Help Me Choose A Picture!! (Or two, or three...)

We had some family pictures taken recently, and I'm trying to decide which one(s) to print. I need your help! Which one is your favorite?

p.s. the clarity is better on the original file

Crafting Fun

So I thought I'd do a little blogging while I'm waiting for the next load of laundry to finish drying.  I guess I have succumbed to the blogging addiction. :)  I was doing a little babysitting this morning, and actually planned ahead!  To keep the kids occupied and entertained, we did a little craft together.  I got these cute ideas from a site called Kids Craft Weekly, which I love, love!  The projects are just up my alley - quick and easy prep, and nothing spectacular expected from the kiddos - just fun creativity.  Most of the projects even use things you would have around your house.  Bonus! 

These ones that we did today are flowers in flower pots.  The "flowers" are made from pipe cleaners, muffin holder thingies (I'm sure there's a proper name for them, but I don't know it), and cotton balls.  For the "flower pots" we put construction paper over the cups, and then the kids decorated them.  We filled the cups with rocks (the site has a lot of different ideas on what you could use to fill the pots, and really, we could have gotten a whole lot more creative if "we" (read children) had the patience!), and then inserted our flowers.  I think they turned out pretty cute!  The best part for the kids was finding the rocks outside.  Luckily it stopped raining for long enough for us to go on a rock-finding expedition.  :)

Well, that's the dryer.  Wish me luck with the laundry!

Happy (late) Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!  What a great day to remember our moms, and how much they've done for us, and also to get a little lovin ourselves!  Aren't moms the best?

My mom is so loving and supportive.  There have been lots of times (even as a "grown-up") that Mom could fix whatever was wrong - just a hug and a smile, or a listening ear, and she could make everything right again.  She's so smart, and is always learning and trying new things.  I really love you, and look up to you, Mom!  I hope I can be like you when I grow up! :)

I've also gotten the opportunity to call a new woman, "Mom".  My mother-in-law, Stella is also a great example to me of a wonderful mom.  She has taught David so many wonderful things, and I know he is the wonderful man and husband because of the way she has taught and raised him.  I love our chats together, and how she has welcomed me, with open arms, into their family. I love you!

It's kind of crazy to me that I am also celebrating being a mom on Mother's day.  I look at my beautiful, precious children, and I am amazed that I have been blessed and entrusted with their care.  It's nice to have a day to recognize the things that I do.  I love being a mom, and wouldn't trade it for anything!  I'm glad I have such wonderful examples, both in my family, and the women around me.  I try to learn from and emulate all the good qualities I see.  Happy Mother's day!

This is the picture Christopher drew for me for Mother's Day.  It's a big monster eating two little monsters.  (Dave did the writing :D)

Outside fun

I haven't taken as many pictures of Naomi as I did of Christopher, so here are a few of just her.  I think they turned out pretty cute.  :)  It's easy to get cute pictures, since she's so adorable (but I'm not biased or anything!).

I had to include one of Scout too.  He's growing so fast!

She loves trying to be a big girl, and doing anything that Christopher does

And, of course, my cute Christopher

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I thought it would be fun to celebrate Cinco de Mayo as a family.  Christopher had never done a pinata before, so we put one together.  We had fun wrapping the gooey newspaper around the balloon.

Second layer

After the first two layers had dried (we probably should have done three, but since we started on Saturday, we didn't have enough time), we painted our creation.

Christopher was so excited when Dave hit the pinata so hard that the candy went FLYING!

He wanted to keep hitting it, even though the candy was all out

The stash

The demolished pinata

For dinner, I made Tamale Pie (which doesn't actually have any tamales in it), which was delicious, if I do say so myself. :)  I'll post the recipe on This Mama Cooks.  Afterwards we had a nice Family Home Evening lesson on Joseph Smith.  What a nice Monday!

The PERFECT man...

My birthday was about a week ago, and I have to say that I was totally spoiled.  Katie, Melissa, and Holly took me out to dinner, and then we watched a movie over at Katie's house afterwards.  We had a great time!  Click here to see pictures.  I got a lot of great gifts, but one in particular is pretty awesome.  Holly got me a card, with a PERFECT man to grow.  No jokes!  Here are just a few of his qualities: great cook, also does the dishes, bulging biceps, always brings chocolates and flowers, and he's hot and rich!  There are even instructions on how to grow him.  He needs a bucket of room temperature water, and about 10 days.  I'll keep you posted on how it turns out. :)

Working

Dave says to Christopher, "Hey, when are you going to start working to make money?"

Christopher responds, "When you start working, Daddy!"