Jana Mayne

Fireplace and Bunk Beds

A few weeks ago our fireplace and mantel was finally finished. It only took a month!! However I am very pleased with how it turned out. Jackson and I have spent many hours just sitting in front of the fire and getting toasty warm. I love have a place to hang our stockings for Christmas, but perhaps best of all is having the TV up high and that the kids can’t reach it anymore!! I can’t believe how much it changed the look of my living room!

Yesterday we had a bunk bed delivered to our house. We figured that eventually the boys will have to share a room so why not get them in the habit before it is a necessity. I love the bunk bed that we picked. It is perfect for the boys. Eli slept in his new bed yesterday and I don’t think he ever slept so good in his life. He went right to sleep and didn’t wake up once! That hasn’t happened in quite a while. Jackson meanwhile still needs some time to adjust but we expected that. He lately has been sleeping in our room on the floor. He starts out in his bed but doesn’t last long. We are hoping have a roommate will help him sleep in his room, and I think it will!

Fun Filled Week

This past week has been pretty busy and pretty fun. Last Saturday Paul and I took the boys to Boondocks to get out and do something different. As we were walking in, someone handed us their golf passes saying they didn’t use them and that we could. That was super nice. So we took the kids miniature golfing for free. They loved it! That was definitely a first for them. Jackson especially had fun golfing. We also played some of the games and collected quite a good amount of tickets.

This past week our basement has progressed. We have it all sheetrocked, mudded, and taped, and also all the finish work is done. We also finally got our fireplace/mantel finished!! It only took a month! There is some touch up work left to be done on Mon, but happy day it is pretty much done!

Wednesday I was able to go to the Carrie Underwood concert with some friends. It was awesome. I love her! My friend and I had tickets on the floor only 11 rows back and it was fabulous. I have never had seats up that close before and it was great. She puts on a great show!

Thursday night, I along with millions of others, went and saw Twilight at midnight. My best friend and I had about a group of 20 that went and saw the movie with us. We made a whole evening out of it. We went to Chili’s and ate food, and then joined the insane crowd of people at the movie theater. I loved the movie! It definitely isn’t as good as the book but I think they did the best that they could!

What a fabulous week!!!!

My Cute Kids

So I haven’t blogged in a while because nothing too exciting has been going on here. We have been putting in a fireplace in our living room and have been finishing up our basement. While this has been going on, we had to put our TV has been in our room and the boys and I have been shut up in there too much during the last few weeks. Eli does not like the noise the tools make so we have to be as far away as we can. Which means we are in my bedroom watching TV or reading. We have been going stir crazy. I am so glad that the weather has been pleasant the past week or so. We have been able to get out of the house and run around.

While playing outside one day, my boys thought it would be fun to collect the giant leaves from our neighbor’s tree that has been blowing into our yard. Then they decided that they wanted to give me the leaves as a present. I didn’t want to hurt my kids’ feelings so for a day or so we had a huge leaf bouquet in our house. I love how precious children are.

I voted

Today I voted! I went at 10 this morning and was done in about 15 minutes. That is the perfect time to go. Paul stayed home this morning and went in late to work so that we could both vote without standing in long lines and so that I didn’t have to take the kids. I hope all of you have voted!