Birthday Party!!

We celebrated Lexi's birthday this weekend! She invited 10 of her little friends and cousins, what a fun party we had! Once every one arrived, they all played with play-doh. I thought about playing games, but I was just too tired to try and organize 10 kids under the age of 4! So play doh it was! My kids have a HUGE tub of fun accessories and they all loved it.

Once they got tired of play-doh Lexi opened her presents. She got WAY too many, but she was sure excited. She got dress up stuff, an easy bake oven w/ extra accessories, a scooter, a car, Dora back pack full of fun games, princess magnet book, clothes, money, Leap Frog Click Start computer, Webkinz. . . and the list goes on. I almost felt a little guilty that she got so many presents. She really doesn't need so much, and I want her to appreciate the things she has! Any way, over all it was a great day and she had lots of fun. She is so excited to tell every one that she is now 4!

A quick side note. . . she was still wearing pull ups at night until her birthday last Thursday. I was getting her dressed for bed and started to put a pull up on her. She said "I don't wear those any more. . . I'm 4!" I told her she had to wear it because I didn't want her to get her bed all wet. She promised she'd get up and go if she had too, I reluctantly agreed and put panties on her. (we've tried several times, and I ended up changing her bed 3 or 4 times during the night). Any way, it's now been 4 days. . . and she hasn't had an accident yet! Yay!!!!

Let's Reminisce!!

Exactly 4 years ago. . .

I took this picture of Lexi the moment she officially turned four years old (7:50 pm August 28th, 2008) Time has flown by, and it's hard to believe she's grown so fast.

4 year old Lexi

New born Lexi

The Zoo

I mentioned earlier that we went to the zoo for Eric's company picnic. We had a great time. They had 5 or 6 of the big blow up bouncy slides/toys, train rides, cotton candy, bingo, prizes and great food. We wandered around the zoo a little, but it was over 100 degrees so we tried to stay in the shade as much as possible. We took the kids over to the petting zoo and they loved it. It was kind of sad to see them getting so excited over goats, rabbits, horses and chickens. These were animals that I grew up with! We paid 25 cents to feed them and the kids thought it was great!

Brandon, checking out the chickens

If you look close you can see that the pigeon had laid an egg, Lexi was fascinated!

These horses were HUGE! Lexi was excited to see a "horse with a giraffe neck" funny.

Brandon petting the horses- this kid has no fear!

Paying to feed a goat? Crazy, but the kids loved it! $2 later it was time to move on to the next animal!

Brandon hitching a ride from daddy. We forgot the stroller!

The tiger. . . Brandon kept saying "here kitty kitty, here kitty kitty."

I think he could of climbed this a million times! He was in heaven.

Lexi loved the slide too! She was really sad when it was time to go!

What a fun time!

Birthday Invitations

Lexi's birthday is on Thursday! I can't believe my baby is turning 4! Any way, another thing I got done this weekend was the invitations to her party. They turned out pretty cute. I made mini versions of my accordion scrapbooks (see previous post) and put all the information about her party on the inside. (I put a piece of paper over our address when I took the picture. . .just in case I have any blog stalkers. . . hee hee) It took me 2 hours to make 8, but it was fun.

A Weekend ALONE!!

I must announce that my sister is the greatest! She offered to take my kids for the entire weekend so Eric and I could have some alone time. It was great! Not that I didn't miss my kids, but it sure was nice to sleep in on Saturday! Eric got home on Friday night, we watched movies 'til midnight. We didn't get up until 11 AM on Saturday. It was amazing! I fixed breakfast, then we layed out the couch and watched another movie. I don't think we got dressed until almost 4 in the afternoon. Any way, it was a great weekend, and it was so nice spending some time with just my hubby. We both went up to Billings on Sunday, picked up the kids and went to Eric's company picnic at the zoo. The kids had lots of fun, and were so happy to see their Daddy!

All packed and ready to spend the weekend at Aunt April's house

5 Car seats, I wouldn't wish this 2 hour drive on any one!

It's a Jungle out there!

We had a wind storm the other night and a huge limb from our tree snapped and fell into the yard. The next morning we went out side to play, and boy were the kids excited! Lexi kept saying "It's a jungle in here, it's a jungle in here!" Here are a few pictures of the cheap and easy fun they had!

Scrapbook Project

My mother-in-law showed me how to make these cute accordion scrapbooks. They look more complicated than they are! They're so fun to make. I volunteered to do this as an "Enrichment" craft at church last night. The turn out was great. I made up more than 35 kits and every one of them was used! (In our ward it's rare to have more than 8-10 people at an Enrichment night).

I plan on making one of these for all of my nursing school class mates and giving it to them at graduation in December. I'll add cute nursing stickers and pictures of us together. What an easy and cheap gift eh?

Any way. . . here are a few pictures of my latest obsession!

It's Official

Our house is officially on the market. We signed the last of the papers today, and the agent put the sign in the yard. Pray it sells quickly so we can be a family again!! Here are a few of the pictures from the listing. . . .

Weekend with Daddy

We went to Billings to spend the week-end with daddy! The kids were so excited to see him. He had a little toy for both of them and had a dozen roses waiting for me. How sweet :)

On Friday we went to my niece Dominique's 7th birthday party and swam in their pool. Lexi loves "Uncle Hoj" (My brother Johnathan) and had lots of fun in the pool with him. Eric was still working when we got there on Friday so we had to swim with out him. :(

Johnathan and Josie. Isn't she ADORABLE?!

Skinny little Brandon gets cold really fast! Here is his trying to warm up.

On Saturday we went to the "spray grounds" and the kids had a blast. They loved playing in the water. I can't believe I forgot my camera! I was so sad. Eric took a few with his cell phone, but we all know how well those turn out.


After the spray grounds we went to Chuck E. Cheese, I didn't have my camera for that either. My kids love it there. Brandon loves to ride the rides, and Lexi is obsessed with getting as many tickets as she can get. She won't ride any of the rides unless she gets tickets from it. On our way out they both got a bag of cotton candy. What a fun day!



We stayed at my brother Nate's house. The kids love playing there. He's got a HUGE sand box, a trampoline and lots and lots of toys. It's much more fun than our boring old house!

Playing in Uncle Nate's fun sand box

First time on the trampoline

We went to another fun swimming pool on Monday. The kids loved it. It was perfect for little kids. They had a 1 foot pool and a 2 foot pool. The kids finally realized that going under water isn't as terrifying as they thought, and started dunking themselves over and over. I got a few pictures of them under water.

Any way, we were sad to leave Eric, but I was ready to come home and get things done around here. Here are a few more pictures from our fun weekend!

Painting. . .

We're still working on the house, trying to get ready to officially list it with our real estate agent. We'll be signing the contract on Thursday, and the "For Sale" sign will officially be placed in the yard!

I didn't realize how much my husband helped around this house. . . until he moved out! I have to mow the lawn, weed wack, water, fill my car with gas. . . you know, all the things husbands are supposed to do!

Today, I had the kids help me prime Brandon's room. It was fun for them, but nerve racking for me. I was worried they were going to get paint all over the carpet. Over all, they did pretty good and it gave them something to do while I painted the other walls. Here are a few pictures of the fun they had. . .

Brandon LOVED painting his room

Look at that pony tail! Her hair is getting so long!