Outside this evening.....

Lauren

She is growing up TOO fast!

Another favorite

Did I ever tell you I love my camera?

Well...I do! Lots!

Izzy Belles

We are potty training today.....so far so good...candy does wonders!

Love this picture!

My most favorite cookies.....

I have decided to make Mondays my "Post a good recipe to share" day. So from now on, I will post my most favorite recipes....maybe you could too? Kind of like a recipe swap blogging style...
got it? Ok...here is my recipe for the day

These cookies dont have a name...all I know is they are the best!

In a bowl mix together....
1 cup butter (softened) And it must be butter...none of that margarine or shortening crap!
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Add
2 cups oats
1 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 package of MILK chocolate chips (not the semi-sweet)

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes

Now go make these and come back and tell me how yummy they are!

1 minute photo shoot...

How do you get a 3 year old to let you take pictures of them?????

We just love her hair....fits her personality to a t...she wont let me do anything with it...I am lucky to get a barrette in her hair for church on Sunday and she NEVER comes home with the barette in her hair. Still trying to figure out where she puts them.

Its her birthday on Sunday, we are celebrating it today. She is always in her own little happy world and continues to make us laugh on a daily basis.

Today Ladd was trying to put her pajama bottoms back on this morning and he told her she needed to do it NOW. Her response was in a very matter of fact way was "I dont think I need to do that right now". Had to be there...but I was laughing my head off trying to not let her notice.

I love love love this boy!

The scary part is.....

So Miles is getting his helmet on AND his knee pads and wrist guards not to just ride his bike....
HE IS SO EXCITED!!!!
For THIS.....




Our neighbor is moving and gave this to him...the handle popped off and she didnt know how to fix it....we just "popped" it back on and it works....a little too fast for my liking...15mph
But the scary part is.......

He jumped on that thing and took off with out looking back in full speed....my goodness this kid scares me! The most scary part is he had no problems figuring out how to ride it all on his own.

Stay tuned for a video of my fearless kid

A weekend of pictures.....

Her new thing is to strip down and dress up....Not sure what she is here

She is getting so big!

We affectionately call him "Pudge Pudge"

Ready to ride....

The joy of opening the mail box....

Sisters...

My favorite...when he falls asleep and snuggles up to me!

My moms art.....

My mom has her website done

www.heavenonearthart.com

She has a goal to paint ALL of the LDS temples....

Not off to a good start....

Isabelle is a handful! Last week started with her getting into the pnut butter and eating it with her hands and getting it all over....then the paint incident(dumped out a gallon of paint in the basement, played in it with her hands and feet and then walked up the stairs, and got it all over the kitchen, my nice rugs and so on)...On Sunday, I fell asleep I think for a whole 2 minutes while I was feeding Sawyer on the couch and woke up to her laughing, I went to see what she was laughing about and she had dumped my "LIQUID hard to clean up..I think impossible to clean up dish soap" all over the kitchen counter.

Today, she has started the week off with grabbing a tube of Aquaphor (vaseline based stuff that is near impossible to get cleaned up) while I was on the phone and squeezed it out and wiped it all over herself. Ugh! Thats all I have to say.

Its a freaken darn good thing she is the cutest thing alive!

Here is an updated picture of her eye...how can I get mad at her with a face like this?

What the morning brings......

A nearly swollen shut eye! I dont think this is photoshop proof...

Ouch!

There is nothing like going outside to check on your kids and seeing your jogger on its side in the street and Miles trying to unbuckle Isabelle, who is screaming her head off and Miles telling her it will be ok.

I just know I have told Miles MANY times before to not push her in this stoller for this very reason....poor girl. She got her thumb smashed VERY hard last week in the door. Fell in the neighbors yard the other day and scraped up her arm and leg and now this.....Life can be hard as an almost 3 year old.

These pictures dont do it justice...but she is a trooper!

Bubba

Sawyers Blessing

Sawyer was blessed this past Sunday. We were lucky to have Ladds brother John and his wife, Angi come and Ladds mom come. The kids loved having family in town.

Sawyers blessing was beautiful and of course I cried just like all my other kids blessings.

Here are some pics. Getting a good family pic is a joke but we tried.

I am in love!

I YUV her!

I was a little concerned about Isabelle adjusting to not being the baby as she is my most "attached to me" child I have had. Overall, she is doing great and has been my "most adjusted" child to not being the baby anymore.

She is still as cute as ever and I "yuv" her so much! She continues to amaze me with everything she does and says and I fall in love with her more and more everyday!

Yesterday she said "Mom, I yike Caillou, can I go in the t.v. and yuv him?"

She has her dad wrapped around her finger and he continues to be mesmerized by her from the moment he comes home from work till when she goes to bed!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my dad who would have been 60 today!

Sawyer Mathias Carlston

Sawyer Mathias Carlston
March 13, 2008
9:44 am
8lbs 15oz
23 1/2"

We are doing great. Just need some sleep. For some reason, the pics wont download on here. Need to figure that out.

I am still with child...maybe he isnt going to come until we decide on a name. We have some new names now...I am adding them to my "poll" and taking away the ones that are gonners....tell me what you think of them

Need a good laugh????

Watch this video.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus