Check!

Some more projects checked off my list of things to do. After taking over a week of my life, my yearbook pages are done. Yay! I thought about sharing some pages but the yearbook hasn't come out yet and I want it to be a surprise.

Next on my list was my hand quilted Hawaiian pillow. I was obsessed, staying up late most nights to finish it off. Then it sat for a little while so I could figure out how to actually construct the pillow. Here is the finished project.

More babies in our ward means more sewing for me, but I am happy to do it. I starting making bibs to go with the diaper wipe cases. I love the soft minky fabric on the back of the bibs.

Next up....an apron

Random thought

Dylan's favorite saying right now is telling me Jacob is the boss of me. It really is kinda true.

I'm too old for that stuff

Getting too old to participate in kid activities.
Jordan didn't say that he's too old, but he is showing it by not wanted to participate in kids activities like dying eggs and going on an Easter Egg Hunt. When did hanging out with the adults become more fun than getting candy? I am sure there was a point that I stopped wanting to participate in the kids activities, but I'm all for being a part of them now.

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandpa and Grandma James' house.

And the race is on.

During Spring Break...

Brendan and Dylan were home for two weeks. Jordan had lab week the first week and a trip to the Big Island for our church temple trip the second week. That meant Jordan was out of the house most of spring break which left Brendan and Dylan to hang out together. Dylan kept asking where Jordan was. I think he really missed not having Jordan around the house but it didn't stop him and Brendan from having some fun together.


Saturday was the opening day of Baseball for the both of them. It started off with pictures, then parade, and then games. It was a lot of baseball for one day but I did get some needed sun (I was starting to look like I lived in Seattle ha ha). If all that wasn't enough for one day, Dylan decided to leave his game and go look for me after I left to buy him a bottle of water. After a lot of panic and a little crying, some nice mom found him for me and he returned to the game hopefully not wanting to wander off again. Brendan is on the Red Sox and Dylan is on the Tigers. I thought it was pretty cool that Brendan's hat has a big B on it and Dylan's has a big D on it.

All about Jacob

The Flying Frog. He starts to giggle before even being put in the air.

He loves bath time. I think it's about being free because he loves it when we take his clothes off to change his diaper too.
He can hold up his head now but just not for very long. Richard has been trying to put him in the Bumbo for weeks now and he was finally able to do it for a little while.

I love this sweet picture of him.

Love this boy!

A first

For our Relief Society Birthday Celebration we wanted to celebrate women from around the world. We had three sisters teach some dances for anyone who wanted to learn and perform them the night of the celebration. We had Country, Hula, and Tahitian dances offered. Practices started about 2 months prior to the event. (I got in a little late as Jacob was just born as they were starting practices.) I didn't do Tahitian but I did Hula and Country. Teri Wiberg made all of our Hula skirts. Thanks to Suzie I was able to catch up with learning the dances. It was my first time learning hula and it was so much fun.

5

We had Dylan's birthday party on the Saturday before his birthday. In preparing for the party I counted all his cousins and brothers that would be there-10 kids. Who needs to invite friends. I figured 10 kids is enough to entertain. We decided to do a slip and slide and Stacie brought her blow up water slide to Dylan's Grandpa and Grandma James' house. The day started off cloudy and on our way over to the house it started to sprinkle. Well, we figured they are going to get wet anyway we might as well set everything up. They were a little tentative at first but went for it even as the rain got heavier. Grandpa had the outdoor shower going with hot water for the kids to get warm in between slides. It actually looked pretty fun to be playing in the rain. Maybe I should of put my swimsuit on.

The sun came out and we headed outside again for the pinata. Richard had to finally break it open. Then time for balloon animals.

I love Dylan looking cross eyed as he focuses on the candle he is about to blow out.
For the actual day of his birthday Dylan got to choose what he wanted to eat and go do. He chose to go to the beach to watch the sunset and eat cheese pizza. We had a fun night at the beach. The boys played catch with the football while we had pizza and rootbeer. For his birthday cake he wanted strawberry cake.

As everyone called to wish him Happy Birthday, he was polite and wished them a Happy Birthday too.