Easter 2010

Thanks to both families and the Easter Bunny Easter was a success again this year. We enjoyed the evening Saturday with the Christensens and the kids LOVED their Easter gifts from Grandma and Grandpa! Sunday morning we woke up to the kids dying to run down stairs and find their hidden easter baskets...a tradition that is not going anywhere because its just too fun to play hot and cold with those two. They were absolutely thrilled with their quaint Easter baskets...which is why the dollar store is perfect for now (that is until they get a little older and start filling jipped:) Sunday afternoon we went over to my parents for a WONDERFUL Easter dinner and an exciting Easter Egg Hunt for all 4 kids. With Easter falling on General Conference weekend we didn't have to worry about the "easter dress and outfits" quite as much but still had to take pictures of the kids the sunday before and after. It's tradition...and everyone knows how I feel about tradition:) Also had to throw in a pic or two of the Easter chicks in Preston. We had a fun weekend staying with Aunt Connie and it gave me lots of time to work on my quilt. Elle just couldn't get enough of these little chicks. My Uncle Ed even told her she could bring one home. Thanks Uncle Ed:)

Projects, Projects, Projects...

Help! I'm addicted!!! Thanks to my amazingly talented mother in law I have become addicted to sewing..and more sewing. I can't stop coming up with new projects to keep my sewing machine busy. Am I good at it? No..but I can do just enough to get the job done:) I made these pillows for Elle's bed (all but the blue one), this skirt for Elle, this quilt top for Elle, and about fifty headbands for...Elle! I can't stop! One of my goals this year was to make a quilt and I'm so excited about it! There is no rhyme or reason to it, but I can't wait to finish it. And I did just finish these picture boards for my mom's birthday which fits under the catergory of a project...just no sewing required. Is anyone else addicted to fabric the way I am? I can't help but buy an 1/8th of yard whenever one jumps out at me! I'm in Love.

Our Leprachaun "Steve"

All growing up my family had two leprachauns named McTavish and Ike. They came every St. Patricks Day and brought us all sorts of treasures: gold rolos, Lucky Charms, Sprite, gum, gold coins etc etc. We loved going on the treasure hunt to find it and then sit and split everything up 6 ways! (You didn't end up with a ton...but that wasn't the point.) Well this year my parents wanted us to keep the tradition alive with our own kids...so they had the kids over for a treasure hunt to find their own leprachaun. They were SO excited when they finally found it..and then with the help of their dad they gave it the name "steve".( Which I'm filing a petition to change because no offense but it's just not the irish name I was picturing for rest of my children's childhood.) St. Patricks day was a success with their green waffles and milk, the treasure hunt to find their pot of gold, and with...Steve!

Happy Birthday Grandma Debbie!

We love having any reason to celebrate Grandma and all she does for us! We had a great meal and Krista and I put together a pretty fun dessert if I do say so...and I do say so:) She is very talented and I needed her helpseeing as mom is usually the one to come up with the creative desserts and it was her special day. The kids had a blast together like they usually do and I even caught that one shot of them all hugging which they totally did on their own...awwww! Happy Birthday Grandma! We LOVE you!!!!

Shopping...

Maybe I just don't know when enough is enough??!!

My Handsome Boys

Little 3 piece suit normally $40.00 but half off at a JC Penny sale...but with my additional free $10.00 off anything coupon...3 piece suit= $9.99!!! Cash just made that sale look really good. I love a great deal.

Scrap Books Completed

For the last 5 years I've been worrying about how to do scrapbooks. When Elle was born I was pretty good to keep up on hers...until she turned one. That's where I stopped and I didn't even start Cash's. The supplies were expensive and I wasn't creative enough. After Cash was born I knew I was falling way too behind so I talked Toby into buying me a digital scrapbook kit. I loved it for awhile and still use it a ton, but after doing 10-15 pages I wanted to print them off and found out it was at least 3 dollars a page to print. Ahhh! I didn't think I'd ever get caught up...until my friend Michelle... I couldn't be more excited about her new scrapbook kits. I am now officially completed with both Elle and Cash's scrapbook! It only took about a week too. She's created these little 4X6 "scrapbooked" cards that you slide into the plastic pages where the pictures coordinate. They are SO cute. There are boy and girl one year kits and 1 to 9 year kits. The cards include all of the holidays and then things like school days, dance, the zoo, disneyland, likes and dislikes, family vacations, blank cards to write things on etc. Her website is littlemacies.blogspot.com. And the best part is the most expensive thing was just printing off the pictures. Its brilliant. And since it's a 12X12 book you can still use those plastic pages to add things like 8X10 pics or special papers etc. I LOVE it. I'm going to start using them for all my family ablums as well. And there are so many options for the book covers too but I chose the chipboard ones so I could design the front of the books to coordinate with their rooms. A HUGE load was lifted off of my shoulders when I finished these last week. I am FREE!!!:) Thanks Michelle!!!