I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Monday, February 8, 2010

Hailey's Princess and the Frog Party Dress.

The girls birthday's are coming up.
Ashlynn's is Feb. 13th and Hailey's is March 1st.
Ashlynn is having a Hannah Montana Party.
I found her a 'rockstar' dress that she is going to wear and I also found Hailey a cute little diva outfit.
I have been looking around the stores for some type of Princess and the frog outfit that Hailey can wear to her party, but have had no luck.
So...
I decided that I would attempt to make her one.
Originally I didn't want her to see it till her party but I had to try it on her so that didn't work out.
She loves it.
I think it turned out pretty cute.

When Ashlynn saw that I was making Hailey a dress she wanted to know if I was going to make her one. So I took the extra material and made her a skirt. It turned out alright. LOL!

just because.

Aunt Joy gave the girls Hannah Montana posters for Christmas
I FINALLY got them up!
The girls LOVE her.
Thanks Aunt Joy!
After a nightmare of a night.
(cleaning up Ashlynn's puck from the bunkbeds and the floor.)
We decided to have the girls sleep on the floor.
Just in case.
To make it fun,
I made them a blanket tent.
They LOVED it.
We'll deffinatly have to do it again.

Alyssa wanted to sleep in there so bad...

I >:( Logan...

The other day we got 5 more inches of snow.
I
h.
a.
t.
e.
Logan.
It is sopposed to be getting warmer,
in more normaly parts of Utah,
it would be.
The birds should be chirping.
The grass should be getting greener.
The mornings should be chrisp.
NOT 25* BELOW freezing.
(that's 7* but it sounds better 25 below)
My body is in need of some vitamin D and it does not like it in milk form.
Ps.
Just incase I never mentioned...
Our drive way is Looonnnggg.
You can fit 6 cars on it.




It may be pretty, but it's NOT fun.

Photo's

I had these really cute frames in my bathroom with the flowers in the center,
but I got to thinking that I really wanted some cute pictures of the girls up.
So I took them out of my bathroom and this is what they ended up looking like.
This shot is taken slightly to the left of them so the flowers don't look centered,
but I promise,
they are.
They're in the hallway before you get to the girls room.
I think they turned out pretty cute.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

I'm losing it...

For 4 weeks now my friends, the Tiffany's, and I have been going to the gym.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday's.
We are up to 30 + minutes on the elliptical and then we either do 15 minutes on the treadmill or go down and do strength training.
I have lost 5 pounds!
I have to keep pulling my pants up
and instead of using the 2nd hole on my belt I'm using the 3rd.
It feels great and I am really excited to see if I can lose 5 more!
That would be so awesome.
I HATE baby weight.
I feel like it is the hardest weight to drop.
Anyone agree?
Although,...
I guess it's the only weight I've ever had to drop.
I guess I should be happy about that.
But I am happy to say...
I'm LOSING it!