The kids and I made sure to have one last day of fun before having a new baby in the house!  We went and saw Madagascar 3 (just a thing our local theater does for cheap—shows older movies) and went to the park later that day.  Devon recruited Bailey to carry this huge stick thing…

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Dev’s team, The Strikers.  :)   Carson’s team, The Spartans.  Carson wanted to name it the Rainbow Ponies.  And the whole team agreed but the coach vetoed that quickly, ha ha!  (sidenote:  it took two teams an hour and a half to get pictures taken.  I was not impressed—it was dinner time and we’d already…

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I was checking out at a Costco that just happens to be right next to the hospital I’m delivering at.  The two men helping me load my cart and ring up my items were probably in their 60’s.  The cashier looked at my belly and said, “So, you must have about a month left?”  As…

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Dillon’s brother and sister-in-law have been very involved in the J. Reuben Clark Historic Farm in Grantsville with some things going on there.  They put together a really fun event for Memorial Day that we got to attend.  Here’s some of the pics from it!

For Easter this year I bought my kids THIS live butterfly garden kit on Amazon.  I paid about $12.00—the price fluctuates quite a bit, plus you pay $5.00 for the caterpillars with the voucher that comes with the box.  We made sure to wait to have the caterpillars mailed to us when it would be…

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This is getting so close!  I took that on May 3rd right after my doctor’s appointment.  I must say I hope I make it that far.  I have been having loads of contractions and lower back pain the last couple of days!  The c-section is set for 5 days before my due date (which was…

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A nursing cover with some of my favorite fabric ever that I’ve been holding onto: Two sweet baby blankets: Leg warmers: Binky clips: Car seat canopy to keep the bright sun, breeze, and well-meaning strangers at the grocery store away ;): I also made these fun bookmarks for Mother’s Day.  I really like them and…

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At the beginning of the month Devon got to be Super Star student of the week.  He was happy to bring it home in time to be in the yard for his baptism.  Devon also got a couple ribbons for turning in his homework on time and also doing well in math facts. Carson got…

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I wanted to post this here—next week I’m excited to participate in Delia’s Play It Smart series and thought I’d post this fun activity you can do with your kids here since the post is already done and the kids loved it.  For Science Camp with Sabra last year, I was in charge of talking…

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