Art At Home

Some of you may not know (but most do), that I have always enjoyed art. In High School I was always in AP Art and even did a little majoring in it in college. One thing that I love to do is make my own artwork for my walls at home. I had a great time with this one! I have a bare wall in over my sofa in my family-room. I decided to do some abstract work. I titled it IVY ON BRICK. Shelby is taking a painting class in school and she was talking about doing abstract painting in class. I guess she inspired me to pull out my paints. The painting below is the most abstract that I have ever painted.

This painting I did when we moved into the house. It is big. It is in my living room over my sofa. I wanted a huge painting and knew the look of what I wanted, but I didn't want to pay $500 in the store (I saw many that size and style for that price in the stores). So I bought this used canvas at the DI for $10 and made my own. I love it, my husband and family loves it, and the reaction when people come to my house and see my initials painted in the corner, has been fun.

*YOU MAY CLICK ON ANY OF THE PICTURES TO ZOOM*

It's About Time!

When we built our house 7 years ago, we did not upgrade on our carpet. Our builder put the cheapest crap carpet they could find. I have been crying about new carpet since the beginning. Today I finally got my wish. All I can say is IT'S ABOUT TIME! We carpeted the whole entire main floor. So we had to do it in stages. First went in the living room, hall, and one bedroom. We spent several days moving furniture into the kitchen and garage.

Then we spent some time ripping up the old stuff.

Down to the bare wood.

We picked a brown patterned Berber, great for high traffic.

It looks great....I am a very happy person today.

Also, just a update with my health. As most of you know...Friday afternoon I went into the ER for sever upper abdominal pain. When I arrived to the ER I was starting to black out from the pain. They quickly pulled me back and my blood pressure was in serious trouble. (60/40). They had to strip me down (because I was out). I was somewhat dehydrated and had a hard time putting a IV line in. They took my blood for testing and tried to get me stabilized. They took an ultra-sound and found that I had gallstones. The doctor admitted me and I had surgery the following morning to remove my gallbladder. The doctor found in surgery that my gallbladder was inflamed, and later blood tests showed infection was now in my blood stream. They wanted to keep a close eye on me, so I needed to stay another night.

Now a lot of people have gallstones and never have pain or never know it. It was a blessing that I had some pain and that I went into see the doctor...it could have been quite bad for me if I didn't go in.

I am home, and recovering quickly. I am tired, but other than that not to bad.

Connor Logan

I took a great picture of Connor...I just posted for the heck of it.

He just got his hair cut yesterday, he always looks so good after a good haircut.

I sure love his brown eyes.

Bedroom Makeover

When we built our house over 7 years ago, red was popular to paint on your walls. I think that fad is done and over. I really hate it now. I decided to do a makeover on my bedroom.

I didn't take a before shot...so I went through some old photos and found this as my before shot.

(pls excuse my dopey husband...literally)

I picked a soft grey for the walls, and black and white pictures and bedding.

I wanted black and white bedding, but I had to compromise

with my husband on this. I still like it, but it was not my first choice. But I think it still works with the look I was going for.

Day Trip to the Children's Museum

Today we went to the Children's Museum with my mom and 2 sisters. This place is perfect for Clover. The entire place is hands on activities.

Cute little construction site, with cranes and large blocks.

They have a little supermarket to buy their food and be the checker.

They have a water table...I found Clover gulping down the water from one of the little cups. I sure hope that it doesn't mean she get diarrhea!

They had stuff to interest big kids like Connor. This is a magnet board with pipes. Connor tries to arrange the pipes on the board so that a small ball can travel through the pipes from top to bottom.

Sledding With Mom

Today I decided to take the kids sledding. We had a pretty healthy storm last night, which replinished our melted snow. Clover has never been sledding before. SHE LOVED IT!!!! She loved the tallest and fastest hills. We were there for about 45 minutes and I had to pull her to the car screaming when we were done.

These snow pants I found in a closet, were Connors when he was 3- when we first moved to Utah. They were a little big for her (she is not wearing 3t's yet) but they worked just fine.

Connor said he had so much fun with Mom sledding. I don't really do it much, because it's such a chore to get all the gear on. It just sounds so much more relaxing sitting in a warm car reading my book. But...not today. Connor made a small snow jump and Clover and I tried it out with the sled. We took a bit of air, and Clover and I both fell on onto our backs laughing. Connor thought that was great.

New Blog- New Post

Ok...for complicated technical reasons, I had to start a new blog. I am so sorry about this. I really am upset about it. So nothing much has really happened with us Coltrin bunch. We didn't do much for the Super Bowl, except invite Uncle Ian over for pizza and root beer.
Mason came home with this root beer that looks just like our molasses bottle.

Connor is off track today. He still is required (by me) to keep his reading up. I love his wonderful cozy reading position.

Well since it is winter and playing outside is not much of an option, I signed Connor up for swim lessons again. It really does break up a long boring day.

At the pool is a baby pool, which Clover is able to splash and swim while her brother is taking lessons.

So if you have my old blog "Our Moments" saved on your blog site or any other bookmark...pls change this to the new blog "Live Laugh Love".