She did it all by herself:)

Chantel found out she "needed" a cute blanket for girls camp! They wanted it to match the cabin colors which are hot pink and black! So yesterday we went and picked out this material and she came home and cut and started sewing the material together. We have spent most of the moring working on it! (meaning chantel sewing and me overseeing and giving suggestions) The other side of the duvet is opposite of the top. I think she did an awesome job and it turned out sooo cute!

Dont look at the pictures too close you might find hints of things stuffed under the bed and notice all the dirt on the carpet!

Over one year blogging!

credit:Tconycelebratepack freebie

I actually had a few minutes to myself...

So I did a couple of scrapbook pages!



Credits: Tangie Baxter Designs and Brittish Designs

Just for fun Friday Photo's:)

We let the kids play in the arcade after the friday movie and we had a lot of fun! The water was a little tense since everyone just about fell in. I would have laughed all the way home if they had since I told them (many times) hands only and don't crawl under the bars and lean into the water! But kids will be kids even if they are fourteen!

Kade and Miss M. Riding

Sorry there is no sound!! My back-up camera can take video but doesnt record the sound!! I am real sad because you should have heard the sounds and remarks they were making! It was real cute. Oh Well, I hope you enjoy anyway!

Some fun things that have we have done...

Almost a week ago Amanda came in from Texas and I watched her kids while She and her family went to the temple. Carter and Kiley were so cute and fun! Carter had all the "Cars" cars lined up on the floor and then Kade and him had fun with a little race track and seeing whose car would go the fastest!

On Saturday Amanda treated me to a pedicure! It was fun to get a chance to talk. ( I Think I did most of the talking) A BIG HUG and THANK YOU Amanda:) I sure do miss you!

I am definitly going to have to go get a pedicure more often!

Well For father's day We made Kirt a breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs and gave him a bottle of real maple syrup.

Monday was fun when I took the kids to bookmans and they were excited to get some playstation games and music cd's that they have wanted. It was nice for me because it did not hurt my pocket book in the process!! Yeah!!!




And then last night was a mommy- daughter girls night out!! We met Jenny, Jennifer and Summer at Hobby Lobby and walked around. I could definitely get lost in that store!! Loved it and you can get a lot of really good ideas there.



We went out to Costa Vida for dinner! Yummy!

Chantel had fun with Cheyanne and her friend , and she also had fun when we made a pit stop at Bath and Body works for their 75% off sale! Too bad we were on a budget or I would have really stocked up on a few things.

I only wish I could have remembered to take pictures! I had my camera I just forgot to use it!

The next few weeks are going to be intersting with kids getting ready for scout camp and girls camp! Whoo hoo!

Scattergories:

It's harder than it looks! Erase my answers, enter yours, and post it. *Use the1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...*They have to be real places, names,things...nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME: KayDee
4 LETTER WORD: kind
VEHICLE: KIA
CITY: Kaysville
BOY Name: Kade
GIRL NAME: Kaysen
OCCUPATION: knife salesman
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: kimono
FOOD: King Crab
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Kleenex
REASON FOR BEING LATE: kids
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Kick it!

Now you try it!

Is there a merit badge for this?

While in Colorado Brock and his cousin Ian thought they

would see how high they(meaning Brock) could throw Ian's keys in the air.

Just a note of caution to all: Do not throw keys in the air around a

tall pine tree, they will get caught in the branches.!!!

The boys quickly learned that a small ladder was not going to work.

So they had to go and find a taller ladder. Luckily there was one around.

Kirt and his Brother Marlin made sure the boys did most of the work at getting

the keys out of the tree.

Since Brock threw them he was the one who had to climb the

ladder. Brock finally got them down with the help of a broom

handle. After getting down off the ladder both dads made sure

the boys put everything back.

As I was taking pictures Brock was asking if I was going to blog

this. You should have heard the whines and begging me not to,

when I told him I definitely was:)

If there was a merit badge for this the boys sure would have

earned that day!

(This all happened during the rehearsal dinner at the church house)

A little behind the scenes look.

I did this page to document some of the things that overwhelmed me this vacation. I am thinking I need a vacation to recoup from the family vacation. Wouldn't that be awesome?

On Friday May 23, We headed up to Mancos Colorado for Kirt's youngest brother, Sven, wedding. We drove through a blizzard between Payson and Heber, Oh it was beautiful! I wish I could have gotten pictures! then it rained on us all the way up and then it was snowing again in Mancos! It was an awesome sight to see snow in the summer! In the obove picture are the La Plata mountains, and the day before the wedding everything green in the picture was covered in snow!




Kirt was Sven's best man! I Think Kirt looks REALLY GOOD in a Tux!




Here are all the girls sitting down and taking a break from helping! I dont blame them for sitting outside and enjoying the view!

Post Cards From the edge of Lakes Jackson and Joe Moore

Kids antics at Grandma's House

Whats at my....

Front Door.




The picture of Kade is from a week or two ago, I dont know what happened to the date stamp on it. Kade is patiently waiting for his dad to come home. It was too cute, I had to take a picture of it and post as a view from my front door.

Back Door.




For those of you who have not done this challenge what is the view from your front and back door??

Just for Fun this week...

I fixed a bracelet for a friend and made two others.





We went to Brock's Orchestra concert. He is the only cello and did awesome when he had to play a solo!





And finally this face says it all ! Cissy was not very happy with me when she found out that I took her to the Doctors to get a shot. She did so good and was happier with me afterwords when I took her for a treat.

The WestWind Bag Pipe Band

The McNeil of Barra Tartan

I was looking on line today for a picture of the McNeil Tartan and I accidentally found pictures of my Father in Law and his Bag Pipe Band the "West Wind Band". My Father in Law (Lloyd) in the first picture is the one in the middle holding the blue drum sticks (dont know their real name) and in the second picture he is the one with the big premier drum. I have known he is in a band but I have never seen him IN his tartan all decked out! How fun to find these pictures. Now I have more I can scrap about.

By the way I have been asked several time what scottish men wear under their kilts and the answer is: true scotts dont wear anything. NO I DO NOT have first hand experience for all of you thinking bad things.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Just a few Mother's Day quotes I found and I thought I would share.

Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.

T. DeWitt Talmage

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

Tenneva Jordan

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

Victor Hugo

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Irish Proverb

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.

Anonymous

Something fun.

Last night about nine-thirty Kirt went swimming and Brock and Kade soon followed. I grabbed our camera and took a few pictures. These are not great but I love the way the light reflects in the water and how the waves look in the light. Some of the patterns the light and water were creating were pretty. I tried to capture it the best I knew how. I also like the way the water distorted Brocks arms and legs. So this was nothing special but just a little fun to do:)

Just when...

Just when I was feeling like throwing in the proverbial towel on being a Mom,( you know,where if you here the name "mom" one more time you are going to go running out of the house screaming like a mad women), I find this letter, left by my daughter, for me to read!

The little Things like this are what makes it worth while, and puts a different perspective on things! I am really grateful for the little thing that mean so much:)

(credits: Tangie baxter sjd purple & ww wordart)

I am a proud Mom!

About a month ago we received an invitation from the Principal of Taylor Jr High inviting us to an awards ceremony. The letter stated that Chantel had been chosen to receive an award. We did not know what award she would be receiving until the Honor Ceremony. Tuesday night was the night and Chantel was one of a few students chosen to receive the Principals Award. After the ceremony we took her to Neilson's for a concrete and she had fun making faces for me and talking with her friend Kelsey!

So yes I am a proud Mom! I am in awe of my daughter in all that she can do and excel at:)

Too much...

Lately there has been to much going on here for me to blog about! I would love to post pictures but my camera broke and I cant find the SD card for the second one we have. Oh well! Any suggestions for a new one???

I want to blog about other things but I cant! Maybe I will later! Just some more stress and complaining that happens every time I have to get ready to go out of town. My brother in law Sven is getting married on the 25th of May in Colorado! So all of you moms probably know why I am stressed out ! I have to find new (hopefully matching) Sunday outfits for everyone (except Kirt he has to wear a tux). I need some clothes to wear up there because it is still a little cold there! Try to find time to go shopping(for food and clothing) around babysitting and picking up kids. Have everything taken care of for church on the Sunday's I will be gone. Get housework done so I don't have to worry about it when we get back.

Whew!! I am tired just thinking about all that needs to be done! Anyway thanks for letting me vent!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day!!

Rainbows

This morning Kade asked me if he could se a rainbow in the sky. My reply to him was that we would have to ask Heavenly Father to send rain so we could se a rainbow. We said a sweet little prayer and as soon as we were done he ran to the window and with pure, innocent, full faith he said "Mom it is raining, Look! Whoohoo we get to see a rainbow". I did not have the heart to tell him that it was not raining. I thought what an example of faith and maybe I should be more like that. He is still telling me that it is going to rain and he will see a rainbow! I have sure got some repenting to do!