The Playroom

This is what made Christmas all worth it! I am tired of toys. My children have so many toys that the last thing I wanted to give them for Christmas were toys. So that is how the playroom came to be. It all started out with the farm theme. My brother-in-law then started on into the crazy idea of creating a 3D barn, and it all went downhill from there. Many more people became involved and new insane ideas started coming alive. After a lot of time planning and constructing we came up with something which was a big hit with the girls. The highlights in the playroom include: A barn that can be played in when opened or folded up and stored against the wall. The silo has an opening that the girls can crawl into and they have a reading room with a bean bag chair. The tree with a tractor swing! And of course the raincloud. Curtis claims that it looks like a sheep strung in the sky with jewelry, but this is my own creation (I can't take credit for anything else except the ideas).

Traditions

We took a trip with my parents  to visit my Grandpa and my Aunts in Idaho Falls. While we were there I was able to talk my family into doing a few traditions from my childhood and fed the geese across the river from the Idaho Falls Temple. I had a lot of fun playing with my new camera.

The Boys In Their Overalls

Kaitlyn's Baptism

With only a few (ok a lot) of minor issues we pulled off Kaitlyn's baptism. She was very excited and I managed not to cry the entire time. The talks were wonderful, the slideshow turned out and the dress was perfect. I am trying to take this all in stride because I don't feel old enough to have an eight year old daughter.

Newborn Pictures

I know I am so behind on posting about our life but I couldn't wait to share these pictures. I just want to thank Sandy Whitaker from Sandy Whitaker Photography for these great pictures. It was a new experience to do a photo shoot at our house but I couldn't resist getting pictures of Corbin in his John Deere room. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we do! My absolute favorite is the one where Curtis is holding his baby boy.

Consulting

Curtis was making dinner and Kailtlyn wanted to help. I told her she needed to consult her daddy. She asked what consult meant so i explained it to her. She went upstairs to find curtis. A few minutes later I went upstairs to find Kaitlyn hanging out in the hallway by the door where Curtis was. She came up to me and whisperd "mommy, I don't know how to insult daddy."

Favorite Quotes for the Week

If stress burned calories, i would be a supermodel!

Madison:
Mommy, i just heard the babies heartbeep

... And please bless the baby to have fun, and have a good dinner ... (I think she forgot to bless the food for the rest of us, but i am safe by default right!?!)

Kaitlyn:
I think it is a boy because we have too many crazy girls in this house