Easter

How was every ones Easter? Ours was fantastic! What a wonderful day it was at our house. We started off with an egg hunt just for the boys (with their eggs that they decorated). We did it outside and it was so cute to watch them find their baskets and then their eggs. We went to Church, which was also wonderful. The talks were perfect for the day. After Church we came home and had grandpa, uncle, aunties, and the cousins over for BBQ and Easter egg hunt. It was crazy, but so much fun.

 T finding his basket........we don't have very many good hiding spots with the new house.

 Krash and Ky

 This was in the afternoon. I tell you what, we had 154 eggs for 5 kids. They went crazy running around finding all the eggs.

 Krash was so funny. His little basket got so full that he would drop eggs randomly. Then he would notice them and it was so cute cause his face was like "WOW another egg"

 T with his basket. We had to remind him that he didn't get the ones just dropped on the grass. That he actually had to look for his. And he found plenty.

 The gang......

 Adults "helping"

We color coded every ones eggs. Each kid got a different color so that way nobody got left with nothing and it worked out great. The soccer ones each kids got 3 cause there was something extra special in them. After the day was done I just sat with a smile on my face. I am so glad that God sees fit to bless me in so many ways. Happy Easter!

Bithday Gifts

I am in the Primary Presidency for our Church Ward. I have been at this calling now for 3 years. WOW just typing that makes me sigh. It has been a good 3 years. I have learned lots, made wonderful life long friends and have come to love the kids that I work with........most of the time that is. When I was first called into this calling we talked about what to give the kids for a gift on their birthdays. I love birthdays and feel that we need to sing to them and have some kind of gift that they can have for a long time, all while staying within our budget. The first year I pushed to have something other than a pencil or candy bar and was told "if you can find it for $2 a kids then you can do it." I accepted that challenge and cam up with a picture, matted and framed for each child. It was a huge hit and I have been told by many parents that their child loves it and it is placed in their room somewhere so they can see it all the time. After I came up with that idea the President said "that's it, you are officially in charge of birthday gifts." With that being my job each year the next year I made 5"x5" mirrors that where etched on the top their name and at the bottom was etched "A Child of God." it was finished off with a white ribbon that they could hang up somewhere. Again a huge hit. This year I wanted something even more and after looking and searching for the perfect prices I found exactly what I wanted. A CTR shirt!!!!

The back of each shirt has the scripture theme for the year "CHOOSE you this day whom ye will serve...."

 I found the shirts for $1 each from Walmart.com which came in packages of 5.

 The front of the shirts have the CTR shield on it. As our theme for the entire year is Choose the Right.

 All of it was done with t-shirt transfer that I got from expressionsvinyl.com for $6.50 a sheet and my silhouette that my hubby gave me for Christmas last year. Again we had a budget and I was able to make (after turning and squeezing each shield and scripture) each shirts transfer for $1 each.

There you have it. Super cute right? My son was so happy when he had his birthday cause he got his shirt. We even had one little boy that wore his to Church the Sunday after we gave it to him. And all this was done while staying within the budget of $2 per kid. Hope you like!

Krash

What can I say about this kid? With one brother at school till 3 and the other brother doing preschool we have been having a lot of one on one time. At first it was kind of hard. Not going to lie, it was really hard. It reminded me of when my oldest went to school. Ky would follow me around the house asking me what he could do, or if I would play with him. He just looked so lost without his big brother to be there every moment of every day. I would have to say, this is worse then that. He just follows me around. He looks at me like I am suppose to do a magic show or something. Ky was 3 when T started school. Krash isn't even 2 yet, so this has been a challenge for the both of us. However we have made it through, and now look at our time together as "fun" time. This is the time I get down and play with him. Even if it is just rolling a car back and forth to each other. He is so happy to just hang out with me now. He helps with the laundry, and I mean he really helps. He like helping vacuum (he has a toy vacuum) he like cuddling with me knowing that I am not going to get up in the middle of it just to get his brothers to stop fighting with each other. It is our time and I am going to say it for the world to see. I love every moment of it.

He was so happy to just sit in the window and watch the wind blow stuff around the back yard. He would laugh and point and babble.

He said cheese for me.........love it!

 Yes, laundry and playing is a hard job. It just drains all the energy.

This was his "love bug hat" he enjoyed wearing it and showing me every 5 seconds how he was keeping it on his head. He would say "mamma........I tute" aka "mamma......I cute" Yes, Yes you are super cute.



One of the best things about being a parent (in my opinion) is taking those embarrassing pictures. I remember my mom doing it. I hated it, but now that I am a mom I just love having those pictures that I know one day they are going to say "Ahhhhhh MOM why would you do that?" I like taking sleeping pictures of them. WHY? Cause they are so relaxed, and cute, and they can make some of the best pictures ever. My only problem.............I laugh the entire time I am taking the pictures so I usually wake someone up before I am done. Here are the 3 of them, after spending a day with Uncle Peanut's family. They were sooooo tired.

Awwwwwww.........

They did have a blast that day. I am just glad they got all their energy out.

Ky's Birthday

How does life just pass me by without me even noticing. This past week was my son's 5th birthday. Talk about make me sooooo sad, we registered him for Kindergarten too which just made it even worse. I don't feel old enough to have 2 kids in school, I just don't. With that being said, we have specific birthday when we "go all out." 1st, 5th, 8th, 12th, and 16th birthdays are the big ones for us. I know some do it every year but I just can't do that, so this is what we do. We still have a party for every birthday, but not super big. Well with this one being his 5th birthday we had to make it everything he wanted, and this year he wanted a MARIO PARTY!!! It was so much work, but it was so worth it. We invited 18 kids and 16 of them showed up. I know right? I made Mario and Luigi hats for everyone, we played Mario bingo, pin the mustache on Mario, Bean bag Bowser, Yoshi egg hunt and a brick pinata that they had to jump up and hit. It was amazing, bottom line...........KY had a blast. Here are some of the pics from the big day.

Not Dead

Hello all!!!! I know what you are thinking........"say what? She is alive?" Well yes I am. I know it has been months and months since I last posted. I am very sorry. I really never thought that moving into a new house would be so much work. With moving in November, then Christmas in December, then the new year, preschool stuff, house stuff, painting, church calling, birthdays and more this girl just hasn't been able to keep it all together. However.......I think my life has found it's niche again, things have finally felt like they are back to normal instead of a being uncontrollable. Alright enough of that, what have I been up to. I finally finished painting in the main part of the house (moment of silence please)....................this has taken me forEVER, but we are finally done. Now on to the bedrooms, ha ha ha. I have also hung a few pictures and decor since I finished painting as well. That has been super hard. I don't like making holes in the walls, but even more so when it is a brand new home, and it is MY home and well.........you understand. I have set that all aside though and have hung a few, now I am all in with getting everything else just the way I want it. So we shall see if we can get it done. But in the mean time, here are some pics of what we have so far.

okay here is my stripes. Aren't they beautiful? I seriously feel happy every time I look at that wall. Which is like all the time cause it is a main wall. Ha ha.

This is part of the love wall.......okay not really. This is a quote that my husband was told on the day we got married. We use it all the time with each other and it has become our thing. So I thought it would fit right in with the love wall.

Here is the entire love wall. My sister made us the picture of the Temple with our last name on it. Then my mother-in-law took the 2 pictures on the side right before we got engaged. I love the way it turned out.

Well there you have it, a few pictures of what I have been up to. I have also finished our religious wall and have yet to get the pics done on that one. I hope you are liking how it is coming together. Thanks for stopping by.