I haven't posted for away, because honestly my life is pretty boring and I don't have much to tell. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Boring with children usually means everyone is healthy and doing well. So here is a normal day for us. Wake up at 6:00 and make breakfast. Connor is out the door by 6:50. Katie and Chase get up around 7:15-7:30. Chase leaves for school at 8:20 and Kate at 8:35. Then I take Kenna and go to the gym for an hour. After we get home and shower, I usually try to run any errands before Katie gets home at 12:00 or I try to do something with Kenna. When Kate gets home, we have lunch and read stories. In the afternoon (all the time, it feels like) I try to do cleaning and yard work or whatever comes up. I try to be home and not busy when the boys come home, because that is the best time to talk to them. One of the few times they will talk. Con is home at 2:30 and Chase at 3:30. Then I finish any tasks and cook dinner. We do homework after dinner. I read to the kids, have scriptures and try to get them in bed by eight-thirty. There you have it, a most exciting day in the Wallace household. It seems like I am always busy, but never get anything done. I don't know how moms that work do it. When there is free time, I like to read, sew, work in my yard, and do projects, right now I'm trying to get all the wallpaper off so I can repaint Katelyn's room,

So, I want to get in on this before and after bit. What to do a before and after of? I haven't done any decorating for a long time. I have some pictures like Miste's, but the early ones and "before" my digital camera and that just seemed like to much work. I could do a before and after of Katie's hair because talking her into letting me do something with it is a big production. Or a before I clean and after but by the time I got it posted it would be back to the before. I finally decided on this.

Before

After

I still have a hard time getting these pictures just where I want them. I have been a peach slave this week. After many batches of peaches and jam I am finally done. We went to Brigham's Peach days and bought them. Do you know every little town in and around Cache Valley has their own little celebration. Maybe it's like that everywhere, but I think it's funny. There's Smithfield Health Days, Richmond Black and White Days, Paradise Trout and Berry Days. You can go to a parade just about every weekend. Here's one last picture. My neighbor made a cute purse and brought me the leftover fabric. I made this.

The skirt silly. I do take some credit for Kennadee to. You can't see it as well as I hoped. I'll have to do another picture later. And yes, I know, the bunny keeps showing up. You know the best thing about it, it doesn't make noise. Also, it is so mellow. Smoky lets the girls haul her all over the place and hasn't yet scratched or bit them.

A Bunny!!!

Tomorrow is Katelyn's birthday. All she has wanted since going to the county fair is a rabbit.

We have done some research, talked to a lot of people, (and the kids and Mike have laid some pressure on Mom,) and finally made the decision to go ahead and get her one. We went tonight to this guy's farm. He had two hundred rabbits. (It was gross. Bunny poopy everywhere) But he was nice and answered all our questions and showed us many different kinds of rabbits. We ended up with this cute gray Mini-Lop. By the way, the mini is so deceiving, it just means it will only get to about 6lbs instead of 8lbs, still a pretty big rabbit. Anyway, there were a couple of other kinds that would be docile, but he didn't have any babies of those. Katie is so excited. I have to admit, he/she?? is pretty cute. She named it Smoky. The best thing about it, is it lives outside so the smell does to. Wish us luck.