Ragans Bathroom!

K mom i finally got the measurements for the bathroom. I was like okay this will take no time at all, so i did it first off my list, to cross something off real quick... ya not so quick! i got all into it, ya thats right this is to scale, 1in = 1ft! an hour later and nothing else done off my list before Ragan got up!!! Click on it if it needs to be bigger.

(Picture above) So these are the measurements. I drew the picture looking into the closet from Ragans room. Behind wall "A" is the chimney and the spare room. Behind wall "B" is the crawl space. Behind wall "C" is the landing & stairs. "D" is the floor & "E" is the ceiling.

So i thought the sink would fit nice on this wall because it is the shortest, i was wrong. I think its too short and takes up too much room (ya its to scale too!) i would like to fit a vanity/sink in there for storage, i know i hated my pedestal sink. Anyways i am thinking the sink on wall "F" (above picture, same as "A" its Rays door right now but will be a wall!) and the toilet centered on wall "A". If you push it towards wall "B" too much you will be bare bummed scooting back pretty far bent over just feeling for the potty!! Ya sounds funny but, i dont think i would be laughing too hard if i had to do it! Then i measured wall "C" and a pocket door will fit, yes the door and the pocket! The pocket will have to go into the spare room but it doesnt make a difference.

Here are a few standard measurements i was going with for the vanity, toilet, and pocket door. Now its your turn to work you magic and make me love a bathroom set up. I need help with where to put the sink and potty.

Love you cant wait to see you!

So we just went to go see Ramone & Beezus and Ragan loved it! its about a little girl who has her head up in the clouds and very imaginative... and that is usually why she gets in trouble! So there was a part where they were trying to sell their house cause their dad got a new job. Beezus was really upset, so she ran over to her house while there was an open house, and crawled up into the attic and ended up going through the ceiling. Her dad yelled at her and told her it was time to grow up. Beezus went straight to her room and started packing her little going away bag. She told her mom she was running away... for ever. So the mom said your going to need a bigger bag so went and got her a suitcase and her tooth brush and toothpaste then packed her dads wool sweater to keep her warm, it was a little big but she would grow into it eventually! Beezus wasnt getting the reaction she thought would get. So she headed down the street to the bus stop crying along the way not feeling wanted or loved.

Wayne and i are looking at Ragan as her eyes are glued to the show and you can see her little lip fold over, then her eyes started to water, then crying! She has done this to another movie i cant remember which one but it was a while ago! It was so cute to see her so in-touch with her little girly emotions. I just told Wayne o this is just the tip of the ice berg... wait till its her time of the month if she is like this now!! We are in for a real treat with her!

But of course the family followed her and then told her how much they loved her and it was great. But then "sad" music came on with the credits and it was back to "her mommy and daddy didnt love her and she went away..." and then the water works!

So these are pictures of me comforting her telling her how much we love her!!

But i cant help but laugh at how stinking cute she is!

And this is the best, we got a video of her in her... distraught time!

I caught her in the candy cupboard

My little sneak

My lamp arent u proud of me!!

My Little Projects

So this is at the bottom of the stairs, just to the right of the door. I painted the mirror frame and i really like it. I think that little corner is done... minus some paint!

Wayne found these lamps in the crawl space upstairs. They were really ugly and i was just gonna trash them but i painted those too and i really like them. I love the shape of them!

K wayne got me piano (YEAH!) and i am having a hard time finding a place for it! HELP... Ideas?

Just disregard the mess, thats what i do!
This pic is from the landing on the stairs...

This is from the hall by the bathroom...

8.30.2010

Build - A - Bear

This is Calen Bobbins we took Ray to Build - A - Bear and she loved it! She got to stuff it put a heart in it sew it up give her an air bath choose a shirt for her and give her a name! She hasnt put it down or left the house with out it since Saturday!

I dare anyone to try and tell me this is not the most beautiful little girl... named Ragan! She had discovered how to take pictures and thats what this one is. Almost every time i say okay Ray lets take a picture, after we do she says "Okay mom lets take a picture"!
8.29.2010

Finally a hair cut!

Rockin the mullet!

And its begun... he is in the zone and there is no stopping him!
Study time!

8.30.2010

Ragans new Dress & Hair Cut

Her new dress that she refuses to take off! Its only been on the last 4 days!! Shes lucky, its just too darn cute i cant make her take it off, except when she goes to bed. Thats when i scrub like a mad woman trying to get everything out. Put it back in the dryer and we go again tomorrow!

Dont tell Daddy, but this is really what we do all day while hes at school!

Making me "yummy soup with salts and Dr. Peppers"

Getting her hair cut... she looks so cute but i about wanted to die when we got home and got a real good look at her. SHE LOOK LIKE SHES 7! That really isnt okay with me, it all hit me at once, shes not a baby any more, shes not a toddler, she is just a big girl... for real. Shes a KID. She is going to be moving out next week, she doesnt need me!!
8.26.2010

Awh Yes, the Pig Roast... In Ragans Sand Box!

So this is all the guys, brown shirt - Doug 3rd year & wife does hair. Grey shirt - Creed 4th year next door neighbor & Maddie's dad. Black shirt - Travis 3rd year stayed with him while we were looking for the house, just to put some faces to names, thinking it would be a great idea to roast a pig... in our back yard! so they dug up Ragans sand box (that she loves!), no big deal right? She is asking whats going on and they're like o "Were gonna cook a pig!" she looks at me and says "a real one?" i debated telling her the truth but then replied "O no of course not its just a pretend one!" So later Ray and i drove up the drive way, opened the garage and instead of parking, we ran into to a dead... gutted... raw... bloody... pink pig laying in the garage (did you know they have pink hooves, they're the same color as their body, i didnt know that!). I didnt let Ragan see it at first not knowing if i should show it to her. Not knowing if she was going to be a pretty little princess or one of the boys that day! So i told Wayne to do it, she was fine and even touched it... then asked "why does it have bloods all over it" as she is staring at the inside of a gutless pig, it was gross!

This is the guys unburying the pig, there are a few layers!
1st Dirt...

Carpet...

Cardboard... ya thats steam, i guess all those layers worked!

Then the leaves... Wayne & Creed supervising! haha

Mr. Boss-Man (aluminum foil)

A little more wood & voila. All the wives doubted them... they, the boys, said it was only gonna take 2 hours. But it actually did cook in 2 hours!

They're so proud!


Samples all around!

Then off to Creeds...

...

$140 & 70 lbs later, Operation Pig Roast - COMPLETE!

Mommy, Ragan, & Pumba showing our teeth!
8.21.2010

Pre-Hair Cut Hair do!

This is me trying to be creative with Ragans hair that is lifeless, but beautiful all at the same time! Mom i know you used to say this about my hair before i started putting all sorts of colors in... "Every strand of hair is a different color... its like silk"! But really that is Ragans hair!

8.1.2010

White Coat Ceremony

This is where all the dental students got their white coats... officially welcoming them (& us) to the program. Then a run down for all the loved ones to see what we just got our selves into.

This should sum it pretty well...

Its a schedule comparison of their undergrad to their schedules now... well soon to come!
It says:

Undergraduate Schedule:
15-18 hrs/wk, - 1,000 hrs in 4 years

Dental School Schedule:
33-36 hrs/wk - 5,000 hrs in 4 years

DAD WHO?!!

(click on the picture to make it bigger if you dont believe me!)

All 90 students were lined up behind the audience, of about 200 people, and were announced one by one by upper class men. Then walked on stage and shook hands with Dean Glick and then Professor Brown, who then put on their jackets. When Wayne went up after they announced him Ragan and i talked about yelling, clapping really loud for him or doing something really obnoxious, so he knew we were listening! But as they were doing all the other names no one was yelling... or clapping. It was really quiet and more of an intimate thing than say, graduation where people are yelling the whole time! So we decided to change our game plan and i told Ragan to yell i love you daddy when he got up. She did it!!! and everyone in the crowd went AAAAWWWHHH, it was pretty funny, Ragan LOVED the reaction! Everyone knew it was Waynes daughter because him and Levi are the only ones married with kids!

After Wayne got his jacket, after Ray said that, Wayne walked past Dean Glick again to go sit down, he (Dean Glick) thought she said "Go daddy" so he was like "Go daddy" in all seriousness!

Daddy and Sassy McSass

Presenting: Dr. Dobbins and Dr. Taylor (Levi, the only other LDS first year!)

Ya i dont know what Ragan & i are looking at but it must have been interesting!
8.13.2010

Daddy's First Day of School.... Tear? Nope. Freedom!

Waynes first day of school.... Awe doesnt he look so... studious!


Trying to find something to eat (story of his life!!) haha! just kidding Wayne!!


Ragan missin her daddy already!















"DONT GO DADDY! STAY WISS ME!!"

8.5.2010