HybridizationingsMix-ins, Notions, and Plugins of our Lives

Its been fun boys and girls, but it is time to sell the Wii and ALL the other Wii stuff along with it. I am posting it on Craigslist as a $450 bundle, but if any of our friends or family want it we will do $350. Here is the information.

• Wii (sold ebay auction average: $148)
  • Wii sports
  • stand, cables, sensor bar
  • top hinge is broken
  • Original box
• 4 Wiimotes
  • 4 nunchucks
  • 4 motion plus controllers
  • 4 classic controllers
  • 9 silicone grips
• NYKO portable sensor bar
• Wii Speak microphone (sold ebay auction average: $19)
• Wii carry case
• 2 Konami Dance pads (sold ebay auction average: $65)
  • DDR Hotest Party
  • DDR Hotest Party 2
• Wii Fit (sold ebay auction average: $72)
  • game
  • NYCO energy pack
• Guitar Hero band set (sold ebay auction average: $99)
  • Drums with peddle and 2 sticks
  • 2 guitars
  • 2 microphones (one is Logitech)
  • Guitar Hero – World Tour
  • Guitar Hero – Legends of rock
• NYCO rechargeable battery pack
• Psyclone rechargable battery pack
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Disney Princess Enchanted Journey
• Animal Crossing City Folk
• The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
• Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (with no case)
• Netflix Instant Streaming Disc for Wii

Michael got me a bread maker for Christmas and I only just now got around to using it for the first time today. Boooo.

Bigger boo is that it didn’t turn out exactly right. Still tasted good.

Difficulty rising to the occasion.

We are in Utah for Thomas and Natalie’s first Halloween and loving the weather and all family. I didn’t think it was worth it to dress up the kids in real costumes but couldn’t resist a little bit of flair to celebrate the holiday.

I made Natalie’s tutu. It is a no-sew project, really fun. And I made Thomas’ pumpkin hat. We hope that you all had a safe and fun Halloween.

Our little girl likes to tell us stories already!

Here are some other pictures that I thought you might like.

Thomas in his nest.

Snuggles with Daddy.

Natalie and Thomas holding hands.

The three people I love the most.

Thomas is stylin’ for the Mommy’s group.

“I swear I didn’t do it.”

Posing for the camera.

Sharing our chew toy, Sofie.

Loving her elephant outfit from Denae.

My little sunshine.

Have a great day!

3 months, that’s not too bad for getting birth announcements out right?  I wasn’t going to waste money on a professional photographer because these kids are rarely in sync. Either one is crying or one is sleeping so a picture with them both awake, not screaming, and relatively cooperative is going to be rare. So here it is.

These are the outfits they wore for their first 4th of July. Here are some pictures from that BBQ.

I designed and finished the wolf pack cross stitch. I think I mentioned before that I was working on it. And my parents got me a cross stitch of a salmon while they were in Alaska on a cruise. It was really sweet of them, and I really like the pattern. Here are the pictures.

The next thing on my list is to frame the two Twilight cross stitches and get some good pictures taken. But I’m having a hard time figuring out how to frame them. They are so different so I don’t want to frame them like a group.  Any ideas??? And I’m also looking for some ideas on what to put in the background.

Contemporary. A fun blog that I follow Good Day Sunshine had a post about Sproost.com. I took their quiz and found out I am 44% Rustic Revival, 44% Nantucket Style, and 12% French Eclectic. Here’s what I like:

And Michael is 100% Contemporary. There is no wavering with him. Here is what he likes:

So I like old, and he likes new…How are we going to stay together? Our kids will be so messed up.

I saw this video a couple days ago and I have been cracking up inside whenever I think about it. I know…I have baby on the brains but this is still funny.

I love HGTV for reminding me how fun day dreaming is. Each year when they come out with their Dream Home, I think about what it would be like to live there, the surrounding area, etc. To date, my favorite was the North Carolina house, but the 2010 home could be even greater. For starters each year Michael and I look at the house and determine what room we could change into the theater room, because it isn’t a dream home for Michael unless it has a theater room. Number 2: it has a Casita with its own bathroom. Number 3: there will be a recycling room which in itself isn’t all that glamorous but just that they are thinking about recycling in their grand design, I wouldn’t be surprised if they incorporate more renewable and recylced additions to the house. I’ll stop there because I want to keep some of the mystery. Here is the floor plan.

1. Three-car garage
2. Motor court
3. Casita with bathroom
4. Recycling room
5. Back patio
6. Kitchen and great room
7. Walk-through pantry
8. Dining room
9. Home office with bathroom
10. Entry hall and foyer
11. His-and-hers walk-in master closet 12. Master bathroom
13. Master suite
14. Sunrise room
15. Home theater
16. Laundry room
17. Second bedroom with walk-in closet and adjoining bathroom
18. Third bedroom with walk-in closet and adjoining bathroom

(So you are welcome to dream and drool, but when the time comes, THIS WILL BE MY HOUSE.)