Isn't what I thought

I had this great idea of putting a little bench in our front hall closet and putting up a shelf and hooks in our front hall for all the kids coats and backpacks that frequently annoy me, especially in the winter. I went to get all the wood I would need and came home and painted it all. I was so proud of myself for getting all that done in one day. So today I started screwing wood into the walls and then things went horribly wrong. The piece of wood I measured for the bench wasn't the right size. It was all my fault! So annoying. Then the shelf and hooks I wanted to put up for the kids stuff didn't work out either. Thinking I was hitting studs I put huge screws in 3 places. Nope, not in the studs. Shelf is wobbly and I am more annoyed. Then I think, okay well while it's up I'll put the hooks into the wood. Well  the top of the hooks hit the top of the shelf, thus making it impossible for anyone to hang anything on it. I scrap the shelf idea and think I'll just put the hooks I bought straight into the wall. I use those plastic things your supposed to use before you put screws in the wall, but they just kept braking and not working. Just then Jay calls me about something from work and I complain about all the problems that are happening with this project and he promptly tells me in the calmest voice ever to "just stop, put everything down and just stop". I'm laughing and am grateful that he's so calm about it, because I was getting very frustrated. I packed everything up and just left the stupid too small bench and shelf that didn't screw into studs and the hooks half in the wall with holes everywhere. I really thought I was more crafty than that. I guess I need to plan things out a little better than I did. I really like to just think about something, do it, and get it all done as quick as possible. Definitely one of my weaknesses is impatience. Well when it's done (meaning when Jay fixes all my mistakes) I'll have to put pictures up. In the mean time here are some ideas I took from for my inspiration.

 Okay so I'm starting in June, is that bad? Oh well I wanted to update everyone on what's been happening. In June we went to the Calgary Zoo and Drumheller with our awesome friends! We took my parents van so we could all travel together and it was a blast. Crazy? Yes, but as the song goes "we don't even have to try, it's always a good time." I think it's Katy Perry or some other girl singer.

 This is Brittney and I, still smiling after 2 days with 7 kids.

Dinosaurs are always cool. They all loved them, and loved to run from room to room. There wasn't really time for us to read about the dinosaurs, just look and move on. That's what happens with kids I guess.

I thought this was a pretty sweet grass stain on my soccer socks. You can see me shin pad outline pretty good. Soccer was fun this year and I met some pretty awesome chicks.

My parents build their new fence this summer and the boys loved to help. They really felt like "big" boys. Cole love using the hammer and Owen loved being "strong".

 One of the last kids lunches together with our friends before they left for Mississippi. I love these kids.

Owen and Cole playing nicely together. Only happens occasionally so I had to document it.

We ended up getting a trampoline from some friends who were moving across Canada. The kids love it and one morning while it was still crisp outside the boys wanted to jump on the trampoline, but they ended up just huddling in their sweaters.

My family had a Korean exchange student that lived with us for quite a few years, but then she ended up going back to Korea. Well she came to visit and we loved it. Here we are at the Fringe.

 We went to Crankpots with Ji-Ang and of course she made this monkey look so cute. She is super talented with artsy stuff.

Just last week I went to Fort Edmonton Park with Kali and her kids. It was a long day and the kids loved it. They were all actually surprisingly happy most of the time. Owen didn't complain that much about walking, which he normally does, so that was nice.

 Oh by the way, we bought the house we've been renting for the past 2 years. And first on the agenda was PAINT.

I was hoping the color would be more grey, but I still love it. And the door is RED!
What a great husband I have, he bought all the paint and had all the supplies ready and told me how to paint. I think I'm pretty OKAY now. Haha.
We started out the Saturday with the kids helping us prep the house, which was really great of them to want to help, but kinda hard. So my amazing mom came and took them away for the day and Jay and I got down to business and painted the whole day long. I told Jay he could call me his young Padawan learner and I would call him Master Yoda. He then explained I could just call him Master. I was fine with that cause he is the Master at painting. He taught me so much about all the painting tricks.

1st Annual Olsen Cousin Carnival was a success. The boy in the middle was an honorary member of the cousins for the day. (just in case some of you were wondering who he was)

Lawn bowling.

Bean bag toss.

The best part for the kids was Amy and Tyler running the Fishing Pond. The prizes were awesome and they loved every second.

The princesses looking dashing as usual.

Owen and Jackson got paired up for three-legged races. They didn't last very long. But really funny to watch.

 Ready to try it out.

 The whole gang minus Sarah and Eric's kids. Boo!

Also it was a going away party for Ji-Ang. The next day she went back to Korea. We love her so much.

Brody grade 2, Jenna grade 3. First day was easy peasy!

Cole and Owen saying good-bye.

Brody found a bag of fishy crackers on his desk and the note with them said "you are O Fish ally a Grade 2er". His teacher was Jenna's teacher last year so he's happy about that.

Jenna excited to be at school again and see her friends. Her class has 34 kids in it. Is that even allowed?

We celebrated buying our house by going out to eat. Our server brought us a surprise dessert after she heard why we were celebrating. Very nice of her and yes I think she got a better tip for that.

Done, caught up and feeling good.