Ode to Ethan

I'm sure most of you know or have heard of the famous Ethan. Ethan (son of the famous Natalie), and his family moved to Sunnyside about a year ago. We were so blessed that they moved in our neighborhood, Cam and Ethan have spent the last year running back and forth which I will miss terribly. Those two hit it off the second they saw each other-it was love at first sight. They speak the same language. From battling Power Rangers, playing video games, playing in the mud (sorry Natalie), and always wrestling, they always are buddies. He is such a sweet, loveable boy-I will really miss him! We are definently going to have Ethan withdrawls. I know their friendship won't always be the same, but I hope they can keep in touch (Natalie, keep his calls coming!) and I know we will visit, especially having family in the area. Here's a few pictures of the boys doing what they do best, being silly...

Happy Birthday Alex

Mmmm, cake....where have you been all my life?

Here is Alex opening his presents.....he had some very eager helpers

I was going through some pictures on our computer and found this one; I call it "painful smiles":

This is us after church today. I made this black jumper yesterday! I was so excited about it, I had to show everyone. It's not a maternity dress, but it's a roomy fit, so I think I'll still be able to where it for the next 3 months-ish. And Caitlin's dress was a skirt (Kate, I think you actually gave it to me) that I made into a little dress. She liked it a lot. Lizzie...well, how can you leave her out of the picture?

slc update

For the 4th of July I went camping at Mirror Lake.
It was so pretty!


Em and Brett came down a couple weekends ago
and came to our party.


These pictures are backwards... but we've been
busy with our kitchen. Below, you will see the pink
wallpaper we took down, and above is during the
painting process. We're all done now and i'm so glad!!

R.I.P NUGGET!!

Nugget passed away on Thursday...He was lookin pretty sick and it was hard to see him and not cringe. So we're happy that he's in a better place! Duncan is still alive, i just found this picture and had to post it to remind everyone of how cute he was when he was a pup!

New Nightgowns

This is why I love having girls. I made them matching princess nightgowns today!! It doesn't get much better than this!

Caitlin was so excited about sewing..she suggested we "sew all day"...which I confess, is how long it took me to make these. But her and Lizzie loved cutting up scraps of fabric and putting them in piles while I sewed. Caitlin even told me I was a good mom! We were commenting on how Lizzie is a good mom to her bear, and Caitlin says, "Mom, you're a good mom to us." How often does that happen??? So sewing all day was worth it!

This is usually how Lizzie falls asleep- she's figured out she's much more of a force to reckon with if she cries or whines or asks for stuff from under the bottom of the door- where it's MUCH louder!!!

Cute swimsuits

I know summer is almost over, but www.modbe.com has the cutest swimsuits! They are based out of Utah and designed with modesty in mind...I just think they are really cute