Get Yo' Chickin'

Jon smoked 6 pounds of chicken a few weeks ago to use for dinners (mmmm...it was SO good!) So that night we just ate the delicious smoked chicken with some sides. Elise was in no mood to eat which she indicated by throwing all of her food on the floor. So Jon was kidding and said, "Give her a chicken bone!" I thought, why not right...and she LOVED it. My Grandma Swanbeck would be so proud (she always told all of us kids to give our infants the chicken bone because her kids LOVED them.) I just love these pictures! She is such a cute girl!

My Sweet Boy

Dallin had a really hard time going into Sunbeams in January, but after the first few weeks he really loved it. I think after all of the singing, he was hooked! He absolutely LOVES singing. It is so cute! He is usually the only sunbeam singing, but he takes it very seriously so he sits in his chair and sings every song. They have been teaching them "I Lived in Heaven" and after a few weeks he remembered both verses. (He has an amazing memory!) I love his sweet voice. He is such a sweet little boy; I just love him so much! I can't help but smile when I see this video!(Unfortunately my camera cut him off at the very end.)

Pictures

I finally got my new camera and started taking pictures again..

YEAH! So enjoy! Elise being silly with Grandpa's hat.I love her piggies! She looks so grown up!

I know it looks mean to take pictures of a crying baby, but she is just so cute no matter what!

Sarah's adorable, squishable Chase.

Sarah's cute, sweet Blake.

More Crafts

I have been loving crafts lately. I don't really feel like I am very crafty, I am just good at finding other people that are. After blog hopping I got this idea to spruce up the front door.

And while Sarah was in town (we miss you guys already!!!) we decided to make hair bows for our adorable girls. They turned out so cute and we did 32 in 2 hours while all 3 babies napped. Our stars were definitely aligned that day! I love them! But I think I'm addicted. Every time I go to the store I look at the flowers....

A Gift from a Brother to his Sister

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Day 8I am hoping Dallin learned a good lesson in patience. One Saturday night Elise was sitting at the bottom of the slide and he was at the top. I told his to wait for her to get off before he went down. As you can see, he didn't listen to my advice. So poor Elise had a black eye forever it seemed like. Nothing like a black eye on Saturday night to take to church with her.

Holy Stink!

Yesterday was Jon's Aunt's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANNE!), so last night we had a family dinner at Matt and Rosanne's house. Jon met me out there because he got off a little late. As I was driving home in the drizzly rain, a little sweet innocent skunk ran out in front of my car. I couldn't swerve because if you have ever been on a Missouri 1 way each direction road you know there is NO shoulder. Just typically a drop off. And there was a car coming at me, so I had no choice but to hit the poor thing. I, of course, felt terrible. I actually almost threw up, but I held back tears and things for the kids sake. I have only ever hit one other thing with my car and I literally cried for days. Anyway, I was feeling really bad until I got home and realized (duh!) the thing sprayed my car before it got squashed. My car smells so bad. It was so bad that all of inside stunk and all of us in the car stunk. The kids didn't smell but I did. It was in my hair, my clothes...everywhere! So I parked outside last night because I didn't want it to stink the garage up. I had to shower and wash my hair twice and my clothes last night. I just went out to get the mail so I thought I would check the car out. It doesn't stink around the car, but when I broke the seal (literally there was a seal!) of the car door. WOW! It REEKS in there!!! I really don't feel so bad about hitting that skunk now that my car smells so bad. Jon even put a car freshener in there last night, but nothing can mask that stink. I'm glad that I didn't have any errands today...