Orange what?

So this started out with me sitting on my bed feeding Staten. I didn't have a book near by (which is what I normally do while nursing) so I flipped on the TV. Now, since we don't have cable, the choices are minimum. Well, there was a cooking show on channel 8 called "Christina Cooks." I REALLY like it. She cooks how I do, using no white flour and no sugar. All whole foods. Anyways, I was just about done feeding Staten and Teagan came in to my room and glanced at the TV. She (Christina) was just starting to make some yummy chocolate cupcakes. "oh, those look good" Teagan says as he climbs up on my bed. A few minutes later Maylee walked in. "Maylee, come look at this." Then Livia came in. "yummy!" They all sat there on my bed and watched Christina make orange scented chocolate cupcakes. They looked delicious and I think I might make them for Livia's birthday! I might have to try them before that...just to make sure they taste okay. :)

My Little Helper

Livia is really the best little helper.
(Almost) anything I ask her to do , she does it, and even some stuff I don't ask her to do...like shove Staten's binki in his mouth any time he makes a peep. :)
The other morning I was sitting in bed feeding Staten, probably around 6am, and I heard someone in the bathroom making some noise. I thought, okay, whoever that is will come out in a minute. Well, about 10 minutes later I still heard some noise. I got up and walked in there and saw Livia, doing this...


I asked her if she had gone to the bathroom on the floor (she did that once before and had wanted to clean it up herself). She said "no," so I asked her what she was doing. "me cleaning."
And what a good little cleaner she is, look at that, down on the floor scrubbing away.


You can see in this picture how good she is cause of the blurriness of her hand, scrubbing so fast!
Thanks Livia for all your help!!!

Sisters

This past week Keri was down from Utah with her kids. It was so fun hanging out with them. It's only about once or twice a year that I get to see them, so I was glad that they were down for a whole week. Although, I didn't get to see her as much as I would have liked to. (brand new baby, kids 1st week of school, Keri staying at mom's house who lives 45 minutes away...)

But we had some good times.

Some of the highlights of the past week...

-Eating veggie burgers :)

-Brushing each other's hair (one of our favorite past times)

- Keri giving Maylee and Livia new jump ropes

-snuggling together after Keri's nap (okay, not really...but I tried) lol






Teagan and Drake...they always have so much fun together!

Birthdays, Blessings, School...

The last few days have been pretty eventful. My sister Keri (and Drake and Selina), came down from Utah on Saturday...YEAH! My dad's birthday (don't worry dad, I won't tell anyone your age :) was on Friday so we had a party for him on Saturday. A swimming and BBQ party. Sadly, Maylee and Livia had fevers so they stayed home with Kevin. We usually have chicken but this time we had hamburgers and hot dogs. (Keri was awesome and bought some veggie burgers too!) It was a great time spending time with family that I don't get to see very often. (Matt and Amanda came down too.)

On Sunday was Staten's big day. At only 2 weeks old I was unsure about blessing him, but knowing Keri was going to be here, we decided it would be fine. And it was...no big party or dinner after, just a nice blessing and some family pictures. It was a great day!

Sam was not very happy and did not want to be in the picture. So, Matt tried to help out, but it looks like he is in time-out or something, facing the corner :)

Today was Maylee and Teagan's first day of school!!! They were very excited (one, more than the other). We picked out their outfits and made their lunches last night so we would be all ready for the big day. After I picked them up from school (it was 500 degrees outside, I think Staten got a sunburn from being out there for 5 minutes) I asked them what their favorite thing was. Maylee said "eating lunch" and Teagan said "recess." So, my kids aren't thrilled about the academic part of school, but whatever...

Livia jumped in the picture before I could say anything...and I was in a hurry so I figured it was okay.

I am very excited for when it cools down so we can walk to school again!