CAUTION: Graphic photos...

AAAHHHH!! There WAS a mouse about the house....
but there is no longer! :o)
I am sure there are others but there is ONE LESS!!!
and hopefully the Decon will get the rest! :o)

Birthday Girl!!!

So our baby is getting older, wiser and of course sillier!
PR TURNED 1!!!!
She is a great little girl and we are SO proud to call her our own! She looks a lot like Garen and has a similar personality (calm) but she is her own person for sure....
Reni....
is smiley and happy and fun to play with...
almost has enough hair to put in a ponytail on the top of her head....ALMOST! (this was our first and only attempt so far)
is the bearer of 2 teeth...and eater of all things "grown-up" meaning if she can't feed herself, she doesn't want to eat it!
mess maker extraordinaire (notice the pile of powdered suger that is no longer in the bag, in the cupboard where it should be - she LOVES to clean out the cupboards and rearrange for me!)
(yep I am pretty sure it doesn't belong in her ear either...) Avid milk drinker and she is a RUNNER! I think she is just trying to keep up! And she does rather well I must say!!!
on to the party - Her birthday was on the 1st and Camilla's on the 4th so we combined parties and had a grand ole time!
Reni and her Roo Cake!
The birthday girls and some yummy cake!
My 3 chillins! I love these 3! They make me HAPPY!!!
Camilla even looks good as a kangaroo apparently! :o)
YUMMY cake and ice cream! Best day EVER!!!
don't forget a present or 2...and you can't open presents without the proper sibling support!
She has also figured out that those keys make noise!
we got a cheap little bubble machine for the party, it was GREAT fun!!!
all the kids LOVE dancing in the bubbles! Heck, I loved playing in the curtain of bubbles and I was mostly grateful that I didn't have to blow them myself!
walking with a little bit of sass
see...feeding herself!
I couldn't find the pic to show how she LOVES to put things on her head (mostly clothes) and walk around the house, but her she is ...
Our not so little baby! We LOVE you Reni Roo!!!!

little of this and that....

always the fun big brother...Giving PR a ride on his backpack...

Here is PR's 1st flight with daddy!! She wasn't sure at first but she got the hang of it pretty fast...I think it's in the blood.This is the happy face daddy sees!! Look at the extension on those arms even! Now when daddy lays down to do flips and flights, she is right in line with the others. :o)
Nothing like the "geek corner" and the technology is addictive...:o)
Spring in UT is trying to spring, but it comes and goes...on a day when it came the family had fun playing outside. Since that time we have had a picnic on the lawn and gone for lots of walks. :o)
we filled the bean bag up some more and the kids (and adults) LOVE IT!!
The girls playing with the farm. They are just so dang cute!
We got a bubble machine, it was cheap but it turns out that it works really well...The kids LOVE it! one of these days I need to remember to take it outside on one of those nice spring days.
look at that happiness...I love when kids get happy over the simplest things!
for preschool last month we took a field trip to the Sweets Candy factory. It was a yummy tour and a cheap little store after. it was a fun time, PG just saw the pic and asked when we can go again. :o)
we are mostly updated now....

a few cake's ....

OK, so this 1st one I only helped with but I think it looks pretty cool...I made the tree and the fountain, and
.I made the tree and the fountain, and "spray painted" the cake and sprinkled the path...
Cinderella is definitely going in style!
My own baby ROO turned one an this was her cake. Happy Birthday PR!!! :o)
Camilla also had a birthday at our house so to go with the "Pooh" theme of the party we make a litte Eeyore!

I was very happy with how these guys turned out. :o) I love this creative outlet...next one will be KJ's!

preparedness...

There is something very empowering about being "self reliant"...I have learned that I LOVE having what I NEED and if I don't have what I want I love having what I need to make it myself.

In all reality we don't deal with HUGE catastrophes very often, and when they come about it will be nice to be prepared and know what to do with what you have!
The more common problems I am faced with are those of SUNDAY DINNER...you know when you didn't decide what you wanted or you thought you had an ingredient and WA-LAH...it's not there in the cupboard, fridge, freezer.....etc....
But having BULK food storage and the lovely INTERNET as a recipe resource I CAN DO ANYTHING!!! :o)
FOR instance.....
I was planning to make chicken enchilada's for dinner one Sunday only to find that I didn't have enough tortillas. so I went to the computer, Googled a good recipe...then dug the ingredients out of the pantry...BEHOLD - a dough ball!
2. a very EXCELLENT circle roller-outer! (working at Litza's Pizza has paid off more than once! :o)
3 brown the dough circles...
4 roll the enchiladas....YUMMY!!!
Did I mention I LOVE being prepared! I love that I can do whatever I WANT!

(another ex. was another Sunday I was out of dish washer detergent so I Googled a recipe to make my own, and I whipped some up and we have been using homemade ever since! :o))

ID - 2ce in a month...

We had a funeral and a mission "farewell" in ID in March. The 1st trip was LONG...we drove up and back in the same day. We were really TIRED! But we made it.
the second time was a bit more leisurely...it was nice, and fun and the kids had a GREAT time!
our number 1 goal from this trip was spending time with family we don't get to see that much!
Here are 3 brothers and lots of cousins enjoying the hot tub! :o)
it seems that I take pics of dave taking pics of us! :o)
Logan and PD sharing some salt and pepper...I don't get the fascination but they enjoyed eating it together off the table.
PG played with the big boys and their electronic toys....
PD like Uncle Gene, he played fun games...check out the flying hair...
a silly one with siblings
a bit more serious! a good looking bunch!
The geek corner after dinner..
I think it is time to head home when the most active of the group decide to take a nap on their own. :o) We made it back safely after a wonderful weekend! Good luck Nathan in PA serving them! You will love it!!! :o)