Happy Birthday Pumpkin!!!

Hope you have a great day!!!

We love you!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
from the Fam!!!

California or bust!!!

This last week I went to visit Jennifer, Tyson and
the twins in California. I had a 3:00pm flight to Phoenix and then
on to Cali, but my flight was canceled due to the intense
thunder storms in Houston.
Almost 24 hours later I arrived at the John Wayne
airport, after spending the night in Phoenix.
The sun was shining and the weather was beautiful
so what else could go wrong-- right?

Unfortunately my luggage went to LAX, but
they brought it to me by the end of the day
so it wasn't to bad.


Luckily that was the only traumatic thing
that happened during the week.
Here are some pictures of the fun we had!

I took this picture of John Wayne mostly for my Dad
who is a big John Wayne fan!!!

We went to the "Happiest Place on Earth"!

We went to the Santa Ana Zoo and
saw Llamas...

and monkeys...

and this incredible turkey.
I couldn't help but wonder how old he was?

It was warm so we took lots of
snack breaks!!

We also had time for projects while the twins were
napping!! We made these bags during Jen's
Enrichment night activity. Everyone's turned
out soooo cute.

We also spent a lot of time singing in the car.
The twins favorite song is the Pirate song from
"the Pirates of the Caribbean" at
Disneyland. They know to raise their
arms just as if they were on the ride!!!
They have been trained well!!

Thanks for the fun week Jen and Tyson!!

If you want to see more pictures or
a video of Berkleigh's exciting day at Disneyland
go to Jen's blogspot!!!

Finished!!!!!!

This is my latest creation!!

My friend, Julie Matheson asked if I would
make her a quilt out of her childhood
clothes which her mother had saved for her!!
I was really excited because the fabrics were
so pretty. I hated cutting them up into tiny
squares but the finished project was well worth it.

:)I didn't realize that this picture was sideways
until after I blogged it!! :)

Eventhough I would have loved to be able to
machine quilt it for her, we decided to go with the professional
(who actually owns a quilting machine)
Here is the close up of the flowery/leafy design
that Julie choose.

New Pics!!!

Matthew sent us some more pictures this week!!!
Here he is with the Elders in his District.
His companion, Elder Hernandez O., is the taller one in the back.
There are so many Elder Hernandez's that they add
the letter to their last name so they can tell them apart.
Matthew is doing really great and loving
his mission.

Matthew was really excited for this brother
to get baptized. He also received the priesthood
the following Sunday.

Matthew had a scuffle with a dog a few weeks ago.
But luckily he only received a scratch.
I think he was more upset about his pants
than about the bite!!
One of the sisters in the Ward fixed
these pants for him!! I was surprised, they look
beyond help!!!

I am grateful there are such nice people
looking out for my son.
Someone was even thoughtful enough to make
him banana bread.

And if you were wondering what that shape is on the top??
It's Pooh Bear!!!

Time Out!!!

Here is our group of women at the Houston
"Time out for Women" conference this last weekend!!!
We had such a great time, getting to know each other,
seeing friends we haven't seen in ages and
of course listening to the great speakers
that come to enrich our lives.

Just some of our favorites were author and CEO, Sherry Dew,
impressive singer and song writer, Jenny Jordan Frogley,
funny and talented, author, Mary Ellen Edwards and
another favorite singer and song writer, Kenneth Cope.

You can tell from our attire that it was kind of cold and rainy
but we didn't let that dampen our spirits as we listened,
took notes, laughed, purchased some of their
products and had a wonderful "Time out"
weekend!!!

On our way home we had to stop at one of my favorite
Texas barbecue spots, "Rudys" and brought home
some of their brisket, pork and sausage for our guys at home!!!
(And of course some of their fantastic sauce!!!)

We can't wait until next year!!!

Look alikes?

Who is that little girl holding the sweet peas?

Do you think she might be related
to Berkleigh Rae Scott?

Let me know what you think!!

Our day at Pinederosa..... "Ethan's".....Park!!!

The Andrews took Tristan to the Temple for his first time yesterday,
(Congratulations Tristan)
so I watched Savannah, Ethan and Jackson for the day!!!

We went to the park, swung on the swings, had lunch,
swung on the swings, had a scavenger hunt, swung on the swings!!!
(The swings are Ethan's favorite)

I have a feeling that Jackson will grow up to like the swings too!!!

Of course we had to spend some time kissing Jackson...

I guess I wore them out because when we got home Ethan flopped
on the couch and stayed this way for about two hours!!!

While the boys slept, Savannah and I finished her baby doll quilt
and started on a skirt for herself!!!
Sorry no pictures but we will update you later on the progress
of the skirt!!!

(Today I am not doing anything!!!)