draper family

End table project

2009-06-24T14:39:00.000-07:00

My room mates recently moved out and so ive been trying to replace some of the furniture that they took when they left. I found two end tables out in the storage shed that a previous renter left behind as trash. They were ugly wood with gold trim but I saw something more. They were functionable and could be saved. so...I cleaned all the cob webs off, gave them a quick sand and wipe down and went to work with a can of trusty black spray paint. here are the before and after shots.... not a bad deal. 2 free end tables and 3 cans of paint=$3! A total room transformation for 3 bucks! Cant beat that!

Tanner and Betsy tie the knot!

2009-06-23T13:59:00.000-07:00

By brother Tanner finally got married on June 5th! Welcome to the family Betsy!

Christy's wedding

2009-06-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

I attended my friend Chrisy's wedding May 30th in Gilroy Calofornia. It was so beautiful! I had a great time.

new pics of the boys!!!

2009-06-23T13:49:00.000-07:00

My friend Brianna took the CUTEST pictures of my boys yesterday! She is AMAZING! I cant wait to get them printed!!!

pinkberry!!!!

2009-05-15T07:55:00.000-07:00

While in Santa Barbara we stopped at the local pinkberry to see what all the hype was about. Its SOOOO delicious AND nutritious! Its pretty much just frozen yogurt with your choice of fresh fruit and toppings! When I returned home from my California trip I was craving it and was sad cuz we dont have pinkberry in utah...UNTIL I learned that utah has its own version of pinkberry called "red mango"! Its every bit as delicious! Stop and get yourself some pinkberry or red mango today! Maybe ill see you there!

girls next door

2009-05-15T07:48:00.000-07:00

Has anyone seen the girls next door? Ya know...the show about Hugh Heffner and his girlfriends? Well, in one episode they take a road trip and stay at this Inn over night. Its called The Madonna Inn. Its SO girly and cute inside. Rheanna and I just HAD to stop in on our way to Santa Barbara. My favorite room was the dining room that was entirely pink!

yum yum

2009-05-15T07:42:00.001-07:00

A WHOLE post just for O'Henry's...cuz they are THAT good. I'd recommend you try a maple filled bar or two. These are pics were taken on my most recent visit to my home town! mmmm

I suck at blogging

2009-05-15T07:21:00.000-07:00

The boys and I eating asphalt pie

Happy Birthday Daxten!

Happy 27th bday to ME!

I cant do ANYTHING fancy with this blog. Im just too dumb. HELP!!!!!! ANYONE! I actually dont want help I just want someone to do it for me. Until I figure it out....here are some pics...I have a lot of catching up to do!

These 2 bottom pictures are of the boys by the jazz car when we went to see the Harlem Globe Trotters....and Dax and Pa at a Jazz game! More to come when I figure out how to post pictures and organize things a little better.

im back

2009-04-09T12:41:00.001-07:00

I recently took a little trip to California for a bachelorette party weekend in Santa Barbara! We had a great time. Here is a pic we took on the way down at a cute little diner. MAny more pics to come....

no titles just info

2008-08-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

I think I might change the name of my blog from aleisha and boys to aleisha n boys AND projects... You see...projects take up a lot of my time and I really do get inspired and excited about them and it might be fun to share.... so im going to start posting pictures of what I've been up to in my creative life as well as my personal life, in addition to whats going on with my kidos!
We have had family in town for the past 2 weeks and its been really fun yet SO SO busy. ill update again soon!

Vacation recap!

2008-07-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

Last week we were in San Diego for a little family vacation. My parents rented two beachside condos that we stayed at for a week! Everyone was there: Chris, myself and the boys of course...Tanner and Betsy, Mom and Dad, Taylor and Destiny, Aubry and Travis and cousin Shalie Ruth....we even met up with Aunt Bette, Uncle Bill, Aunt Colleen, cousins Elijah, Isaiah, and Urial as well as Cousin Doug, Kim and thier kids Nick, Anna, Daniel and Zach. It was a houseful but it was really fun to get to see everyone! Here are the pictures already!

All the cousins swimming at the condo pool in their tubes!!!

The boys and I at Seaworld!!! We had to get a picture with the sesame street gang!

One night we took a trip to seaport village where we did some shopping, saw some boats and Dax even made a few feathered friends.

I've been tagged

2008-04-20T07:34:00.000-07:00

Aubry has tagged me... I think she is challenging me since she knew I probably wouldnt do it. I'm just going to play this little game of tag to prove her wrong! I have a few minutes this sunday morning anyway since im waiting for my rolls to rise.

How To Play This Game of Tag:Post these rules on your blog.Answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog.

List:3 joys3 fears3 goals3 current obsessions/collections3 random/surprising facts-Tag five people at the end of your post by leaving their names.-Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 joys:

1-cooking

2-shopping

3-spending time with my boys

3 fears:

1-that my kids are going to grow up too fast

2-that im going to be thirty before I know it

3-spiders!!!!

3 goals 1-to get a degree and a job so that I dont have to wait tables for the rest of my life. 2-to take more pictures 3- write in my diary/journal more often

3 obsessions

1-shopping...doesnt matter what store or where. My shopping obsessions has to be delt with on a daily basis. sometimes I just feel like I NEEd to buy something. It can be the dollar store. you'd be suprised how many times i have gone in there and come out with 25 dollars of NOTHING in my sack.

2-reality tv shows....are nothing but garbage usually but I enjoy them. This is a guilty pleasure

3-eating food.... I was on a diet recently and only then did I realize how much of my life revolves around food and eating. I think as americans we are pigs and a lot of social activities involve eating, which is really quite sad. This probably explains the 20 extra lbs that I carry around on my hips and stomach.

3 suprising facts:

1-I am very competitive especially when it comes to games. I just dont like to loose. It makes me feel like, well, a looser. who wants to feel like a looser?Many fights with friends have recently been over board games or uno. we have even fought over sorry and scrabble sad. I started to think that I was a sore looser but then I realized it couldnt be me...so I think I must be playing with sore winners.

2-im a perfectionist. You would never know by the amt of piled up dirt laundry or my messy bedroom and disgusting car. Its kindof demented becuase if I cant achieve perfection in something then I will not even try. If I cant be totally organized I would rather not even try. I know it sounds crazy.

3-I think I want to be a nurse but I am terrified of blood and guts. ok im done.....

yay me! I tag.....leslie and rheanna and....shooot I dunno anyone else that reads my blog Oh maybe tracy

just my thoughts

2008-04-03T12:05:00.000-07:00

I really have mixed feelings about telling me kids about things like "the easter bunny", santa clause, the tooth fairy, santa claus etc. I mean are we really expecting them to believe in a GIANT BUNNY who comes into thier house at night to hide eggs and leave candy and treats for them. I personally think its a bit creepy. So did colbyn this year. He freaked out thinking someone was coming into his house and kept saying "no ho ho". He somehow related it to santa coming and was easy about someone coming into the house while he was sleeping. After trying to calm him down with no success I finally took back what I said about "the easter bunny". I told him No Dewy nobody is coming into the house. Ho hos are not coming. Your ok. But how silly did I feel after telling my kids a lie that scared the crap out of them. I dont know how long these traditions of believing in santa will last. My brother had a girlfriend who to this day is still upset with her parents for making her believe in santa only to find out later on in life that he was fictional. she didnt want to be lied to. I dont like to be lied to. We teach out kids about honesty but expect them to believe TALL TALES about deer flying and giant bunnies. silliness if you ask me.

Easter sunday

2008-04-03T11:56:00.000-07:00

The boys had a good easter this year. We colored easter eggs the night before I showed dax how to make a nest out of his clothes on the floor so the easter bunny would have a place to leave his basket.(an old family tradition) I didnt get a picture of this unfortunately but I did get a few shots in during the easter hunt. The boys got fishing poles in their easter basket and lots of little toys. Grandma Thompson put on her easter hunt and made a delicious dinner. All in all it was a fun day.

friends&bithdays

2008-04-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hi its been a while since ive been around. I've been staying busy. hanging out with friends and the boys and having fun. I had a birthday on March 16th!!! I am finally 21! wink wink... I cant believe how old im REALLY getting. I cant believe I am almost thirty! (Its a little less painful to type it out rather than use NUMBERs.) anyway here are some pictures from my birthday and just haning out with friends...

The picture on the left is me with my friends Amy and Ahsley. On the right is me and my friend Chris shopping! He is a shopping fool! That may be my favorite thing about him! He was a good sport that day. I think I was in Anthropology for 45 minutes alone.

I did it!

2008-02-24T17:18:00.000-08:00

I recently kicked a 23 year habit and thought it was noteworthy. As you can see from the picture I stopped biting my fingernails! yay! I have been trying for YEARS. They say it takes 2 weeks to break a habit. It's been just over two weeks! Do you think this means I am in the clear? yay for me! (pats herself on the back, toots her own horn)

Happy 4th Birthday Daxten B!!!

2008-02-24T16:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Dax! Dax turned 4 this year. He actually had two birthday celebrations for him. One before his birthday with Pa (since pa would be out of town on the actual birthday) and then a small celebration on his actual birthday. For his actual birthday we took a trip to the Build A Bear workshop at the mall. Aunt Rheanna sent him a gift card this year which he used for some fun clothes and accessories for the puppy he chose to build. Thanks Aunt Rheanna! Later on that evening we had another birthday cake for him. A CARS cake naturally and party hats to boot! Happy Birthday to my big handsome four year old boy!

just a typical day

2008-02-24T16:48:00.000-08:00

Just a typical day at our house. The boys playing cars while watching cars the movie!

Oh...and dax being a HUGE cheese ball. He is not handicap just silly.

snow day

2008-02-24T16:41:00.001-08:00

This particular morning we woke up to several inches of snow. Grandma was outside snowblowing and the boys were feeling brave so they decided to get bundled up and to venture out into the snow and see what she was up to... They love the snow!

Alive and well

2008-02-24T16:22:00.000-08:00

Its been a busy couple of months so I thought I would upload some photos to show you what we have been up to....

Happy Birthday to Dew

2008-01-22T18:23:00.000-08:00

Dewy (colbyn) turned 2 yesterday! Can you believe it? We spent the morning at chuck-e-cheese playing games and eating pizza. Later in the evening we had cake and ice cream! The cute Elmo cake was courtacy of our friend Markie! Is it cute or what? He loved his "Melmo" cake.

Field Trip

2008-01-14T12:49:00.000-08:00

This weekend the boys and I, uncle tanner and betsy took a trip over to the living planet aquarium. It was filled with all storts of fish and other animals. The boys had a good time looking at all the marine life and exploring. They had an open exhibit where you could pet live sting rays(pictured below). The boys were not too interested in the hands on experience. Dax didnt want to get his hands wet and Dewy was pretty much "D!" (scared) of everything and didnt leave our arms until he found a play area to climb on. It was a fun time~

Merry Christmas 2007

2008-01-14T11:13:00.000-08:00

What a sad christmas tree....this is actually the AFTER picture. I couldnt turn the lights on because the tree was DEAD at this point and I probably would have started the bastment on fire. But you get the idea right? ok-so I was short on christmas photos which is kindof sad since I did get a new camera for christmas. I just have to get used to actually taking it places and USING it.

Pumpkin Carvin'

2008-01-14T10:59:00.000-08:00

This year uncle Tanner grew some giant pumpkins right in the back yard. He needed the assistance of the bike buggy to haul them to the front of the house for carving. The home family joined in on the carving(grama, pa, Betsy, Tanner, mom and the boys)! Here are a few after shots of our pumpkins on Halloween night.

Happy Belated Halloween!!!

2008-01-14T10:45:00.000-08:00

Daxten the Dragon

Colbyn the Stinky Skunk

Ready to go get that candy!!!

mom and the skunk

more pictures to come!!!

Better late than never....

2008-01-14T09:24:00.001-08:00

I know I am kindof slow but today I will be uploading some pictures from christmas, halloween, and whatever else I feel like throwing on here. Better late then never right?

Family Picture 2007

2007-12-17T10:35:00.001-08:00

This is the picture of our family we had taken this year on Thanksgiving. It was one of four shots. This was truely amazing becuase we ususally take hundreds of shots and still dont end up with a picture where everyone is looking at the camera. Its always fun to see how much we all have changed in just a year.

Guess who is blogging?!

2007-12-17T09:03:00.000-08:00

Hi
I decided a blog was a great way for me to keep up with what my family and friends are doing. SO here it goes!