Ultrasound Results

Yesterday (Tuesday) we had our 20 week ultrasound. The baby looked healthy which is always reassuring, and it's going to be another girl! Looks like girls are our thing. Yesterday it was hard to believe that we were going to be having another girl, but I woke up excited about it all this morning. After all, I have two cute girls already that I love sooooooo much. From the ultrasound my due date looked like July 16th. By the way, if any of you want the name Gerald it's officially up for grabs. We won't be needing it anymore. :)

Things I Love

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• My family (The Johns, The Woodwards, my husband & kids)
• Watching Lost with Brad - we've never missed an episode!
• Betty Crocker Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting - straight out of the container!
• Alisa Bangerter segments on Studio 5 (studio5.ksl.com)
• Growing flowers and a garden and kneeling in the dirt
• The humid smell of greenhouses
• Cold cereal - anytime of day
• Listening to music
• Having Brad home with us for lunch each day
• Friends
• Trying new recipes
• The feeling of being caught up on my scrapbooking
• My girls
• Brad
• My girls
• Brad
• The RARE feeling of having a clean house
• Boutiques
• The money I save using pinchingyourpennies.com
• Filling up my food storage shelves
• Sneaking in to check on my girls while they sleep & giving them kisses!

New Babies in the Family

Since January 1st, Brad's 3 sisters have each had a baby - the last being born yesterday. It's crazy to have a new nephew and two nieces that we may not see for quite a while (they live in Seattle, South Carolina and Virginia). We're glad they're all here now, and that they're all healthy! It's crazy to think that I'm next! By the way, we find out if we're having a boy or a girl February 24th!

Random Ramblings

So, I found myself wide awake last night at 3:40 am, and while I was lying in bed I composed the best blog I'd ever written. I thought about coming down to the computer until I was tired enough to sleep again, but eventually I must have fallen asleep because I never did. I really can't even remember what I was going to write about, but I know it was good! Today is Megan's "un-birthday" at kindergarten. She told me yesterday how funny it was that Weston's (a boy in her class) was on the real day he was born! She thought that was such a funny coinsidence!! She obviously thought (until I explained) that everyone had to have an un-birthday. She's supposed to bring a little something to share with the class, like a goodie or toy. We made 26 snack bags full of playdough last night. I put the playdough in a basket for her last night & had to laugh that it's too heavy for her to even carry! I told her to have a friend help her pass them out today. My friend Tiffany called me from the Tanger Outlet Mall Friday to tell me that she found the best sale at Gymboree, and that if I was interested I better hurry and come up before everything was picked over. I usually don't venture off very far while Megan's in school, but I decided to drop her off at school and drive with Paige up to Park City. Gymboree had racks of clothes for $1.99! These weren't ugly clothes either - they were darling winter, and summer clothes that they had to get rid of because they had embellishments on them (like jewels). Anyway, I bought $40 worth of $1.99 clothes for both girls. That night Tiffany called me up and asked if I wanted to go back up with her that evening (her husband had been out of town for quite a while & had just called her to say that he might have to be gone another 2 weeks) - anyway, having 5 small kids she decided she needed a little break & so she got a babysitter & we went shopping again! I left Gymboree that night with another $36 worth of $1.99 clothes. It was so fun & I've bought several things for Megan to grow into. Anyway, anyone who knows me well knows that I love a good bargain!

Fun in St. George

As we freeze here in Heber City, thoughts of visiting Paul and Julianne in warm Arizona keep coming to mind. As of yet, a trip to Arizona hasn't been in the works, but this past weekend we at least got to go as far south as St. George. It was a very last minute trip, as in Kim invited us Saturday morning at 8 am and we left by 11 am. The girls and Brad and I had so much fun getting a bit warmer, and playing with their cousin Alyssa. We went to a very cool Pirate Pizza place, discovered the most amazing playground I've ever seen, climbed the red rocks, played in the sand dunes, shopped and went swimming. I can't even tell you how many times Brad and I and Kim and Adam kept mentioning moving ourselves to St. George. I guess even 60 degree weather will do that to you in the middle of January! Here are some of the photos of our weekend...

Yes, I'm alive

So, my sisters and my mom have been calling me to see if I am indeed alive because I haven't been calling or blogging. I'm happy to report that yes, all is well with me! After Christmas all I could think about was primary since I had very little notice that I was losing 75% of my teachers come the first of the year. This last week Brad and I have been organizing like crazy and throwing stuff out. Since I haven't blogged forever I posted about 4 things below this. Sorry that they are a little old. Yesterday I guess I felt ambitious and so I moved Paige's bed and dresser in with Megan's. It seems that I always wait until I'm pregnant to start moving furniture around. Nothing was very heavy mom, so don't be worried. Now Paige's old room is completely empty (it's sad to go in there) and so I'm planning on using it as a scrapbooking room for the next several months to see if I can get caught up before the baby comes. Happy Reading! Love you all!

Splatter Painting

So, my family probably was all wondering why Brad and I gave Megan a salad spinner and paint for Christmas. I found this idea for making splatter paintings using a salad spinner, washable tempera paint & paper plates. Anyway, the girls had a blast and this is how they turned out!

Cute Reindeer

Okay, I know I haven't posted forever, but I love this picture so I wanted to share it. On the last day of school before Christmas break I helped out with the party. I remembered my mom making hats like these for my sisters and I when I was 5, so I decided to make them with Megan's class. Aren't they cute! By the way, I couldn't find plain red glitter for the nose, so I used red sprinkles and it worked so good.

Announcement

So, for those of you who haven't heard yet, Brad and I are expecting baby #3. I didn't write about it in our Christmas letter because I hadn't been to the doctor yet. I am just about 15 weeks now, so we still have quite a while. In my Christmas stocking this year Brad gave me a watermelon! When I was pregnant with Megan I craved watermelon quite a bit during the winter, so that's the story behind that one. I was so excited to eat it, and it ended up being the worst watermelon either of us had ever tasted in our lives!!! I pretty much just had two bites and was done. I still love that he bought it because the thought was so sweet, but some things really are worth waiting until summer for! :)

My Child Transformed

So, thanks to a little vaseline leftover in her hair (it's now gone everyone), and the fact that she poked the lenses out of her sunglasses, I think Paige pulled the nerdy look off pretty good. :) She and Megan were playing dress-ups and Megan ran into my room saying, "Mom! You've got to see what Paige did!" She looked like a completely different girl. I'm posting cute pictures of Megan & Paige also, so these silly pictures I've posted recently don't burn into your memory for too long.

Santa Beards Gone Wrong

First of all, if you're wondering why I haven't been blogging it's because my camera keeps taking super dark pictures. I had to lighten both of these and they still are really dark. This was an idea that sounded really funny to me when I read it on the internet, but never try it if you have a 2 year old! :) So, you spread vaseline around your child's mouth and then have them dip their face in a plate of cotton balls. Then you're supposed to see how cute they look with a "Santa Beard". Paige kept saying "yucky" as I tried to spread it on, so I felt bad from the first. Then the disaster happened when I got a phone call. I had put the lid back on the vaseline before I went to get the phone, but Paige sneakily got back into it and spread vaseline all over her hair. I have now washed her hair 3 times since, and have yet to get all of the greasiness out. What a bad idea I had!!

Roasting Marshmallows

After dinner last night we decided to pull out our metal skewers and "roast" marshmallows over our stove. We could only find 3 of our skewers, so Brad, Megan and I used them (so Paige wouldn't be near the stove). Brad and I turned around and saw what Paige had made for herself! It was so funny - I was saying to Brad - "hurry up, get the camera!!" While we were cooking a marshmallow to give to her, she had grabbed a curly straw from the drawer, had skewered a large marshmallow on each end of the straw, and was ready to roast!

Reason For Deleting My Posts

I decided to delete my past posts today, after watching a story about blogging on the 10:00 news last night. It was talking about all of the info. you can get about people just from looking at their blog. Well, most of you probably aren't guilty of what I was doing - I had full pictures of our house, our city's name, my kid's birthdays, Megan's teacher's name, etc. It just kind of freaked me out, so I decided that from now on I am going to try to post much more generically.

Hope You All Had A Great Halloween!

Brad and I were the 2 amigos for our family Halloween party earlier in the month. All 5 photos of our family turned out blurry on our camera, so I'll just show you individual shots of Brad and the girls. I'm realizing that I'm not in any pictures because take them all. Brad and I bought these outfits for the girls while we were Hong Kong this year. These other photos are of our attempt to copy cat Papa Murphys Jack-o-lantern pizza. We were very proud of it! Ignore my ugly cookie sheet! :)