Monday, February 2, 2009

What do we do in the Winter?



Brynn loves her babies. She takes care of them all day. One day I caught her reading on the floor to one of them. It was so cute.



She not only loves to read to them, but she feeds them, changes them and puts them to sleep. We all have to be quiet when she puts her babies to bed.



Ashleigh and Brynn love to dress alike. They both are wearing their Valentine heart shirts. They love how they shimmer.



Ashleigh and Brynn made a tent and they read together. They are such great playmates.





Brynn is so into cooking and has a blast with dad.





Daddy has a date with Brynn and makes yummy zucchini bread. We love making bread in the Winter.



What would life be like without wrestling with dad. All the kids request wrestle time every night in the Winter with dad. They love it and I enjoying watching them. It always seems like someone gets hurt but it doesn't stop them from wrestling again.



We made a "Love Wall" with hearts. Kamren gave a Family Home Evening Lesson on how families can be together forever so we decided for the activity we would cut out a ton of hearts and we could put one up on the wall when we show we love each other through service. Our goal is to make the hearts go all the way up the stairs. This was perfect for the Valentine holiday coming up. My friend gave me the Love Wall idea. It worked great.



We are so excited for Andrew to come. We've been getting everything ready. I was able to make him a blessing blanket. I learned how to do a pretty border on one of my friends sewing machines. I also made the letter A to go in Kamren's room. I made a little block with his name on it. Kevin was able to find the same baby book that I used for Kamren on ebay. I am getting his Book of Remembrance ready. I also scrapbook the kids first year of life so I found some clearance paper at Michaels for him. I also got him a journal since I write in it the first year of each of our children's lives. I also cross stitched a little foot with his name on it. These are the traditions I do with each child. It's fun to have some history of each child. I just love doing this stuff.

8 comments:

Kasey said...

Great stuff!!! You are very talented.

Lindsey said...

You look like you are ready for Andrew to come. What lucky kids to get all of those special things from Mom & Dad!

Jen Childers said...

At first I was like...who's Andrew? So cute! You are super talented and have such an adorable family! You are bringing up a new generation of you...so positive and happy and cheerful and wonderful. You're husband and kids are very lucky!

Cassondra said...

Ditto. Ditto and Ditto. (Super original, huh?) I love to see all of your traditions. I didn't know you had a name picked out - I like "Andrew"! I admire how prepared you are. I bet it makes the anticipation even more fun when you're working on little projects for the baby!

The Kelly Variety said...

I still say you are super woman! Your kids are so blessed to have you as a mom. Miss you!

Megs said...

I absolutely adore the idea of the "love wall"! What a great idea to get the kids involved in extra service. You're such a good mom!

Kodison said...

Haha! I love the pics! I can't tell who is having the most fun between Kevin and the Kids! lol

Cathy said...

You are one awesome girl! What a blessed family you have. love you lots! cathy