I hope all you ladies had a nice Mother's Day. We went to Oklahoma for the weekend. My oldest brother Darrell blessed his baby on Sunday. It was great to be there and of course, too short. It would be so wonderful to live within an hour of all of my family!
Here are photos of what we've been up to lately...
Recently I made a double batch of french bread. The yeast must have really liked the air that day. This has NEVER happened to me. I was quite surprised when I walked into the kitchen!
We arrived at Darrell's Friday night. Saturday the kids had a great time together.
For lunch we made our own pizzas. It's been awhile since I've done pizzas this way--it was yummy!
I went shopping that afternoon with all the girls and my mom...minus guess. Yep! Haley. She wanted to stay with dad. They had a Nerf gun fight in the backyard. One stop on the shopping trip that was particularly fun was Bath & Body works. We put on lots of lotion and glitter body spray and lip gloss...so fun!
That night we went to a ward picnic out by some lake somewhere.
Wouldn't this be an awesome place for a family photo?
Sorry Darrell...you took it. I'm postin' it.
It was great to see my parents while we were there!
The awesome mother Stacie and her new baby.
Baby Kylie
My not-so-baby Elden
Saturday my cousin Grant and his family met us at the ward picnic. I think the last time I saw all of them (well, Grand and Sandra) was a camping reunion in Utah many, many years ago. It was before I was married, but I think I was in college. It was fun to visit with them and be with their wonderful family.
Sunday pictures
Doesn't Stacie look amazing! Looking at her you would have NEVER guessed she just had a baby!
We went on a Sunday walk to a near-by lake.
Yep, a bit windy.
On Tuesday Cal's class had a little celebration by going to a park and eating ice cream Sundays. Thanks Tara for watching my kids! I had fun going and Lee even joined us for a little bit! I really should do more at school with the kids. Right now it's cool when mom comes. I am sure that will change!
Someone brought a pinata...that is always fun!
On the way home from school the other day Clark saw a girl he knew and said (I am going to make up names): Hey Jenny, do you know that Matt wants to marry you? I think that's weird that he wants to marry you.
At least we are dealing with boys first and not girls, right?!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
No Rules Pinewood Derby
This is awesome and hilarious. My brother-in-law recently entered a No-Rules Pinewood Derby. He made quite the car that ran on a compressed air propulsion system. Check out their blog for the details: http://mikenlena.blogspot.com/2011/05/no-rules-pinewood-derby.html AND I love that the only rule was: no fire. Here is a video of it that I snagged from their site.
Great job Mike!!!
Happy 4th Birthday Shanna and Haley!
On Monday Shanna and Haley celebrated their 4th birthday. Happy Birthday girls!!! I often was amazed when they were babies that I had TWO babies. Now that they are older they are seeming less and less like twins and are just Shanna and Haley.
This was taken about a week and a 1/2 before they were born. I never measured my waist...wish I would have. My fundal height was 50 inches a couple days before they were born.
Even as newborns they were very easy to tell apart. Shanna weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce, and Haley 7 pounds 6 ounces.
Shanna is sucking on Haley's head...pretty funny.
They were blessed on Mother's Day, 2007
Uncle Sheldon (at BYU-I all you single ladies) and the girls
My sister Lena, Kirsten, Mom, and us
Lee, my Dad and the girls
I love this photo!
Sunday night we made their cakes. My friend Jeni saved me and brought some marshmallows to church for the fondant. We had some design and structural issues with Shanna's princess cake, but in the end it turned out fine. Yet again, Lee and I had a late night with the cakes. But the girls seemed to enjoy them!
The girls had a fun birthday. My friend Leah got them each a princess baby doll, which was fun. THANKS!
