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.

One Year Down, One More to Go!

Yes, it's true! Elley graduated from her very first year of preschool. She has one more year of preschool and then it's off to Kindergarten.

Here she is on her first day of school, and her last. She sure has grown up this past year, becoming quite the little lady.


Here is a picture at her graduation with all her preschool friends

And finally, the diploma.......

it's official

Elley and her teacher Miss Erin. We sure love her! We are so grateful that we were lucky enough to have Miss Erin. This is her last year of teaching at Elley's preschool. Thank you Miss Erin for all of your time, effort, and love!!!

Can't Get Enough of the Zoo

We have been to the zoo a lot lately. What can I say, we love the zoo. A few weeks ago was Elley's preschool field trip....to the zoo! We never pass up a chance to hang out with friends while hanging out with the animals too.

The weather held out long enough to see a few animals, slide down the slide and enjoy a snack with friends.

We fed the Giraffe again and we made sure to find out his real name. Julius has a really LONG tongue.

We also fed the goats which Molly LOVES.

A few of our zoo friends!

And last but not least, the giraffe slide. Thank goodness we have such a GREAT dad who would do anything for his girls. Good thing he came with us because my wide load wouldn't fit down that slide!

Easter 2011

I love Holidays. I love my kids. I love holidays with my kids!

Easter was no exception to this.

We decorated eggs.


Can you tell Molly was a little excited to see the eggs turn different colors?

We saw the Easter Bunny. Elley had no issues with this creepy little bunny, but as you can tell Molly really didn't want anything to do with her. (in our house the Easter Bunny is a girl.) If you click on the picture you can see that even the slightest touch from Bunny put Molly on edge.




We got Easter baskets. Molly and Elley put their baskets on the front porch before they went to bed. When they woke up they looked for them outside. But, the Easter Bunny had brought them inside and put them by the fire place. They were both pretty excited about the necklaces the Easter Bunny brought.





We hunted for eggs. A good friend of mine invited us to an Easter egg hunt at her in-laws house. We had so much fun and the girls loved finding eggs.







All in all, Easter was a big hit. We were a little sad that Daddy had to work but at least he was able to have Easter dinner with us!!!

A Few Months of Happenings

I've been a little behind when it comes to blogging. Be prepared for more blog posts soon.

A few months ago we made a trip to see my sister and her family. Adam was taking a class close to where she lives, so we decided to make a whole family trip out of it. My sister even watched our kids while we snuck away for the night to attend Adam's class. It was the first time we had both been away from our kids at the same time. I was a little nervous but survived. It was one of those "first" hard things to do, but now that we've done it, I think I'll be leaving them with my sister more often.

Here are some pictures of them attending my sister's dance class. They had so much fun and thought they were such big kids. Briley and I just hung out watching the kids dance away. We got a little board.....so we took pictures of ourselves!

Elley, Briley, Molly, and Bryce getting ready to watch a movie.





One of our countless times playing Ticket to Ride. This was in the morning before showers, so of course, no one would look at me.

They day we left, Bryson's preschool class got to take a trip to the fire station and we got to come along!

In March, we celebrated Mason's birthday. The big 14! Look out girls, Mason is coming to stake dances!!!








A few weeks ago, our good friends Danielle and Denton came up for a visit. As I've said before, we are so sad they moved away but glad we get to visit so often. Denton had a class he was taking here so Danielle and the boys came as well to PLAY!!! We love them and are always sad when they have to go home. Click here to see Danielle's pictures of the fun we had. She got lots of pictures of the swimming we did.

I did get lots of pictures of Denton, who is a good sport, letting the kids do his hair. Which included a whole bottle of water sprayed on his head.

A few weeks ago, the girls had a cute little friend come over named Ashley. They played, and played, and played. I thought this was such a cute picture of the 3 of them.

We also had a chance to celebrate little Sophie turning 3! Molly, Elley and Sophie absolutely LOVE each other! Happy Birthday big girl!

Here is a picture of the girls last week "helping" mommy. They thought it would be a good idea to feed the dogs. Somehow the dog food got knocked over and it was all over the garage. Instead of freaking out, which a big fat pregnant mom might do, I took their picture. Oh well, I still love them!!

We've had some pretty crazy storms lately while the weather has been trying so hard to become spring. I thought these pictures of the clouds were pretty cool.

Okay, that's it for now but Easter and Preschool Zoo trip is coming soon!!!!