Quick Trip

This past Tuesday, me and the little boys went up to my mom and dad's for a little visit.

During the couple of days that I was there, I was able to start and finish my apron project for the (cousin) graduating seniors. (Lynsee and Tia...sorry if you read this and you haven't received yours yet, so much for a surprise!) I had been seeing cute aprons all over the place, but didn't want to spend the money. So, I made my own. I love how the turned out. Thanks mom for letting me borrow your sewing machine!


The pictures are a bit fuzzy, but you get the idea. Apparently Nappy's a bit upset that I made her try on the apron!


We were able to visit my grandparents at their new home at Nancy's. Lucas was able to play with his cousins and was a little jealous with all the toys they have!

I took my mom to the airport yesterday so she could fly down to Arizona for some R&R. I'm jealous. Now that schools out, she's a free woman!

Here's a picture of the boys up in Honeyville. Love their dimples!



And the Kodster... I'm a bit late in writing this since he turned 10 months a couple weeks about, but...

• has two teeth...in the middle on the bottom
• Says "ma ma"
• Walks along the furniture
• Puts up with much brotherly abuse

Think it's time for a haircut?!

Scrappin'

These are my first two digital scrapbooking pages...and probably the only two I'll ever do! I'm not much of a scrapbooker, it takes me to long to think up the idea and make it perfect. Although, the digital world is a lot more relaxing since you can add and delete with out the mess. Maybe I'll attempt again later, although I'm not sure what I would do with them since neither of the boys have a scrapbook. The have blog books!

To all you awesome scrapbookers (Denise): I admire your dedication to such a hobby. These aren't perfect and I'm sure are lacking in a lot of areas, don't judge to harshly!

Happy Birthday Nap

I don't know what I can say that could top what Tawn has already expressed, but Happy Birthday and we love (and miss) you lots! Hope you are having one awesome day.

Happy Birthday Video...Take 1

Happy Birthday Video...Take 2

Happy Birthday Video...Take 3

Meet Link

Originally named "Good Morning Balitmore". Yes, my child loves "Hairspray". We listen to the soundtrack a lot!





And what would a Lucas post be with out a Lucas funny...

The other day while limping down the stairs and favoring his ankle... "Mom, I hurt my uncle".

Poopin' in the Pot-tay!

Let's see...where have I been for the past week?


Ah yes, I remember. I've been a bit preoccupied with the much awaited, but ever so dreaded

POTTY TRAINING.

Holy Toledo this is not an easy process. For the past month I had tried enticing little Lucas by hanging new/clean underwear around his room...he could have cared less! But it was time so we started last week with a full day of commando. So far he's done really well with #2, but still struggles with #1. We go through many wet underwear a day. This little boy can potty more times in 15 minutes than I ever thought imaginable. I'm hoping that in the near future it will finally click and he'll be able to realize when he needs to go. The good part in all of this...I'm no longer changing a hundred (more or less) diapers a day. My diaper duty has been decreased by at least 75%.

Let me introduce you to two jars... the pee jar and the poop jar.



Jed told me I should name them something more appropriate like the reward jars. I think it's a bit too late when Lucas requests a "poop treat"! The rule was that if he went pee WITHOUT me reminding him, he could have a small treat. If he went poop and/or stayed dry all day, he could have a big treat. The morning after purchasing the sugary treats Lucas awoke wanting his Air Head Sucker. And because I'm mean, I insisted that he must first poop on the toilet before having one. Pretty soon I heard "Mom, come look". He must have pushed with all his might because there was nothing more than one single rabbit dropping in there. At that rate my child would be one wired little boy with lots of cavities! I've had to do some revamping on the previous rules, but lets face it, the treats were really for Jed and I and Lucas was an easy one to blame it on!

With potty training always comes stories. Well, let me tell you a story that I find extremely funny (and one Jed will laugh about later).

Scene: nice relaxing Sunday evening, parents lounging around on the couches, one child running around in nothing more than his awesome surf board underwear, and the other one eating every possible thing he can find off the floor.

Act I: Dad gets off the couch to use the restroom. Upon leaving the bathroom he wipes his washed hands all over the soon to be potty trained. He tells him that he peed on his hands. The mother immediately responds with"what in the world, you don't tell your potty training son that you peed on your hands".

Intermission - 15 minutes or so.

Act II: Naked little boy comes running out of the bathroom and starts wiping his hands all over dad. Mom starts laughing (silently because we don't want the little boy to think it's funny, but it is!) so hard she has tears running down her cheeks and is now hiding her face in the pillow. Dad tries to explain what he had done, but can't seem to keep a straight face. Dad totally got what was coming to him!

The end

Happy Mother's Day

We just wanted to wish our moms, grandmas, sisters and any other woman who reads this, a very special Mother's Day! We are blessed to have such wonderful women in our life. They are each examples of patience, kindness, and most important, selfless love. By just watching them, they continue to teach me how to be a good mom. We love you all so much!

Don't I have amazingly beautiful women in my life?!

Babe in Blue

Nathan & Mariann had their little boy yesterday. They named him Talon. Is he not the cutest little thing!



He weighed in at 7lbs 10ozs at 3:15 pm.. There's something about those 3 0'clocks...Lucas 3:58am, Kody 3:23am, Abby 3:19pm (i think).

We went up to see him today and fell instantly in love. Lucas and Kody are excited to have a boy cousin! We're so glad he arrived here safe and that mom is doing good too. Here's some pics of our time at the hospital.

Design Time

I love to design... I've done family baby announcements and shower invitations, but never a wedding announcement (except Tawn's which didn't require a lot of measuring and folding, but was still super cute!) So...here is my first wedding announcement. I think it turned out fabulous. It was my first time working with an actual printing press; I learned a lot and they all thought is was darling too!

green...the new pink

(so I've never really understood those sayings before, but wanted to use it nonetheless!)

We're not your hard core, must buy my child a save the world onesie, but we did do our part this past weekend. We turned in 11 whopping pounds of pop cans and Lucas & Kody earned a whole $7.15 (Lucas $5.15, Kody $2). That's right, we're part-time recyclers... saving the world one pop can at a time! We've been accumulating them for the past six months or so. Was it worth it? Hmmm...that's a toughy. Jed and Lucas stood in line for an hour just waiting for their chance to have those (mostly DP) cans run up the conveyor belt and dumped. Kody and I joined them after waiting patiently in the hot car for the first 45 minutes thinking for sure that they were almost done!

Lucas was absolutely thrilled with his new found wealth. He bought himself a package of airheads, treated his mom and dad to a Cherry Limeade from Sonic (ssssshhhhh...don't tell, besides, it was happy hour), put some in an envelope for tithing, and deposited the rest in the piggy bank.


I saw a little tidbit from The Martha were she planted some herbs and thought it looked fun. Of course I can't do anything alone, I have to drag Tawn into every project! I hardly ever use herbs, but Tawn is a faithful herb user so she guided me on what to plant. Will I use them? We shall see, I kind of just like to look at it it! Just so you know (because apparently I'm a little slow) Coriander and Cilantro are the same thing (according to the nursery lady)! Who knew!! We also planted Basil, Parsley, Thyme and Chives (garlic chives to be exact).









And just for the record...my second son hates (and hate is a strong word, but it's the truth) to be outside unless elevated so far above the ground that he doesn't know the grass and dirt exist. He cries and cries and cries and just when you think he can't cry another tear, he does! No blanket in the world can solve this problem cause if the blankets on the ground, he hates it too!

Overworked and Underpaid

** I realized that those who don't have a wide screen monitor couldn't quite see the whole picture (click on it to see bigger). Jed also pointed out that if you look at it in reverse or order it's also a demonstration on evolution!

Thought this was hilarious!

We spent Monday evening planting our grass seed. Yippy Skippy! I can hardly stand the wait...I check every morning to see if we have any seedlings. I know it's only been 4 days, but still... We bought the seed from a sod farm and they told us everything we need to do to have grass. We'll see if it works, but I'm to the point that ANYTHING green is fantastic (weeds included).

Last week we had the curbing done. It turned out exactly how I wanted it. I think I drove the curbing guy crazy when I asked him go back to Provo to get the brown color. What can I say, I changed my mind during the night and he showed up at 7:30 am. Can't wait for some non-windy days when I can finally plant some plants. I layed down the black weed block so that we wouldn't spread seed in the flowerbeds. That lasted about a day before the wind messed it all up. It's kind of ugly in the pictures, sorry. It's also got some nice water/dirt spots on it (we didn't polka a dot it on purpose) from the sprinklers.








And just a couple funny things Lucas has said recently...

I over heard him tell Jed while we were out in the yard, "Dad, you make me nervous".

I was trying to get ready to take the boys over to Tawn's yesterday and he was acting naughty so I told him "I can't take naughty boy's to Aunt Tawnya's house". He responds "Mom, don't be a girl!" Excuse me!