Sisterly Love

Addy and Sydnee loved to push each others buttons lately. This leads to many fights and crying and whining. The other day the two were playing downstairs when we heard Sydnee crying. This is nothing unusual, Sydnee cries a lot. Sydnee came upstairs to cry and whine about the injustice. Addy wouldn't do a puzzle with her. Addy showed up to tell her side of the story. I asked her what she said to Sydnee when she told her no. Addy said, "Life is full of disappointments, get used to it." Ben and I had to work really hard not to laugh out loud. Where do they come up with this stuff?

Apple Picking

Last Saturday we went apple picking with aunt Hope. We went to Farnsworth farms in Sandy. It was a little tiny orchard, but it was the perfect place for the kids. We made applesauce that night and made cobbler on Sunday, it was yummy!

Bloody Baby

I took Maren in to have some lab work last week. I was feeling guilty because I had had the orders for over a month. I finally decided we would go right after I got the big kids to school. I first went to the hospital, but the lines were huge, so I thought I would go over to the lab at the doctors plaza. Bad idea. I should have waited in line at the hospital. We waited for about 45 minutes in a teeny tiny waiting room. There was one lady that gave us dirty looks the whole time. Thank goodness for the nice little old lady sitting next to us. She let Maren go through her purse and play with all of her things. Finally when it was our turn, the nice lab ladies couldn't hit her veins. They tried twice and got enough for some of the tests and then poked her finger to get the rest. Next time, I will wait at the hospital. Maren wouldn't keep the bandaids on and so as I walking to the car I got some strange looks. Then I realized that Maren was bleeding and smearing blood everywhere. We were both covered. I tried to clean her up, but when we got home, she was totally covered. Because I am such a good mom, I took pictures before I cleaned her up. Thank goodness her iron levels are up, hopefully there will be no more trips to the lab.

Beautiful Butterfly Bush

A few years ago my brother and sis-in-law gave me a butterfly bush for my birthday. This year it has been so pretty. The butterflies, humming birds and bees love it. These are some of the visitors to my bush.

And another ones gone, and another ones gone...

Addy lost two teeth last week. One came out on Tuesday, the other on Thursday. She is now two dollars richer. The one picture is kind of scary and I'm sure that someday she'll hate me for it. Oh well. She looks so much different now. 3 front teeth missing has given her a little bit of a lisp too. Just after the second tooth came out, she came downstairs giggling because she can't make the "s" sound very well, it was great. I'm just not sure what she wants for Christmas now that her two front teeth are out. Hahahaha, okay that was lame.

Baby Shower

Cute Lindsay and some of her loot

Marie and Bryce, my great shower helpers

I burnt a dish towel while baking

I made 8 dozen cream puffs over 2 days

My friend Lindsay is expecting her first baby around Halloween. She's waited a long time to be a mom, so we had to throw a party for her. The shower went well, we invited over 80 people and had at least 40 show up and another 5 drop off gifts. It was fun visiting with friends and neighbors and seeing all the cute pink things.

Super Busy

I can't believe how busy I have been in the last few weeks. I feel like today is the first day that I have actually been able to slow down and breathe. I have spent the last few weeks planning and carrying out a baby shower, which was very successful. I baked 8 dozen cream puffs and 6 dozen chocolate chip cookies for the shower. I don't mean to brag, but I had many people tell me they were the best cream puffs they had ever tasted. I took Maren in for more lab work. Her iron is finally up, yeah! We've been doing homework, picking apples and cooking with them, pulling more teeth out, going to young women activities, working on girls camp, slide-shows and lots of other things. Oh, and helping lots of friends with their children. I also have been doing some things to help at the school. I think I need a short break, I'm grateful to be busy, but I'm a little tired of my life being planned for me. I'm a control freak, I need some control. Sigh. I'm done now. So, I guess I will post some pictures from the last few weeks. Breathe...