A Few Things We LOVE

Waffles for one, who doesn't love waffles. We finally broke down and got ourselves a nice and big Belgin waffle iron

with strawberries and this YUMMY Vanilla syrup.

1cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup butter

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Heat sugar, buttermilk, butter, and baking soda in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir constantly. Bring to a boil and boil for one minute. Take off heat and add vanilla.

It would of been even better with whip cream on the top.

Another thing we love is putt putt golf...

daddy teaching Elley

mommy and daddy teaching Molly

Molly deciding that picking up the ball and just putting it in the whole, is a whole lot easier

Happy girl Molly

maybe shuffle board would be better?

we let them cheat, just a little!

daddy and his 2 girls

Elley and Daddy LOVE go-carts

waiting in line. First time rider Elley looks a little nervous, but everything is okay, as long as Daddy is around!

FUN, FUN, FUN!

And last, but not least.......we love parades!!!!! If you are a long time reader of this blog you would of already known this. Who wouldn't love a parade that handed out chocolate milk, string cheese, ice cream, and T-shirts. Oh, and lots, and lots of candy.

trying cotton candy for the first time. Elley kind of liked it, but Molly didn't like it at all. Too sticky, wrong texture.

waiting for the parade to start

got my chocolate milk (this one is for you Danielle) :)

Okay, so in this picture are my girls and one random guy who stood in front if me almost the entire time. All I wanted to do was sit in my chair and watch. Did he really not notice that I was a million months pregnant? And, he took a picture of every single thing that went by.....really? What are you going to do with all those pictures? I even had to ask him to move over at one point so I could at least keep an eye on the girls. I really love going to parades, so when people do this, it really makes me mad! Oh well, at least the girls had a good time.

Elley with her new shirt, and Molly with some candy!

****And here's a little update on the whole pregnancy. At my 39th week check up, I was 1 stinkin' cm. Come on body, you've done this before.....lets get a move on! Anyway, today as I type this I have watched my due date come and go. I am feeling really good though, it's a little weird. I really don't think I would mind if I went another week, but....that's not going to be the case. Tomorrow night, I will go down to L&D and have them gel my cervix. Doesn't that sound pleasant? I've never had this done before so I'm a little nervous. I've read about it a little online and have talked to a few friends, but still nervous of the unknown. If the gel doesn't work I will go in on Tuesday at noon for an induction. I'm still a little on the fence about this whole deal. Like I said, I'm feeling great. I wonder how many women call and cancel an induction? Probably not too many. Shes got less than 24 hours to do this on her own and if she wants to continue to be stubborn, we're comin' in after her!!!

Weekend Fun and 39 Weeks

This weekend was lots of fun. We are trying to get all the fun we can in before we welcome a new little addition to our family.

Friday night, some friends and I got a babysitter for our younger kids and took our older kids to Kung Fu Panda 2. It was such a cute movie and I think the kids liked it too. They got a little restless in places but I do think they enjoyed themselves. It's fun to see them get together and have fun. I also love to hear some of the things they talk about.

Carter, Elley, and Hunter right before we went into the movie.

On Saturday Molly, Elley and I decided to head to a local parade and carnival. We also invited our friends that came to the movie with us. All of our husbands were out of town or working so all the moms and kids were crazy and ventured out for the afternoon.

We got there a little early to make sure we got good seats, this parade tends to get a little busy.

Jill, Elley, Hailey, and Carter



All of the kids waiting for the parade to start. My friend Brittney was the most crazy one of them all. She had 3 extra kids this day.......5 kids total!!! She handled it like a pro and we are so glad they came.






Molly waving to the fire truck.

We sat in front of these cones and this is how Molly watch a good part of the parade. I think she might of felt safer behind it.

The first part of this parade is dry and the second half is wet. It's called the Wet and Wild parade. Usually everyone stays for the first half and who ever doesn't want to get wet leaves before the next half starts. We've never stayed for the second half but Elley wanted to get wet and so, being the cool mom that I am, we stayed. I really don't think Elley understood the magnitude of this decision.

Here is Elley being a great and protective big sister. Although, I think this is Elley grabbing Molly's shoulder thinking, "maybe we should rethink this one!"

It could of been much, much worse but I think those with the water took pity on the girls who didn't have any water to fight back with.

We then walked down to the carnival and saw at all there was too see. The girls really wanted cotton candy but after seeing the line they settled for a sno cone.




Also, this Saturday marked 39 weeks pregnant! WOW, I can't believe it......one week to go! I'm actually feeling very good....almost unbelievably good. Maybe it's just the clam before the storm. Don't get me wrong, I'm anxious to meet this little girl of ours, but content waiting until it's her time to come. I was talking to my dad this morning (who's birthday it is.....72 years old, way to go dad) and I was telling him about how I was feeling. He said, "she'll come when she's ready. Maybe Heavenly Father just needs a little more time with her." I love my dad, he really is the best! It's going to be hard not having him around for this one. It's so special to see him hold those babies when they are so little.

I took some pictures to document this day. Taking them myself was the best I could do since no one was around to help. Sorry you have to look at our bath tub behind me.