Birthday Girl!

Yesterday was Bailey's birthday - in some ways I can't believe she is already 3. Where has the time gone? And in other ways, I can't believe she is barely 3 - because she has not been a typical 2-year old and acts older than she is. Anyway - happy birthday, Bai! You are such a sweet little girl - we love you! Here's a stroll down memory lane:

Help

I have been making some projects to sell at the upcoming Copa Creations Boutique and I need help pricing them. I haven't done one of these before, but would like to start making stuff and doing boutiques occasionally. So here's what I have:

Hooded Towels

There are two kinds - fabric hoods and towel hoods. I will probably sell the frabric hooded ones for a little more.

(I can't figure out why two of the pictures got flipped when I uploaded them - it's never done that to me before.)

Tag Blankies

Most people have seen these - but they are just little blankies that are soft fabric with ribbons on the edges. The ribbons are all different colors and textures - babies love to play with them! These are flannel on one side and the other is either baby chenille, baby minky, or satin.

Flannel PJ pants

Just basic flannel pajama pants. Most will be sizes 2T - 5T.

So everyone give me your opinion - how much would you pay for these things? I obviously want to make some money, but I also don't want to overprice them and not sell anything. Tell me what you think . . . . . . . .

Pima Air and Space Museum

Kaden has been home from school this week for fall break and we decided to take advantage of that and took a little trip to the pima air and space museum. We had a good time - despite our kids. Bailey was a nightmare - many meltdowns, fit, screaming, etc. In her defense, she didn't feel all that great - but she was really on one. We had a pretty good time anyway. I don't know much about planes - whereas Matt could tell me the name of most of the planes there. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Here are some of the highlights:

My favorite thing there was a whole hangar dedicated to the 390th which was a huge group of flight teams and bombers based in England during WWII. I am not a history buff and usually don't remember as much as I should, but this was so interesting. They had excerpts from some of the men's journals that were captured and held in POW camps. It made all of it so real and brought tears to my eyes. Here are pictures of of the B-17 bombers that were flown - this also was meaningful to us because Matt's grandpa flew a B-17 in the South Pacific during WWII.

The first flag flown on Utah beach on D-Day

Another highlight of the museum was walking through Air Force One that was the presidential airplane for Johnson and JFK.

Here is a picture of a HUEY which was cool to see and Matt told us stories of his dad flying in one of these during Vietnam. Once again - just makes you appreciate all the military and all that they do for us, especially during times of war.

Here are more pics from the museum - most are self explanatory.

Kaden and Bailey "on Mars"

Random updates

I feel like I haven't updated my blog in awhile - so get comfortable, this may take awhile.....

Kaden is in love with taking pictures. Half the time, I don't even know that he has gotten ahold of my camera - I just find random pictures like these:

I guess we'll have to work on his photography skills a little.

I have started watching a little girl from Kaden's class. She is only here for a few hours after school - and we just love having her. She is such a sweet girl and my kids play so well when she is here.

Anyone that knows Bailey, knows that she is girl through and through. Now, apparently, she feels the need to help her mom with her style. She is obsessed with some new shoes I got and brings them to me all the time. She wants me to wear them all day long, and when I won't she puts them on and dances around in them. Here she is in Kaden's t-shirt and my shoes, what a dork!

My youngest brother, Nick, went through the temple a few weeks ago. It was great to be able to be there with most of my family. Nick is going to Edmonton, Canada on his mission. I am proud of him for making good choices. Here's a picture of 3 of my four brothers:

Here's my grandpa Mullenaux, my parents, and Nick. (I was taking pictures of everyone and forgot to get one of me and Nick)

Lexie is 7 months old! Time is flyin. Here are some updates on her:

She loves to eat - big surprise I know. You can't tell at all from all her rolls :) ! She loves to sit in the highchair and eat graham crackers. She doesn't really eat them so much as suck on them til their mushy.

Here she is at 7 months!

She also got her first tooth! I tried to get a picture - but trying to take the picture and open her mouth at the same time didn't work out so swell. Oh well, I get a picture of it someday.

I also have been working on some crafts/sewing projects to sell at an upcoming boutique. I will post pics as soon as I take some and I wanted to get some opinions from everyone on what prices to use.

I also went over to my friend Kim's house this week and spent all day there. She cut a bunch of vinyl for me and helped my make my christmas cards - well not helped so much as did it for me! I will post pics of my vinyl when I get it all up. Thanks kim - it was such a fun day!

Playroom Redo

We have been working on slowing painting our house and here is our latest project - the loft upstairs, aka the playroom. Here is the before picture:

And here are the after pictures:

I can't really take credit - Matt did about 95% of the painting (even though he hates painting), he put up the TV, put together the furniture and attached it to the wall, etc. We are going to do a fun kids mural on the wall, but we'll save that for another day. I think it turned out great!

10-Year Reunion

This past weekend we went to Thatcher for my 10-year high school reunion. (Am I seriously that old?) It was a lot of fun. The kids always love going to Nana's house. Here are highlights of our busy weekend:

Our class road on a firetruck for the homecoming parade. Kaden rode with me, but Bailey got scared and stayed with Dad and Lexie. (We're on the other side, so you can't see us)

Later that night was the big football game (which we lost big time 32-0!). My family usually sets up camp at the end of the field on the grass - so we joined them. It was great to let the kids run and play. And our good friend Timilie brought popcorn, candy, etc.

Here are the kids dressed in their various shades of green. Lex is such a chunk that her belly is hangin out.

Here's proof that Matt was wearing a Thatcher Eagles shirt (much to his dismay!)

The next day we met at the park with our kids. It was fun to let the kids play and visit with old friends. My cousin Tommy brought this cool train that he made and pulls behind a quad. The kids had a blast.

Tommy and his wife Rachel
Some of the adults had a blast riding it too!

Later that night we had an adults only dinner and watched a video. It turned out so good - the food was great, the video was hilarious, and it was so good to visit with everyone. We had, I think, 52 or 53 classmates show up. Not bad out of 105 or so!

Me and some of my best friends from high school (some had already left).
It was a fun and busy weekend!

What's your accent?

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The West   Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.
The Midland
Boston
North Central
The South
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I saw this on another blog and theirs was interesting, so I took the quiz. Mine turned out to be the West - big surprise, since I've lived in AZ my whole life.

It's Christmas Time!

OK, so maybe not quite Christmas time but it's coming quickly! This is by far my favorite time of the year - I love fall and all the holidays. Well, Halloween I can take or leave. But I love Thanksgiving and love, love, love Christmas! I have already started listening to Christmas music (Matt thinks I'm nuts). I just love Christmas music and it helps me get in the mood to work on some of the gifts I want to make this year. The only downside is that Bailey hears the Christmas music and yells, "Santa is coming!" and then proceeds to recite her Christmas wish list. She doesn't quite grasp that it's still awhile. Anyway - I'm already enjoying getting in the Christmas mood and hopefully getting a jump start on decorations, gifts, cards, etc. Only 92 days left! I can't wait! :)