Latest Project...

I've been in the mood for a sewing project lately and had some cute courduroy laying around. I decided to make this:

I was able to improve my ability to sew pleats and even added a few extras like a cell phone pocket and made the inside of the zipper pocket out of contrasting fabric to the liner! I gave it to my cousin Sarah for her birthday.

I love feeling like I can sit down and sew and actually make something cute! Next I'm going to work on a knit dress for this summer. Hopefully it gets done before this fall:-)

Garden 2011

I'm happy to say that my garden is already doing very well. Usually I plant a little too early and have to worry about frost. This year, I held off and have been very happy that all my plants are thriving! I planted 2 weeks ago and have little sprouts coming up everywhere. This years garden consists of tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, beats, green beans, sugar snap peas, cucumbers, zuchinni, lettuce, spinach, and cantaloupe! I also have a few herbs: parsley, basil, cilantro, and chives. I've already used some of my basil and have a couple little green tomatoes on one of my plants! I love having a garden and it's great with the boys. Cole and Mason helped me plant this year and I've noticed a random zuchinni plant coming up and a few stray peas. It will be fun for them when things really start getting big and I think Cole is old enough to help with the weeding! Yay!!!

Bounca-Roo

My friend Amber mentioned that their little baby was loving playing in his little bounceroo. He is 3 weeks older than Kade and I figured if Jackson likes it, Kade is probably big enough for ours. I got it out of the closet and set it up for him. As you can see, he loves it!

2 Wheeled Bike!

And the training wheels are off... well, they have been for a month or two, I'm just a little late on this post. Cole had been begging to get his training wheels off and we kept thinking he was too little for that so we held off. Well, when we finally gave in, he did great and has been loving riding his "2 wheeled bike". It took about 2 days to get the hang of it and be comfortable without dad behind the seat but I was amazed at how quickly he took off! The first few tries sounded like this, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" the whole ride. It was pretty funny to watch:-) Now he cruises up and down the sidewalks without a problem and thinks he's pretty cool when he rides with only one hand. Last weekend Cole and I had a date and road our bikes down to TCBY and home. That's 3 miles! He's had a couple of crashes and a little road rash to the knee and elbow but has taken it like a champ. Just one more example of how big he is getting right before our eyes!

FRAMED!

Cole found this picture frame insert the other day and thought it would be fun to "be a picture".

Here are my three boys as "pictures".

Bathtime

Kade loves to take a bath. He is so happy and splashes around in the water. When it's time to get out he cries and cries for about 5 minutes until he is warmly dressed again. The other day I decided that I didn't want to fill up the bathtub so I'd just try our bathroom sink. As you can see, he's slightly outgrown the bathroom sink. He still liked it but there wasn't much room for splashing around:-)

I thought it would be fun to compare bath pictures of the boys too. They all really do look so different when you put them side by side at similar ages. I think Cole and Kade look more alike at this point, but it will be interesting to see what happens in the future! I love my boys!!!

(I couldn't get the pictures moved around in the order I wanted)

Mason - 2 1/2 months

Cole - 4 months

Kade - 3 months

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend! We started it off on Saturday before Easter and went to our church's big Easter Eggstravaganza. It was really fun! There were jumpy houses and slides, pony rides, a mini train, face painting, hotdogs, and of course, an egg hunt! The boys had a blast and the weather was great for it.

Easter Sunday we went to church and then went over to my parents for a big Easter dinner. Adam's parents went too along with a bunch of my family. Missy was in town and Casey and Kim surprised us by coming into town Saturday too. It was great! We had another egg hunt that afternoonand Kim was the winner, finding the golden egg!

Along with all the fun we had, we are really trying to teach the boys the true meaning of Easter. We asked Cole what Easter really means and he said, "It's all about God!". I'm happy to know that he knows it's not all about bunnies and jelly beans! His prayers that weekend included thanking God for Jesus dying on the cross so we can go to Heaven. It makes me proud to know that we're raising our kids to have faith and know the truth! We're so thankful for the sacrifice Jesus made and that he rose from the dead Easter morning to defeat sin and the devil!