Birthday Surprise

My sister in law Carrie decided to help celebrate my birthday with the littles. They brought me ice cream, cake and a balloon. I happened to have some candles in the cupboard to top things off.

Never Again

Never again will I be 34 not to mention 34 and pregnant. I suppose this warrants a photo.


I started taking belly photos today. Yeah..I just look fat - cause the fat part is still bigger than the baby part.

Thanksgiving #27

I probably won't have a chance to post tomorrow so I am doing it now. For my 27th Thankful post I am Thankful for Mr Flypaper and the day of his birth.

I am so thankful him and all the joy he brings to my life. Rick does so many things for me and is willing to put up with my craziness. He makes me laugh ALL the time. He has helped me become the person I am. I am so thankful for the love he brings to my life.

Lila's 80th Birthday

Growing up we used to go to a family reunion every July for my grandma's family. We didn't know any of my grandpa's family then one day he died. His sister and cousins came to the cemetery and now we know them. Last weekend we went to my grandpa's cousin's 80th birthday party. (My first cousin twice removed.) It was fun. The dood and I were discussing how young we felt there and how great his parents are doing. (They turned 87 last week.)Just add it up to one more thing that has kept me from blogging lately.

Busy

Been a little busy lately. You know that house thing...yeah we are almost there. Gonna have lots to update next week...Comcast is coming out Thursday to get me all hooked up!
Oh yeah, had a birthday too. Good times baby Good times.

Baby Katie Turns 1

Baby Katie turned 1 on June 3rd. We celebrated her birthday on Sunday June 7th. It was fun to be with extended family. We spent time eating our burgers on my picnic blanket while lots of the little ones entertained us by climbing trees. The highlight was watching Katie eat her cake. It was slow going at first but eventually she got the hang of it!

I Fell Off the Wagon ~ Or Maybe I Have Actually Been Busy

I haven't been as good lately as I used to be at posting. Or maybe I am actually better because I am not posting like 3-5-10 times a day!

We have had a lot of things going on here over the last two months and over the last week or two I have gotten to the point where I have just felt like watching tv at night rather than anything else. I still read some of my friends blogs, but admittedly not all of them anymore. I guess one could call this depression where I lose interest in the things I like to do. Probably. But don't worry, it is nothing that I am going to wallow in or really even discuss publically. Yes that was a ramble...

ANYWAY~ I have a few fun photos to post and shareOn this past Sunday we celebrated our next to the youngest great nephew's birthday. Tucker turned 2 and he had all sort of Choo Choos I crack myself up!

(His baby brother is the youngest who turned 2 months old the day before). It was a fun Sunday afternoon hanging out with Rick's young brother's family. One of which is our youngest Nell niece who will be 17 in January. She reminds us of Violet in The Incredibles. She wears her hair the same and she even talks like she. She looked up a little too late to realize I was taking her photo.

Happy Birthday Rick ~ Happy Thanksgiving

As most of you know, Rick's birthday was on Thanksgiving this year. I made a chocolate pudding pie from scratch...which for those of you that don't know it means I mixed sugar and starch and egg yolks to make my own pudding then added melted chocolate. It was incredible. I am not a rich chocolate fan and that is what this was. But those who are, told me it was incredible. I also made a cake. A turkey cake.
Notice the arm trying to hold back the wild hoard from blowing out the candles themselves? This was actually only the second thing I have ever decorated using icing tips and all that. I am very proud of how it turned out.
We went to Rick's sister's for dinner and had a great time. We had our 3 nieces, their husbands and their wild bunch of boys and one princess, each and every one we love! I was able to spend some time with the 2 year old and practice putting on lip gloss. When then went by Rick's parents house and hung out with them for a bit. Actually it is more like sitting and chatting with them. 85 year olds don't really hang out.
My aunt and cousin drove in from Kansas and we will probably see her along with my cousin who is going to BYU tonight.
Rick and I hope that everyone had a fun and happy Thanksgiving!

Jim's 30th Birthday

Tomorrow, July 22nd, is my younger brother Jimmy's 30th birthday. We went out to dinner with him and his family along with other friends and family last Saturday to start the celebrations. We went to Jimmy's favorite Chinese restaurant where all he has to say is, the usual. I had sesame chicken which was awesome.

Not much else has happened in the last week. Maddy is really sick in Mexico - and if you are reading this and don't know who Maddy is...she is my middle (younger) sister who is in Mexico for the summer with her husband to learn Spanish.

We had 9 children in our class on Sunday and they were all really good. Usually when we have visitors we have "problems" of kids wanting all the attention. I am so proud of them for all acting so well. On the drive home from church I told Rick, I really had a fun time today. I was just so proud of them! Which reminds me...I made cookies that morning before church and only cooked a dozen. That means I have cake batter cookie dough in the fridge I had forgotten about. YAY for an evening snack.