May 26, 2010
Our Family's Mission Statement
Shelley's Babyshower
CONGRATULATIONS SHELL!
After the party...light luncheon!
Refreshment table!!!
Aunt Christa Fife and Meredith Villalba
Cheryl Sanger preparing refreshmets...YUM!
The poster I made and posted on Atwood's front door with a few balloons tied to her mailbox.
May 22nd at 11:00 a.m. was my sister, Shelley's babyshower which was hosted by myself but held at my Aunt Jolyn's house in American Fork, Utah. There were a couple dozen family and friends there and we all had fun visiting and playing a few games. The first game was; Guess the Size of Mom's Belly? in which they had to cut the yarn to the size they thought Shelley's belly was. The winner was Kristin Atwood and she won a bag of Jelly Belly's- jelly beans. My other cousin, Trinna Adams got there late but she was also very close so she got a box of Sour Patch Kids- gummy candy. Everyone was given a box of Sugar Babies as well as a permanent marker and a Newborn Diaper in which they had to write down a bit of advice for Shelley so when she pulled out a diaper, she would be inspired that day! Throughout the babyshower, whoever said the word; BABY or BABIES had to give one of their Sugar Babies to the person that caught them saying it. Just for the record, I did not do so hot at that game! It was my sister, Chantel's idea to play that one, not mine! ;) The other game we played was; Guess What's In the Blanket? There were 19 items in the blanket, and they only had 20 seconds to look and after it was taken away, they only had a minute to write down what they remember seeing inside. We had a 3-way tie...Meredith Villalba, Kristy Atwood and Heather Woolley won and received a box of Sour Patch Kids each. After playing the games, Shelley opened each of her gifts and the person that gave her a gift, shared their bit of advice that they had written on the diaper. It was a very nice babyshower overall. For refreshments, we had a 7-layer bean-dip, lemon bars (2 different kinds), oatmeal, chocolate chip, coconut cookies, fruit with dip, and pink lemonade! Everyone gobbled down the food and Shelley's sister-in-laws, mother-in-law, and friend helped bring chips, drinks, fruit, etc. Thanks to all those that helped including my sister, Cheryl who helped me prepare the lemon bars and helped get things ready for the shower! Shelley got many cute outfits for her baby boy as well as some handy things to use when the baby is born. She doesn't look like she's very big does she??? Well, she is due the first part of July which is coming up in just over a month! Goodluck Shelley!!
May 22nd at 11:00 a.m. was my sister, Shelley's babyshower which was hosted by myself but held at my Aunt Jolyn's house in American Fork, Utah. There were a couple dozen family and friends there and we all had fun visiting and playing a few games. The first game was; Guess the Size of Mom's Belly? in which they had to cut the yarn to the size they thought Shelley's belly was. The winner was Kristin Atwood and she won a bag of Jelly Belly's- jelly beans. My other cousin, Trinna Adams got there late but she was also very close so she got a box of Sour Patch Kids- gummy candy. Everyone was given a box of Sugar Babies as well as a permanent marker and a Newborn Diaper in which they had to write down a bit of advice for Shelley so when she pulled out a diaper, she would be inspired that day! Throughout the babyshower, whoever said the word; BABY or BABIES had to give one of their Sugar Babies to the person that caught them saying it. Just for the record, I did not do so hot at that game! It was my sister, Chantel's idea to play that one, not mine! ;) The other game we played was; Guess What's In the Blanket? There were 19 items in the blanket, and they only had 20 seconds to look and after it was taken away, they only had a minute to write down what they remember seeing inside. We had a 3-way tie...Meredith Villalba, Kristy Atwood and Heather Woolley won and received a box of Sour Patch Kids each. After playing the games, Shelley opened each of her gifts and the person that gave her a gift, shared their bit of advice that they had written on the diaper. It was a very nice babyshower overall. For refreshments, we had a 7-layer bean-dip, lemon bars (2 different kinds), oatmeal, chocolate chip, coconut cookies, fruit with dip, and pink lemonade! Everyone gobbled down the food and Shelley's sister-in-laws, mother-in-law, and friend helped bring chips, drinks, fruit, etc. Thanks to all those that helped including my sister, Cheryl who helped me prepare the lemon bars and helped get things ready for the shower! Shelley got many cute outfits for her baby boy as well as some handy things to use when the baby is born. She doesn't look like she's very big does she??? Well, she is due the first part of July which is coming up in just over a month! Goodluck Shelley!!
May 3, 2010
Regional Conference
(Conference Center seats about 21,000 people!)
May 2nd, 2010...Our Stake Conference was part of a Regional Conference that was held down in Salt Lake City's LDS Conference Center in which over 60 Stakes participated from the Northern part of Utah. We left our house at 8:30 a.m so we could be there in plenty of time to get some decent seats. We were able to sit in the Plaza section on ground level. It started at 10:00 a.m. and ended by noon. President Henry B. Erying, Elder Robert D. Hales, Julie B. Beck, and Donald A. Rasband spoke to us. Much was said about being worthy to go to the Temple and Sister Beck talked a lot on the role of mothers and that we need to prioritize our lives better so we can we great mothers in Zion. Pres. Eyring talked a lot about Zion and making sure we listen to the revelation we receive from the Spirit. He told us that our #1 priority is FAMILY... they were all great talks even though Qaiden was very irreverent, Aleah was antsy, and Luke was fussy! That's just the way it goes when we have little ones! At least we got something out of it, right?! We parked near Shelley and Paul's Brigham Apt's (using a coin she gave me) and even though near, we didn't get home until 1:15 p.m....over an hour after it was over! Rich said that was his 1st time in the CC, and it was also the LAST time he attends...TOO busy/hectic for him!!!
Our little SMURF!!!
This is the LOVELY Smurfette in the flesh...
LUKE CRAWLS NOW!
Just a couple of weeks ago Luke started crawling! He is getting around pretty well. His favorite things to get into is the green Libman mop...which he enjoys sucking on the bristles. He also loves sucking on the tassles of my Greek rug in the hallway! I don't know why???? What can I say except I have children with odd tendencies! He is the cutest little boy though...!