Friend Fun

Last September my awesome friend Anna watched our kids for three days. So we got to return the favor last week. We had lots of fun with their kids. Bailee and Even had so much fun playing family and all sorts of other games.

Lunchtime Surprise

A few weeks ago Matt came home at lunch to get something he needed. Bailee and Owen were delighted to seed their Dad in the middle of the day. They were in heaven when he went out and jumped on the nearly finished trampoline with them.

Bed Time Stories

Bailee loves to "read" to Owen at bedtime. It is so sweet. I finally got a picture of it. I hope that they always like to spend quite moments together.

A beautiful Mess

The other day I had a debilitating headache, I finally gave in to it and told Bailee that I was going to have to lay down and rest. she could tell that I was not feeling well and offered so sweetly to help do some of the things on my "To Do" list. One of the things she did for me was fold the load of towels. Isn't it a Beautiful Mess? what a sweet little girl I have. Words can not express how much I love her. She is truly a blessing in my life.

Gethsemane

A friend of mine sent this to me. I wanted to give everyone I know an opportunity to see it.

I have a testimony that Jesus Christ suffered and died for each of us. I am so thankful for this gift that he gave to me and each of us so that we could have a way back to our Father in Heaven that loves us all so much. I know that I can repent for my wrong doings and so can everyone. Our Father loves each of us so much that he gave his only begotten Son so that we can repent. I am so thankful for my Savior.

Learning

Bailee is so excited to get to start school, but she has to wait one more year because her birthday falls a mere 8 days after the cut of for kindergarten. So we will start her in Preschool in September, but for now to fill her little eager brain we have been doing worksheets. I started with some simple ones that I found at the Dollar store, but she was going through them so fast that I knew that I had to find something else. My friend told me about one she had seen from Walmart and I picked it up while we were in Arizona this past November. It has been great and yes, it is March and we are still only half way through it! Bailee loved having it in Arizona, she would sit and work on it while her older cousins, Brandon and Noah would do their homework after school.

I Love that Bailee loves learning. She can write most of her letters and is starting to figure out a few words. It is so exciting to watcher the little wheels in her brain turn.

Sugar Addict

Our Owen can smell sugar from a mile away. He loves anything sweet and will sneak it if necessary.

So sweet

I took this picture after Jack's Party. Bailee and Owen insisted on pushing Steph back to her room. So cute.

Jack's Birthday

Matt's sister Stephanie has been in the hospital since January and unfortunately her son Jack's first birthday happened to fall during her stay. Since she was unable to make him the cake and have the party she had planned on she gave me the honor of making his first birthday cake for the party we were to have at the hospital.

Stephanie had planned on a jungle theme, so I went with that and did a monkey cake. I also made cake balls with little Bananas on top.

We had a fun time at Jack's party. Matt and I went to the hospital early so I could do Steph's Hair and make up.

These are the ties that I made for Jack. I got this cute pattern here .