The Cramer Family

Tammy the other day asked me what was going on with the site. I wasn’t quite sure what she was talking about, but she mentioned that the site was looking pretty plain. I had just switched to the k2 theme. While it provides a lot of really cool functions (livesearch, live archives, nice plugin integration) it is pretty plain. That can usually be a plus, but we didn’t have any sort of indication that the site was connected to our family. Well I’m going to try to fix that, by starting with the header. Right now it is a motioned blurred image of our family. I thought that would be appropriate for our boys, what with the running around and all.

So look for changes coming shortly, including a design that is a littl more personal

Things are getting somewhat static here as of late. I blame it on the busy, but who knows how true that is. I would like to do a redesign and throw in some neatness, just to stay up to date on what is going on.

The boys are good, we are good and school starts next week. I’m excited but not. You know how that can be. Especially because I have to take a stat class. Not my best subject.

Even without a tail (Chloe ripped it off) Owen loved to fly his plane

As I left the house today I said goodbye to the boys we went over our usual list of requests for the day.

“Be good, and be nice to mommy!”

I realized we might have a lot more work to do as the boys then continued with the requests

• “And not fight each other?”
• “And not cough on babies?”
• “Not pull the cats tail?”
• “And not punch brother?”
• “And be nice to babies?”
• “And not hit Chloe?”

I’m sure they were still coming up with things as I went out the door. Now to all those people out there who say that you shouldn’t say “No” to your kids because it is too negative. “GET A GRIP”. Kids need to be told no often and regularly. Of course you should do it in love and not be a jerk about it, but one of the jobs that you have as a parent is making sure that your kids know what the bondries are. Society has rules and if you don’t know the rules then you will get in a lot of trouble. Sure there are times that boundries need to be crossed, but the understanding of when that is appropriate and where the boundries are is essential for making good decisions.

I’m proud of my boys and their desire to do what is right. Of course they drive me crazy because it seems that the desire is too often overcome by other temptations (just how loud will this cup crash on the floor?) but I love them and know that they will become great men someday

• “You touch that poop you eat it”
• “Don’t eat that book!”
• “Did you know your bench is dripping?

The boys fascination with dinosaurs continues even after a more scary visit to the dino park up in Ogden.

Tammy is doing such a great job raising these boys. She is continualy looking out for new activities for them to try and then goes out of her way to make it happen.

We now have almost every room free of boxes and are now starting phase 2 of the moving in process. Painting! We are going to have the kitchen a nice red and then look for good colors for the rest of the house. Something in yellow and beige I’ve been told (I just work here) Poor Tammy though, I am not always (ie hardly ever) the best person to work with when it comes to painting. I don’t know what my problem is, but I am not a “Happy when helping” painter.

Also this weekend we cleaned out the garage to the point where we could drive and park both cars in the garage. First time in our married life that we’ve had both vehicles covered.

Very cool keyboard concept that involves having tiny OLED’s in each key that could change depending on what application you are using. Therefore you could have a different set for Photoshop, Word, Eclipse and your favorite game of the moment

Check it out!

There are so many little projects that can be done in this house. So far I’ve

• Put in new kitchen handles
• Hung curtains in the boys room
• Removed shelving
• Moved a tie rack
• Removed more shelving (very big)
• Installed a chandelier over the kitchen table

And I’m sure there’s a bunch more that I haven’t thought of.

Being a real home owner is awesome, but a ton of work!

Way to go Robert!