Overdue....

No I am not overdue to have our baby, but I am overdue for a new post!!! I can't find my camera and that is typically the reason I post, cause I have some new photos. Well not today. I just decided that I needed to get my rear in gear and keep up with my blog.

I am almost 31 weeks. Now that is so exciting. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has been. I just can't wait to meet our little guy and see who he looks like. He is such a joy to be pregnant with and I am always feeling him kick and move.

Briggs has been the most defiant child lately, PLEASE tell me this is just a faze..... I don't think I can handle this is whole life!!! We are constantly talking about respect and how we show people respect. I just get so frustrated some days...

Allysen is growing so fast and I can't believe that she is 5 1/2. She wanted me to make her a princess sash yesterday, so I did. Then she wanted to hand embroider words onto her sash too. I will have to post a pic when I find my camera. She did an awesome job!! Wow I can't believe she can already do this kind of stuff...

I love being a mom but feel I have few patience lately. I guess the only thing I can do is pray for patience everyday. Have a fabulous week everyone!!!

Food....

Well as you can tell I have been crafting again lately. I made felt food for my kids and they love it. They play with it all the time. I even made them a grocery bag so they can go shopping. I still have more things I want to make, but for now this is what I've made. Enjoy!!

Eggs with bacon and toast.

Sandwich with a bag of chips and watermelon.

Salad with tomatoes, mushrooms, and olives.

Pizza with olives, and mushrooms.

Bowtie pasta with marinara sauce

Ravioli with marinara sauce.

Briggs is 4

My little boy just turned 4 on Saturday. I can hardly believe how fast they grow. I am so proud of the little man he is becoming and the love he has! I love you Briggsie!!! Here is some pics from his birthday. He is so proud of his new baby that his daddy gave him!!

I made him a Longhorn Cake....in about 30 minutes....

Here he is loving on his baby, her name is Tickle!!

Watch out she's gonna kiss you!!!

Teresa's Wedding...

And a picture of them just coming out of the temple!!!

Teresa and Ryan after they were sealed.

This is of Teresa and all of the Brothers....

This is a pic of Ryan and all the big sisters.....

Milkshakes and Caterpillars!!!

Summer must be here if I feel the need to go get cold drinks all the time. Milkshakes are the thing to get lately too...Can you tell my kids agree!!!!

Well on Saturday we had a long, but lovely day. We had cooking group and that was quick but I had a horrible headache that wouldn't go away. So I told the kids that we would go to the Cheese Factory to get ice cream.....well memorial day weekend and the cheese factory just don't mix very well when you live here. Needless to say we didn't stand in the mile long lines just to get some ice cream that we can eat year round anyway. I took the kids to Lindsey's and we got milkshakes instead. They were just as happy. So I took some pictures of how cute they are drinking their milkshakes.

And of course this is Briggs with his little caterpitllar he found. This kid LOVES bugs!!!

Madsen....

Okay I love, love, love this bike. I want to win one so bad!!! Wouldn't this be so much fun?....okay here is where you can enter the contest.... http://www.madsencycles.com/contest/

Sock Monkey Time....

Well I am so excited to say that I have finished making my diaper bag. I found this adorable fabric at fabric.com and decided that I wanted a diaper bag so look here it is!!!

This is a picture of the changing pad, three burp rags and the taggie blanket that I made.

What Big kids I have now....

Well I am ever amazed yet again by my two beautiful children. I am so proud of the beautiful little people that they are becoming and I can not believe how fast it is happening! On Wednesday they went out to the field and chased all the cows back to the barn for their daddy. I couldn't believe that they mustered up enough courage to do that, but lately they have done all sorts of things that I never imagined they could do. I love that they are finding a love for our beautiful Jersey cows, like their father and I have. What wonderful children we have started to raise!!!

Here are some pictures taken off our back deck as they were waking the cows up and heading them to the barn....

Names.....names.....names......

Anyone have any great original BOY names that they would want to offer up for our use??? We are having the hardest time trying to come up with names. I don't understand. I finally asked my children to help.


Allysen's List

1. Rylen (cute)

2. Bailey (no)

3. Bennet (umm...no)

4. Rainray (what??)

5. Poolepa (and again...what??)

Okay thanks sis but I don't know that we will use any of these...LOL


Briggs' List.

1. Maks ( the womb nickname for our baby)

2. Michol ( my brother's name)

3. Brick ( way to close to his name)

So now you see what I have to work with, so PLEASE lend some help!!!

Great Friends...

Well I just have to say I am grateful to have such great friends...I Mean all of them too. But in particular today I am talking about Jaclyn. At last notice Jaclyn came and picked up some kids for me to go to MOPS today. I was so glad that she did that for me and I wanted to give her a public Thank you, cause it meant so much!! I feel like I have to rely on the world to do anything and sometimes it really bothers me that I just can't get up and go wherever whenever. This morning I just really wanted to get out. 4 months pregnant, continuous rain and 7 small children running around.....does this not sound like a great reason to get out for a while???? Well Thank you so much for taking the time to run clear over to my house and back for me and to drive us all in!! I owe you BIG TIME!!!