April Fools!

Only in Utah can it be 69 degrees one day and 34 the next! We woke up to snow yesterday and it was freezing! Caiden loved it of course, but poor Jayson has to postpone a camping trip and that doesn't make him very happy. So instead of enjoying nice spring weather like the rest of the country, we got to spend the day inside! Caiden's cousin Brooke came over for a while so that helped move the day along nicely.


I decided to be productive and clean my oven! For all you neat-freaks, please skip this next paragraph as it will disgust you and you will probably throw up! I have not cleaned my oven as long as I have lived in this house (yes people, that is 3 and 1/2 years). I had a self cleaning oven in my house before and I realize now what a nice thing that was.
I read the directions on my oven cleaner carefully, noting that you should not inhale the spray, I prepped my oven and got my gloves on. OK-let's do this! I started to spray as indicated on the bottle and before I was done, I was gasping for air! Very funny-don't inhale the spray-kind of hard not to!
I immediately evacuated the kids from the upstairs, opened the window, the door, and turned on the ceiling fan! I was still coughing and choking! I ran outside and took some deep breaths (remember-it's only 30 degrees out!). How would I finish this task without dying?!
I courageously went back inside with my gloves on and dish rag in hand. Luckily the smell had dissipated some and I got to work. Scrubbing three years of gunk away is not an easy task. My back hurts, my legs hurt, and I think I pulled a muscle in my shoulder! What a freakin joke! No wonder I left this task for three years! I finally got the job done but I have made a decision-the next time I need to clean my oven, I may decide just to buy a new one instead!! Please leave a comment if you too hate to clean your oven!

This is a cute picture I took this morning. Caiden was holding Paxton for me while I went to the bathroom. He is such a good big brother and little helper. I should have taken a picture of what Paxton looked like once I got back-I guess Caiden's arm got tired so he just laid Paxton down on the couch sort of half-on, half-off of his lap. Pretty funny.