Another Sewing Creation...

Hallie's second sewing project: Pillowcase

I loved the fabric she picked out...it turned out really cute.

Matches her room and everything. Her teacher

embroidered her name in glow in the dark thread

on the pink cuff and that is fun in the dark.

Next up...hot pad!

Best Buddies

These are my two shadows all day, everyday really. Ryker is such a great older brother. He is constantly letting Ledgie know throughout the day that he will teach him to shoot birds, go pee pee in the potty, share his dinosaurs, show him how to shoot his slingshot, let him hold his knife, teach him how to hunt big bucks, and sing him his ABC's. They are the best of friends and we will see if Ryker lives up to his promises in a couple more years. It has become so fun to see them interact with each other, until Ry gets carried away with the loves and Ledgie can't breath!

Three different Nests

Kildare birds make their nest in the rocks
Red Finch nest of four in one tree

Red Finch nest of five in another tree


Ryker and I were wondering around the yard yesterday and noticed as we came by our tree that a finch flew out of it, I looked up and noticed a nest was built. We of course got the ladder to take a closer look and found four tiny, very tiny eggs. I hoisted Ryker up to see and he almost grabbed the nest right out of the tree. He wants to bring it inside to see the birds hatch. For the next three and a half hours I am trying to explain to him we can't touch it or the mama bird won't come back. He then exclaims "we'll just shoot her with my slingshot" (he is his dad's son). Four hours later we had to show sissy and daddy our discovery. While I was walking around the back side of our home another finch got up, and her nest has five eggs in it. Very cool to see a nest let alone to think of how birds build their nests with only their beak, how long that would take. Then to think babies hatch and survive Idaho wind is just a miracle. As most of you know I am a nest lover and wanted to share our discovery. More updates to come as Ryker wants to check the nests every fifteen minutes. Hopefully we will have babies soon!
Oh yeah, the eggs in the rocks we stumbled on, Ryker got his bb gun out and wanted to go and gun down these kildare out front and the mother came charging at us, I thought it was odd and got a little closer after Ryker shewed her off with a couple of shots (missing of course) and found these eggs, and what seems to be a nest out of twigs right in the Rocks! What a dumb bird, meanwhile our cats are on the hunt. We probably won't get pics of these babies, I have heard they leave the nest after only one day! Amazing how life is for nature!

Disliking Immunizations!

Ledgie (what Ryker calls him) had a well check up and got shots on Thurs. morning for his four month. Weighing in at 18.5 pounds, "he is a very healthy and happy baby" the doc says. He seemed to have taken the shots well, until we got home. Around 5:30 he screamed and screamed until he went to bed at eight. Next day, screamed and screamed, up at 6 am and I couldn't do anything to calm him down. Overdosed him with tylenol and went back into the doctor, thinking it was something else. Of course, good ole St. Lukes couldn't find anything wrong and printed me off this paper that said 1 in 900 has a reaction and has crying spells for up to three hours at a time. Oh goodie we are the 1. That check up made for a very LONG weekend, but it is Sunday and he is doing a little better. Make a long story short, to heck with immunizations!!!

Answer to Quiz Below:

NOTHING...
Nothing is greater than God
Nothing is more evil than the devil
the poor have nothing
the rich need nothing
if you eat nothing you will die!

Check your I.Q.

Quiz for the day...
What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you'll eat it you will die???
See if you can guess the answer, pretty easy when you think about it!

Three weeks with my brother

I just read this book for our Releif Society Sisterhood and Stories book club and WOW! If you have some time to read this summer this is a great one. Nicholas Sparks had a hard life, lost his mom, dad and little sister. Shows you how to take nothing for granted, and having a great attitute towards life's challenges. I usually don't have time to read but this was worth it. If you would like to borrow mine, your welcome to!

Should I be Concerned???

(No, this is not me...yet)
Just wanted to know if this was normal or not? I am loosing massive amounts of hair. Everytime I wash it, handfuls of hair go down the drain. Lots in my brushes and on the bathroom floor. I know I just had a baby but this never happened with my other two? I asked Shane if he thought it was unusual and he said "I don't know, but I do know I don't want a bald wife." (helpful...) Just wondering if anyone has had this too or a thought would be great!

I LOOOOOVE Productive Saturdays!

The day began at 8 am, Shane mowed the lawn, we then went to Hallie's soccer game in the 50 mph wind (windy only at the soccer field???), came home from that to go to Jen's house to pick up tables from a yard sale she had with my stuff there too. (made 250.00, yippee) came home and tilled the garden a third time and planted potatoes, carrots, onions, radishes, and peas! The rest has to wait until May, which is killing me, I want it all done now. Moved into the garage by taking everything out, filling two dumpsters full and putting half of it back in. Left two full shelving units open for food storage ONLY! We'll see how long that will last, then inside to get ready for Hallie's sewing program, to show families what their children had made over the last year, finally I picked Shane up and we flew to the Stake Center for adult Stake Conference. It was fabulous, they talked about raising your kids in these tough times. I love productive Saturdays. They make my heart sing, to acomplish so much in one day, if only I could do this every day!

Happy Easter to our Family & Friends...

(thank you Brittany Barnes @ Burbank Photography)

Happy Birthday Little Sis!!!

This is me and my little sister Michelle. It is her birthday today, and I just wanted to share some thoughts that I remember when we were young...we are thirteen months apart to the day (what was mom thinking?) we were very close growing up, she was so fun to hang out with, very popular in high school and I ended up dating whoever she left behind. We loved to lay out on our trampoline covered in baby oil, we did some modeling together, sluff school together, got grounded together, she always was my friend and looked out for me. She now lives in Hawaii and has a great husband and three beautiful boys. So I don't see her often but I wanted her to know I am thinking of her on her special day! We have been through a lot and I love you sis!

A Beautiful Sabbath Day...

Is there anything better than a General Conference Sunday, warm weather, and kite flying? What a great day we had together as a family!

Relief Society Birthday Celebration!

For our Relief Society Birthday Celebration last night we did a theme of Zions Place Mall. We had 5 different mini classes and food venues in the gym just like the mall. It was such a fun idea. We passed around sign ups for the food and got a great turn out. Here are the pictures of the food venues: we also had Pizzeria (Costco pizza), Garden Cafe (salads), Mrs. Fields (cookies and treats), Subway (foot longs cut into fourths), Cinnabon (cinnamon rolls). I decorated the tables with lots of different shopping bags filled with tissue paper and balloons floating above. I through out confetti and scrunched up paper money for the shopping effect.

The mini classes were all shopping stores: Bath and Body (taking care of your body), Toys R Us (we are children of God), Kay Jewelers (no two diamonds are alike-talents), Swensen's Grocery (food storage), Payless Shoe (walk in someone else's shoes-judging). We all got a small shopping bag and received a handout or small gift at each class. Lastly, we all took home a credit card that said Master In Charge with the scripture: John 15:5. This turned out to be one of the best enrichment activities we've had. Such a fun night, just wanted to share the idea.