Lil' Smarty Pants

I hate bragging about my kids (yes, I include my dog as a kid) on my blog, but I have to give a report every once in a while. Tess talks so much now. She is a little parrot repeating everything I say, including the bad names I call Clover sometimes. Ooops! I'm just amazed though at what she picks up without me even knowing it. She fills in words to so many songs, knows part of her ABCs, and surprised me with counting the other day, too. She's growing up too fast! She is quite the character! Some of my latest favorites are: finding her stuck half way up the barstool with her chin on the counter saying "I want down", her constant need to pray over all her meals (she folds her arms and tells me "amen"), she tells me "no song" when she wants me to stop singing, she does the cutest wink, she tries to skip and walks on her tippy toes a lot, she asks now to go to sleep (love it), and she gives the cutest "eye kisses" (butterfly kisses). She is so rough & tumble, too, and rarely let's anything bother her. She surprises me every day with something! This is such a fun age and I'm loving it! Here are a few of my favorite recent pictures, including Easter:

Spring is Here!

Last Friday my mom, Tess, and I headed down to Thanksgiving Point for the Tulip Festival.  The tulips were only about 50% in bloom, but it was still beautiful and great to be outside.  Tess loved it, of course, because to her the combo of Grandma and the outdoors is something to be topped.  My mom has so much fun with her grandkids, you'd never know she has back pain. Check her out rolling down the hill with Tess!  I tried to get some good photos, but Tess never holds still.  Here's what I got! Thanks for the fun, mom!

L&D Stories

For all my labor and delivery nurse friends or any of you who like funny stories about labor and delivery, here is a blog dedicated to just that.  I got the link from my friend Brit.  Be forewarned, what may be funny to an L&D nurse may gross the rest of you out completely!  There are quite a few stories I should post myself, but I'll save that for a later date. Have a good laugh!

Let the Games Begin!

We have officially started on our basement!  I get so excited, but I have to avoid thinking of the expense.  My brother, Triston, is framing for us and my dad and Brad are there to help, too.  It will be so awesome to have double the space when we are done! We're finishing it so we'll have more space for another kiddo.  Yep, that's right... it's time to start trying for another one this month.  With that said... let the games begin!
Love the power tools!

I Suck!

I suck BIG TIME, I really do now! We purchased an awesome vacuum last month and it makes cleaning so much fun! I recommend it to anyone. We got a Dyson which has awesome suction and no bags. Yeah! I hesitated because of the price. We really just needed something better than our $70 vacuum we got for our wedding. But, I love it and it was worth the bucks! I've never wanted to vacuum so much and I do it several times a week now just to get that fulfillment of seeing how much I can get out of the carpets and off my floors. So, there you have it...I really suck!  

Friends

Do you have a friend that you don't talk to often, but when you do it's just so easy again and you remember all you love about them? Or, you see pictures of them in an email or on a blog and you just smile and think to yourself "I'm so lucky to know that person!"? I have a few of those. I think you know who you are. If you're reading this know that I love you despite all my excuses for being a non-communicator. Thank goodness for those kind of friends! Here are just two of them that I stumbled across today:

SPT-Photo Scavenger Hunt

Well, I'm a little late with this SPT. So here was the challenge-
in honor of february, the month of L.O.V.E., all of the items begin with the letter "L":
lips
light
little
laughter
lavender
lunch

Check out those lips! So sweet and kissable!

I love the light this time of year. I sit here when Tess is down for a nap and I read my scriptures or some light reading. Love the warmth and light!

A little mischief!

Lots of laughter at this sleep-over!

I love the smell of lavender! This is my new soap. Thanks mom.

Tess' lunch! Had to be quick today!