silly girl

trying to undress herself during nap time

our weekend away

we made it to portland/ vancouver

and back

whew

it was so fun for the kids to play with their cousins

on saturday they got to see 10 of them

my sister andre`a and her family

stayed in the hotel room next to us

so that was really fun

 noah, hazel and clark playing in the hotel hallway

 some of the family at my grandma's 89th b-day party

 me and hubzy

me, my sisters and our daughters

with our grandma

isn't she the cutest?

another group shot of our family with my grandma

minus my mom

we had such a fun trip

despite the looooooooong drive

(the kids did really well by the way)

except olive would not sleep last night

at all

i'm sure everyone on our floor hates us

olive was literally awake until 2:00am

screaming

and then awake off and on until the morning

not fun

but we had a fun trip

enjoyed seeing family

and made it home safely

we can't ask for more than that

today i am...

happy that i successfully (hopefully) taught the stake primary leadership training last night

glad to be done with the hectic day yesterday was

all packed up for a weekend away

excited to see my sisters and get some quality family time

nervous about our 6 hour drive we'll be making

hoping i can convince my sister to come home with me

glad i slept in and didn't go running this morning

color coded closet

today i was cleaning my room

and

i decided to purge the old

and color code the rest

i love it!

oh michael

i could sit next to you
on our separate laptops
alllllll day
instant messaging each other
inappropriate
and propriate
office quotes and such
you're my favorite

sunday best: family edition

random ramblings

1. i didn't get dressed until 3:00 today and the only reason i did then is because olive spit up all over michael's shirt i was wearing. i guess she was sick of seeing me look like a slob.

2. olive is so close to crawling. it's the cutest.

3. girls night tonight with my two closest friends...can't wait. we're going to dessert which is perfect because noah ate the last bite of brownie i was saving myself today so i've been craving something delicious since.

4. we want a new van so bad. we sold our car a few months ago and thought we'd buy a van. then we waited for scholarships to come so we could buy a van. they're here. but we're still waiting. now we're waiting for our tax return and then we really will buy a van. it's hard being patient! luckily michael's parents gave us their old car a little while before we sold ours so we still have something to drive while we wait.

5. michael came home for lunch today and brought me flowers. so sweet.

6. today when hazel bit noah's back and i told her to say sorry she said sorry with her eyes closed while dancing and chomping her teeth. i don't think she was that sorry.

7. i am really excited to go see my grandma for her 89th birthday party in a couple weeks.

8. and lastly, thank goodness for sisters.

all love

the name olive is funny

i love it, don't get me wrong

but until you've said it a lot

you don't realize that it sounds a lot like

all love

all of

and all live

anyway

i made our sweet girl some new leggings

out of a pair of mine that had a small hole

 of course they needed some bum ruffles

 isn't she the cutest?

all love for this girl

just an fyi

if you're ever looking at the comments on my blog
and wonder who the weirdo is
leaving me the crazy comments

well...

it's my sister
she's hilarious
and she makes me laugh
so don't let it make you uncomfortable
it's only supposed to do that to me

such a well dressed group

 hazel in two different high heels

she just finished sweeping

while wearing them

talented girl!

 olive's wearing a hand me down

from her older siblings

that i bought at the thrift store 4+ years ago

breastfed babies are healthier babies

 noah's sporting his Christmas pajamas

after Christmas

and well into the afternoon

while playing wii

and me?

well i'm wearing the clothes i could find on 

my bedroom floor

to keep me warm

while i clean

i kind of love only having one car

so when michael's gone

i know we'll just be home

and we can play and have fun

and not stress about going anywhere

it's a fun time of life

home with three kids all day long

i love vintage

always have

and the one thing i miss most about 

vancouver, wa

is my favorite little vintage shop

the urban eccentric
but to my excitement

i just found out

that the woman who owns it

has an etsy shop!

i am so excited!!!

if you want to see it

go here

i wonder if michael will agree

that i need this dress...
fingers crossed

my cute kiddies

while i took olive's 6 month photo

hazel wanted to be in the picture too

i LOVE this picture of hazel

 noah joined in, too

such cute little ones

i just love them

lame

i dropped our dinner
on the floor
lasagna of all things

we aren't above eating food off the floor
except that i recently gave a haircut and haven't swept super well since
and hazel broke one of the plates from her new (thrifted) tea set

so while we aren't above eating off the floor
we don't especially enjoy eating hair or porcelain

mcdonald's for dinner it is

ps. this would have been a real tragedy if i had made the lasagna from scratch

sunday best: olive edition

i'm glad i think olive is so cute

it makes her screaming so much more bearable

pillow love

i love pillows

they are so cute

and can give such personality to a room

but i can't afford new pillows all the time

so instead of browsing etsy for a pillow

i decided to recover one myself this time

we are saving up for a van, after all

i just made a new cover for a pier 1 pillow i already had

i used this freezer paper tutorial

and some stencils i owned

to spell LOVE

and a vintage orange zipper i owned

not bad for a free new pillow, right?

i heart giving

blood, that is

i love giving blood

is that weird?

i always wanted to when i was little

to be like my dad and older siblings

and then the first time i did

i was sixteen

and it gave me such a good feeling

plus

free juice and treats?

well, that doesn't hurt either
luckily michael's work sets up blood drives
and he took the kids to the science center
today while i gave
it was awesome
michael especially liked that i grabbed
an extra treat to share with him

olive is...

Our sweet Olive turned six months old yesterday. Sadly that means she got her vaccinations yesterday and was also diagnosed with another ear infection. (She already had a double ear infection about a month ago). Poor girl. She's a trooper and lets us know when she's not happy by giving lots of little screams. Olive weighs 15.5 pounds and was 25 1/4 inches putting her in the 40th percentile for both. She has been rolling from stomach to back since two months and from back to stomach since 5 months. Around 4 or 5 months she started scooting while on her back by arching it. Olive now gets on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth and even manages to go forward when she's really motivated. She loves solid food. We started her on rice cereal just before she turned 5 months and now she's eaten mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, and baby mum mum. She loves everything and even whimpered the other day when she saw me eating a pear. She loves to suck her thumb and thinks everything Noah does is hilarious. She sleeps pretty well at night but since these ear infections she's been getting up a couple times a night again. Hazel is really wanting to be Olive's mommy lately and insists that Olive be on the floor so she can play with her. Olive never seems to mind her. Needless to say, we all love our Olive Beatrice. 

resolutions

resolutions kind of stress me out

i don't like to fail at things

so i'd rather not set goals

you know what i mean?

but, it's the beginning of a new year

and there are some things i need to work on

so....

here it goes

some things i'd like to work on in 2011

• run a marathon
• read my scriptures every day
• remember and acknowledge everyone in my family's birthdays (parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, in laws, etc. i have this goal every year....but if i miss the first one i give up on the rest immediately)

phew, i did it

now hopefully i can make it through

denny's

tonight we got adventurous

and tried out the local denny's

it did not disappoint