Jarom's Maths Award

I guess life is good right now - lots of scrapbooking and time to blog/journal about everything we're getting up to as a family.

It finally feels like summer

We've had several really hot days this week, which the boys have loved. They went out in the garden and played with the hose last night and had a great time. I had to get my camera out, I haven't taken fun pictures of the boys for such a long time. Jarom was so quick on the slide that I could only just keep up. Tayler unfortunately couldn't control the speed at which he came down the slide so feel really hard - no smiley pictures of him. Check out my photography blog for the picture I did take, the link is over on the right.

Baby's room

Really hope this baby is a girl. I've been window shopping for a while now, and these are my choices. I must admit, I've already bought the cot bed, but I didn't have one, and it could be used for a boy too. It's all going to cost a bomb though. I've also been looking at pushchairs. I like the Quinny pushchairs and they seem to fold down really small if you take off the wheels, which is easy to do. I think this will be the best option for us. I quess it's kinda fun window shopping, it's when the bill comes through for the actual items that will be less fun.

Extreme Makeover

Thought I'd do a little mood board for my living room ideas. So excited about the wood burning stove!

Mead Vale Sports Day 2008

Today was Tayler's first sports day, and he loved it! He'd actually been dreading it for weeks. He finds getting undressed, and dressed into his sports clothes really hard work, plus his confidence is knocked when he usually comes last in the races. He was quite upset when I reminded him this morning over breakfast that he had sports day today. I suggested he ask his Daddy for a Priesthood Blessing to help him feel more confident and happy. Full of faith he asked Jason as soon as he came down for his breakfast. Jason was only to pleased to give him a blessing and blessed him to be happy, enjoy his day and if he needed to, have the confidence to say a little prayer before each race.

Full of new found confidence Tayler went into school this morning, I was so proud of him. Sports day wasn't due to start till 1:30pm, but I went to que outside the gates at about 1:05pm - determined to get a seat to watch and take pictures of my boy. I especially wanted to get some good pictures as Jason had to work today, and I wanted him to have a good picture of how things had gone.

Tayler ran in all his class races - the flat running race, the skip through the hoop race, the balancing race, and the lacrosse carrying race. He beamed through each event, not caring where he came in the end, just loving every minute. He responded well to Emma Whitfield, Auntie Louise, Noz and Rachel, Hannah, Paul and Sue cheering him on. Words just fail me to express my gratitude for their support and also how proud I am of my boy. Well done Tayler! I asked him after the race if he'd needed to pray between his races, he said - 'No, I actually didn't. Daddy's blessing worked just fine!'. We're now looking forward to sports day 2009!

First pictures

I thought I'd scrapbook my baby scan pictures from a few weeks ago. I needed to do something to take my mind off my sickness today. I scrubbed my fridge clean from top to bottom this morning, boy did it feel good. It was grim in there. Jason spilt a whole bottle of dandelion & Burdock fizzy pop, and there was a sticky mess everywhere. Unfortunatly I exhausted myself cleaning, so needed to do something quiet this afternoon. Looking forward to my 20 week scan in a few weeks time.

2 Peas 12 week baby album course

It was so nice to see 2 peas hosting this great course. I've come into it really late, but I've found all the great tutorials and digital goodies to download. It took me ages to find them a second time around on the website, so I'll link them to Erica Hernandez seeds , take a look if you'd like to try the course yourself! We're currently on week 9, so there are only a few more weeks to go, and the new tutorials are posted on a Tuesday. They're usually available by late afternoon/evening for us here in England.

I'm looking foward to great scrapbooking of baby number 3's pictures - maybe I should start with the scan photos from a few weeks ago.