The Play Kitchen!

The fridge...The inside of the fridge... (I used a shower rack for the shelves on the inside of the door.)The stove, dishwasher, and sink! The kids have loved and adored this toy! Blake and I did it together and it was an ENORMOUS project and it weighs a ton, but we love it and we saved a lot of money! We are not all the way done yet, so stay tuned for completed project pictures, and a list of how much it cost us!

Anndi is Walking!

On March 21st, Anndi finally took her first independent steps! Here are a couple videos!

What We are doing with the Entertainment Unit we got...

Blake and I have been building a play kitchen for Caleb and Anndi! We are almost done but it has been a time-consuming and enormous project! It has already been loved much. I am excited to post final pictures soon!

Crafting it up

I've been loving some freezer paper stenciling! I took a navy blue hockey jersey and stenciled on the Predator's logo! Caleb LOVES it. He said, "Ooooo mommy! It's perfect!"
And for my mom, we made her a hoodie with "Gi-Gi" on the front and "We heart Gi-Gi" on the back.The heart has Caleb and Anndi's hand prints in it. So fun!

Busy!

Guess what Blake and I have been working on!...

A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without

Duh...

A picture of your favorite band or artist

My favorite band is definitely Train. This is for several reasons. First, I love their distinct and unique sound. Their new album is by far my favorite. It's so hopeful, happy, and optimistic! (Guess it's kinda like me...) Second, Train is "our" band. Me and Blake's. One of our first dates as an official couple, Blake texted me during the day and said, "What do you want to do tonight?" And I said, "Dance and watch a movie!" He made that happen. First we watched a dance movie at Blake's friend's house. Then, after that we drove up high on the mountain in Provo and danced for hours to Train's album, Calling All Angels. It was the first time I'd heard the album. I'm pretty sure that night was when I knew I was in love with Blake and wanted to marry him.

A picture of something you love

I decided to skip the "A picture of something you hate" because what I hate I don't have pictures of, and I do not like to dwell on. So, now for something I love!! I LOVE sewing!! I made this outfit for my sister-in-law, Amber. She is about to have a baby girl, Mikiah, any day now!!! I love to sew. I love to sit down at my table with my sewing machine and create something out of beautiful, soft materials. I love how the machine stitches so quickly and helps me to create things. I love how it feels to accomplish a little project. I love sewing!!!

A picture of the person you do the most rediculous things with

I almost started crying, looking for pics with me and Nath in them. I miss her so much. The person I do the most rediculous things with is definitely my lil Nath.Nath and I were very close friends in high school, and best friends in college. We were roommates at BYU and pretty much had the best time together ever. When we roomed together, we spent about 97% of our free time together. Nath and I are a perfect team because she is incredibly creative and comes up with things to do, and then suggests them to me, and I am incredibly optimistic and always just say, "LET'S DO IT!" Thus, we have done some rediculous things, and they have all been SO MUCH FUN. Some fun rediculous things we have done together off the top of my head:

• Wear black glitter tights with knee-length black skirts to high school. (I mean those things were SUPER glittery)
• Go to EFY as roommates and tell everyone our names were Fern and Clover.
• Walk down the sidewalk on a very busy street on Cinco De Mayo, dragging behind us tons of plastic cups attatched to yarn... Arriba!
• Grocery shopping always included one of us in the shopping cart and the other one pushing. Sometimes the one in the shopping cart would call out to people, then look away. "Hey, guy!..."
• Almost picked up road kill in the middle of a 5 lane road... "AHH!! IT LOOKS LIKE A CHIHUAHA!"
• Participate in a ward talent show... we lip synced to a really awful punk rock song that has absolutely no melody...
• Driving from Tennessee to Nebraska with a 3 year old, 2 year old, 1 year old, and 8 month old.

A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most

This would have to be my mom! She's gotten me through, let's see... the birth canal, pre school, elementary school, middle school, high school, young women's program, seminary, 12 years of piano lessons, 10 years of gymnastics, sports, cheer, dance, college, first time in the temple, getting married, being pregnant twice, having newborns twice, postpartum depression twice... and millions of other things. Thank you, mom. Love you.