New Summer Haircuts!!

I don't know why I can't keep up with this blog.. but the girls got cute haircuts the other day and I wanted to post them.. Maddie got highlights again! I know, she's 12...

Ok, but it was better than a hair cut and fun for summer.. We are headed to CA on sunday, and have lots of fun things planned.

Happy Birthday Abby Kate!!

Abigail Katherine turned 6 years old this past week, (blogging is something I am way behind on) We just love how sparkley and shiny she is, such a good helper for her brother, and a very obedient daughter she is!

Love ya Abby!

 Elayna, (Maddie'sBFF and my piano student) made her a beautiful cake!!

Look at all of her loot!! She made cupcakes last night!!

Starting to COuPoN :S

So, I decided to focus more of my energy on couponing instead of dieting... I am still trying to lose weight, but think I am going to give this a try.

Ok, all of this stuff, from Albertsons and Walgreens should of cost over 300.00 but I only spent 111.00 at Albertsons and about 11.00 at walgreens... plus I have 4 dollars credit at alberstons... I will post more later, my student just walked in!!

Maddie and Sydney's new room BFF

Well, Maddie and Sydney have been getting along so well lately, something as a mother I have been waiting for for 8 years or so... anyway, they wanted to share a room, so since they are preteens.. (well maddie is) I thought I would let them choose something not so kid "ish"

Just got this sucker done today, im a little unhappy with the taping job on the straight black line I used to cover those dots.. but I will figure out a way to make that look better.
Also, I had to take the closet doors off because one is broken but we will fix that soon too..
What do you think??

Good job McKay !!

So McKay made a Mormon message with the YM in his ward and sent it in to a worldwide church video contest. Today he came home so excited because he found out he is one of the top ten finalists in his division(13-17 yr old). So proud of him!! And I'm so happy that he is so happy with it. If you go to lds.org you can see it, it's the church video contest and click on it, then go to the US Canada 13-17 yr olds and his video is the one with the basketball player and coach. (the player is our wonderful home teacher;)

Anyways, what an accomplishment for a boy from a little town!!

Grandpa's 100 dollar beard

So my Dad wrote each of the grandkids a letter for a contest to see how long his beard will be by Christmas.  Each of the kids gets one guess and whoever gets closest, wins 100 dollars..

When we told each of the kids about this, my sister's middle child and my middle child both 8 had the exact same reaction... (Crying, I won't win, I never win anything...) LOL

This is what it looks like now and he's been growing it since Dec. 15th.  This picture was taken last week.  Hopefully one of my kids wins!!

Happy Birthday Baby Jack!!

 Ready for church last week!!

 The Big Birthday Boy!!

 Really? I can have the whole thing??

 Didn't we just do this??

It's hard to believe that a year has past, we are so lucky to have had the chance to have Baby Jack in our family!! He is such a good boy, loves his mama and dada and siblings.  He likes to crawl super fast, especially up the stairs. His favorite toys are mom's cell phone, her ipod, and the remote. He is not a fan of toys he is supposed to play with. He weighs over 24 pounds, likes to read, likes to eat and loves to be held.

Happy 16th Anniversary

Well, 16 years ago was a very special day... I can't believe how fast time has flown. Just to think in another 16 years, Jack will be the only baby at home (and 17 years old btw) really scares me.. but Happy Anniversary. I feel very lucky to be married to my best friend, to someone I still really like to be around everyday, someone who makes me laugh all the time, and someone of course that I love and am in love with.. and is the best husband or father I know.