Back in October I made this hair clip board for the girls stuff. I saw a friend do it and thought I should make one. It took me awhile to get around to it but I finally did. All you do is Mod Podge that fabric onto the frame, then take ribbon and make whatever design you want. You don't have to have a back for it but I choose to have one. I think it helps keep the ribbons in place. I will have more post to come.

Halloween Craft

It's Halloween Time. I saw this craft on one of the kid shows that I was watching with the girls. I thought it was really cute and wanted to do it with them so we did.

Tape off the face.

Paint it.

Wait for it to dry.

And this is the finish product.

Car Seat Cover

Car seat cover I made for my friends baby. I found the recipe here http://www.theribbonretreat.com/blog/how-to-make-a-car-seat-tent.html.

It's for a girl.

Before i cut the edges.

After the edges are all cut and put together.

The straps and finished product.

School Time

Sense school has started and I need some activities to do with Emma. I figured why not do some type of school with her. so I found a packet from http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2011/06/m-is-for-monsters.html#more-5241 and love it. I really hope she does more. We did how ever add things to our little school cause we are using the letter for a week or two. Now here are some of the activities we did.

We started with M&M color match.

Tracing M's.

Filling in the M

Filling in the 8.

Monkey Time. the girls have lost them now.

Channing wanting to help.

Muffin Time.

Monster Time.

Marshmallow Man Time (or whatever the girls made).

Time to eat them.

Channing enjoying the slide. More school stuff to come later on. For now we are going to have fun. LATER

SAYING GOOD BYE!

Well it has been a month sense we have sold our house and moved. Saying good bye was kind of bitter sweet. It was the first house Brian and I have owned. With our family growing tho it is time to move on to bigger and bright things. We will have so many memory's of that place. Like bring both girls home from the hospital. Followed by the sleepless night with kids. Meeting/making new friends in the ward. Playing games with those new friends. I will miss that house but I can't wait for what's a head. Good Bye old house

Hello

OK so I've been busy. I know it a new month but lets go back to February. So at the beginning of the month Emma got sick and passed it around to everyone else. No surprise their, always happens. Well for Channing it turned into RSV, she did pretty well considering. While I was sick I got a double ear infection and could hear for over a week. Sometimes I wish I still couldn't hear. Life has just been so crazy that I've been feeling a little down lately. I am how ever determined to turn that around. Thanks to some friends and family they helped me end the month off right.

All though life still isn't perfect I am going to try hard to make as perfect as possible. So with that in mind this week I've laid out some meals that I want to try and cook. Starting with tonight we are cooking mushroom cubed steak in the crock pot. I can't wait to try it. As far as the whole working out thing, I've decided that I'm still going to do it but if I don't lose weight it's OK cause I feel good and I feel skinny. So for now I'm here and alive and that is great. I hope that I'm ready for whatever comes my way. Now it's time to go and enjoy the nice weather we have.

The Before

Here is a picture of the before.

Here I am at lets say 155 cause I don't have scale and the only time I can use one is at my parents house. If I measured right the hip is 33 1/2 the waist is 40 1/2 . The plan is to lose any where from 30 to 40 pounds by the end of the year. Which will put me back at the weight I was when I met Brian. According to the wii fit I should weigh around 116. I don't know how true that is but whatever. So i'll try and keep you updated on how the progress is going. As for today I feel pretty skinny and it feels great.

Update

Emma and Channing have gotten so big over the last few months. Emma is on her way to being a big girl by using the toilet, going to sleep on her own and she is even learning the months. She already now January. Channing is teething and trying to roll over. My girls are getting big fast. I was going threw pictures the other night and I saw some of Emma just last June and if you look at her today you can so tell how big she has gotten. Same goes for Channing if you look at her new born pictures and ones that we have taken today you can tell how big she has gotten to. pretty soon my girls wont be babies at all.

Well as for Brian and I. Brian is working hard on getting at least one appointment a week for world financial group. So wfg and his regular job keeps him busy. As for me I'm working on losing weight and making sure the girls have everything that they need. I have thought alot about doing some online classes I just don't know where to began or go to do what I want. Well that is what we have been up to. We are having fun do it to.

Christmas time and the new year.

I know that Christmas has come and gone but I still have this to say about this time of the year. At the beginning of December we put up the tree at my parents house. It wasn't until the week before Christmas that it got decorated and before that happened it didn't quit feel like Christmas. The day that it was decorated we turned on the lights and I sat there looking at and feeling like the season had just began. The holiday season (for me) is the best time of the year. Not because of the presents or the insane amount of food that we eat, but because of the meaning of it. Christ was born on Christmas. For me it's a time to reflect on everything. I love how the air just seems to beam with miracles and the feeling like anything can happen.

Now that the new year has come, it's time to try and reach the goals that we have set for us. My goals this year are going to be simple. Things that I know I can do, cause lets be honest if they aren't simple we would never achieve them. So my goals are 1. that I will serve more people 2. that I will play with my kids and have the best time doing 3. that I will spend time with just my husband and kids no every once in a while 4. That I will take better care of myself 5. that I will be there for my friends and family when needed (but not over do it) 6. That I will do everything in my power to take care of my family 7. That I will try hard to work at my calling 8. that no matter what happens I will be happy and look at the positive out come in life. I know that looking at this it seems like a lot of things, but they are small and I know that I can do it. It might not be easy with kids but I will do it. Have a great new year.

Addiction

So I was driving home the other day and I saw a billboard advertising porn addiction. It made me think about addiction. Anything can be an addiction. It is something that you don't need but want and want a lot of it. Like chocolate you don't need it but you want it. every so often it's ok to have it but wanting it all the time isn't ok. There are some many things that we can be a addicted to, it's how we deal with the addiction that makes a difference. Food and drinks can be one of those addictions. We do need food and water to live but over doing it will cause problems. Having a healthy way of doing things is great. I know that i'm not great at doing these things and i'm trying to work on them.

I feel that there is a healthy addiction to like reading the scriptures, going to the temple, and church. I may not be great at these to but i'm human and i'm working on these for my self and not anyone else.

I know there are so many things out there that can hurt us or keep us from doing what we need to do. If we strive to do the things that we are suppose to do. We will over come our problems and get to where we need to be. Thanks for listening to me go of on stuff. I just felt that I need to say something. have a great day :)

Holiday stress

So the last little while has been crazy. With having a new born and the holiday's with two kids it's been hard. We put our house up for sale, so trying to keep the house clean just in case someone wants to see it at the last moment. Just hasn't been easy to do. I've been trying to get to a point were I can exercise. I'm not going to wake up early to do it when I get up so many times in the middle of the night and by the time dinner comes around I haven't been able to do anything cause I've been busy dealing with kids all day and doing things everyone else wants me to do. I love helping people don't get me wrong on that. I just don't feel like I've been getting the help I need. Brian has been working overtime and I understand why. Just when he comes home he doesn't want to deal with anything or anyone. So i'm still the one doing everything. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about everything but I feel like i'm almost to breaking point that if something doesn't change i'm going to go insane. Here's to hoping i don't go insane.

Emma's Second Birthday

Emma has now turned 2. I can't believe it. My baby is 2 (well i guess she isn't a baby any more). Emma had so much fun at her party. She got some dress up clothes, her and alanis had to play dress up that minute. It was so much fun seeing them play. Emma has been doing really well about peeing on the toilet (now if only we could get here to poop on it). Channing had her two month check up today and she is 10 lbs. 5oz. Channing has gotten so big in the last couple of months. so for the rest of this last month it's been crazy. My mom broke her ankle and wrist both on the right side to. so with that being said I was the one to do thanksgiving and i do have to say that it turned out nice. Sense then I've just been relaxing sense the Christmas shopping is done. Brian is now doing over time cause the guy that works the first part of the week his wife had their baby. so the girls and i will be spending a lot of time in Payson helping my mom (sense she immobile). well with that being said here are some pics of Emma's birthday.

The Cake

Emma and the loot

Jason helping the girls play dress up.

The Girls

The Birthday Girl!

So we had family pictures done and I love them. we did them before Channing was two weeks old. I do have to say for just having a kid I look good. Channing is now 6 weeks old and we are loving every minute. Emma is such a big help and that is all she want to do and it's great. Emma will be turning 2 this month. I can't believe that my baby is two. Brian has been working hard with WFG. Their office just moved up to thanksgiving point. So with that being said we put our house up for sale and are looking for one closer to work. I hope all goes well. Me i'm just having fun being a mom and staying home with the girls. Don't get me wrong it's hard but i wouldn't change it for the world. well that is all for now have a great one.

Channing is here!!!!!

Channing Marie Child is here. she was born September 28th 2010, @ 4:31 pm, weighed 5 lbs. 12 oz, and was 18 inches long. We were induced because I had gestational diabetes and we thought she was going to be a big baby but out comes this little girl. My parents took Emma for day. when they came to the hospital that night to drop her off to Brian she didn't know what was going on. she wouldn't even come to me, it made my cry. all day all I wanted was Emma to be with me but I knew it was better that she wasn't. The next day when Brian and Emma came all she wanted to do is be with me and hold Channing. Sense then Emma has done nothing but want to help with sister and hold her as much as we would let her. Adjusting to things has been a little crazy. I'm not sure what i'm going to do when Brian goes back to work but I guess sooner or later I'm going to have to figure it out. Well here's to hoping everything goes ok.

Is it time yet?

Ok so the last few days I've been really wanting Channing to come. I know she still has time but man it's getting harder to deal with Emma when I feel so big, that and my patience is just growing thin with Emma wanting to run all over the place and needed me almost every second of the day. well that and now my mom is calling every day to see if we have gone to the hospital. This is her third grandchild so you would think she would be so excited for this one to come. Know that that is off my chest. Ive been working on some sewing projects just to pass time (that is when I have it). Cause I finally have my own machine to do stuff with and it's been nice, I don't want to stop doing my projects but again Emma needs me and that's ok cause I've been really wanting to make sure that she gets her time with me cause when Channing comes I don't want her to feel like i'm not there. well that is what been going on here. Hopefully Channing will decide to come (soon I hope) but when ever she gets here will be good. Here are some picutres of my first finished project.