Birthday Pics

Here are pictures from Brigham's big day. He had a lot of fun. I took the day off from work so I could spend it with B. We made his cake together and he was thrilled that he didn't have to fight with his sisters over who got to crack the egg etc. Even better, he got to lick the entire bowl all by himself. Here is the finished product. He was so proud of his Spiderman cake. He also got a Batman toy that has all sorts of gadgets, a transformer that is lame and doesn't really transform, and a cool Spiderman dart hand gadget from Uncle J, Aunt Michelle and Brock. He has to fight his sisters to use that toy. Here is Brigham showing off his new Hulk hands and jammies from Grandma and Grandpa McGarry. He has been doing the "hulk smash" for me all day. It is pretty entertaining. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIGGY!

MR. B TURNS 3!

Briggy turned 3 today so I thought I would create a slide of some of his "younger" years. We are grateful to have Brigham in our life. He is so much fun and has me wrapped around his little finger. Stay tuned...I will post pics of his his actual birthday soon.

Black Eye

Haylee got into a brutal battle with the bunk bed. Here are the results. She has been very sensitive about her looks. She usually loves attention, but this attention is not something she enjoys. Way too girly to like to show off battle wounds.

Part-Time=More-Time?

So going part-time at work was supposed to create more time for me and the kids. I have found it completely opposite. I have been more busy the last few months than ever before. First of all, work hasn't been part-time. Every person they hired to replace me in the office has been fired or quit. This has created an interesting scenario with trying to work part-time with full time duties from home. uhg! I have also taken on a lot more projects thinking they wouldn't be too big of a deal. Here are my latest projects. I am happy they are all over with and I guess I shouldn't complain that I have found time to accomplish them. This is a mini-enrichment activity I took on. We made 10 FHE lessons to put in a binder. The project seemed easy at first but turned into a lot more work than expected. Oh well, there was a good turn out and it came together in the end. This is a blanket I made Scott. He has been using the same one for 15 years now and it is starting to fall apart. We didn't tie this one but just sewed through it. I am still not sure if it is any easier to sew vs tie the quilt. Not planning on doing any comparisons any time soon. I made salsa over the weekend with my Mom and sister. It was a first for all of us but it turned out super yummy and I am happy we did it. Now I have good canned salsa at my fingertips anytime I need it. Yum Yum

Back to Utah

We went to Utah over conference weekend along with my Parents, Brandon, Logan and Michelle's family. We were one big happy family staying at Kliss' house. We had a birthday party for my niece Shaylee and did a lot of shopping. Here are some highlights of the trip. We missed you Ashlee but I am sure your carpet looks great! Thank you Francis family for being such great hosts as usual. We are quite the crew to take on all at once.