Our first skater and fun at the park

Dave was so excited on Saturday when Sadie brought him the skates with an excited look on her face. He put them on her and now she wears them for a bit everyday. She loves them! Dave was excited because none of our boys have ever really been interested in skating. And we all know how much Dave loves to skate! She's pretty cute when she has them on, but when she hits the kitchen floor and it's a bit more slippery she gets pretty frustrated.

Saturday was such a nice day we couldn't resist going to the park. The kids love to be outside and it was just warm enough to really enjoy it.

Wouldn't it be nice to be a kid? Sometimes I think it would be great to be a kid again, but then I couldn't enjoy watching my own kids. They have such a good time and the only cares they have are how high dad can push them on the swing and how many times and how fast they can go down the slide.

Ahhhh to be young.... but then I heard once that we are as young as we think we are. I think I will continue to be almost 30 for the rest of my life.

A car wreck and a new purse

So here are some pictures of what I did to our car... which by the way they have not fixed yet. I am a bit frustrated by that since it is impossible for us to go anywhere with my whole family in our little car. But sometimes blessings come in unexpected ways... there was another small issue that they will fix that could have potentially cause us problems on our trip next month. So I won't complain too much.

And here is a picture of my latest finished project. I have recently decided that I would like to design and make kids clothes, specifically little girls clothes. Maybe some boy ones too since I know how hard it is to find cute little boy clothes. But the picture above is a purse I saw at this web site http://www.savvyseams.com/bags/flower.php I just fell in love with it and had to have one of my own. I did make a few changes. I did attached the flower differently and sewed around the edges differently and I also made changes to the handles. But over all I am really pleased with how it turned out and I've had lots of compliments on it!

Random Things

Sadie is into everything... and I mean everything. If she can get her hands on it then it's fair game as far as she's concerned. And she loves to get into little spaces. I can remember being younger and smaller and trying to fit myself into small spaces. Jamie and I were always under the bed or in the closet. In college I once fit onto a shelf and into the dryer... I know the crazy things we do when we are in college, but that's a story for another day.

The kids love to spend time with family. This is a rare occastion when you can get them all to sit still long enough to take a picture. Here they are with thier Papa. We love it when he comes to visit.

Here are three of our kids along with Julie and Devin and Anna. We took this picture cause it was cute and I thought "just imagine Julie and Devin, someday you guys could have this many of your own!"

And here are a couple of Mark's birthday pictures... okay so your probably all wondering... birthday pictures? Yes I realize that his birthday is in the summer... but better late that never right?

We went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point last week. We needed to do something fun bofore the kids went back on track. They had a great time. They enjoyed making their own dino, playing in the sand, making rubbings, looking at games on the computer, and looking at how big all the bones are.

Now the kids are back in school and I had the wonderful experience of teaching Spencer's preschool this morning. With a cranky baby who wanted me to hold her all morning it was quite the feat... but we survived and the kids seemed to have a good time. We painted, read stories, learned about the letter P and penguins, we made a penguin to take home and started on making our valentine holders. Oh and the hit of the day was playing Hulaballo, a fun and crazy Cranium game.

The question of the day is when and where will I get my next hair cut? I need it badly!