Boys Falling Fast Asleep

This was a conversation Julie listened in on from outside Rulon & Mads door at 10:14pm after trying and trying to get them to be quiet, stay in bed, and go to sleep.

M: Mom came downstairs and she din't even spank me!
R: What did she say?
M: To stay in my bed.
R: Ok, let's do that, lets stay in our beds and go to sleep.
M: No, cuz I don want to.
R: Well, I do cuz I want my obedience treat from dad.
M: No you don.
R: Yes I do cuz if you don't get some sleep you will get sick.
M: I'm get sick?
R: Yes, you'll get sick and die.
M: In the river?
R: Yes.
M: Is dat what Dad says?
R: Yes.
M: No cuz I don want to cuz Mom doesn even know.

A Baby Shower for Julie and B.G.Powelson

My friend Taunya headed up a big baby shower including a bunch of the nice sisters of the ward. Doesn't that food table look inviting?? It was inviting me all night long!
Mary did a concentration game similar to the one I have, only she had some even cuter match-ups like "late night feeding" won a Milky Way Midnight!! It was great!

Can YOU draw a baby girl on a paper plate on your head?? I cannot, Melissa did much better, hers looked human and girly!! Holy Smokes, look at my belly!!!!!!!!!! Where did THAT come from, oh yeah, I remember...

Might as well fill any empty space in that big belly, ooooh the fruit was goooood!

Evil eye?? Melissa must have been talking about me and my spider senses were tingling. Either that or I just dripped strawberry juice on my belly.

Here come the gifts, it was so much fun and there were such cute things!!

That look is the realization that Jane MADE this blanket, it's not the one I drooled over on the store shelf, it's even better because it is softer, bigger and made with love!!

These booties and a (matching outfit and bracelets) were hand made too, by Mary. They are sooo darling! Such awesome talent, I just sew straight lines on curtains!!

I think this is my first girly toy!! And I just loved the fuzzy blanket.

Do I look happy??? This box is full of all colors of head bands and clip on flowers, a ton of colors and sizes, sooo fun!!!

Wish you could see the stripey pants better, they are skinny little cute things!!

Just plain happy to be here!

This one is from Taunya, all hand made items in this hand made diaper bag. 2 Blankets, 3 bibs, 3 burp cloths, 3 bean bags, a little baby book, a teddy bear and a sounds and textures blanket (the little kind a baby plays with)... how cool is that?!?

And thank you soooo much Melissa for loving me enough to solicit Brett to watch your kiddos (thanks Brett) and make the drive to my place to be at this shower. AND for taking pics and being the amazing sister that you are!!!

Muscle Man Mads

"Mom, I ate all my food, look at my oomongous muscles!" (need I say more?)

Hard at Work

Any sunny day warrants the question, "mom, can we go outside and drive our cars?" I am loving that it is actually warm enough occasionally to say, "YES!" This was one such day. Isn't Mads about the cutest "instruction worker" ever!!!

Rulon was giving him a lift to the work site!!!

I just don't know why I think my boys are the best ever...