Tracen was doing a little potty dance so I asked him if he needed to pee. His eyes lit up he got all excited and ran for the bathroom yelling "I'm going to use my barn door!" Unfortunately he was so excited about using his barn door only half of it made it in the toilet.
Here are a few unposted ones I found :)
According to Tracen….When I (mom) grow up I’m going to be a red superman, when he grows up he’s going to be a blue superman. Tyler and Jesse will also be supermen when they grow up.
Ty informed me this evening that he is writing a series of books. There will be 50 in all, 10 chapters each and he’s started the first one…and don’t worry he’s already got an illustrator lined up!
Ty-Look my apps are jiggling
Josh-If your abs are jiggling they’re not abs, that’s a gut.
Tracen- My jabs don’t jiggle!
We’re pulling away from the bank today and I realize we drove off with only one sucker.
Me:Tracen we’re going to have to wait a minute on the suckers because we only got one.
Tracen: But I want a sucker mom!
Me: I know buddy but Lincoln will freak out if I give you a sucker and not him
Tracen: So!
Me: Well how about I give Lincoln the sucker then instead of you?
Tracen: No! I will freak out!
Me: Exactly.
Tracen: I will hide it from him mom.
Me: How are you going to do that?
Tracen: I’ll hide it in my underwear drawer!
I just finished up a few projects and I wanted to post some pictures. I have a bunch of other things I’ve done over the last year too that I thought I’d add just so I could go back and look at them. most of these I found tutorials for on the internet so they are not my own ideas.
Crystal is having a little baby girl in April so I made her two blankets. The first one is similar to one that is Lincoln’s favorite. It’s so soft! P.S. Not saying how I know this…but if you buy the end of the bolt at Joann’s you get like 75% off, just sayin’.
This second one I’ve been dying to make. I made one last summer. It takes forever and I never bought the tool that makes it easy to cut so I did it all by hand…I had a bruise. I wanted to quit. But when I pulled it out of the dryer, it was totally worth it. If you want to know how to make one google faux chenille blanket.
Here is the other one I made. The pink one is flannel, the other is just regular fabric (?) The regular fabric one was tons easier to sew because it didn’t stretch however the pink one is way softer and it frayed better
A long(er) while back I made two of these. One for Tracen and one for his cousins. Tracen still loves his. I think the idea came from Girl with a glue gun.
I also had participated in a few “I-Spy” fabric swaps. I made two quilts with the fabric. One was for Ann the other for us…I still have to bind ours (oops). Here is Ann’s.
I also have a mostly finished quilt top and another one started. So maybe I can finish them up so I can have something to blog about. Now don’t go thinking I’ve been all crazy crafty. These projects have been over the last year….or so…
He’s so stinking cute. Especially in his new jammies.
Too bad he’s learned how to throw a temper tantrum. This particular night he wouldn’t eat any other way. It had to be on the floor, with two bowls, one with pears and one with shredded cheese. I couldn’t talk him into sitting at a table, or eating the main course. Anything other than what you see pictured here elicited lots of screaming! And please ignore my extremely dirty floor…I have since mopped it!
Twice this month Josh has had trainings to attend out of town. I was lucky enough to be able to go with him. And we are lucky enough to have grandparents willing to spend some time with our kiddos!
The first weekend we headed over to Bryce Canyon. We went the night before so we didn’t have to get up so early. We ate and stayed at Ruby’s Inn and did a little wandering around. I actually decided to go with Josh to his training the next day. The speaker was really, really good. He covered some fairly disturbing material but it was good for both of us in our occupations as well as being parents! Afterward we drove into Bryce and took a few pictures (with my phone lol) but we didn’t get around to too much hiking….it was freezing!
A week and a half later we drove up to Ogden for Josh to attend a preparedness training. We ate at a super yummy place called Roosters. Although I should have I didn’t go with him to this training. Instead I spent way too much money buying me some new clothes :) After that we ate some sub zero ice cream which happens to be our favorite (it was a half a block away) and dinner at a place called Wing Nuts. Josh loves wings and they were really good. I think he’s considering a double business venture with a Sub Zero and a Wing Nuts all in one. I’m all for it, I’d never have to cook again! We didn’t want to get home at 10 or 11 so we stayed the night and went home the next day. We made a few stops along the way at a police store and Cabela’s (where I found a few guns I liked…too bad I don’t have a money tree) then we ate dinner again and found us another Sub Zero ice cream store. So it took us awhile to get home! We were excited to see the boys until we all piled into the car and they immediately began fighting! lol.
he loves getting his picture taken :)
A few weeks ago the Moapa Valley Arts Council did a night honoring my Grandma Whitney and the Nelson’s and our musical heritage. It was a quick trip but the boys and I ran to Logandale for the concert, spent the night and then came back the next day. I’m so glad we went!
None of these pictures are my own, they were all stolen from Amy and Lauren. I’m glad someone remembered a camera because I sure didn’t!
They started with some dance band music from the 20’s complete with dancers…the Dalley’s and the Bachelors.
My Grandma, Aunt Judy, Aunt Susan and Aunt Gaye all played a 8 hand 4 piano piece.
My Dad sang with some of his sister, his mom and my cousin.
Jill played an amazing song on her violin and sang some songs she wrote on her guitar
Gaye played her harpsichord
The night ended with the Nelson family band that we all love. I loved when all their kids got up and played with them best part of the night :)
At the end all the family “got” to get up and go up on the stage and sing country roads. Don’t worry I’m there….hiding in the back
I love watching/listening to my Grandma play. She played for a good portion of the program. Here are some pictures that I just loved and wanted to include!
This one is just amazing!
I’m really glad I went! I sat down right in front of Jill’s kids and I teased Jackson most of the time. He was a good sport and enjoyed it I think. :)
