Happy Valentines Day!

I love Valentine's Day! I love the jewelry commercial that says, it's not about I love you, but I love us! I love Roy! He never reads this but I wanted to say it.

Evy and I made some Valentines cookies today while Audrey was taking a nap. I have some chocolates and cards to give them at dinner. I'm so grateful for all the love I have in my life. Happy Valentines Day!



As I was loading the pictures on to the computer I saw some ones I had forgotten about. This one I took one morning. This is exactly how my mornings go. My children love TV!


And then another morning, Evy insisted I take her picture. I really have no idea why but she was sure that she needed her picture taken!I love how she had to strike a pose. That girl is so sassy!

I'm sad and sick

So today I found out that a family friend passed away last night. She was our neighbor in California for 5 years. I can't count the number of memories of my childhood that I have her and her family in. For some reason, this has struck me pretty hard. She was so young, 58. I think about my Mom and thought of what it would be like losing her. My heart goes out to her husband, her children and her sweet grandchildren. But what gives me hope and comfort is the knowledge that Families Can Be Together Forever. I know this is true and I know this beautiful Gospel that I belong to is true and because of that I feel blessed today. Almost every night I sing the girls the song, "Families Can Be Together Forever". Tonight it will be even more sweet.

Not helping the matter of feeling sad is the fact that I'm sick. I have had a runny nose for 3 weeks. Undoubtedly it is has turned into a Sinus Infection. But I have been so busy with the Design Business that I have not had a chance to go to the Doctor's. I'm glad I'm working but I need to find sometime to go get some Antibiotics........stupid nose! Maybe I'll go to the minute clinic after Roy comes home.

And not to make this post so down, I'm posting a video of Audrey. The other day on the phone, Alena, my Sister-In-law, asked to see some videos of Audrey talking. This is what I got out of her. She says so much more but for some reason that is all I could think of.

I've just realized that she's talking with her mouth full of food. I hope any of you do not find it rude. And if you are, than you might be offended by half of the things I say on my blog and you wouldn't be looking at my blog to begin with. So I'm going to assume you all find it adorable!

Fancy Nancy Tea Party

Saturday was the big day of the Tea Party. Ended up being 13, 5 year old's. Let's just say that it was full of tiaras, tutus and little girl squeal's! I think Evy ended up having a really good time. My friend Tess threw it with me and I have no idea how I would have done it without her. She has a little girl the same age as Evy and they are good friends!

We had a couple of activities, completely thought of by Tess, definitely not my power alley! We did "Soiree" Bingo" and bedazzled some sunglasses. They were a hit!

My Mom went way over the top and made Evy and Audrey outfits. Everyone loved them! I have the best Mom ever. And I'm glad she made the costumes because I definitely would not have been able to! I forgot to get a close up of Audrey, because she was literally running around everywhere. I was giving her everything and anything to keep her quiet. I think she may have had up to 20 conversation hearts......don't judge me :)! But she spent the party trying on everybody's shoes and taking a little walk. This girl is seriously obsessed with shoes!

I'm really glad I did it and was able to something special for her. The girls looked like they had a blast. And I don't think I'm going to be doing anything like this for sometime :). And here's the rest of the picture's. You may notice that one of her friend's is dressed like a Unicorn. Don't ask me why, but she didn't want to dress up in a tutu, only a Unicorn. Audrey kept on circling her rubbing her horn and fur. I could not help but laugh. Enjoy!







Evy, I love you1

Audrey's so dang cute!

The other day, Audrey and I were hanging out at home while Evy was at school. Audrey plays fantastic by herself. But that day it was perfect. She would put on her Fancy Nancy Shoes and her bucket (her purse) and grabbed a play cell phone. She would start yelling at the cell phone, put the phone in her bucket and then say bye to me so she could go run her "errands". She must have done it 10 times. It seriously brought a smile to my face that day!

Blah!

I don't really have anything super exciting to blog about. I've been very busy this week getting Evy's Tea Party ready. Why a Tea Party, you ask? The answer is: because I'm crazy! And because Evy is really into the Fancy Nancy Books. If you know anything about Fancy Nancy, then you know that she loves all things girly, frilly, french and tea parties. So one night Evy and I were reading Fancy Nancy's, How to throw a Tea Party book. Evy asked is she could have a tea party and I said, "Why Not?" (famous last words). Well this Tea Party has turned into 13, 5 year old's coming over tomorrow. And I feel a ton of pressure to get everything just right. This is what I have so far:




I still have got loads to do tomorrow. Hopefully everything will turn out and Evy will be happy. I know the decorations are good because Roy walked through the door and hated it. What a boy? He said that because he hated it, it would be perfect. What kind of logic is that?

Here's some random pictures of Audrey looking stoned. For some reason, I can't get her to keep her eyes open. I have yet to be able to figure out my camera! I don't know how to get it to work the way I want it to. Maybe I will have to actually read the manual. But who wants to read a camera manual, when I have my other books where a good majority of them include some ridiculously handsome character? Maybe one day I will get to the camera manual, but until then you will have to put up with blurry, stoned pictures of Audrey.



And here's some pics of my jewelry setup. I had a client come by to check it out. How come that just by looking at all of the jewelry together makes me happy? I think it's because it's so pretty! I have a party coming up next week, so wish me luck!







And I just noticed that my pictures are all sideways, but I'm to tired to fix it. So in the meantime.......tilt your head and you'll see it right!:)..............................I need a vacation!

Sweet!

Before I went to bed I went to check on Evy, like I do every night. When I went in there, I saw that she had her dolls and her bear, Ariel Rainbow (she came up with that name all on her own), all tucked in around her. I just thought it was so precious and sweet!

Audrey's Words

In the past few days Audrey's vocabulary has just come alive. The other night she asked me for a "book peeees". It seriously melted my heart. Here are some of the other words she says:
Mama
Dada
Good Night "Nigh Nigh
Bye "Buh Bye"
Snack "Nack"
Please "Peees"
Thank You "Shank u"
Book "Book"

I'm just loving her to death! And Evy is doing great too! We've whipped out the good 'ole rewards chart to see if that will help her behave better. And today she did really well. This is a picture of me and the kiddos reading a book before bed. When being a Mom, there are good days and bad days. Today I think was a good day and I'm loving being a Mom! Tomorrow may be different.