I am sad, and happy.

Here is why---My kids are growing up.

1. My baby crawled for the first time this week..It is happening way to fast for me. He is such a big boy and a joy.

2. My Brayden, had her first Young Women's Activity this week...She was so excited and came home crying...She was nervous to go, and then nobody talked to her...This makes me sad. My heart breaks when my kids are sad.

3. My Ashlynn had her first sleep over this week. I am afraid I cannot stop the whirlwind now.

4. Kaylor is my Kaylor, who has to get some dental work done and it is very traumatic for her. She is my little buddy. If we could stay in bed all day she would be my snuggle bear...

Enough Said.....I am sad, and happy today..

"Warm & Snuggly" and on My Wish List

I just think these shoes Tribeca by Kenneth Cole are so cute... Do you think they will have them at Payless...?

Great Find

This morning I received an email from my sister in law about a local photographer. I thought you might be interested. Jeanne Images She is in Wingfield Springs.
Check this out.... http://www.jeanneimages.com/index.htm

Ghosts, Vampires,and Witches Oh My!!

I was lucky to be able to go to Kaylor's class yesterday and have fun at her party...First Graders are so cute....They munched on some goodies and made a some adorable scarecrows.... We made ghost cookies. These are really yummy and a big hit with the kids. I like them because it only took us a short time to make them and the kids had fun....

The girls in my family are reading Twilight...We just happen to have someone that can make us teeth.. They are really cool.

Ashlynn wanted to be a vampire fairy.

Kaylor does not have her canine teeth yet so she has buck teeth...ha...so cute. She calls herself a vampire witch....

We have not dressed Cooper up yet..More pictures to come...

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween! Love Carpenters

Great Designer

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25 things I love about my 4 month old son

1. I love his smile it lights up the world.

2. I love his little coos and giggles.

3. I love how he looks at me while nursing, and plays with my fingers.

4. I love his chubby cheeks.

5. I love how he likes to grab his toes.

6. I love how much of a trooper he is, by going to every soccer game and practice 5 nights a week.

7. I love how he can burp and fart that can make any guy proud. My doctor gave him a high five...I am still amazed, and embarrassed.

8. I love his chunky thighs.

9. I love how I can't imagine how it was before he came.

10. I love that he is a boy.

11. I love that I am lucky enough to be his mother.

12. I love his charm. -He sweeps me off my feet everyday.

13. I love how easy going he is.

14 I love seeing him light up when he looks into his sisters faces.

15. I love how he gets so excited when his dad plays with him.

16. I love that he is finally here. We waited for a very long time.

17. I love how he loves the water.

18. I love getting off work, picking up his sisters from school and heading over to pick him up. That is the best part of my day.

19. I love how his eyes are blue on some days and then look as though they will be brown on others.

20. I love his sweet spirit. He is tiny but his spirit is grand.

21. I love being with him.

22. I love that he loves his walker and bouncer.

23. I love that his sisters love him, and want to make sure he is okay.

24. I love how he is learning new things. Like fake coughing and sticking out his tongue.

25. I just love my little man Cooper and I cannot believe he is 4 months already....

Thought for Today

Don't believe everything you think.-Maxine

Felted Pumpkin Tutorial

Learn how to make this cute pumpkin from The Long Threads tutorial on Flickr.

Felted Pumpkin Tutorial - a set on Flickr

Wordless Wednesday

The Martha Blog : Blog Archive : How to create your own blog and enter my blog contest!

The Martha Blog : Blog Archive : How to create your own blog and enter my blog contest!

5 bouncing babies sitting in a row......

This last year our ward we had 5 babies within a couple of months of each other..They are all so adorable. It really has been fun, with all the other pregnant moms in the ward. Going to each others baby showers, anticipating each others new arrival, and welcoming each baby as they came. From left to right, in birth order:Kennedy (April 22), Jayden (May 1), Gabe (May 22), Cooper (June 5), and Ethan (June 24).
Proud mommies..... thank you Amy for the great idea of getting us all together.

What the Heck.....

heels for babies......what will they think of next...... http//www.heelarious.com/

Update on Baby Hope

Update on Baby Hope. She is 10 months old and thriving...Her Foster Parents hope to adopt her although her grandparents who never come and see her are trying to gain custodial rights. She is beautiful and very happy. She shows no signs of being born to a meth addicted mother. She is tiny and petite and just all around happy baby. Pray for her for her future is unsure....

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Almost 20 years ago!!!

My girlfriend posted this picture on her facebook of me almost 20 years ago...If you cannot tell I am the one on the right. Look at that hair. I have to say that took alot of aqua net to keep it that high!!! Looking at these I kind of miss high school. It was so fun. It really feels like yesterday. It is hard for me to believe that in 2009 it will be 20 years. Where has the time gone? At our senior prom our theme song was. Never Say Good Bye, by Bon Jovi... I remember the feelings I felt when they played that song. I thought that I would never lose touch with my friends. That we were all going to stay close. That we would all be what we set out to do....Well, Twenty years later, a college attended, a mission served, a wonderful husband, four beautiful children, many moves, alot of stress, some heart ache, a whole lot of laughter I have to say we are healthy, happy and looking forward to many more fun and exciting challenges that are ahead. It has not been easy, but ohhhh has it been so worth it. I have grown so much, not only in size...ha ha, but from the little girl pictured there. I have grown to be more open to things, and to accept things that I cannot change. I now look at things from a mothers prospective. (Mom, I am sorry for being a major pill at times.) Trust me I am getting my pay backs that you warned me about.. I have become a wife that has discovered that she is not perfect and accepted that her husband isn't either. I have developed friendships not only with my husband and children, but with others that I would never give up.. I may not be exactly what I dreamt I was going to be as a young girl, but now that it has been twenty years my dreams have changed and the things I have in my life are so much more than I could have ever imagined.
Looking back I would not change a thing.....This was my dream...

Thought for Today..

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
— Anne Frank

Sweet Baby Of Mine

I have been Tagged!

What I was doing 10 years ago...

1. I was 28 years old with two beautiful baby girls.
2. Living in our first home on Blizzard Court.
3. Enjoying being a stay at home mom.
4. Adopted our first pet, a potbelly pig we named Jimmy Dean.
5. Loving life

5 things on today's "to do" list.

1. Take girls and Cooper to School.
2. Work at Reade.
3. Make dinner/ help kids with homework
4. Take kaylor to Soccer Practice
5. Read to Kids and go to sleep..


5 things I would do If I were a millionaire.

1. Travel
2. Buy a new car, and those in our family who need one.
3. Buy a house
4. Pre-Pay for the kids college.
5. Help Jarrod start a new business that he wants.

5 places that I have lived

1. Sparks NV. (growing up and now)
2. Was hoe Valley. (moved there when I was a freshman.)
3. Rexburg, Idaho (went to college there)
4. New Jersey (served mission)
5. Sparks, NV (with hubby and kids)

5 snacks I enjoy.

1. ice cream...
2. black licorice.
3. slurpees.
4. homemade smoothies.
5. chips and salsa.

5 people I tag

1. Laurie
2. Amy
3. Ashlynn and Brayden
4. Mallory
5. Mandy

Back To School

Today is the First Day of School. The girls are excited to be back in school. Brayden could not wait to go see her friends, she definitely is a tween. Ashlynn was nervous. None of the kids that were in her class last year are in her class. I could tell she was a little disappointed. Kaylor has team teachers. One of the girls that is on her soccer team is in her class. She did not seem nervous at all. My kids are growing up!!