Happy Birthday Audrey and Hailey

So they are not eight yet. But we enjoyed having cake and ice cream and a few presents on a quiet Sunday evening. This way I don't have to be in the hospital or half asleep the whole time. For the first time we haven't had snow for Audrey and Hailey's birthday. :) Looking at these photos, these girls are sure missing a lot of teeth. Hopefully they will get some for Christmas.

A Birthday Party 2 months early.

Since our baby is due 3 days after Audrey and Hailey's birthday we decided to celebrate their birthday early. The idea was Tamara's really, she did Jacob's a week early because they were going out of town on his birthday. So 2 months is a little earlier than a week. But they thought it was great. Besides Audrey really wanted to be a ballerina for Halloween and I got them some dance outfits, we decided to do the party yesterday so she could have her stuff before Halloween. Here are some photos. I think they look so cute in their dance outfits. Love you girls.

Even better news.

I had a carpet cleaning guy over yesterday. He pulled up the carpet and looked at the pad. He said it smelled good and would most likley not need to be replaced. He put the carpet back down and did a cleaning. He said after a day or so if it smells he'd come back and we can put in a new carpet pad. He seemed really impressed that the pad looked so good since it had been soaking with water for a long time. He said the company we got it from must have put a good chemical seal on it. Hopefully this flood and stinky carpet problem is over. We'll see.

Good news.

Questar came and looked at the pipe and indeed they had accidentally broken it. So they fixed it. YEAH! They also called and talked with Chris and me, they apologized and are going to pay to clean the carpet. I was very impressed with the guy I spoke with. I'm hoping that a thourough carpet cleaning will do the trick. I hope we don't have to get the carpet replaced. Now I just need to find a carpet cleaning company, any suggestions?

Our first flood.

Friday morning Hailey woke us up at 4:30 am to tell us that water was pouring through her window. We got up and discovered that a sprinkler pipe was broken. It was filling her window well with water. We discovered about 6 inches of water in the window well. So Hailey and I scrambled to get towels to soak up and stop the water from coming in. Chris ran outside with the shop vac and climbed into the window well with the shop vac and sucked out all of the water. We used every towel in the house but 2. So poor Hailey who was on laundry last week had lots and lots of towels to wash and fold. We discovered the break in the sprinkler pipe is right by where the Questar gas guys were digging to fix a pipe. We are going to call them and see what they can help us with. We figure they just accidentally broke it. I'm really hoping we don't have to replace the bran new carpet. It still smells a little in their room. Maybe we can get the smell out with a good carpet cleaning. Wish us luck.

Scrapbooking again!

I haven't scrapbooked for myself in so long. I have two exchange groups that I participate in, and I make layouts for those groups. But I haven't put photos or finished any layouts for myself in a really really long time. I have a scrapbook room that I've been organizing the last few weeks, a little at a time. When I made a huge pile of unfinished layouts I decided I needed to put some
together. So I did, the last few days I've been rewarding myself for doing chores. If I get my jobs done then I can sit down and put some layouts together. It feels so good to be creative. Here is the layout I made for my exchange. It needs more embellishments and maybe a title. But It will due. Hopefully I can print out some photos today and post some done layouts soon. Happy Crafting everyone!!!