Way Overdue...

I've been a blog slacker lately, I'll be the first to admit.

So here's a quick update of what's been going on...

Gord turned 30!!!

 

 Happy Birthday to my BEST FRIEND!!

I got to spend Mother's Day with some of my dad's family

{That's his oldest sister Kathy in the middle}

So fun to see these girls!

After we named Henson my grandma told me it was a family name.

Kathy pulled out the book to show us.

My mom and grandma came to town for a couple days and stayed at a hotel in Salt Lake so we met them for swimming, shopping and yummy food!

While they were here, Tydon had a gymnastics recital

He was so excited about his balloon he slept with hit ;)

{love this kid}

Our landlord invited us over for a Brazilian dinner.

It was fun learning how to make something new and the girls were so much fun!

I got to meet up with my friends from West Jordan for a baby shower for one of our friends!

Love you girls...

Two of my other friends had babies too so they sent me pictures of their diaper bags so I could make some matching wipe cases

Memorial Weekend was much needed... We spent time with our families in ID

We went on a little razor ride with Gord's fam

Henson was such a good boy. 

It rained {of course} but we found a spot where we could make a fire and be protected by the trees.

Lunch, YUM!

Tydon can't get enough of the motorcycles.

My dad was happy to take him for a ride when we got there

Before we headed home we HAD to stop and see some friends.

So fun to meet baby London and catch up!

Gordon has been on a pretty big project at work. They built 2 overpasses on the side of the freeway and then moved them into place... crazy I know. So I let Tydon stay up late and we went over and watched.

This is the 4th part they moved into place. Pretty amazing!

More updates to come...

Another Family Tree

I've wanted to make a Family Tree for my dad's parents for a while.

My grandma has a passion for genealogy and she has put in a lot of time updating our family line.
I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time in their home while I was growing up and I'm so grateful I did. My grandma would let my cousins and I earn $$ cleaning her house so we could ride the bikes to King's to buy fake fingernails... then she would get mad at us for wasting our money ;)
There were many hours spent on the horses with Grandpa and he's the one that taught me how to drive. He started all of the grand kids around 9 yrs old.
I'm so grateful for my grandparents and the great people that they are.
My dad is the baby of nine so he's got a pretty big family.
Happy Mother's/Father's Day Grandma and Grandpa!!
I love you :)

7 month update...

I can't believe our little man is already 7 months, almost 8 now. I felt like he was still a baby saying he was 6 months, but 7 months really isn't "baby" anymore.

*Sitting up
*Eating rice cereal for lunch and dinner
*Taking a bottle if mom is gone
*Favorite song "Patty Cake"
*Likes to splash Tydon in the tub
*Still taking 3 naps a day
*Sleeps from 8pm-7am
*Starting to army crawl
*Teething Time!!
He's been really good and they haven't seemed to bother him.

Getting ready to go shopping with the girls :)
Has crazy fuzz when he wakes up!
Such a happy boy!

Mother's Day Project...

We stayed in UT this year for Mother's Day.

It was a beautiful day and I got spoiled by these boys...
I'm so grateful to be a Mother and am especially grateful for the Mother's in my life.
I look up to my own mother and I'm grateful for the woman that she is.

My mom is driving down today with my grandma {yahoo!}
{So I had an extra week to get my gift together}

My mom's hobby is Barrel Racing and she loves anything to do with horses.
So when I saw this idea I knew it would be perfect :)

FIRST: Find a few of these...

And some of these...

SECOND: Ask your husband nicely to weld them together
{google images}

THIRD: Grab some spray paint and get to work
Finished Product... Perfect display in the front of any cowgirl's tack shed :)

I hope she likes em'

SUPER SATURDAY

SIMPLIFIED....

I was the Enrichment Leader in our last ward and it was such a fun calling. I worked with some amazing women who were talented, motivated and super fun!!

It seems like most wards and stakes are no longer doing Super Saturdays, but as women we still have a NEED to create... so as a committee we came up with an idea for an activity to allow us the opportunity to both SERVE and CREATE in one activity.

The 2 months prior to the activity we gathered donations from the ward to help fill Humanitarian Kits to be donated to the church. We had enough supplies to complete 25 Hygiene Kits and 25 School kits.

So as the sisters arrived at the activity, they helped put kits together...We also put together personal heaters
Then we talked about emergency plans...

Then it was time to CREATE...
Our main craft was Family Home Evening magnet boards.
This is where our idea came from.
{$5}
These are the board kits all ready to go!

We also made interchangeable watch bands...
Gordon's niece helped me and we came up with a few different options.
Also {$5}
Watch Faces were sold separately...

We sold about 200 kits!!

A couple of the girls in the committee are experienced with Photoshop and one of them made a template for Family Proclomations.
So we had a table set-up with computers for people to create their own proclamation.
{FREE}

We had such a great turnout!!
I am FOREVER grateful to all of the sisters on the committee and everyone that helped to make this activity a success.
{Thanks Katie for letting me use your pics}