And the answer is...

You guessed it, Jonah is the messy one. He would like to say in his defense that the red shorts are Aidan's...so there you have it. I love 'em both to death. Isn't fun how each child comes with his own distinct personality.

What great kids I have

For my birthday my kids made me brownies (while I was attending Johnson JHS openhouse). Hot fudge brownie sundaes are my FAVORITE dessert. When we got home, they were ready to light the candles, all 40! They actually put 40 candles on. I didn't even know we had that many in the house. By the time they were finished lighting them, I had to hurry and blow them out before there was a giant pool of wax on the brownies and then we had to turn on the vent fan, so the smoke detector wouldn't sound off. Here are some great pictures...it looks like a 9 x 13 pan of fire!

My lovely roses from Jeff...

Guess Who

Aidan and Jonah share a room. I walked into their room the other morning and just had to laugh. The state of the room was such a commentary on their personalities. Can you guess who belongs to the messy side and who belongs to the clean side? Let's have a little poll...see how well you know these boys. I'll reveal the answer in a few days...

Taking a lesson from Harry Potter...

And his cupboard under the stairs. Only I think ours is probably way more impressive. One good thing about Jeff having a lot of free time on his hands lately is that we are getting a lot of projects done around the house. We decided to make our coat closet function a little differently. We'd punched through a wall at the back of the closet a few years ago so we could get access to the space under the stairs. We just took it a step further and finished it off. We took the coat rack out because it was a pain to get to the storage space. Aidan always said he wanted it to be his bedroom, but he's little too big for that now, so we made it Anissa's office. She loves it! She's been neither seen nor heard for extended periods of time the last few days.

Cort, this one's for you...

Maybe it's not quite as impressive since he is almost 14, but Aidan was cleaning out his back pack from scout camp tonight (finally!) and saw this piece of tile he found on the beach in Catalina. He saved it because it looks like Nevada. Funny coincidence.

Look Ma, I got a pedicure...

My first one ever! I can't believe I've waited this long. It was great. My Mom bought me a gift certificate for my birthday LAST year and I didn't want to waste it when the weather would be turning cold soon and my toes would be covered. Plus I'm not a big fan of feet, so I was nervous, ya know, low foot esteem. I finally got around to it, since my certificate was about to expire with my birthday in the very near future. Well, here it is...I usually do my own, but I must admit they do look pretty good, especially the cute little hand painted flower! Thanks Mom!