Ellie's Birthday back in February

Ellie's #10 birthday was back in February and I am now just uploading the pictures. Can't believe that she is 10! She's is such a talented and sweet girl and I appreciate her so much. Ellie is a big help and loves to do the dishes with me. I love her!!

Funny boy

Yesterday Slater was such a picky eater and really didn't want to eat much. I had made these really good muffins and made him sit down and encouraged him to eat it. Mostly he just crumbled it up and shoved it out of his way. I said to him, "You need to eat your muffin!". Slater looked at me and said, "I don't want to eat a 'ruffin'!". I started to laugh so hard because those of you who don't know, my sister Megan's husband is named Ruffin. Yes, a very unique name and when Slater didn't want to eat 'ruffin' I died!! I called Megan up and she had a good laugh about it too. Truly, kids say the darndest things! When Slater gets older I will have to remind him that he didn't want to eat a 'ruffin'! Have a happy day everyone!

A neat week!

I just have to say that this is a cool week. Tomorrow is Slater's 4th birthday, Friday is our #11 anniversary and Sunday is Easter! I can't believe that my little guy is 4 tomorrow. He is such an amazing person and I am thankful to be his mom. He loves to snuggle and loves to hold my hand. I love you Slater!

Yes, my anniversary is on Friday and it really is amazing how time flies! I was in Utah this last weekend and took a minute to drive up to the Bountiful Temple where we were married and got to think about that special day. Probably one of the best days of my life, the other best days where when I had my babies. I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!! He is an incredible man and I am grateful to have him in my life. He is so good to me and he loves our kids! Dave, thank you for everything! You are wonderful!

Family Pictures

Here are a few family pictures that were taken back in October. They were taken at my parents house and my sister took the pictures. I think she did a great job and would you look at how cute my kids are? They for sure take after their dad!

Big news!

We would just like to report that our family will be growing by 2 feet this coming early September! Yep, we are excited to welcome baby #4 to our family. We have been trying for over 2 years and it's thrilling to know that we will have another little person in our family. We are very happy and can't wait to meet the baby. Hopefully mommy can feel well and that the pregnancy will go smoothe!

Love these guys!

You gotta love them! These kids crack me up. They seem to always be doing something funny or crazy. They each have such fun personalities and I am so thankful to have them in my life! They are awesome!

You got to try these!

It's been awhile, as usual, but I guess I will finally post a few pictures of those darn cinnamon rolls I made almost 2 weeks ago. They were amazing! I was quite pleased with the results and my #1 child couldn't keep her hands off of them. I guess I could post the recipe in a day or two but if you want to make them go to http://www.pioneerwoman.com/ to find the recipe. The top picture is before baking and the second picture is the warm and gooey pan of cinnamon rolls. I dare you to make them!

Cinnamon rolls anyone?

So, I am attempting to make cinnamon rolls tonight. It has been years since I made them. I found this amazing recipe on www.pioneerwoman.com I love her website and she also has some other really good looking recipes that I plan to try. If you know me well, I love to collect recipes and recipe books! I guess you could call it a hobby. I love trying new things and what's funny is that when I make soups and chowders I never use a recipe! Some like to call me the "queen of cream" because I can make a mean white sauce. I use white sauce for lots of things like: chowders, creamed soups, tuna casserole, fetuccine, homemade mac-n-cheese, etc. As soon as I get the kids to bed, the roll dough should be about ready for me to finish. Maybe I will take a picture of the cinnamon rolls tomorrow and post my creation.

I sure don't know what my deal has been lately but I have been so cranky and crabby! PMS? Who knows! I hope it will pass soon so that I can be a little bit more bearable to be around. My poor kids have to deal with me and I feel sorry for them. They are so good and I need to be a lot more patient. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for all of us. If you so happen to stumble upon my blog..feel free to leave a comment. Until next time...

The last few weeks have been pretty busy and I am fianlly taking some time to share a couple of photos that I have been playing with in my Photoshop Elements. What do you think? I am just trying to figure out the program and it was fun to come up with what I did on these photos. I am SO not a professional but it is really fun to tweak with pictures and see what fun things can be done. Of course, I think my kids are the cutest in the world and they are my favorite things to shoot (with a camera, that is). It's off to bed. I've had too much fun playing and will sign off for now!

2008!

Can't believe that it's already 2008! Where in the world did 2007 go? We had a fun New Year's party at my sister's new house. We usually go to Utah for New Year's but the roads were not that great and I wasn't about to go to Utah with the kids all by myself. Daddy D had to work and I was going to go and I'm glad that the weather got in the way so I didn't have to drive by myself. We sure did miss hanging out with the other family, though. We always have so much fun with them and the food is awesome! Hopefully we will all be able to go at the end of January.

So, today we are cleaning the house like crazy. I finally got Christmas down and my house is looking more put back together every minute. Daddy D is home today and is taking some time to watch some football. The kids are cleaning their room and though it's not a fun job for them they are getting it done. I am proud of them! I will post some more fun holiday pictures on the next post. I need to get them uploaded and then I will share. Have a great day to anyone who might stumble upon this blog! Until next time....