Five on Friday

1. This little guy has been fighting an ear infection for most of the month but he seems to be returning to his normal smiley self. He is four months now and bigger every day.2. I celebrated another birthday last week. Daniel was supper thoughtful but it still turned out to be a "Mom" birthday. All of you mom's will probably understand.

3. Lydia surprised us all with a 103 degree fever this week. But with a little Motrin and a Priesthood blessing she perked right up. This picture scares Daniel to death. Sick with a fever, messy hair, and still can you say 'NO' to that face?
4. Anyone up for some holiday fun? Eliza was and loving it!

5. Currently I am in the middle of about 10 Christmas projects. I keep thinking of another 'little something' I could make and adding it to the list. Do any of you do that? My favorite project pattern can be found here.

Happy Friday!

For Claire

Hey Friends and Family,

Just wanted to post a link to a good friends blog. Benson & Claire, as you can read here, are both in need of liver and kidney transplants. Due to some complications, Claire underwent open heart surgery on top of the daily dialysis and the pending transplant. Then because of heart surgery she missed some organs. Please pray for little Claire and her family. Also to make a donation to help with there transplants, visit the link on the side bar. The video of Claire going through dialysis on the blog is quite touching. No little child should have to go through so much. We love you Claire and are praying for you!

Friday's Fun Five

Okay so I just really wanted to post.

1. We attempted some family pictures this week. Overall not bad considering our clan. We will see if we decide to make another attempt. Sometimes things just have to be 'good enough.'

2. Posted the wrong link to the New Family Search Website so find the right one here. Daniel and I spent two hours on it last night and we both loved it.

3. Lydia is sporting a new look. It is called the "Fight with a Bike" look. What do you think?

4. Eliza & Liesel have found new joy in playing "Dress Up for Date Night." Their favorite place to go is to the temple.

5. Anyone know of a piano looking for a new home? We rearranged our living room and realized that we might just have some room for just such an item.

Happy Friday!

ten on tuesday

1. We had a fun visit from Grandma last week. We put her to work right away and didn't waste a minute. I think she and I are still recovering from our marathon project week. Here are a couple of the projects...aprons and new stroller covers (Lydia got a new stroller but her seat needs to be recovered already...sigh). We made Peter's baby quilt too but I didn't get a picture. It turned out perfect even with our made up pattern.2. Daniel and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary last week too. Thanks to grandma we had a date night and bought me some new jeans! I love you Daniel. I can't imagine life any better.

3. Eliza sporting her apron and making cookies with her new rolling pin.
4. Lydia had now gone #2 in the potty twice! Look out!
5. I had a great idea to let the girls paint their own fingernails. That turned out to be way more work and mess than I thought. Grandma saw her chance and took off to clean.
6. Let's hear a big GO COUGARS for winning their first game this season against #3 Oklahoma. We are now #9 on the AP pole. Keep it up Cougars!

7. Labor Day we went to the Colorado Springs Hot Air Balloon Festival. By the time we arrived there were already about 25 balloons up and we watched about 30 more go up. It was so neat and the girls loved seeing BIG balloons.8. I got the Family History urge again yesterday. I spent the afternoon on the new Family Search site. Check it out again here.

9. Eliza & Liesel took swimming lessons in August. I can't believe how much better they are after a few lessons. They especially loved the day grandma came with them and let them shower afterwords. Who would have known a shower at the Rec Center could be so entertaining.

10. Peter will be 3 months next week. He is cooing and smiling and is such a happy baby. We all just adore him.

Wordless Wednesday

Ten on Tuesday--Trip to Idaho

1. Since we got back home a week and a half ago I have wanted to post but things have been crazy around here...so you get raw pictures that haven't been edited and just a few quick words of explanation.

2. Congratulations again to my sister Bekah and her husband Glen who were married on July 3 in the Twin Falls LDS Temple. It was a lovely day!

3. Sunday July 5th was a special day for our family. Our little Peter was given a name and blessing by his Dad. Thanks again to everyone who was able to be there. Also a big thanks to my mom for making Peter's blessing outfit!

4. After the wedding, Daniel had to go back to work but the kids and I stayed for two weeks at my parents house. The girls had a blast. We fed horses, picked raspberries, picked and canned cherries, played in the water, slipped on the slip'n slide and spent as much time on the swings as possible.

5. While at Grandma's house, Lydia had her first hair cut. She looks darling.

6. We loved the days at Grandma's house but the nights were a little rough. At least half of the nights we were there were spent cleaning up vomit or diarrhea from at least one of the girls. One morning I woke up thinking we were in the clear when I noticed Liesel wasn't in her bed. Poor grandma had been up with her without me even knowing. Sorry grandma!

7. The highlight of the trip for the girls was Cousin Camp. We spent two whole days with the cousins earning patches for our Camp Sawtooth Bandelo. We learned the camp song (so catchy that we still sing it), had a service project, climbed trees, learned how to throw a tea party or a Cougar football party, took the Cougar pledge, roasted marsh mellows, slid on the slip'n slide, rode 4-wheelers, had a hot wheels derby, had nail care, aerobics, snacks, a nature hike and more fun then ever before. Thanks again Aunt Nicole and Grandma and everyone else who helped.

8. Another fun surprise at cousin camp were the pajamas grandma made for all the cousins. Quite a lot of sewing to make 24 pairs of pajamas for all the grand kids. We were thinking about trying to have a great sleepover but then realized that with 20 of the grand kids 5 or younger, that might have to wait for another year.
9. After cousin camp we headed to Fish Lake in Utah for my mom's family reunion. It was fun to see all my cousins I hadn't seen in years and for the kids to play in the dirt again. Eliza had a great time hauling dirt around in her shirt and her fishing trip with Dad. Thanks to Uncle Jim for helping me get a new fishing pole for Daniel.

10. Over all the trip was fantastic. Here is to next year!

(My nephew Brigham enjoying the down time)