Crazy Cousins

My kids are so very blessed because they have lots of cousins on both sides of the family and we all live close by and we spend quite a bit of time together.  And while we love each and every of them, Cameron and Bradley have a special bond because they are the same age.  These two are partners in crime and have been since they were pretty little.  And when these two get together, it's nothing but fun!  I just had to share these pics of the two of them jumping rope together in the sunshine.  I just love all the expressions on their faces.  Enjoy!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Easter

Couldn't choose just one because someone is just a little off in every snapshot.  But I decided I liked these six the best.  These are my sweet kiddos clean and ready for Easter Sunday Mass.  In approximately an hour after these were taken, Brody had fallen on the handicap ramp and completely demolished his upper lip.  He walked around with a swollen and bleeding lip all day.  This kid is going to be the death of me! 

18 Month Cutie

Happy Saturday everybody!  I wanted to share my collage of Brody on his 18 month birthday.  Aside from the dimples and beautiful blue eyes, you can see that Brody is clearly a holy terror and is sporting the battle scars to prove it.  The scab on his forehead was from a wiggle car rollover.  The long and diagonal bruise running down his forehead and across his face was from trying to climb my super high bar stools.  And he pulled it over on himself.  Poor kid.  It's hard to be a big boy when you're stuck in a little boy body.  But he doesn a pretty good job of it.  Always happy and always up for any adventure or anywhere our day may lead us, he has been jumping in and rollin with it since the day he was born.  12 teeth, and two hair cuts behind him, a tad bit of interest in potty training, although at this point, I'd call it potty considering, and we are on toward the terrible twos!
 
Today we went easter egg hunting and now we are home for some deep cleaning during nap time, boiling and dying eggs and making deviled eggs for tomorrows Easter family extravaganzas, both Brown and Posten style.  When the only holiday problem you have is too many family parties to attend, you know you're pretty stinkin' blessed!  Hope you have a great holiday weekend! 

Love These Kiddos

Six weeks.  It's been six weeks since I have even thought about updating this blog.  And these cute kiddos are the reason why.  We are super crazy busy all.  the.  time.  And I love every second of it.  We just started spring sports this week so we are even crazier at the moment.  And it's a great life to live. 

I took these photos of the kids on Valentine's Day, and once again, someone is making a weird face or absolutely not cooperating in each and every photo.  But I still love them because it's life.

And so my goal for this weekend is to get six weeks worth of photos downloaded and printed and put into my Project Life album.  And this collage is going to be one of my photos.  And maybe I will update my blog in the mean time.  And maybe I won't.   

House Randomness

We are all home today because today is a work day for the teachers. Excellent. Except we are bored and it's only 8:21. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to take the three of them to a play center in Boise to break up the afternoon....but right now I am wrapped up in a blanket with a large coffee cup. The kids are playing Bubble Birds on my Nook and watching cartoons. Brody of course is going around trying to get anyone to play something with him.


I did, however, download all of my pictures for January and up to 2/14 for my Project Life. And while I'm at it, I thought I would share some of the shots with you.

Cameron came home with a note asking her to bring a collection of 100 items for the 100th day of school. And I laid the note down and forgot about it until the night before. And so we were scrambling between showers and basketball practice and clogging, but we got out all my scraps of cardstock and we started punching hearts. And Cameron started gluing and we ended up with a collection of 100 hearts. Love the bright colors.

This Spot Scrubber has become a staple in the house. I bought one when we had new carpet installed last spring and it has well past earned it's weight around here. This sucks up messes with the best of them. And with cough and flu season thick in this house, I leave the cleaner mixed and ready to clean because we have a lot of spontaneous "accidents". Like when Cameron KNEW she was going to puke and she ran to the bathroom door, laid her forehead on it and puked down the front of it. And she had just eaten red jello. Yep, red jello into the carpet. And this bad boy took care of it. It also works for puke in the car, puke on the stairs, and puke on the couch. Got the picture? If you don't have one of these and you have kids, you should make the purchase. If you are going to ever have kids, you should buy one because they're only cute for so long.....and then they start puking. I keep telling Matt if we had more money, I would start buying one of these for every baby shower gift. I've always been a realist. I can just see the card now..."Congratulations on your little bundle of puking joy!" You're gonna need this. It didn't come in pink.

On to more family fun....a few weekends ago we got to have our neice spend the night. There was a small lul in reproduction between Tucker and Brody and Dallie fits perfectly in that spot. So when Dallie is here we literally have stair steps and it is busy! In fact, this is reassurance that I do not want to have a fourth baby. I had to put them all into the shower at once just to keep them contained long enough for me to put my make up on. Crazy cousin fun!

This is Tucker's staple face when I asked him for a photo. He may have gotten that from his father.

Passing the last of winter off with a little Chutes and Ladders. I've realized that I hate this game.

The best part about January is the cuties. I love that they peel easy. I love that they don't have seeds. I love that the kids will eat them endlessly. I love that they are on sale. Vitamin C! And don't even get me started on my love affair with kiwi fruit. Or fruit in general.

Why the ketchup on the living room shelf? Because I'm too cheap to buy hand weights and these weigh two pounds each. I am currently on day 16 of the 30 day shred. This is the first time I've done it consistently and I'm determined to make it through 30 days. So far I am onto level two and it sucks. But I am sweating and sore so I'm hoping it's worth it. Swimming pool season is right around the corner and Brody did a number on me......18 months ago. Seriously, this is no excuse any more! I need to keep shredding!

Hope you have a great weekend. We are off school till Wednesday and then Matt and I are headed out to Eugene for the annual Logger's Conference. Kidless. For the first time ever. I am so nervous! But so excited for a three day get away.

Valentine's Decisions

I just had to share these cute photos of Tucker choosing which valentine he wanted to give to each kid in his preschool class. Such decisions, as apparantly each super hero has some sort of value or worth that is directly associated with your rank as a friend to Tucker. Anyways, I just sat and patiently went through all sixteen children, two teachers, and one pastor while he tried to cram his cute little name into a space too small for little writers. Notice the sharpie markers on his cheeks? This was intense!

This was my favorite valentine project for the year. Tucker was supposed to bring his own decorated box to preschool so we made a Valentine monster. Trying to do Valentine's day for boys adds a whole new perspective to the event. But I think this turned out super cute. I got the idea from an Oriental Trading kit that you could purchase, but I won't pay for shipping and I never plan that far ahead anyways, so we spray painted a capri sun box and started decorating.

And by decorating I mean I wanted to add more and more, but Tucker was happy with a few random hearts and he was ready for a snack. Again, it's a boy thing. So after he had the snack, I snuck back in and added the anteneas and the arms.

My own personal Valentine Monster.

Sweet Baby Girl

Just wanted to share my latest project. Matt's cousin is expecting her first baby next month and last weekend was her baby shower. Of course I have hoards of girl paper. More girl paper than anybody that has only one girl should ever have, so I decided to share the wealth and put together an 8X8 scrapbook. Each two page spread has space for atleast two if not more photos of baby. Each two page spread is titled with One Month, Two Months, Three Months, and so on. I sewed and distressed all edges and used the MY MINDS EYE line of girly paper. It turned out super cute! Makes me want to make one for Cameron's photos......