Can't believe I failed to mention...

Mia
This is my beautiful Grand Niece... can you believe I have three of them?
Mia lives in Kansas and I haven't met her yet but she is such a sweet little girl!

Randomness...

This is just what has been going on with us the last few weeks.
My newest Niece and Nephews! They are just too cute!

Thomas Dunn
I haven't held Tommy yet because he lives in Maryland... I want to kiss those cheeks!

Landon Waite
Landon lives close by and I get to see him at least once a week... I love it!

Lydia Waltman
Lydia lives in Twin Falls and I got to go a few weeks ago with my Mom and some of my sisters for a very short visit! Lydia is so tiny and sweet!

Becky, Lydia, and Lance... awww so cute!

Landon & Lydia

Lance was showing off his new dog Breeze... she is a hunting dog and can do some cool stuff!

SATURDAY PROJECT

We painted our bedroom and we LOVE it! It was white now it's blue... there is nothing like painting, it makes such a big difference yet it is so cheap! Many thanks to Natalie for taking so much of her time to figure out the paint and get it for us!

Above is Gus working hard... and below is the finished product!
It only took us a few hours to do and it was mostly during the kids nap time!

The other night we were getting ready to have family prayer and Gus was asking the girls to be reverent. Sarah Jane said that she could so she got down like this...

... and said "Ribbit! Ribbit!"
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The other day the kids and I made brownies from scratch and Carlie said,
"This is the BEST DAY EVER!"
Later that day when Sarah Jane woke up from her nap she came in the kitchen and sleepily said, "Mom, do you know why I love you?"
Me: "No, why?"
Sarah Jane: "Because you made brownies."
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Sarah Jane has started clearing her throat and saying,
"Uh Hum excuse me mom... I need a fruit snack!"

Saying goodbye to brass...

We love our house but have been wanting to make some upgrades. Our house has brass fixtures and knobs that are outdated and we finally changed them out!

Old Family Room Fan

Many thanks to my big brother Brandon for coming over two nights this week and helping Gus with wiring and for climbing into the attic! You are the BEST!
Bridger helped too!

Making a new outlet for our chandelier...
in the background you can see our old one that Gus and Brandon were excited to get rid of so they didn't hit their heads on it anymore!

Working hard!

Our new Chandelier from Costco!

We also found some nice ceiling fans at Costco for our family and living rooms!
Brandon was trying to blind me with his head lamp:)

We put this pretty fixture over our front door... I love it!

Our front room... the fan in the family room is the same.

New view from the front room... love it!

Good Bye Brass!
We also replaced the door knobs from this...

To This...

Next project is to paint my bedroom and the kids rooms!

I like the one on the left.

Grady the Baller

Grady is such a fun little boy...
and he is ALL boy!
He loves to play with the basketball and he is always trying to dribble.
The other night he was playing around and I took some video, it was pretty cute.
Keep in mind that Grady is only 20months old

He gets in some good dribbling at the end of the clip.

The Little Princess

Carlie went to a birthday party today that was a princess theme so we borrowed a dress and did make-up, curled her hair and painted her nails! She was so excited! The party was for her friend Ella and last Sunday Ella dressed as a princess escorted by her teenage brother (Preston) in a white shirt and tie came to our door to formally invite Carlie, she was in awe! Preston read a proclamation loud and clear and then Ella gave Carlie a princess wand and a ring to wear to the party... it was awesome!

I have a beautiful daughter

Carlie Elaine

I love my little girl who is growing up too fast!
She is such a good little girl, super smart, funny, and very helpful!

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY GUS!

We had a fun weekend with lots of friends and family!
On Friday we met some great friends at Texas Roadhouse (our favorite) for dinner!

I had a lot of fun welcoming Gus to the thirty's!

Saturday night we went to the Rowleys and had a party with some of our friends and family which was a blast!
We had black balloons, black streamers, and the works! He received some great gifts including some hair dye for his gray hair, some reading glasses, and a phone book!

Just take a look at that bonfire! Wow!

Then Monday we went to Louie's Restraunt and had a party with the Drake family... Monday was Sam's (Gus' little brother) Birthday, Gus and his sister Milbry share March 1st for their Birthday!

At Louie's with the fam!
We had quite a showing and had to add chairs, it was great!
Grandma Walker, Mom, Dad, Aunt Lissa, Uncle Hal, Davis, Uncle Clair, Andrew, Milbry, Juliana, Jordan(friend), Mekai, Sam, Gus, Me, Carlie, Sarah Jane, and Grady... as always we missed Zach, Terra and family!
Happy Birthday Sam!
Happy Birthday Milbry!
Yummy food!

Our little Gradster is getting so big! He loved drinking through a straw!

Juliana
What a beautiful girl, she has grown up so much!

Mekai
I had to post this picture for you Terra... can you even believe that this is actually our little nephew? He has grown up!

Tuesday, his actual Birthday, we had a couple of families over for cake and ice cream.
I am so thankful to have Gus in my life.
He is a wonderful husband, father, provider, and best friend.
I love you...

Happy Birthday