Isaiah

Sunday night I took pictures of my friends baby boy. He is such a little dolly! I just love his smile! It's very infectious!

Bedtime News!

Alyssa has slept through the night for 3 nights in a row! Yay! We are hoping to get her doing this consistently before we put her in with her sisters. She has also learned to stand up in her crib. What a big girl!

The bunk beds are finished! Anthony made the little railing up on the top bunk and the girls and I painted it. Now we don't have to worry about Ashlynn falling out! Great job Honey!

Good night Hailey

Good night Ashlynn

Meet & Greet

Today we got the chance to take Ashlynn to her school to meet her teacher and see her class room. What a cute class! I can't believe how grown up my little girl is. This is what she got to wear. Her new school clothes! Boy was she excited! She's so excited to start school on Monday!

My Daddy

Last night we decided to have bacon, eggs and toast for dinner. When I mixed up the eggs and poured them into the pan I sloshed some down the side and onto the burner. A couple of seconds later my nose flared and I thought,

'Oh, that's awful! But what does that smell like?'

Then I realized.

Boiling brains.

How do I know?

My Dad.

I have the most interesting father in the world! After the deer hunt people all over St. George would give my Dad the hide from their deer. And he would strip it of all it's fur, purchase cow brains from the grocery store, boil them in water, blend them up in the blender and then soak the hide in the pureed brains and water for days. Then he would take it out, work it and stretch it and smoke it over a fire, creating the softest tanned leather you'd ever feel. Softer than some of the softest suede purses you'd find in a store.

I can honestly say that life with my father was never and never will be boring.

I remember spankings that never hurt.

Pretending to be asleep in his bed cause just maybe if I was, he wouldn't move me and I'd get to spend the night between Dad and Mom.

Hunting for arrow heads.

Digging for clay, bringing it home and making clay pots.

Going to Mountain Man Rendezvous and spending the night in tepees.

Hearing his morning salute every morning.

Asking to go to the store and if he'll buy me a candy bar, I'll pike him up one too.

Going on Daddy Daughter dates to see The Little Mermaid and Man of the House (with Jonathan Taylor Thomas aka JTT)

I know that neither of these movies interested my Dad but he took me anyways. Because he wanted to do something I would enjoy.

Now days I know that he is always there if I need someone to talk to, some one to go to dinner with, someone to swing with my daughter in the hammock while she sings all of the songs she knows...over and over and over.... and she only knows like five.

I love this man.

New Jammies!

All of you may know that my husband is Mr. Fix-it.

His recent fix?

My sewing machine... so yesterday we headed to the fabric store and picked up the necessary items needed to try it out.

I decided that jammies sounded easy, and we let the girls pick out which fabric they wanted.

Can I just tell you that after at least ten year of sewing nothing harder than a baby blanket or patching up an old pair of Anthony's jeans, I had to call my poor Mother at least a dozen times!

But I figured it out, and the girls are asleep in them right now!

They look pretty good if I do say so my self... just don't look to close!

I guess tomorrow I need to sew Alyssa's together.

NieNie Readers...

For those of you that read NieNie, you need to go see her blog. She has posted a picture of herself. One year after her plane accident. It is so bad. Seeing her now puts so many things into perspective. I honestly don't know if I could have the kind of attitude that she has. She is such a beautiful person....
we should all be so thankful to be living the life that we have.
We have so many things.
The important things.
Life.
Love.
Happiness.
Health.
Children.
Nieces.
Nephews.
Parents.
And a father in heaven that loves us unconditionally.

Bunkbed Progress...

Cindy's kids have out grown the old bunk beds and we got them! What a chore! We sanded them down, which took forever, and after the first day of sanding I got a sore throat and started feeling pretty crappy. When I woke up the next morning I felt like I had the flu. I was so sore! After 4 days of sanding we finally got them painted. I chose a medium brown because the girls bedding and Alyssa's bumper pads and sheets are all brown and pink. I think once we get the room all together it will look really nice. I also painted a shelf that was in their room to match the bunk beds. Now I just need to get new curtains cause I don't think the purple ones go very well with everything else.

Now... I know that we still have a lot to do but this is how far we've come. We still need to get some bunky boards and a couple of hardware pieces but here you have it. Once we get it all done we'll put Alyssa in with the girls. Ashlynn & Hailey are really excited for that. We'll see if they still are after the first night!

Our 6 Year

Anthony,

After all these years I love you still.

I believe I love you more.

I have come to depend on you

and do not believe I could survive without you.

You are the one person I turn to

when I don't know what I'm doing.

I rely on you to open jars,

fix the washer,

clean the dryer,

mow the lawn,

wash the car,

fix the car,

scrub the bathroom,

scrub the toilet,

vacuum the yucky stuff that's always in the couch,

get the mail,

scratch my back,

talk with the kids when I've had enough,

play with the kids,

love the kids

and most of all...

to love me,

even when I don't deserve it.

I know that you'll always be there for us.

You are the only constant in my life.

I love you.

I hope that you always know that.

Never doubt that.

~Chelsey

We're off...

...to St. George!
Anthony is taking me home for our....

dun da na na...

6th anniversary! I can't believe it! 6 years on Sunday.
Here's to another happy 6.
Oh what adventures we'll have...
moving back to SG,
Anthony finding a job,
me starting school,
having another baby (hopefully a boy so we can decide we're done),
me finishing school,
building our dream house! (Anthony had a class last semester that required him to make house plans, so we sat down each night for a month and dreamed on up!)
I guess some of this is in out next 10 year plan,
but it seems to close!
I am going to be taking some on line classes, this fall semester, from Dixie.
I am excited to get them out of the way.
Me teaching will be the only way we will ever be able to build our dream house,
so it's got me really motivated.
Wish me luck!
Wish US luck!