Happy Birthday Mom

Friday was my mom's birthday!! We went out to be with her Friday afternoon after school. We had purchased some balloons the day before (since I had my nephew for a few days) I was trying to plan ahead, but from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon only 3 of the 8 balloons were still a float! So the balloon bouquet we took was minimal, but at least we tried. Sean met us out there after work and we went to Bajio for Dinner. I was going to make a cake, but figured we would go somewhere with dessert so I didn't, but Bajio didn't have desserts so we stopped and bought a big banana split and put a candle in it! I hope that you had a great day mom!

Saturday was a day of projects. Sean had a huge list of things he needed to get done and he did most of them. Way to go honey! The weather has changed to warm, warm, warm! I turned our AC on because our house was 84 degrees and opening the windows wasn't doing anything! I can't believe it's almost May!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Projects

This is for Jen! (she requested some pictures)

I finished painting the nursery, but now all the finishing touches need to go up like the curtains, pictures, chair-rail, nix-nacs, etc. but here is how it turned out. I love the brown color against the blue. It really looks like a boy's room to me.

(it was hard to get a good angle because of all the stuff still in the way. I'll get a better one in a few days. Sean is going to put up the chair-rail on Wed. night when we put all the baseboards back on in the basement. Then Thurs. and Fri the guy is going to do the touch up painting and I will have pictures! I can't wait.

This is just the bedding. It's microfiber and so soft. Not such a stellar picture either, but hey,

Last Tues. I cut my hair off and put highlights in it. This picture is right before bed with no make-up and Rylee is pretending everything is a Binky.

This is an awful picture, but my belly at 27 weeks!

Tayler took this picture for me (and the one with Rylee and I). I thought she did a great job.

Sean worked all day and got his projector hooked up on Saturday. It is SOOO awesome!! We watched Cinderella with Tayler and Rylee. Tay kept saying "I love this movie theater" After they went to bed, Sean and I watched Freedom Writers. I was a good show and so fun to watch with the projector!

The weather is suppose to warm up a little again with scattered showers every now and then. I love spring rains (not snow), so I'm excited to go outside and play. I hope everyone has a great week!

Happy Birthday Alyssa!

Today is my nieces 3rd birthday! I can't believe that she is 3 already. I remember seeing her for the first time in front of their Las Vegas house as I met them there coming home from the hospital (Tayler and I had driven up from Utah). She was so tiny and so Beautiful!! It has been fun to watch her grow up into such a smarty pants! We love you baby!

(This is Emmy the big sister holding little Alyssa and of course Tayler trying to get her hands in their too!)

Today I woke up at 5:30 to go to work, but apparently all of the appt.'s were cancelled and no one told me! I was a bit mad, but what do you do? If I would have known I could have had a lot of other things planned. Anyway, I am getting ready to paint the nursery. Wish me luck.

Last night we went to the Blaze game. We had the executive tickets so we got to sit in the suite and eat dinner, but when we arrived at 7:35 (it started at 7:00) they already had dinner cleaned up. Seriously, the games go until 10:00 and most people don't arrive until after 7:30. I was so angry and really was close to tears when they said dinner was already cleaned up. We ended up leaving and walking to the Gateway to eat. Thanks BriAnna for babysitting for us!

Hope you all have a splendid Saturday!

Oh the cold...

Here comes the cold front...It totally feels like winter. I can't figure this weather out!

Anyway, this weekend we went up to our friends cabin in Liberty (so only 45 minutes up Ogden canyon), but it felt like a different planet. It was so nice with no phones ringing or computers or even TV. We played outside a lot, slept and ate. It was great and the cabin was so nice! We left Friday afternoon and didn't come home until Monday afternoon in time for me to hurry and get to work by 2:00.

Rylee and Bethany-- Rylee carried this doll around 24-7Cutie Tay

All of the kids loved the bike stroller. We will definitely invest in one of these

We roasted marshmallows and hot dogs Sunday night and Rylee found a rusty old barbecue to run right into! She had the hugest goose egg on her head. After a few tears and some Tylenol she was just fine, but man the bruise was huge. Always a catastrophe!

Yesterday I finally picked up a packet to register Tayler for kindergarten and I am having a really hard time with it. I actually cried! We have to go and get some shots this afternoon and then I will turn my packet in. Luckily, they are just starting to do track assignments so we aren't too late. I had no idea when registration was?? (It was clear back in March), but if you don't have another child in school I'm not sure how parents know?- unless they are way more on top of it than me. Oh well, everything will work out fine.

Have a great Wednesday everyone! I best go and control 5 kids now!

New Stuff

My bedding arrived today for the nursery!! I love when things come. I'm so excited! It is exactly what I ordered and I love it. The sheets are a microfiber and so soft! I am going to Lowe's today (hopefully) to get the stuff for the wain's coating and the brown paint. I need a project to do so I am excited. I love finishing rooms in my house.

They finished the hardwood floors yesterday so everything in the basement is still in disarray, but it is getting there. I have heavy stuff set along the edges of hardwood strip so tomorrow I think it will be good to go and I will try and clean it up and take some pictures. It looks really good. We need to get the baseboards put back on and the touch up painting done and then we can put everything in it's place.

Anyway, after the babies room I am painting my loft and hanging up curtains and my master bedroom and bathroom. I just need Sean to tape them off because I really can't get it straight. Pathetic I know, but true!

Tayler and I are doing preschool together since her teacher moved to St. George and it is so much fun! I can't believe how smart she is. I actually cried the other day thinking that she was going to preschool. I was sad and actually don't want her to go, especially with the new baby coming! She is such a great helper, I will miss her and so will Rylee. I know that it will be fine I just can't believe that my baby is growing up.

Okay, so Spring weather is bizarre! It is 70's one day and then 40's and snowing the next. What the heck? I shouldn't have planted my flowers so soon. I hope they can survive these next few days!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Happy Easter Weekend

Happy Easter!!

We had a great weekend!

Friday night the Bishopric was in charge of the Ward Easter Barbecue. Sean did almost everything because the other members of the Bishopric had things they needed to take care of.

Thursday night we went to Sams Club and got all the food. We had a HUGE turn-out (I actually thought we were going to run out of food), but it all worked out and I think everyone got fed!

Afterwards we had an Easter Egg hunt for all the kids. I took Rylee with her group and Sean took Tayler with hers. They both had fun!

Saturday I didn't have to go to work because the Dentist was out of town and it was SOOO nice!

The girls and I slept in until 8:30 and then we got dressed and went and got donuts and choc. milk. Sean had a list of 20 or 30 items he needed to get done that day. He actually finished most of them too.

I played with the girls and pushed them on the swing and then cleaned out the garage. It was a nightmare (with all the stuff from our basement). After a trip to the DI and throwing tons away it looks much better!

Afterwards I made the kids lunch and then put them down for naps and went shopping. It was nice to be all by myself. I bought some shoes and clothes for the girls. When I got home Sean was leaving for a Baptism so I mopped all my floors while the kids were still sleeping and then the girls and I had a fashion show. When Sean got home we went to the park for a while and then went to Applebee's for dinner.

Sunday was a beautiful day. Sean had bishopric meetings but was home before we were awake. When the girls woke up we had an Easter Egg hunt and then played the CD's they got from the Easter Bunny.

We made breakfast and I started my 2 batches of rolls. After we hurried to get ready for Church and made it just in time. I came home during RS to check on my dough and it was ready to be rolled out, so I hurried and rolled out all the rolls and then went back to get my kids.

Sean only had to stay after Church for an hour and then was home again. We made wontons for lunch and I started baking all the rolls. (I think I had 6 cookie sheets full!)

These are some pictures from after Church.

At 6:00 we had a dinner at Sean's sisters house. It was so good. The kids then had another easter egg hunt! I think we have more candy than we did at Halloween!

We hope everyone had a happy Easter too! Loves to ALL!

Spring is in the Air..

My cherry tree is flowering and my tulips and daffodils are blooming! I love this weather!

I feel like spring cleaning, well not really!

Our basement is painted and carpet (minus the stairs) was put in yesterday. The guy ran out of staples to finish so he is coming back, but who knows when? The hardwood floor part is being installed on April 10th and then our paint guy will come finish the touch-up's and we will be done!!!! HOORAY.

We went to John Paris furniture last night looking for some kind of seating that will fit down there. I think we found one thing (a set of 3 theater chairs) we really liked that we will buy, but then the rest is a dilemma. The family room is long and narrow so we are having a hard time finding things to fit and have enough seating, but not have it be too squishy.

I purchased some boy bedding for my nursery today! What do you think? It came with everything except the lamp and mobile (which I will purchase in a while)..The nursery is already the light blue color, so I am going to put up a chair rail (or something cool) and paint the bottom that dark chocolate color and then have tan accents. I found a really pretty brown paint at Restoration Hardware that is suppose to be beautiful with the blue color so we'll see how it turns out?? I can't wait to get started now that I can move all the toys down to the basement and some back into the girls room!

I had another Dr.'s appt. yesterday and everything looks good. I finally broke out the maternity clothes too. Blah! At the ultrasound it is always comforting to see that the baby has 2 arms and legs, both hands and fingers and toes, and that everything is developing normally. That is the best part of it I think. He is a little mover. If I lay on my side he will kick me until I change positions and then stop.

Sean and Tayler have chosen the name Fennis (of course, as a joke) but Tayler keeps telling everyone that is the name so then people don't know what to say? (probably wondering if we are serious or seriously have lost our minds).

Last Thursday we spent the day in Provo at a funeral for Sean's cousin. She was climbing Y mountain and fell. She was 20 years old and such a beautiful girl. It was sad, but so comforting to know about "The Plan." She has a very strong family too!

Afterwards, we finally got everything done for our car. We got a Saab 9-5 and it is fun! I will take pictures of the basement and our car and post them soon.

Conference weekend was great (except for Sunday when I again had the stomach flu for the 50th time!) Friday night my little sister, Julie, stayed overnight and then we went out to my Mom's on Saturday when I got home from work. We got to see Katie (my brother Jared's wife) and Tayler was so excited! We hung out, watched conference (kind of :) and played games and Katie was great and played with my kids the whole day. For dinner we went up to Leatherby's. It was a fun, fun day! I hope you made it home safely Jared, Katie and Julie! It was great to see you guys (Jar, one of these days I'll see you!)

Have a happy week everyone!