Project Redecorate/My birthday

Rob decided he wanted to try those new stick-on backsplash tiles as a birthday gift to me 🙌🙌🙌 

We started at 10:00 p.m. for some reason(?) and just about finished it up by 6:30 a.m. (We were excited.)


I love it!


And then Rob sent me texts of country song lyrics on my birthday. Here are some...


He's so cute.

I feel like it's been my birthday for a couple months now, because Rob decided it was time for a new dining set and couches. Our old ones were beat up, broken, and carved by the boys (which had it's own special charm, haha). Plus we've had two new move-ins that led to switching about 14 rooms around. 

I'm documenting all the changes so future posterity can re-create our home, like Brigham Young's Lion House, haha


Really, it brings back so many memories when I see our home at different stages of our lives.

We got a few new lamps, here...


here... (and added our parents' wedding pics 💗)


and here in the library...




Rob printed a pic of my granddad and his twin holding a trophy for "Best Looking Twins"


...and he printed a sketch of the Nauvoo temple for the dining room




The Zone sectional got different pillows



And Mia moved back in to one of the basement bedrooms... 

and "redecorated," haha

Then Getty's friend Danny moved in for a couple months and then Uncle Scotty moved in for another couple of months, so we moved Mia upstairs to her old bedroom, the "Poppies," which used to look like this... 




... and now looks like Cam's old room, because she wanted his big bed. 




I figure we'll eventually use the room as our grandkids' sleepover bedroom (assuming Mia moves out at some point ;)

Since Cam's old bedroom was moved into Mia's old room, 




... Cam moved into Getty's old room, so we moved MK's old "Ocean" room into his new bedroom...

... and Rob printed these surfboards

Cam's old bedroom turned into Mia's "Poppies" room

And Cy finally got his room back to himself 




The basement spa was moved to the main floor to make room for Getty's "Boardroom" in the basement next to Danny and then Scotty. From this...


To this...

While we were turning the house upside down and inside-out, I went ahead and pared down the laundry room kids' pictures from years ago and filed some.


And found this by Getty at age 4...


This was Elle's drawing at age 4... 😂


And then I straightened up my main storage room just for extra fun 😂 


Manic anyone?

Cam's a teenager!

Do you see what I'm saying?? 😍

He got kidnapped the midnight of his birthday

First debit card and lanyard wallet (he's only lost it and needed a replacement card 3 times so far 😊)

Getty thinks it's his birthday...

The stilts were fun (for about 3 days, ha)

haha, look how tricky!👇

Cam's got a bunch of girl friends, so he decided to have a slumber party with a girls' tent and a boys' tent.

They played Fugitive and had "story time" with a "no scary stories" policy due to the dark forest behind our house (😂)

Lagoon was a summer priority for Cam (and for Mahdi, so we brought him along).

And Mahdi's hair is clearly a priority. Cousin Ryan came too 👍

"Dad, can we go for a drive? Not a destination drive, just a journey...."

But Dad convinced him that a pit stop at the top of the mountain for some wings was part of their journey 😋

Summer also meant Student Council camp at Dixie State 

...and the dreaded week long scout campout with 5-hour hikes in and out of camp, each scout carrying a 40-lb pack.

The troop actually had llama's along to carry some of the extra lload😊 Rob hiked up a couple days later with another dad and told me that hike was the hardest thing he's ever done physically. Ever!!

But WOW

In August, Rob and I biked to see Cam in the Alpine Parade with Student Council

A birthday breakfast


Can't remember the last time I caught him napping

Ha!

Flashbacks

 

Sweet Cam, you're just so easy to love 💖