Kristy's Bridal Shower

Jason's sister (my sister in-law)Kristy is getting married in a week and I am super excited for her!  It has been a long time since we have had a wedding.  Well, I mean on his side of the family, in my family they happen every couple of years it seems.  Any way I decided to throw Kristy a bridal shower.  

 The decorations turned out pretty cute.

 I spent way too much time, money and energy on them.

 This bride sign is my favorite. 

 I made special table cloths, and they didn't even fit the tables.  I decided that the church has abnormally long tables. 

 I wanted it to be really special for Kristy.  We played bingo, and I had lottery tickets for the games.

 The tables were fun, and had lots of color.

 I sewed this pennant banner, it took me forever.  It looked way long at my house, but at the church it only went back and forth once in one room. 

These were my party favors.  So to end I have some bad karma with showers of any kind.  I have thrown one before where literally no one came. We ended up inviting the groom and the brides father to play games and stuff so it wasn't all just wasted.  Anyway I was prepared for 30 people, 13 people came and that includes the bride and me.  Oh well I know Kristy appreciated it and she got some great presents.  Thanks everyone who helped and came, you rock!!  

Next time I told Jason, I am just going to make reservations at a restaurant and pay for everyone's meal.  No stress, no clean up, or set up, and less expensive. 

Trying to shake things up

So, I was trying for a little variety.  You know mixing it up a bit I decided to take my kids, with my friend to the Twin Falls Museum at CSI. 

 My friend has five kids in the space I have four, all girls.  These two are about the same age.  Beckett ended up knocking this over, and she said "he did it, he did it".

 The Museum was actually not that bad all things considered.

 They had quite a few different displays and some cool hands on stuff.

 They had these magnifying glasses that the kids really thought were cool.

 I didn't take pictures of the kids faces on purpose.  My friend is very private about her family, and isn't comfortable with pictures of her kids being online where anyone can see them.  Which I totally get and respect!

 My kids are kind of jaded (aka spoiled), so they were not that impressed.

 They just kind of roamed around.

 Beckett got a hold of a magnifying glass.  He thought that you were supposed to lick it I guess because that's what he kept doing.

 Once he threw it and broke it, that was a bit embarrassing. 

 At points I was glad that he licked the magnifying glass instead of other things.

 They learn how to drill into things with wood, string, and some rock.

Later we went and visited the rose garden at CSI and on the way back it started to rain.  In the car Truman informed me that "this was the worst day of my entire life".  Apparently they didn't have as much fun as I think they should have.  So much for trying to shake things up a bit.

Truman Turns Seven

Seven is one of those, not very extraordinary birthdays, you know.  Truman's was so much so that I almost forgot it.  Don't worry I figured it out.

 We invited grandparents to come and celebrate, and both sets were able to make it.  I even got balloons, which was quite a feat apparently there is a shortage of helium.  Found that out after I went to two different stores.  Next time I think I will just call.

 Here is the cake.  Okay, let's just get it out of the way, it looks....well bad I know.  Here is the thing I tried to frost it the way my cousin (who is like a professional) told me she does it.  She doesn't freeze it.  Long story short there is a defendant crumb layer.  They other thing is I let Truman do the mouth,  I don't think it looks too bad all things considered. 

 Here is the birthday boy.  He gets so excited he can't hardly stand it.

 Yeah, I kind of forgot the candles so we lit matched.  It didn't work so hot,(not pun intended) but what do you do.  I mean besides actually going out and buying candles like a normal person would.

 So he blew out the matches.

 This is just a cute picture I had to put in.

 Truman did get a lot of presents and that is what is important, right.

 Lots and lots of legos.  They are his all time favorite.

This is the real birthday boy, he is crazy but we love him!

It's a yearly thing.

There are some things I did, this last week, that I think I want to start making a yearly thing.  One of those things is going to Ross Park in Pocatello with my friend Jamie and her kids.  I miss her terribly, and so it is way nice to see her.  I want to make sure we get together every year and do this.

 This is some of the crew.  She has twins Elleree's age (Reese and Addie), and an older daughter Truman's age (Ellie).

 Beckett was causing problems, crawling up on the cooler.  This picture was taken after he had already peed all over me (don't ask).  Can anyone tell me exactly what swimmer diapers do?

 Poor Dillon I don't have many friends that have kids his age to play with, so he hangs out by himself a lot.

 Truman as always loves to play with Ellie,  they have a good time together.

Elleree with Addie playing in the kiddie pool.  

The other thing I got to do was go shopping with my friend Katie and her two daughters.  She planned and all girls trip to Salt Lake City to shop for two days.  It was a ton of fun.  Elleree got to come too, and she thought she was pretty special.  I think that I would like to take a girls trip every year, even if just Elleree and I go by ourselves.  It would be nice.

Redfish 2012

Every year we go and this year was no exception.  Redfish is a tradition that has been in my family since before I was born.

We get together as many friends and family as we can then we camp, ski and eat, not always in that order though.

This year we are trying to get Truman up on two skies. 

He is a big chicken, he gets up, like in this picture and then would just sits back down and lets go of the rope.

My dad didn't get to ski this year, he just finished a round of chemo, and was pretty tired.  We were just glad he was there.

Dillon has been trying really hard to get up on one ski, so I decided to let him try wake boarding.  I don't want my kids to wake board until after they learn how to ski, because if they do, they will see how much easier it is and not what to skiing anymore.  Skiing takes a lot more energy, balance, and coordination than wake boarding.

Dillon never understood what I meant by it being easier, until he tried it himself.  He popped right up the first time, now he understands.  He says he still wants to water ski, but can he please have a wake board for his Christmas or Birthday present.  Didn't see that one coming.

My aunt and uncle always try to come and some of my cousins ( the ones we grew up with and are really close to) were able to make it too.  It is always fun with them.  This is a picture of one of my cousins Darcie, and her newest baby Megan.

Playing all day in the water and the sand are a must, especially for the kids....and Jason.

Beckett was not really a fan of either, but he would have his moments. 

My cousin brought this huge tube thing.  It was a ton of fun.

Jason was the first person to ever successfully flip the whole thing over and have all the riders fall off.  He is kind of a crazy driver, but it was great.

We celebrated my brother Ivan's birthday while we were there, and Truman ate some cake.  Don't worry he only threw up once in the tent.

Sometimes it is very exhausting having so much fun.

This is just a good picture of my cute husband in his orange J town sweat shirt.  Go Jerome.......

Paisley (Ivan's daughter) got to come.  She and Elleree were funny together.  Elleree is almost a year older than Paisley, but they are almost the same height.  Paisley's little attitude just cracks me up.

The trip turned out better than I expected and, for the most part, it was great to see all my family.