The Winner Is ...

Denverallens!

Now to all you siblings - mom did not give me her Pyrex dishes. I bought these off eBay.

I'm off to tend my two little kids. Bonnie has the flu and Chas is cutting two teeth! It should prove to be an adventurous day.

Thank you to all who participated. I think it would be fun to have cool drawings like this more often - I'll see what I can do.

Utah

In an attempt to get Bonnie to not whine as much on the car trip we bought a Scooby Doo coloring and sticker book. Alas it didn't work. The first three hours of our trip from Idaho to Utah she whined and fell asleep five minutes before we stoped for gas. We couldn't believe it. I laughed and told Jay at least she doesn't disappoint - we always know she'll whine in the car. I was totally laughing when I said this and he looked at me and said you love your family don't you. And I said yep I do - and I do, they are just so freaking awesome.

We left Jay in Logan to watch a BYU game with my sister's husband and three boys. Turns out my sisters baby (he's seven) tried to start a fight with three men sitting next to them. The were cheering for the other team and totally thought my sister's baby was so cute - apparently baby was yelling Aggies suck and other silly phrases. Sister's baby was so proud of himself.

Saturday found my sister and I leaving Jay with Bonnie and us heading out to fabric stores. Again we found my sister's baby telling Jay funny things. Sister was telling Jay he can eat anything he wanted. Sister's baby piped up and said "if you need to know where anything is in the pantry just ask me. I'm in there everyday!" I just about lost it - he is such a character.

Really the one thing that made this weekend great was spending time with family and many many giggles. I think that is always my favorite when we can relax and just laugh.

Sunday was the best. Jay, me, sister, & sister's hubby headed up to Salt Lake to a religious conference and it was so awesome. We were so lucky to get to and just enjoyed ourselves. Here is Jay smiling for the camera - we were pretty high up and off to one side of the conference center.

We headed home and enjoyed a relatively quite ride home. The kids were exhausted beyond belief. I enjoyed it while all three people slept in the car and I just sang out of tune to some of my favorite music.Hope everyone else had a great weekend.

My little girl

We have so much fun with our little Bonnie. Her manners and sillinessr make us laugh long after she's gone to bed for the night.

Yesterday we moved all of the office furniture off the front porch to the front room while soem workers adjust the level of the floor on the office/porch. This means Bonnie has access to all the files that are at her height. So last night Jay and I were working on some documents together at my computer. All of the sudden we hear a rustling of paper and a rip. We both turned around and ask Bonnie what she was doing with the paper. When she hears we've noticed she is doing something she shouldn't she throws her hands up in the air and runs away giggling. Now how are we supposed to discipline someone who is so darn cute when she gets in trouble.

I finally finished a simple dress for Bonnie. I had some extra fabric so I made her a little bag to carry her books with. I really love how it turned out.

On Being Mommy

When I gave birth to Bonnie I was really scared because I didn't know the first thing about being a mom. Now that Bonnie is 17 months old I feel I have a much better handle on the situation. I also never had any clue that spending time with Bonnie would become more and more fun as time went on.

Yesterday we went out to play in the yard with scooter and it was so much fun.

One of her favorite things to do is walk Scooter. While we were outside we found those seeds that when I was a kid we called helicopters. These seeds you hold up with your arm and then let them free fall. When the helicoters fall they twist in circles. Bonnie got such a kick out me showing her this that she kept playing and playing with the helicopters. I really enjoyed just watching her giggle and clap at how well she had done. While we were playing I realized all the wonderful memories Bonnie brings back to me about my childhood.
I'm the young sister here with my older sister Jeni. I can't even begin to talk about all the fun we had as kids - we were a very large family. I remember many forts being built and destroyed. Another fond memory is all the birthday parties we had for our family. I could go on but with seven kids there just tends to be so many wonderful memories.

Well on that note have a great weekend. I'm finishing up Bonnie's first sundress and maybe starting on a second. I do have some gifts I have to finish up for baby showers for next week. Looks like it will be a busy crafting weekend.