Keeps me on my toes

Just for the record, it wasn't me.

We left the house at 7:45 this morning to take the girls to school and then we continue the loop and drop Rob off at school. I usually get to come home, but this morning I didn't. I had my Visiting Teaching scheduled for 9:00, so Edwin and I drove around alittle and went one appointment after another. When we were done at 11:20 it was time to get the girls from school. Needless to say it has been a long morning.

When we finally got home I looked in the fridge of something and found this.
Rob Dear, I love you! Thanks for keeping life interesting and keeping me on my toes.
Also thanks for not putting the milk in the cupboard where the cereal goes.

White

My two little angels. aren't they pretty in white?

finally found a yummy one

I have looked and looked for a yummy blondie recipe and the girls over a Apron Girls posted one yesterday. We made it last night and it was so yummy!
Here it is, you should try it out!

Blondies
1/2 cup butter,melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp baking soda
1 cup flour
1/3 cup either butterscotch chips or choc chips

Heat oven to 350. Grease an 8x8 pan. Mix ingredients and spread in pan evenly. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.

Toothless

Caleb has been working on this for a few weeks now.

He came home so happy because he lost while at school today.

And he got this awesome little box to put his tooth in.
I think that right there is worth to loose the tooth at school just for the awesome little box that is the shape of a tooth!

Love notes

Rob left this morning. he will be gone for a couple days. He left me a sweet note. He is so thoughtful!

18 weeks and counting

This is for all of you who are wondering what I look like. Mostly I look just the same.

Yes, I'm trying my hardest to show you the belly.

No these are not maternity clothes, they are my regular clothes fitting again.

And don't say anything about how dirty my bedroom is!

Building blocks

So we have these blocks and they are always passed down to the youngest child, which makes them Ediwns now.
Caleb still loves them. Well, all the kids love to make a tower and then watch Edwin knock it over.
Caleb actually will wait til he is taking a nap though, and build towers. The other day he made the biggest one yet. I couldn't believe it!

FYI

Just to let you know I'm 18 weeks!
The heartbeat was at 150-153 this morning.
I have a poll on the side everyone should take a moment and vote on what you think we will be having, a boy or a girl.
You have until February 9th, the day of the Ultrasound!!

Have fun voting!

Joy

So this is just a short little post to say I love the people here. Our dear Grandma Gayle, Do you remember her I have mentioned her before. Well, anyways her and her husband just recentaly got back from their vacation and when she got back called us. She has a mini van that no one is using right now, she is letting us borrow it until we get ours fixed. Isn't that awesome! the poeple here are so thoughtful.
tomorrow is the day we take our Van in. I keep hoping that is isn't going to cost us and arm and a leg to get fixed. I guess that is why taxes are coming up. I know that all of it or at least most it will be going toward the car.
Wish us luck.

How do you II

Well, Thanks to our Awesome Ward Family and wonderful friends we did make it to church on Sunday.
We had to split the family and go with two separate families to do it but we did get there and Rob didn't have to walk like he thought we might have to do. ( I would have never made it.)

And now can I just say, " I love my neighbors!"

Monday morning came and I was not planning on even trying to send the girls to school. I had not found anyone who take them both. After Caleb walked out the door to go to the bus stop I got a phone call from our neighbor. I then had about 15 min. to get the girls up and ready and out the door. Isn't that amazing! And she is planning on picking them up from school everyday! another friend is taking them on Tuesday and Wednesday.

I'm so happy I have friends.

I can't wait for our car to be fixed so that I can start helping others too.
I never realized how much just having a car that worked helped me to feel safer and more secure. I know it might sound a bit silly but right now I keep thinking "what if..." and I have no way to get anywhere or pick up anything or run to the ER if I had to.

Anyways, my point of this post is "Thank-you" to my dear friends!

How do You?

How do you get to~

• School to drop girls off and pick them up every day
  
• Dr. appointments
  
• the grocery store
• Church
  
• or just plain out of the house when you need to

When you have a broken Mini Van that doesn't even get to go in to the shop for another week?
This is my dilemma I am facing right now.
After talking to my Dad over the phone we think it is the radiator fan.
Happy New year to us!