On to something...

I've been wanting to catch up with some pictures. So, be sure and read all my new posts. I have officially just exceeded my maximum number of posts in any given month. Maybe I'm on to something...

In August we (my side of the family) went up to Glenn's Ferry campground in Idaho. We stayed in cabins and had a lot of fun. (Minus the flies and mosquitoes. I'm just not much for things flying all around me.) We sent the guys to get a few things from the grocery store and my dad decided to bring back a swimming pool for the girls. They had a blast with it, and even got to take a bath in it.

Taylor doing what he loves to do most...

Shaun and Haddie trying to keep the flies away

My brother-in-law Mark. He's such a hoot.

These pictures don't do the girls' fun justice. I'll have to get the pictures from my sisters camera. We even have the bath time pictures.

One thing is certain...I'm not a very good camper. Even with the cabins, I've just been spoiled with the condos we have. I even cheated while we were up there and went to the laundromat a few times. Did I mention a terrible, terrible camper? :)

A sandwich for you, a sandwich for me

During UEA break, I made the kids grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch one of the days. I turned my head for a few minutes and came back to find the girls kneeling on the stairs between the carport door and the kitchen. They found such delight in their new little eating spot, I had to grab the camera.

Hollie decided she was going to try pulling out of the picture, but didn't have much room for an escape.

Hmm...what's in there?

A total side note: See that hideous wallpaper in the background? That's my winter project. I get to tear that down. I have a winding staircase with a pretty high ceiling. Somehow I get to figure out how to get it all stripped and painted. Any volunteers?

My baby just turned two!

Well, it's official. My baby isn't much of a baby anymore. Kambri turned 2 last Friday. The only thing that even resembles a baby anymore is her binky that we (Mom) haven't turned in yet, diapers (need to make that a priority), and the fact that her speech is still coming along at a slower rate. Other than that, she now represents a toddler.

So, this post is dedicated to my almost big girl! I love you so much Kambri. *Warning, it's rather lengthy.*

We had a great day together. She helped me make her cupcakes for her party (it's become a tradition for the kids to help make their birthday cakes). I have a lot of pictures I want to share and should probably do a slideshow, but #1 I don't know how and #2...I wanted to give a description on some of them.

She was in heaven. She couldn't believe the treat that Mom was letting her snack on so early in the morning.

Kambri had a Dora party complete with both sides of the families. It was a lot of fun to see Kambri thoroughly enjoying each aspect of the party. She seemed just as excited over opening her cards as she was with the actual presents.

Kami and my niece Hadley.

My niece and nephew from Shaun's side of the family have always really liked my mom. My mom ended up with all the kids on her lap with the exception of Taylor. At one point she had 6 of them on her lap. They all thought it was great.

There are 2 more kids on the other side that you just can't see.

Her new bedding set from Grandma Leslie. I will get pictures taken now that it's set up in her room.

Every good momma needs the proper equipment for her baby. She also got a Baby Alive that coos and talks.


I should have taken a picture of her whole loot, but I didn't. She got some clothes, diapers, play purse set, another doll, a Dora trike, etc. She got spoiled!

And the after math...

It's hard work being the birthday girl!

The Top 10 Things we love about Kambri:
1. She is such a cute little 'Momma'. She loves to take care of her babies.
2. When one of us comes home from somewhere, the way she comes running to give us loves.
3. Her run. While she runs she throws her arms straight back behind her. It's hilarious.
4. Her giggle. Need I say more? There's something about little kids' giggles.
5. Her facial expressions/features. Especially her 'O' face and her beautiful eyes.
6. The way she folds her arms and bows her head for prayers.
7. Her voice. It's music to my ears and I love how she's starting to imitate the things we say. Everyone loves her 'dog-dog'. That's what she calls dogs.
8. When she grabs my face with her 2 little hands so we're looking each other straight on. She does this sometimes when she's chattering away to me, or when she gives me kisses.
9. Her child-like innocence. Her amazement in the small ordinary things helps me try to keep things in perspective.
10. My new favorite is singing this song we learned from her speech therapist about fishies swimming in the water. She loves it!

I have held on to every little stage that Kambri has gone through and each milestone we've reached. Knowing while pregnant with Kami that she would be our last child, I've cherished and hung on to every moment. She brings so much joy into our home. I can't imagine our family without her. I enjoy our time alone and look forward to watching her as she continues to grow. (Just take it slow my little one...)

Sunday Musings

Ok, so there is nothing real note worthy to post. Just some jumbled thoughts that I've been entertaining over the weekend.

Well, first off...yesterday was a busy but productive day. We bought new front & back doors. The ones we had were so crappy. I bought this greenish color and painted the outsides of all of them and my shutters. It looks pretty good if I dare say so myself. I will try to remember to take pictures and post them. So I spent all day working on that. I was exhausted by the time it was all said and done, but a good exhausted.

I must be honest. I only watched about 15 minutes of Conference, but I do have all the sessions recorded so I will get to it. During the whole whopping 15 minutes, there were a few songs that the Primary kids were singing and both my girls stopped and sat and listened. It was so cute. And my dear little Kambri has started when it's dinner time, that she'll bow her head and fold her arms for the prayer. In fact, on a couple different occasions after we've already said the prayer, she'll keep doing it and I just tell her that we've already said the prayer. She doesn't talk much (we do have her in Speech Therapy) but it seemed to me tonight after the prayer that she said something that resembled 'Amen'! It was so stinking cute. It is the neatest thing to see/hear my kids doing things as a result of going to church. Last week when Hollie was playing at my mother-in-law's with my niece they were playing Primary. It's a struggle a lot of weeks taking the kids to church by myself, but these particular moments show me that it's worth it in the end.

On that note I am working to go through the Temple to take out my own endowments. I have chosen the Logan Temple to go through my 1st time. I can't wait! I need to finalize everything, but I am aiming for November 14th. That is exactly one year since my Grandpa Hansen died and it is also my great-grandma's birthday.

My cute lil' Grandpa Hansen! I miss him so much!

I went over to my sister Lindsay's house tonight. We had a good little visit and did our weekly coupon cutting ritual. And, I've come to a decision. I must get going on my scrapbooking, but I've decided to look more seriously into the digital scrapbooking as I have a BAZILLION and one pictures and I'm incredibly far behind. So, if any of you out there have any information on the digital end of it, I'd LOVE any help I can get to get me started.

In addition, I'm beginning to feel a little uneasy about all of this financial bailout talk and what not. (It doesn't help that I don't really understand 99% of it.) But, I'm going to start focusing on building our food storage and the like. I ran across some printouts from Relief Society that have it broken down by the month as to what specific products you work on that month, and then weekly. So, that's my goal. To jump on board and start building more of a storage and our emergency fund as well. Thanks to PYP I do have quite a bit of storage items, but let's face it, we are going to need more than just cereal, canned veggies/fruits and granola bars. (In truth I do have more than just those things...but I do need to get serious.)

What else? Oh yes. Lindsay and I went to Quilted Bear on Friday and spent a few hours in there looking for cute crafty ideas to make for Christmas gifts. I do believe we've come up with a few great potentials. We're trying to become more Martha Stewart'ish. Haha!

Ok, well that's enough for now. As I said at the beginning, some jumbled thoughts but it catches things up for the last several days none-the-less.