Random Happenings

Nothing too exciting has been happening in our household. We are excited for Tawnya and Landon's big news! Christmas is going to be crazy & fun this year with Lucas to entertain and three new ones to cuddle and hold!

Notice the new quilt in the second picture. I love it! Lucas always tells me how soft it is! The one for the crib looks just like it. My amazing Grandma Nicholas bound both of them by hand. I'm slowly getting the room how I want it. I'm working on some toy storage bin thingy's and hope to have them finished today. If so, I'll post some pics of them. I also have the pillows stuffed for Lucas's bed, but my mom has to show me how to stich them together...the proper way!

We had a drs appointment this week. Everything seems to be good. Dr. Glenn was out of town so I saw his PA. It was good thing I could feel the baby moving all around because it took her FOREVER to find the heartbeat. I'm still measuring a little small, but not enough to be concerned. I start my two week appointments now. Remember....Lucas came before I started the weekly appointments! I don't plan on this one coming early...but there is the possibility! This time around we have NO excuses for not being ready, and yet...we still have not got the totes out of basement! Maybe this weekend.

Yesterday I woke up with the biggest knot in my neck. It hurt all day long. I was hoping that it would be gone today, but nope... I can hardly turn my head! I have to figure out a way to fix it, because I can hardly stand the shoot pain...that was random, but it's what's on my mind currently!

Funny things Lucas says or does:
When you ask him what he wants to eat his response is "Pepperoni". He loves the stuff!
If you pretend to be sad he looks at you and says "Mommy(or whoever) sad...Hug Me"

I know there are more, but I just can't remember them right now. I need to write them down more often so that I can remember the funny things he does!

Collect Them All!

Lucas and I have this goal to collect all these cars...actually, it's more my desire to collect them and his desire to play with them!! He got a few of them for Christmas and Easter from Gram & Gramp Nic and ever since then I've been trying to collect all the other ones. I'm happy to report that so far we have 14 of the 25 that are shown here, not to mention a few others that are not listed! Some of these little buggers are hard to find...such as "Chick". I have yet to see him in any store. My hope is that one day these little cars will be worth millions...I'm only thinking about our retirement!! Since I've never really had a desire to collect anything (except paper towels when I was younger), I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I can see why those who collect things are obsessed...I stopped at 3 stores today just to check out the "Cars" section!!

Weekend

28 weeks


Miniature Bull...you can't really tell from the picture, but he's quite little!

Driving the Tractor

Cousins...Xadun, Chaetun & Lucas

This past weekend we were up in Honeyville. It was my cousin Kellen's wedding. After the wedding we went to eat lunch at the yummy Mexican place in Tremonton with some family. There was quite a bit of time betwee the wedding and the reception so Jed & Landon decided to go golfing. My mom, Tawn & I drove into Willard to see Chris, Melissa & Nancy's new house. They had the basement all framed and looks really nice.

On Sunday, Lucas woke up not feeling very good. He had lost his voice and his throat was hurting so we kept him home from church. Jed and I decided to take him for a walk across the street to see the miniature bull. The first 20 feet of the walk were peaceful and then the gnats noticed us and decided to eat us! Lucas wasn't quite sure what was bugging him, but as long as he's outside, he'll put up with anything!

I got a new telephoto lense for my camera so we were trying it out. I really like it since you can zoom in a lot closer without being right next the person. It was the first time Jed had also tried the camera.

My grandma finished binding the quilts for boys' room. She's amazing!! I'll post some pictures of them later...I love how they turned out! :)

Happy 50th Dad!

I wanted to wish my dad a happy birthday. He turns 50 years old today!! He's the best dad ever...and I love him so much. He has always been a great example to his family! He has an incredible memory and has an amazing knowledge of the Gospel and Scriptures. He has always supported me and I appreciate him for that. So...to the very talented Cowboy Poet, Boot Repairman, Leather Craftsman, Fabric Cutter, Scriptorian, Grandpa & Dad...Happy Birthday! We hope you have a wonderful day and we love you!

***These are a few pictures of my dad. I thought it was fun to see the progress of the mustache. Frankly...I can't remember him without it!



My baptism day

Grandpa and Lucas

Projects

Yesterday I had a (little) creative bug hit me. Lucas got this height board for his birthday, but I had never taken the time to paint it and make it all fun. It's just been standing in his closest. Since I now know what I'm decorating his room like, I decided to make it a jungle theme also. I love how it turned out. It matches perfectly in his room. Lucas helped me pick out the already painted animals at Roberts yesterday. I was so happy they had some...I didn't want to paint them!! I had decided that I wanted to outline the numbers so they would stand out...dumb idea! Although I love it now, I didn't realize just how long it was going to take...FOREVER! I was up till about 11:30 last night putting it altogether. Once I started, I couldn't stop until it was all done. Now I need to hang it and then find how tall Lucas was when he was 1 and 2 so I can mark them.
**Side note...Lucas just woke up and is not happy that his animals are glued on to the board! He told me to "get it" so he can play with them. He loved playing with them yesterday! Notice what time I was gluing them on at...need him to be asleep so I could steal them back!

In other Valentine Fam projects...we are starting on our yard. That is a huge project...mostly cause it consists of a million different projects combined! Jed has spent a lot of time raking and I'm happy to report that the front and most of the side yard are now rock free...at least big rocks! I can't believe how many wheelbarrows of rocks Jed has already hauled! He dug out some pretty big ones yesterday. I'm hoping that the first weekend in May we'll start pouring the concrete. We bought some 2x4's the other day so that we can frame where everything it going to go...patio, dog run, and expanded driveway/sidewalk (our drive way is pretty narrow).

I turned in our drawing of the yard to a place that is doing the sprinkler design for FREE and an estimate on parts! It should be done sometime this week. We have to wait until the concrete is done, but at least we'll know how much to plan for. There is a guy in our ward who also does the trenching. We'll definitely be hiring him!!

Slowly, but surely it's coming together. We'll probably plant grass in the fall, although I'm sad that we won't have any for summer. It's cheaper that way!


Lucas loves to help!!

Face he makes every time a rock hits the wheelbarrow!

Jed working hard on the side yard

Not a very good scan of the excellent drawing Jed made of yard.

Curtains/Ruffle

Here are a couple pictures of the curtain/dust ruffle my mom made. Didn't she do a marvelous job! I love them and they add so much to the room. As soon as I get the quilts back, I'll take some more pictures. My next thing is to find some decor to go with the jungle animal theme! I found a giraffe lamp that I really wanted, but it was WAY out of my price range! I'm going to put a saying on the wall in between the crib and the twin bed. If you have any cute animal sayings, please comment!

OCD!?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with our little boy, he's obsessed with having things in rows...blocks, puzzle pieces, shoes, cars, etc. The other day he had lined up all his blocks so that the animals were all facing out. The non-animal blocks (which are pretty much useless in his eyes) were set aside...except for one. Can you see the one that shouldn't be there??? I of course that it was funny and had a take a picture!!

Happy Easter

This year we spent Easter weekend up in Honeyville. My mom came down on Wednesday night and stayed the night and then took Lucas and I back with her on Thursday. We stopped at a couple fabric stores and I finally found some fabric that I like for the Lucas' room. I could never find exactly what I wanted (stripes and circles) so I changed my mind and decided to go with a jungle theme. Since the color of his wall is such bright green, I thought that would make for a cute jungle! I couldn't be happier! Here is a picture of the fabric. While I was home my mom helped me make curtains, crib ruffle, and two quilts...one for the crib and one for Lucas' twin bed. They turned out so cute. I forgot to take a picture of the quilts, but I'll post them as soon as I get them back. My grandma is going to bind them for me.

The jungle print is the back of the quilts, The leaves are the for the curtains and the ruffle and the flannel prints are the top of the quilt.

Mom hard at work...she was incharge of the curtains and ruffle...it's a good thing cause I would have totally cut the fabric wrong! Thanks mom for helping me!

Jed and Tawnya came up on Friday night after work. On Saturday we went to the Honeyville park for an Easter egg hunt. Even after all the practicing my mom had Lucas do before hand, he still could have cared less about the eggs...he just wanted the slide! Jed and Nappy participated in the adult egg throwing contest. They took 2nd place and I was truly proud of their accomplishment!! Besides, they should have been 1st...the first place team couldn't break there egg...I think it was boiled. Bunch of cheaters!! :)

Jed catching the prized egg!

Nappy gently tossing

My favorite 2nd place team!

We colored Easter eggs and my parents house. Again, Lucas was not interested at all. He prefered to run wild on the grass! My dad had bought a new wagon to hook to the riding lawn mower. Talk about the best entertainment ever...for my dad and Lucas! We had a BBQ at Boyd and Ellen's that afternoon. Lucas loved playing with all the little cousins. He was filthy dirty by the end, but he had a blast! Jed was lucky enough to help a neighbor pull a calf...he even got to swing the calf around to clean out it's lungs! He was pretty thrilled and said he learned a lot! Not sure when the knowledge will come in handy again, but at least he has it!!

We went to my parents ward and then had a yummy Easter meal before heading back home.

Hamm & Sally

Love the face!

Better than the carnival!

Xadun running for his life! Notice the cool boots with the shorts. It's what he wanted to wear and who can argue with a 2 year old!!

How cute is Xadun!

Throwing dirt...no wonder he was so dirty!

New Easter duds! (He does clean up rather nicely!)




Nappy & Tawnya


My new favorite picture of Lucas and Nappy!

The coolest Nappy I've ever known...oh wait, she's the only Nappy I've ever known...but, I sure do love her!

And the Winner is...

Not this one!!

that's right...ME! Look at that nearly perfect bracket!! Who would have thought.

Jed and I have this thing that every year during March Madness we fill in the NCAA basketball bracket. The great part about it is that we never watch college ball during the whole season and then we pretty much guess our way through the bracket. We don't even watch the games during March Madness...I just look up the results online! How cheesy is that!! It's pretty pointless, but we have fun doing it and that's all the matters!