Happy Un-birthday

Last night through the course of a conversation that I was having with the kids, it came out that Brenna and Braelynn's birthday would be after Mother's Day. Brenna and Braelynn caught that part of the conversation and ran with it! That is about all we heard from them the rest of the evening, about their birthday and party and how Braelynn wants a pink cake and Brenna wants a yellow cake and it will have candles on it. I was grateful it was almost bedtime, thinking that in the morning they would forget about it. I was wrong, very very wrong! That was the first thing out of their mouths this morning. Now A.J., Caleb, Matti, Damon and Weston are coming to their party (I don't even know if I am going to give them a party, besides a family one) with pink and yellow cake and candles.
All this party stuff got me to thinking about my pregnancy, etc. so I decided to type it up because I haven't yet written it all down. I got it all written and then decided that it was a little too private and personal for the whole world to see...but blogging got me to document it, which was the whole purpose.
Instead, I will stretch myself and post a picture of me four days before I had them. Keep in mind that this is a huge step for me posting this picute for the world to see!

A perfect Sunday and Flowers

Yesterday was my idea of a perfect Sunday:
Beautiful weather
Joe off work
9:00 church
No extra meetings, etc.
Beautiful weather
A walk to see Grandma Connors that extended into a two hour long outing with a walk on the new trail by our house and a stop in the park.
Easy quick dinner
Visit to Grandma and Grandpa Haley's house
Kids to bed
Settle in to watch a movie with my hubby.

Today, as Brenna and Braelynn and I were headed out to exercise, Joe was in the yard pulling up "flowers", you know, those yellow ones that will get out of control if not taken care of. Brenna and Braelynn noticed what Joe was doing and commented (not very nicely) on the fact that dad was pulling up their flowers. As we pulled into the driveway Brenna realized that all of her flowers were gone. She was very disgusted and upset and told me all about it like only a two-year old can! I brought her in the house and then she told Joe all about how she felt. She has mentioned it twice since then. Good thing she doesn't know he put down weed and feed so hopefully no more will come up!

Once upon a time there were a group of women. Some were named Smith at one time some are now named Smith. All were very awesome women...if I do say so myself! One of these women (Brenda) had a good idea to start a recipe share of some sort. These women talked about it but not one of them did anything to start it going.
Until finally one day one of these women (Matti) started up a blog very appropriately named Smithalicious! Everyone was a contributer Mom, Vera, Marie, Melissa, Brenda, Matti and Jeanette. This blog was enjoyed by all and we wanted to share it with everyone. We told our friends, relatives and aquaintances about it.
Then one day, the very talented Matti decided to take it one step further and make us famous (kind of) by introducing us in places like The Hive, Phe Mom Enom, and the Foodie Blog Roll.
Now these women need your help. Please check out Smithalicious and if you feel at all inclined please become a follower and help us become world renowned. Just think...since you know us, that make you sort of famous too, right?!

Happy Easter!

I thought I would share our Easter happenings. On Wednesday our neighbor Amber invited Brenna and Braelynn over for a little Easter egg hunt and activities. They had a great time and knew exactly what to do for the egg hunt which surprised me because I didn't think they would remember from last year. Thanks Amber for inviting us!



Our plan was to head over to Caliente on Friday to get out of town but Braelynn came down with a short stomach flu or something Friday morning but was better on Saturday so we went over for a day trip for the rainy town Easter egg hunt, coloring eggs, and playing with cousins, Grandma and Grandpa and Neal.






And, of course, a nice Easter Sunday finished off by going to see Uncle Dave perform with the Master Singers this evening.

Milestone

Veronica had her very first "real" babysitting job today. She babysits for me quite often but she doesn't really get paid money for it, although we do have a little reward that she is working toward.
She said that it went well and was very excited about the chance to do this. Wow, my little girl is getting older!

Really?!?!

Do you really think that they are supposed to be doing this? They know that they aren't but I leave the room for a few minutes and find this!
Notice two things..
1. They are matching. For the first time in a long time they picked the same outfit the same day.
2. They are wearing skirts. That means it is warm(er)!!! For two days in a row! It is supposed to get cold and stormy tomorrow, but I feel a little bit better now.

I'm desperate...

For warm weather! At this point I'll even take cold but sunny with no snow or wind (oh, that Cedar City wind)!
I know we got a few days of warm a few weeks ago but that didn't count in my book because Braelynn and I were sick and couldn't properly enjoy a nice walk or park or just good ol' outside time.
I won't bore you with the details but it has been a long day and I could really use a good bout of sunshine. Especially this next week/weekend. I have a ton of projects, some that I have to do but don't want to do and some that I don't have to do but want to do that would be made a lot more pleasant with sunshine and no wind.
A more upbeat post next..I promise!