An Interesting Day...

Some kids play "pretend" with Barbies or action figures, some play "pretend" with dolls or stuffed animals... my kids play "pretend" with crayons!

This is Peyton's "castle" complete with all of us who she locked in there because we weren't being very good. Thankfully, she let Daddy save us from inside the castle. Ha!! I'm thinking its time for some new toys :)

While Peyton was playing with the crayons, Laila was busy doing this...

Picking up the crayons she dropped. I should have taken a video of this because she was singing "clean up, clean up..." and it was hilarious! I love her sweetness!!!

And tonight while I was giving Mika a bath, a certain little girl (Peyton) decided to snatch up my camera and take some photos herself.... Here is what I found when I put the pictures from the camera onto the computer:

Food Network! Disregard the state of my mantle, it is a work in progress! A few things got stuck there this week until I find somewhere for them to "belong". And the white patches above the tv.... another project we are trying to finish.... I can't believe I'm posting this picture. 

This would be our couch.... nice angular shot!

Laundry on the coffee table! At least she took the pictures after we picked up all the toys :)

We have some fun planned for the weekend and I'm going to try to be good and take many pictures so I can share with you all! Have a great weekend!!!

What I've Been Up To...

I've had quite a few projects going this week:

I've had some people ask me to make some things for them and I needed them all done by this weekend - done!

I've hung some of the pictures and things in the house that needed to be hung.

I finally made a third bow holder - I've been needing one for a while and I finally got it done. Complete with bows!

I've got birthday invites ready to be mailed.

Birthday plans are still in the works. I need to get on the ball since we will be partying in a little over 2 weeks!

And I've working on some things with my girls - little daily projects and such for them to be involved with! Such fun!!

I decided to dress Little Miss up today in some Hog attire - love it!! I made her the red headband to match the red bows and I'm so loving it!!!

Go Hogs!!!

What's Left? Well I still need to pack for the weekend and clean the house and mail the invites.... nothing too crazy!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!!

Weekend Recap

Saturday my mom and Nanny came to celebrate my mom's birthday! I was so happy to have them. On the agenda for the day : Shopping and eating!! What could be better, you ask?! Well.... Jared decided to join us, so that made it better for me. He rarely attends the shopping days, but we all love it when he does!

So Saturday morning I got the girls all dressed up in some cute, but cool, summer clothes. Nanny had been shopping that week and brought them some new dresses and such. She LOVES to shop for her baby girls and I love it too! She picks out the cutest stuff!!!

Big sisters in their matching sundresses. I let them pick out which dress they wanted to wear and they picked the same one, of course!

M's shirt says "Born to Shop" and that is about right! This girl was perfect all day Saturday!! How big is she? Sitting all by herself in the recliner! 

We shopped and found some things we were all looking for and some things we weren't looking for too! It was such fun! I helped Nanny pick out some clothes for L for her birthday. She is such a blessing and such a good Nanny. I remember when we were growing up, she always had a gift for me on my sister's birthday and one for her on mine. Now she makes sure to do that for my girls. It is so sweet - she doesn't want anyone to feel left out or less special! So all the girls got some gifts!

I never go to Kohl's because where it is located here, I never drive by it. But we got a coupon last week so Nanny and I decided to go there.... um, hello... it is a good thing I never go. We cleaned them out!! Not really, but we found some good gifts and some things for all of us too. Everything was on sale and then we got 15% off that at the register with our coupon.... we did good!

We spent yesterday doing whatever J wanted for Father's Day. We watched movies and had lunch at one of his fave restaurants. I cooked one of his favorite meals for dinner and we watched more movies. It was a nice day, except for the fact that he had to work some.

This morning I took P for her 3 year check-up. Seriously, how can she be that old? She was wonderful! I am so proud of how good she was at the doctor's office. She played "pretend" in the waiting room then was so good for the nurse and the doctor! As a reward, the doc gave her a sucker!

She is such a goofball! I love it!

I hope you all have a great Monday and a great week ahead! We have some projects, a birthday party to plan and a few other things going on and a big weekend to look forward to! I'll try to post as we do our projects and such!

Happy Monday!

The Night I Said "Yes"

Today Kelly is doing Show Us Your Life - Proposal Stories... and I thought I would join in.

Jared and I had been dating for about 7 months when he proposed. We knew we were "the one" for each other, but I didn't have any idea he would be ready to propose so soon. We had planned a date night on October 1, 2005 to go eat at our favorite restaurant. We didn't get to go there often so it was a special date.

The week before that Saturday night he had been acting really weird. At one point, we were hanging out one evening and he had stepped out of the room. His phone started ringing and I picked it up to take it to him and I looked at the caller ID for some reason and it said "Jen's Mom".... what the? And he actually answered it and went outside to talk. I thought it was weird but he made up some story that I actually bought (yes, I'm gullible). Later, I found out that he had called my dad to ask his blessing (he tried to talk to him in person when we were visiting but apparently I never left them alone long enough!) and my mom was returning his call so he could talk to her about it.

So I got ready that Saturday evening for our date. Jared showed up with flowers... which he never did! :) And I still didn't know what was going on. We went to the restaurant and ate our dinner. Then J ordered dessert, another thing we rarely did/do. When dessert came, he gave me a card. This was totally normal because he has always been a card-giver! So I'm reading the card and he had written a lovely poem in it that ended in the words "to make you my wife" and I'm so engrossed in the card that I still didn't get it when I read that. Or maybe I was just too full from dinner AND dessert! And while I was reading, I totally missed him getting on one knee.

He pulled out a ring, said something through his tears and proposed. I was shocked! I picked up the ring then gave it back because I didn't know what to do! HA! Of course, I said yes and the whole restaurant cheered! Then I look over and see his sister there with a video camera - so we actually have video of our engagement! Love it! Apparently the waiter and a few other people were in on it. The boy did some planning!!

It was one of the most exciting moments of my life! We left and called everyone and went to visit his family and then some friends of ours who had also just gotten engaged. I loved every minute of that night. Sadly, the restaurant where he proposed has since closed down. We miss it!

Happy Friday everyone!!!!

Thursday Thoughts...

Today I took my baby girl to the doctor for her 4 month check-up! All is good.... her stats fall right in between the big girls'. She is such a joy and everyone who meets her agrees! She got 4 shots and an oral vaccine today - no fun! She did not appreciate it and let us know! Bless it!



Have you tried these? Can we say "addicted"??!!

A certain little girl will be turning TWO in a couple of weeks... party plans in the works! I hope she feels special on her special day!

I'm totally having withdrawals from the lake. I wake up every day wishing we were heading out on the boat... but that isn't my real life! I can't wait for our next weekend on the lake though!

I'm slowly making progress with some decorating in our home.

I love my girls so much. We have been having so much fun together doing nothing much really. It is just so great to spend each day with them and help them become little ladies!!!

I'm ready for the weekend. But before I get to relax and celebrate my mom's birthday, I have to clean my house tomorrow.

On that note, I will say goodnight.

Girly Things....

I've been busy getting my girls' hair "dressed" for the spring/summer! And while I've been doing that I've had 4 people order some bows. So over the past few days this is what I've accomplished...

That's almost 60 bows and four headbands! Love it!!!!!! And now my girls' hair is lookin good!!! I'm working on getting some good pictures of my babies in their bows...

Yumm...

Looks like someone gets a little hungry between feedings, thank goodness she's able to find a snack!  Toes are tasty!!!!! 

Oh my, I love this baby! I don't remember my other girls doing this and I think it is absolutely hilarious!!!!!

I've been a busy girl doing some fun projects... maybe I'll get some pictures posted soon. 

Happy Wednesday everyone!