Baby Shower Time!!

My friend Lara is having her FOURTH baby!! YAY:) She should be having her little boy here in a couple of weeks and I'm so excited. Lara is so awesome and a great friend - I wanted to do something special for her and this new little bundle of joy she'll be having. I got some friends together and took her out to dinner, we had a special night filled with food, gifts, laughs, and sharing how much we love Lara.

Unfortunetly I only got these few photos - bummer we didn't get one of all of us together.

Here are some more photos from Thanksgiving. The girls played in the snow, we made cookies, cuddled watching movies, and did lots of 'DRAGON' rides! The story behind DRAGON rides: the girls wanted Mike to DRAG them on the blanket across the floor so they would yell DRAGGING ride - but it comes out DRAGON ride. HAHA so it is now infamously known as DRAGON ride :)

Thanksgiving Break

*So much has happened in the last week. Mike, Kirk, and Brian were suppose to go to Lake Powell for a sailboat trip during the week of Thanksgiving - they were excited and prepped for it until we found out there was a winter storm coming across the west that would bring freezing temperatures. So plans got changed and Mike and I were going to go to Preston to do Thanksgiving with my family. I was excited Mike was coming so I wouldn't have to drive alone with three kids - aahh! But on Monday the storm hit and things became icy and yucky, so we went back and forth numerous times on whether to drive across the state or not. We finally decided to stay home and just go again in a couple of weeks when we can take Christmas gifts, see baby London's blessing, and go to SLC with the girls to see the lights.

*Tuesday I went to Lexi's school for her Thanksgiving Feast, it was alot of fun! Then we went to the store and stocked up on some goodies and food. Wednesday we cleaned the house so we could enjoy the rest of our break and veg.
We ended up going to Grandview for Thanksgiving since we were around. Some others didn't risk the roads either. We had a lot of fun with everyone. We were able to be up at the new house - the kitchen was Fabulous!! We had plenty of room to cook, clean, serve, eat, everything...it was great. Lori made her yummy rolls and Shelby sat by her and helped.

*Mike and I LOVE LOVE these caramel apples from Rocky Mountain at the outlet mall, so Mike thought we should try making them ourselves. They were a hit and just as yummy as the stores: we got about 11 apples for their price of 1!!! We dipped them in homemade caramel, then dipped in white chocolate, then sprinkled cinnamon on them.

*We also shot some guns while we were there. Lexi was all excited to do it, but she was soo cold and I think a bit scared, so she backed out. I try a few shots, I sucked...didn't hit any clay discs. I don't do so well at moving objects. The windchill was ridiculous...I can honestly say I've never had my hands be so cold - they were burning :(

*The rest of our break was fun too. We did some Black Friday shopping, ate out, made cookies, watched movies, and watched our BSU team loose (bummer deal). Ashley and I braved Walmart at midnight for Friday - it was Ashley's first time ever doing Black Friday. It was a rush - and I've never seen so many rude people in all my experience's with BF. We managed to get all we'd wanted - but Ashley said never again. I'm gonna have to get her to another store next year :)
Mike was up at 5am for me again - we wanted a recliner, turns out the sale was the day before - bummer deal! We also missed out on a computer we'd wanted.

*We had a good vacation lounging around. Lexi was back at school today, Mike was back to work. Now I need to get back to reality and clean house among other things on my list of to-do's!!! Hope everyone had a good holiday - we're looking forward to ChRisTmAs!!!!

Fun with Dad

I got Lexi this Hello Kitty shirt and she is now in LOVE with Hello Kitty! She came home from school and painted her very own face this way...just from looking off the picture on her shirt! I was real impressed at her skills!!! So I when I went to YW later that night, the family broke out the face paint and did everyone's faces...lots of fun :)

Kamree just turned FOUR this month!!! She was soo excited to have a FAIRY birthday party. She invited four friends and we provided fairty dust, fairy wings, wands, and crowns for all the girls! They all had a really good time and Kamree of course enjoyed the attention of the day :)
My dad came into town for Kam's birthday - so he took us to lunch at Olive Garden, we went swimming at his hotel pool, and we had more cake with candles and more presents! It was a fun weekend. For the following week AFTER the birthday, Kam kept asking for things at the store"can I get this for my birthday?" I had to explain that it was over :(

Kam is growing up so fast, we love her!! Here are some things about Kamree:
*she loves movies
*she still luggs around her soft blanky
*she loves to play with her friends - she talks non-stop about Addie and Liv
*she gets in trouble with scissors...just got caught cutting her hair AGAIN for the 2nd time and cutting the toe off her tights.
*loves her booster seat
*she is a good big sister to Shelby
*loves to go to preschool. She does so much better for her teachers than me
*I love Sundays because all thru sacrament she'll sit on my lap and cuddle
*she rocks at puzzles
*loves to play with her dolls, stuffed animals, and blankets. she will put them to bed and set them up to read book/movies
*her favorite thing is to help cook in the kitchen
*always likes to wear her hair down, I have to really persuade her to pull it up sometimes
*really looks up to her big sister Lexi
*helps her self to food and drinks - this is good and bad :)
*loves loves loves candy - I'm beginning to get worried about her teeth - ahh!

Quilt

I first saw quilt like this about 2 yrs ago when my friend Lani had made one. I immediately fell in love with it. I've been wanting to make one for a while now, but I know how time consuming quilts can be. I finally found the perfect excuse to get one done.

One of my wonderful friends, Lara, is having her fourth baby and it's a BOY!!!! I thought it would be the perfect gift for her. Luckily Lani helped me out with how to get it done. I'll be honest, it was alot more work than I thought it would be. (I'm estimating about 8-9hrs total). But I know what I'm doing now and can speed a few of those areas up :) Also my machine is crappy and unthreads CONSTANTLY - it might also help to have enough thread on hand so I don't have to stop and run to the store for more in the middle of it :) haha

It turned out way cute and I love it!!

Love being a mom

The other night Mike had to work late so the girls and I ate dinner without him. Shelby and I were still sitting at the table while Lexi and Kam were playing in the living room. I had one of those moments were time just froze and I was taking in just how special our children are.

*I love listening to them compromise while playing

*Watching how grown up Lexi talks and how she stands

*Listening to Kam try to get Lexi to do what she wants

*How they love to sit and read books FOREVER

*How innocent they are

*How helpful they are and how hard they try to do what's right

I know how hard this stage in my life is with little children, but I was just taking it all in and wishing they could just stay this age, this way. I don't want them to grow up and change and move out to their own lives. I wish I could just always hold them - how hard it will be when they grow up.

And just then as all this emotion is sweeping over me and the tears start to come - Lexi comes over to the table to drink and spill RED KOOLAID all over the table, her white shirt, and the floor......instantly snapping me out of my dream and back to reality. Ah, they joys of little children :) haha