Father's Day Questionnaire

I scoured Pinterest for a Father's Day questionnaire and wasn't satisfied, so I made my own and decided to share! Click here to get it. I left the year blank so you can use it more than once. Also, there are two per page, so they are small enough to fold in half and inlcude in a regular greeting card or nice to paste on colored paper if making a homemade card. Hope it helps someone out there!



Our New Little One

Born Monday, July 26, 2010 at 12:28 p.m. She was 7 lbs. 7 oz. and 19.5" long with dark brown hair and blue-gray eyes. She's wonderful!

Who do you think you are?

There's a new show on NBC beginning March 5th that follows several celebrities in researching their family history.  Pretty cool!  Take a look at the link below.

Who do you think you are?

Life is What We Make It

“One’s life … cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free. …

“Therefore, how can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, ‘Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!’ …

“Real faith … is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process.”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Lest Ye Be Wearied and Faint in Your Minds,” Ensign, May 1991, 88, 90.

This quote is definitely a wake up call for me.  It's like, "Buck up!"  This - is - life.  We all have to experience tough times to enjoy the good.  So just deal with the tough times, keep pushing foward, have faith and hope, and endure to the end. 

Find the joy in your life right now.  Because it's there even though it's hard to see sometimes.  We make the mistake that our happiness lies in the future...once we get through these hard times.  Life is what we make it.  So make yours a joyful one!

July 30th

Around July 30th we'll become a family of 5. Yup - we're having another baby! Bugs is hoping for a girl, but we shall see.

Happy Thanskgiving!

Look at these cute kids. These two here are less than two days apart.

The official "kids table."

"Oh, I think I'm going to be sick."

Ha, ha...nice pic!

Grandma and the kids showing off their turkey pictures. What cute cousins!

Look at this guy go! It sounded awesome.

Silly Silly

Happy Birthday, our dear 4-year-old!

She turned 4!!!!
Miss Bugs decided to have a Spider-Man themed party.

Our family joined us...

She received wonderful presents - thank you!

Blew out candles and ate cake and ice cream.

Once all of the other guests left Bugs' best friends, her cousins, stayed for a sleepover. They played with the new toys and dress up - these costumes are actually some of my old dance costumes from back in the day...great, huh!?!?

Bubba decided to join the fun...

New story books...notice the pages are all turned to the happy endings.

I love these girls!

We made a huge bed out of the couch cusions and they watched a movie.

The day after her party...here are the Spider-Man girls.

Happy birthday, dear Bugs. We love you!

Matching PJs

What cuties

Thanks, Nana and Papa!

Halloween 2009

Here are our 2009 Halloween pictures! (Better late than never.)

Wicked Witch of the East

Biker Dude

Halloween Carnival

Notice the big smudge? He touched his face right after they stamped it. :)

Trick-or-treating

Still the Wicked Witch of the East, but the little guy changed to a tourist (see the camera around his neck). :)

Happy Birthday, Baby Boy!

Yesterday our little man turned 2-years-old! Can you believe it? He is so fun. I would post a really current picture, but I have lost the cord to connect the camera to the computer, so this is what I've got!

We love you, bubbalicious and are so grateful you are part of our family!

Scripture Tote

I received a sewing machine for my birthday four months ago. I finally opened it this week. Here is my first little project - a scripture tote for Bug's Book of Mormon. Yeah for me! :)

Click here for the tutorial.

Suprise!

It was two weeks ago on a Wednesday night. I had just come home from a Church meeting to find the kids in bed and hubby watching a bit of TV before bed. He pulls out the camera and tells me he took some pictures of Bugs playing dress up. I look, "Oh, how cute!"

Then I arrow to the next picture... wait, remember my baby 5 days ago?

Here is the next picture I saw...

Do you notice the difference? Yup - Daddy decided to buzz his beautiful locks OFF! So SAD! I couldn't believe it. Hopefully he'll have hair by this birthday! Don't worry, I still love both my boys...hair or no hair! :)

Thompson Camping Trip

Here are some pictures of the kids during our camping trip.

This is how the kids looked the whole time! Dirt everywhere, but they loved it!

We took this picture for you, Grandma, by the Scottish thistle!

BBQ at the Thompsons

July 24, 2009

Grandma was on the news!

Just wanted to share my Grandma's tv-face time! Love you, Grandma!

Click here to see the news clip.

How do I center my blog title?

I can't figure it out in the html...any ideas?

Kids at Adam's Wedding

Here are a few photos from Adam & Kendra's wedding - June 5, 2009. I know I don't have a picture of the bride and groom yet. I was uploading more but ran into some issues. So, here's part 1 for now...enjoy!

ChEeSe!

"Bubba - smile and say cheese!"

Bug's First Dance Recital - May 2009

The Woman Challenge

This May, thousands of women across the country will embark on an eight-week physical activity challenge for better health. They will be part of the Woman Challenge, a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH). Woman Challenge is a part of the OWH year-long Woman Activity Tracker program and its launch will kick off the 10th annual National Women's Health Week
(May 10-16, 2009).
The Woman Challenge encourages women to get at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week.

I signed up, join me! We could make a team.