A few weeks ago Brinn and I decided she NEEDED an apron when she was HELPING me in the kitchen. So I pulled out some of the cute fabric I bought a few years ago and her and I just WHIPPED THIS THING UP. (There may or may not be a few exaggerations included above.)
It's reversible so she can wear it on either side.
Not perfect, but definitely made with love.
A few weeks ago our van wouldn't start... Ggggrrrr. After David listened to it he figured it was the starter, and also figured he could fix it himself (I was hopeful, but sceptical.) Well, I'm happy to say I was wrong. After several hours he and my brother Nic were able to fix it. Yippy! He probably saved us a few hundred dollars. 
They were so proud they ASKED me to take these pictures and blog about them... right Nic??? :)
Happy to have my van up and running again! Thanks boys!
Brinn just celebrated her 4th birthday the other day. For her birthday she wanted to get her ears pierced... so I said sure. I was totally shocked that she actually went through with it. But she did AWESOME! She was totally fine until they brought out the guns... then she got a little nervous. I held her hands and they did the count down.
Here she is before
One, Two, Three, click.
At first she looked shocked, but when I told her that it was over she got a huge smile on her face.
Right after
So proud of her!
This Little Guy (who is not so little anymore) started 1st Grade...
This Little Miss finally let me talk her into sleeping with curlers in her hair...
Any given night at our house...
And the results of the curlers... a little "crazy" as Brinn said, but cute!
And after it had calmed down for a couple hours TOTALLY CUTE!
And the Littlest Mr. at our house took a tumble, which totally does not surprise me. He hit his eyebrow bone on the edge of a little table. Poor little Mr. :( (This was yesterday.)
And today it looks like this... Nice shinner buddy!
... The Biorn's! We sure do! We went to Oklahoma to visit them last week and can I just say that for me, that was the first real vacation in a LONG TIME. (Real Vacation= Never having to wonder what my children were getting into, if anyone was watching them, and for that matter not hardly ever seeing my kids!) The Biorn's used to live by us and with 1 boy(who is so good with kids) and 4 girls(8 and older, also great with kids)... my kids were seriously watched/entertained by them the entire time. Thanks so much Mandy for your friendship and for everything (Worthy of a shout-out would be surviving the "tornado" and "seeing" Garth Brooks and his "house.")!!! We had a blast! And thanks Dallin, Bre, Madison, Maren, and Ella! We miss you guys already!
Bre lovin on Owen...
Maren and Aidan...
Bre, Madison, Maren, and Owen...
Madison, Me, and the little man...
Ella and Brinn...
Mandy and I...
PS- We didn't forget you Dallin...(just didn't have any good pics of you with the kids. Bummer!!! We will have to get some next summer:))
One day before church I came around the corner to find this:
I guess Pretzel wants to go to church or Aidan is trying to get out of going???
Our niece Morisa came to town at the end of July and stayed with us for 2 weeks! Woo-hoo! How lucky were we to get her all to ourselves for so long!!! We had so much fun and I think(hope) she did too. We miss you Morisa! Come back ANY TIME(SOON)!!!
