Spaghetti Baby

Last week I made Sariah her favorite meal. She normally gets noodles plain once or twice a week but this week I thought I should put sauce on the noodles, it was a hit! I don't know why I didn't do this before...she loved it! Here are the pictures I captured as she ate her spaghetti.

She has an old tylenol dropper in her hands. It had been cleaned out so there was no medicine in it. She just enjoyed playing with it and wouldn't let it go while she ate.

No matter how tight I buckle her into her seat this happens at least once or twice before she is done eating. She loves to stand up in that thing.

Her smile is just so cute that it's hard to make her sit back down sometimes. Of course I make her sit down so she won't fall and crack open her head.

This is her "are you sure you want me to sit down?" face.

It looks like she is sticking her tongue out at me and I thought that was so funny. She was trying for a good minute to get the sauce off her face by licking it with her tongue. So funny.

Laughing

Such a mess my little squinty eyed baby.

She likes to squint when pictures are being taken, I don't know why she does it.

The bowl ended up in her lap as she tried to get the last bit of sauce and noodles.

"Mom I don't think there is any left, give me some more or else."

"Hee hee, I'm so cute and I know it!"

"Okay I am tired of the empty bowl and being messy, clean me up, now!"

Room Parent

Last year I volunteered in Justin's 1st grade class as an assistant room parent. It seemed pretty easy to me and thought I would be ambitious this year to volunteer and be the lead room parent for all of 2nd grade plus Justin's class. The year went pretty good but then came Teacher Appreciation Week and boy howdy I stepped in way over my head, most likely I won't be volunteering to do it again. This year I was able to wear Sariah in the Baby Bjorn while at the school. She won't be as containable in the years to come.
I realized why I didn't become a teacher this past week as I spent every lunch and recess at Justin's school monitoring 4 second grade classrooms. It's good to know that Justin is a normal 7 year old with lots of energy just like the rest of the 85 students in his grade level. I am grateful to have just one 7 year old at home to love. He is so loveable and so much easier to take care of then 85. Thank goodness it's not possible for me to have 85 children all at once.

Here are some pictures from the week I was there.

Lunch time, Justin is on the right with the red lunch box.

More lunch duty, Justin is in the back. You can see his face right about the 2 fingers that are being held up in a peace sign.

Organ Stop Pizza

While we were in AZ visiting, we were taken to this awesome pizza place that the kiddos loved...ok we adults loved it too. It's called Organ Stop Pizza and if you are ever in the Mesa area you should totally check it out. There is this big organ in the front of this huge room and they play music while you eat pizza. It's a fun atmosphere and the food is your typical pizza joint type of food. I think it would be fun to take a group date there to eat pizza and play games while the music played. I think I have some video that I might post of the guy playing the organ to convince you to go out and experience Organ Stop Pizza.

Honey, Justin, and Menleigh

Laurel Lou

Silly Me

Laurel and Justin huggin. They are about 9 months apart in age and in the same grade. She thinks it's awesome that she is his aunt.

Sariah ate spaghetti while we were out....she likes the crust on pizza bread but not the rest of the stuff on there.

Pops and Sariah dancing to the music

Justin got a little crazy with all the excitement and pizza.

Cutie Tootie Brynn

Spending time with the girlies

Whenever I go to AZ I always make sure to spend time with my cutie sisters, normally it's just the four of us. This time Sariah got to come along cause she is a girl and we made it a girlie trip to get slurpees and go take some fun pics at the mall.

Laurel and Menleigh got to ride the carousel

Brynn and Sariah become bestest buds on this trip.

Me and my cutie little sisters. I love them and I am so lucky to be their sister. They each have a uniqueness to them that makes them so loveable in their own special way.

Arizona Wedding

A few weekends ago we made a very quick trip to Arizona to go to a good friends wedding. We are so grateful that we took the time to see our friend marry her bestest friend. . It took us 19 hours to drive to Mesa from Texas. We left on a Thursday afternoon and got there in the early morning hours on Friday. Then we left Arizona on Monday morning at around 4 am and got home about 18 hours later. Oh the joy of driving in a car with 2 kiddos for a long period of time can not be explained, you must experience it first hand. But the trip was well worth it. There will be more posts to come about the rest of our trip in AZ but here are the pictures from the wedding.

Soaking in the rays of sunshine!

I love my sexy man!

The happy couple

So cute

Us and the happy couple on their special day! Congrats to you guys, we hope to see you again soon!

A Saturday BBQ

I think this BBQ was over a month ago, I am so sorry that I haven't posted the pictures. We took time to go to our favorite park with James' little sister and her fiance. We love spending time with them. Justin and Sariah both love to be outside. It was great food and great fun!

This park is seriously huge, it has 4 ponds and tons of bike/walk/run/skate/whatever you want to do on trails. There area also multiple types of birds that live in/around the ponds.

Sariah watching her brother intently as he tries to catch a duck

He was so funny as he tried to catch one of the birds.

My little handsome man

She really does love her brother, he just squeezes to much sometimes.

Justin and Nia (Laines dog)

Miguel and the watermelon

James and his sister Laine

Trying to get a hug from an energetic 7 year old can be tough.

But Laine is quick and strong

A successful picture and hug!

She was tired at the end of it all.

Awesome Music!!!!

Ipod giveaway for a good cause!

I have this amazing friend from college who is opening her heart to adopt 2 more kids into her family. She already has a large family with 5 kids and now they are adding 2 more girls. Her blog is amazing and you can follow what's going on by clicking on the link. Read their story. They are very inspiring!!
Help a family adopt by going to their site here.

Happy Mother's Day

I have been blessed in my life to have such an awesome "super" mom who has been there with me through a lot of crap. She is wonderful and I am so grateful for her love in my life. I don't know what I would do without her there at the end of the line when I dial her number numerous times. She truly is one of the greats. My mom knows me as I truly am and she still loves me.
Also there are a number of women in my life who have played roles of inspiration and motivation to my sometimes lazy and all the time crazy brain. I am so grateful for their kindness, compassion, words of encouragement, helping hands and most of all their hugs.
To all the women out there who have touched my life I thank you and dedicate this post to you and your mother heart.

Photography Giveaway!

Check out this awesome photographer
She is giving away $150 to go towards a photo shoot. She is a local Texan but will be visiting Utah so my Utah readers could join as well.