Crafty...

So last November we had a relief society activity where they taught us how to make aprons. Ever since then I have been a little obsessed with sewing and I have been making all sorts of gifts for people. For Christmas I gave all the girls homemade aprons...and I have a little surprise for them this year that I cannot blog about yet. But, I have also been making things for the kids too. I finally gifted out the first one, so I can finally blog about it. The best part is, they are super affordable to make, the aprons only cost about $10-15 each and the activity books varied from $3-$6 each. Here are some pictures of what I have been doing...

I forgot to take pictures of the aprons I made at Christmas, but luckily I got one of this one I made for Felicia

It is reversible

Here is what I made for Kimmie. It is a little activity book to take to church, no more lugging around tons of crayons and coloring books. Kimmie's was the first I made so it has a lot of flaws;)

the inside (this picture should be flipped, but I couldn't get it to) I forgot to take a picture of the back, but it is the same tangled fabric that lines the pockets.

This is the second one I made for Lizzy's birthday present.

I decided to add more pockets for colored pencils, so it's a little different than Kimmie's.

the back (the fabric was puckering a bit, but I figured out how to fix that one when I did #3)

This is the 3rd one I made, for David. I made his strap a little too thick, but I am too lazy to change it!

I decided to do crayons for him (I also couldn't rotate this pic, but you get the idea)

and I fixed the puckering so it lays flatter now

I have been having a blast sewing and doing crafts. Thanks to my great friends who stayed up late to teach me how to make these!!!

29 years young!

Last Sunday I celebrated my 29th birthday. Wow, I can't believe I am almost 30;) Seth took me out Saturday night. We celebrated with our friends Katie and John. First we went to eat at Helvetia Tavern...best burgers ever! After dinner we went and saw Just Go With It...I haven't laughed that hard in so long. Then we went back to Katie and John's for some birthday cake, it was delicious of course. After chatting for a while we headed home, but on the way I decided I was hungry again so Seth took me to Ringside Steakhouse to get some yummy steak-bites. We got home way too late, but had an amazing time! Sunday we went to church and then for dinner Seth made homemade pizzas. Pizza is my favorite food so it was the perfect dinner to celebrate my birthday. For my present, Seth is taking me to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat tomorrow night. I am so excited to see it again, we went when we were first married and loved it. Last night Seth also spoiled me by making dinner and a cake for me. I think I gained about twenty pounds this weekend, but it was worth it. So far 29 has been lots of fun!

our attempt to get a family picture


headed out to celebrate my birthday

16 weeks

Today I am 16 weeks. We find out on March 8th what we are having...Kimmie keeps telling everyone it's a little brother.

He looks so grown up in this picture.

Kimmie is really into making silly faces for pictures now, so it is very difficult to get one of her just "normal". I was happy to get this picture, she loves wearing this hat. I can't believe she is going to be 4 this August, time is flying by!!!

We had a great Valentines Day. Seth and the kids suprised me with chocolate, candy, flowers and Hungry Howies Pizza:) It was a great day. After the kids went to bed we stayed up and watched Life As We Know It. It's a cute movie, I like it.

Valentines Day was great, but really every day is great! I am such a lucky girl. I have an AMAZING husband who I just love so much and two (soon to be 3) kids that just mean the world to me. It is hard to believe that just 5 years ago Seth and I had just barely met, and here we are about to be a family of five. Life changes so fast, but I wouldn't change a thing!

3 of these things are not like the others....

Kimmie loves to play with her Princesses. But wait, there are 3 Princesses missing.....

Here they are!

Apparently Kimmie does not consider Jasmine, Mulan or Pocahontas "Princesses" so she refuses to play with them. She explained to us that they are not wearing dresses, so they are not princesses. We think it's hilarious, she refuses to play with them. It's just a coincidence she only plays with the white ones;)

And no post would be complete without a picture of our handsome little man!!

If I Listen With My Heart

Kimmie is learning a new song in Primary at church and she LOVES to practice singing it....

10 weeks

I am 10 weeks along, almost 11, and things are going great. There was a couple days where I got sick, but it passed quickly. Here is the latest ultrasound, taken yesterday. I love how he/she is actually starting to look like a baby instead of a little bean.


I forgot to post this picture earlier, but I just love it! This horse was given to Kimmie by Seth's Aunt Stephanie when she was about 18 months old and it scared her so bad! She would cry every time we brought it out, so we put it away for a while. We thought it was time to see if David was scared of it too, but he LOVES it. He was wearing his Woody pj's and riding Bullseye. He loves that horse!


This was taken on New Years Eve right before we headed out to a friends party. After I got David dressed I realized he looked like Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Oh well, he still looks handsome as can be!


Here we are watching a movie around 11:45pm, trying to kill time before midnight and also make the kids tired. They refused to fall asleep and stayed up until the ball dropped at midnight. You may also be wondering what happened to Seth's eye. While we were at that crazy New Years Eve party, one of the kids there accidentally head bunted Seth in the eye while playing keep away. It split open immediately and needed stitches. But, Seth did not think he needed to go to the hospital so we superguled it shut and it actually worked great. It has healed great and will barely be a scar.


The first Sunday of January Kimmie moved up to the Sunbeams class at church and she was so excited! She loves going to sharing time and singing new songs. This is the picture from her first day as a Sunbeam!


Of course I had to get a picture of David wearing his new suit to church It may look familiar because he had the same one when he was around 9 months old. I got it on clearance at Babies R Us and I happen to be in there the other day and they had it on clearance again. What a steal!!!

Merry Christmas!