!" Well, the other day, while driving into town I hear, "Mom, this is my song! Turn it up!" It was the cutest thing! I then hear, "Doo, oooooo, oooooo, ooooo, ooooooooo!" (singing) She was listening to Sugarland's "All I Want To Do!" I loved it! I've added it to my playlist if you want to listen to it! Some of you that know Kenidee well might even be able to picture her singing! The things our kids do!

Check Out My Website!

In February I became an Uppercase Living Demonstrator and absolutely LOVE it! For those of you who don't know what Uppercase Living is, it is a wonderful home decor product. I have had so much fun in the last few months decorating our house and helping others to do the same!

Heath and I built our house and moved in a little over two years ago and I had been spending countless dollars on home decor magazines trying to find just the right look. In many of the magazines I found great pictures where it looked as if the owner paid someone to paint phrases and pictures on the walls. I can only imagine how expensive that could get! I was not going to pay someone to paint those phrases on my walls, but I knew I couldn't do it myself! What was I going to do? When I came across Uppercase Living my dilemma was solved!

Here are a few pictures of my house!

Framed "Love" and "Life" around the fireplace in our living room.

Custom made Psalms 118:24. I love this Bible verse! It says so much!

This is in our master bathroom.

Picture window valance one.

Picture window valance two.

Picture window valance three.

All three valances in our living room. This was Heath's creation. I think he did a great job!

You can see more things on my website! Check it out! http://dfullmer.uppercaseliving.net

Kenidee Has Been Tagged!

From the mind of a 4 year old.

1. What is something your mom/dad always says to you? "NO!" (Okay, so I really didn't think I told her no that much. I guess that's something I need to work on! LOL (-;)

2. What makes your mom/dad happy? "Not to be mean."

3. What makes mom/dad sad? "Mia dieing." (That was our first rottweiler. She happened to die on the same day as my Grandfather. I think that is about the only time Kenidee has seen me cry!)

4. How does your mom/dad make you laugh? "Doing silly things."

5. What was your mom/dad like as a child? "I don't know."

6. How old is your mom/dad? "Mom is 13 and Dad is 10." (I wonder if she is thinking mentally?!? I have always thought I was older than Heath. LOL)

7. How tall is your mom/dad? "Mom is really tall and Dad is really tall, too."

8. What is your mom/dad's favorite thing to do? "Mom's favorite thing to do is kiss and Dad's favorite thing is play."

9. What does your mom/dad do when you're not around? "Mommy and Daddy play by themselves." (I don't think she knows how right she is!)

10. If your mom/dad becomes famous, what would it be for? "I don't know."

11. What is your mom/dad really good at? "Mom is good to read books with me and Dad is good at holding me."

12. What is your mom/dad not so good at? "Mom is not so good at picking me up and Daddy is not good at doing my hair." (She is just getting too big for me to pick up like I used to and her dad really isn't very good at doing her hair! We have hats for his hair days! LOL)

13. What does mom/dad do for a job? "Mommy teaches kindergarten and Daddy builds a house."

14. What is your mom/dad's favorite food? "Mommy's favorite food is chocolate and Daddy's favorite food is ice cream." (She then added that her favorite food is chocolate ice cream! A girl after my own heart!)

15. What makes you proud of your mom/dad? "Reading my books."

16. If your mom/dad was a cartoon character, who would they be? "Daddy would be Scooby Do and Mommy would be Cinderella."

17. What do you and your mom/dad do together? "Play."

18. How are you and your mom/dad the same? Mom:"We are both girls." Dad:"We are both very nice people."

19. How are you and mom/dad different? "I don't know."

20. How do you know your mom/dad loves you? "Being nice." (If I were answering this question for her I would have said that we SPOIL HER ROTTEN! LOL)

Now we tag: Lucee, Sammy, Tyra and Canton! Have fun! ;-)

"Mustard"

Not very often do I remember to write things down but this was just the cutest! Kenidee and I were visiting Daddy today at work. So often, when we do, we have to sit in the car because sometimes the job sites don't allow us to actually visit up close and personal. Today was no different. We get to have some of our better conversations during this treasured time together.

This week Heath has been frantically working on the Grace Lutheran Church and School remodel that has been underway this summer. Today there were several workers there and one in particular that Kenidee argued with me was Dad.

The conversation went something like this:

Kenidee: "There's Daddy on the roof!"
Me: "Where? I don't see him."
Kenidee: "UP THERE!"
Me: "Honey, that's not Dad."
Kenidee: "YES, IT IS!"
Me: " No, Baby, it's not."
Kenidee: (Starting to cry.)"IT IS TOO DADDY!"
Me: "Honey, it sort of looks like him, but there is Daddy over there. He's coming to see us."
(Man she is referring to gets up to leave the roof.)
Kenidee: (As if our earlier conversation had not happened)"Oh, he has a "mustard" like Dad. HEE, HEE, HEE"

I had to giggle! I knew what she was talking about. The man had a goatee and MUSTACHE like Heath!

4th of July

OK...So I'm a little late! The summer has been busy and I just haven't made the time to update you all on our lives. I apologize and hope you will all forgive me.

We returned home from our Lake Powell trip late on July 3rd and if I would have had my way, we probably would not have gone anywhere for the fireworks, but once again, having children changes your views on life. I couldn't put myself first and had to think of them instead of my longing to just take the night off! It was fun and I'm glad we spent the holiday with friends in American Falls on the reservoir.

We met Ralph and Cathleen just in time to head out on the boat! The kids had fun and because they had fun so did I. It was worth it!

Kenidee driving the boat! OK, so we weren't going anywhere yet but it's fun to pretend!
With these two faces, how could anyone deny them anything?!? (Give me a call sometime and I'll tell you how ;-)~)
I tried and tried to get a good pic of the fireworks but I'll just have to keep on trying! I thought this one was cool. I like the reflection in the water!
Sparklers! It just wouldn't be the 4th of July without them!
We wore them out! YES!

Lake Powell

On June 27 we headed out on our first summer vacation for 2008, Lake Powell, UT/AZ!! It was a lot of fun! The kids and I had never been; however, it was not Heath's first trip. I can't believe he was holding out on us! The weather was great and the kids had a blast! We came home just in time for the Fourth of July!

We camped at Lone Rock. Can you guess why it's called Lone Rock? ;-)

Looking down on the camp ground from a hill nearby. What a view!

Cooling off! It was over 100 everyday we were there!

We don't have a boat so Heath decided the four wheeler would do! The kids thought this was the best and asked for lots of rides!

Heath and Me!!

One day she will hate me for this pic but I think it's cute! I love the "crack"!
There's always time for kisses!
We jumped off of a rock in the middle of the lake except Kenidee wouldn't jump! She wanted to be thrown in! Over and over I had to toss her into the lake! She loved it but I could't get her to just jump in!

On the other hand, it took a small push from a 4 year old and we couldn't keep Braden out of the water! He loved jumping off the "cliff." It was only about 5 feet off the surface of the water but he thought it was a long ways down! He still talks about "cliff jumping!"