tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905496656739007092024-02-19T09:17:47.180-08:00The CarrsIke and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-87192077826095935192017-05-04T10:47:00.001-07:002017-05-04T10:47:39.807-07:00Kids Pictures<br />
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I am embarrassed to say it but we have not had a family picture taken since before Hudson was born. I didn't want to the first couple of months after he was born because I felt like I still looked kind of pregnant. I know that is a selfish reason and really when my kids are 50 they aren't going to care if that family photo from who knows when has mom looking a little flabby. But then once school started, Ike has been so busy, it has just been really hard to find a time to do them. Well my really awesome really cool and really talented photography friend Laura asked if I wanted any photos for Hudson's one year and of course I said yes! I have also decided that as soon as school is out, Ike is coming and we are taking some family photos!<br />
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I usually have very low expectations with my kids pictures simply because neither Brady nor Jackson really know how to smile on demand. In fact, Jackson's "picture smile" is more of a disgusted pained look than a smile. But she was miraculously able to get some good ones all the same!<br />
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So there are a lot more of Hudson than of the other boys but honestly, when you are the most cooperative child and your smile is adorable, that is just what happens.<br />
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I actually really love this one.Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-77117513356663900042017-04-25T19:43:00.002-07:002017-04-25T19:47:36.869-07:00On the go in April.I feel we have had something going on almost every day in April. The weather is finally warming up. We have had some days in the 70s but today was in the 40s again. Lots to catch up on. Jackson and my birthday's are both in April and it just so happened that they lined up with Easter break! One thing I love about where we live is that almost all the schools around here give you the Friday before Easter and the Monday after off. They never did that where I grew up but I love it! So Ike got to be home on my birthday and Jackson's. It was awesome!<br />
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So what has been going on in April?<br />
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Soccer!<br />
Saturdays have been all about Soccer here. Brady LOVES playing. He isn't the fastest but I would say is the most enthusiastic on his team!<br />
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Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for family and sometimes that means watching a four year old's soccer game in 30 degree temperatures.<br />
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Hudson is 11 months!<br />
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Yes I should have probably put clothes on but I happened to remember right before a bath and the lighting was good in the living room so I took advantage!<br />
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Jackson's Birthday:<br />
We had a family party for Jackson's birthday and it was so fun!<br />
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We played Pin the Mask on the Turtle.<br />
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My Birthday!<br />
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I now only have one year left in my 20s so I better make it good!<br />
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The boys made me breakfast in bed. It consisted of Reeses Puffs cereal, two uncooked english muffins, yogurt, a snickers bar and an ice cream sandwich. It's the thought that counts right?<br />
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Look at that handsome man!<br />
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Hudson enjoyed some of my cake!<br />
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Brady got me flip flops and Jackson got me a hose sprayer! I actually did want both of those things so it was great! Ike got me a few other fancier gifts but I like when the boys pick stuff out for me too.<br />
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Hudson desperately wanted in on the egg dying action. He stayed there pretty much the whole time.<br />
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Some of the finished products.<br />
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Central City does an Easter egg hunt every year and we love going.<br />
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Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-76631839425790556512017-04-02T18:31:00.006-07:002017-04-02T18:31:46.384-07:00The Kitchen Floor<br />
We have known since we bought the house in 2015 that we would need to redo the kitchen floor. It didn't look terrible but it had several squishy spots that made us nervous. We had some other pressing things that needed to be taken care of first (new roof, chimney removed and a few others.) but finally, after almost three years of living here, we had the floor done. What was supposed to be a 4 day job ended up lasting two weeks. I know that for any kind of home renovation, that really isn't that bad. But two weeks without a kitchen was not fun. It turned out that the floor was squishy because of some major water damage in the kitchen and adjoining bathroom. It was a great thing that we ripped everything out down to the subfloor because of how much moisture there was. We even had to replace parts of the subfloor in the bathroom, which also ended up being a blessing because the workers noticed some major plumbing issues that needed to be fixed as well.<br />
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After the first week, when we were all pretty tired of eating microwave dinners and doing dishes in the upstairs bath tub, Ike had the best idea ever. We decided to go to a hotel just for the weekend. We needed a break from the mess in the house and I wanted some real food! So we had a mini vacation not so far from home. It was awesome. I think it gave us enough of a break that we were able to come back and deal with a whole other week of construction and it didn't even bother us (too badly).<br />
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Honestly, I told Ike that I wish we had just paid another couple of thousand and had them redo the whole kitchen. All that work to rip stuff out only to put the same old cupboards back in just seems like a waste. But I figure little by little. The kitchen is slowly on its way to being my dream kitchen. </div>
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March has been a good month. Lots of sickness (We still just can't all seem to be healthy at the same time!) but lots of fun stuff too. </div>
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After almost six years of living in Nebraska, we finally decided to go to the Henry Dorley Zoo. It was a really cool zoo! But, unfortunately, the kids struggled a bit. It was about twenty-five degrees out and we had to walk A LOT. Luckily they had a bunch of cool indoor exhibits as well. Poor Brady probably had the hardest time. This was his first time at a zoo and the close proximity to some of the animals actually scared him. That and the fact that he threw up in the car as soon as we were done kind of put a damper on his day. </div>
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Despite the parrot in the background, this picture was actually taken in a Monkey house and none of the monkeys were behind glass or anything. They were just in the trees all around and it really freaked him out.<br />
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Notice the monkeys behind us just hanging out in their tree!</div>
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Jackson and Brady liked the penguins! </div>
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Polar bears don't mind when the weather is below freezing!</div>
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Ike was in charge of Prom (with one other teacher) again this year so prom week was busy busy busy! It is his least favorite week of the year but one of my favorite! I get to come after school and help with the decorations. </div>
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My blood, sweat and tears went into these palm trees.</div>
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And look at that handsome baby!!!!</div>
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This is the only picture we actually took at the dance. One year we will buy prom pictures just of the fun of it.<br />
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Brady started Soccer last week and he was SO EXCITED! He is on a 4-5year old team so they don't play by all the rules but the kids learn the very basics. Brady loved it and played hard all the time he was in the game.<br />
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Then a few random pictures!<br />
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This kid gave me a heart attack the other day when he managed to climb the bottom two steps to our DEATH TRAP stair case. I found him there. I need to come up with some sort of large baby gate.<br />
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The view on the way to the bus stop. Can you spot Jackson and Brady way ahead of me?<br />
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Jackson decided he would help Hudson learn to walk. No success yet but my guess is that soon Hudson will be walking and then I'll really be in trouble.<br />
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I just loved this picture of Hudson for some reason. He is getting so big!!!</div>
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The boys and I had a good week. Brady and Jackson discovered an unopened magic kit with an instructional DVD. They spent about four hours learning all the tricks. I only took one picture but I'm pretty sure there will be more to come. It was Family Literacy night at the school and it was all super hero themed. The boys were so excited! We got to meet some real super heroes and make some super crafts. They also got to wear their PJ's because it was pajama day at school.</div>
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How does he do it!!!!?<br />
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Hanging out with Spidey.<br />
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Super (creepy?) hand puppets!<br />
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<br />Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-22736355214754992702017-03-05T10:39:00.001-08:002017-03-05T10:42:15.924-08:0010 Months!!!<br />
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Hudson Hudson Hudson. This little guy pretty much makes my day every day. He is THE HAPPIEST kid in the world (or at least the happiest kid in my house). He crawls everywhere and gets into pretty much everything. I need to seriously start thinking about baby gates because our stairs are a death trap. Hudson loves all food and all non-food that he can put in his mouth. He turned 10 months this week it is amazing to me how much joy has come into our home this past year as a result of having a baby in the house. I think it brings out good things in my older boys. I love seeing Jackson and Brady interact with Hudson. It brings out a tenderness and protectiveness in them that I don't see in other circumstances.<br />
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Happy 10 months to my littlest buddy.</div>
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<br />Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-40996356115851538952017-02-26T17:44:00.000-08:002017-02-26T17:44:07.599-08:00Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know those jokes people make about your state where they say, "If you don't like the weather here...just wait a few minutes". Or basically something similar to that. Well this week was like that. We had BEAUTIFUL spring (summer?) 70 degree weather for the first half of the week then on Thursday night it got cold cold cold and we ended up with three inches of snow, fifty mile an hour winds and a snow day. Now, I can't really complain about the snow day because that was awesome but I can complain about being so cold! We went from 72 on Wednesday to 16 degrees by Friday night. I slept with my bathrobe over my PJs I was so cold. I won't lie, that little taste of summer has got me itching for spring now!</div>
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We went to Brady's winter Pre-school social on Thursday night. His class performed some cute songs and we ate a great meal. It was fun for him to see all his little buddies outside of the classroom. </div>
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Brady is the one on the end in the striped shirt. Hudson made it through the entire evening without having any kind of melt down, which was kind of a miracle...he is going through a (hopefully short) faze.<br />
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A few pictures from our amazing warm days this week!</div>
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Hudson was fascinated by grass. He may have eaten more than a few leaves and possibly a rock.<br />
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Trying to get a good picture when the sun was SO bright!<br />
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Hudson enjoying more sun. I just thought it was cute that he kept putting his hands on his head.<br />
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This has been a rough winter for our family as far as sickness goes. Really ever since new years, someone has been sick in the family. And this week it was finally me. I have stayed healthy until now but I finally met my match. I have had some kind of stomach bug/flu/ear ache. It has been pretty terrible. Luckily, I have a really amazing husband (who is still recovering from his own flu from last week) who has stepped up and taken care of the house and the boys while I have tried to get better. I think I am on the mend and hopefully I will be the last one to get sick this winter. Ike and I were supposed to have a romantic dinner tonight for Valentines but because of my sickness, Ike went out and got Dairy Queen for all of us.<br />
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I got a lovely delivery today from Ike for Valentines.<br />
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I got Ike a Patriots Super Bowl shirt for his gift.<br />
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Ok so I'm feeling pretty done with winter. We have been sick. It has been cold. I can't get my house to stay clean. Well, the house cleaning thing doesn't really have anything to do with winter but still it adds so my overall annoyance. I decided to limit Jackson and Brady's TV time drastically and because of that they now play with their toys all over the house. Yay for playing! Boo for toys everywhere. Still, it is better than them watching so much TV. They didn't even complain when we cut netflix. </div>
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So what has been going on? For starters, we have been sick. It all started on New Year's Eve when Jackson threw up all over the place. Then for about three weeks Jackson, Brady and Hudson all kept passing this vomiting sickens to each other. I did so much laundry and went though all the Clorox wipes in the house. Then we were good for about a week and Ike started to feel sick. His symptoms were flu symptoms though. A day or two after he went down, Hudson got hit bad. He had over 100 degree temperature for almost a week. Ibuprofen worked to get his fever down but Tylenol didn't seem to do anything. I was so desperate to get his fever down between Ibuprofen doses that I even tried an old wives tale of putting chopped onions in his socks. This actually did seem to work but it made our whole house smell like onions. I actually did this three different times during the roughly eight days he was sick and all three times, his fever did go down. </div>
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The doctor said that Hudson most likely had the flu. Even though he got the flu shot, she said he probably got a different strain from Ike. She also said that the only thing we could do was just push fluids and give him tylenol/ibuprofen until the sickness passed. It was kind of a horrible week.</div>
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Not to make this a super sad post though! Some fun things did happen int the past few weeks. We had a snow day that really could have just been a delay so we went out to eat and let the kids each pick a present at Walmart. Brady picked this super cool costume from a kid's show he likes.</div>
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Hudson contemplated this Batman mask.<br />
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While Hudson was sick he refused to be put down so I eventually just started carrying him around in this sling. He didn't seem to mind being in the sling and this allowed me to use my arms. Neither of us have had much sleep in this picture.<br />
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Feeling better at last!!! But now we have to go out in 10 degree weather (who knows what the windchill was but it felt COLD!)<br />
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Jackson and Brady have been playing Batman and Robin lately. Jackson even made his own batman logo for his shirt and a Robin logo for Brady's.<br />
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Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-43129689118748109352017-01-15T18:51:00.002-08:002017-01-15T18:53:55.729-08:00One fine week.<br />
This week was just one of those nice weeks where nothing particularly exciting happened but every day was just nice. I cleaned out my sewing closet and the boy's toy closet (I threw away a ton of stuff!!!!).<br />
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I made the most beautiful bundt cake.<br />
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Library story hour started again this week and Brady had fun making a snow man!</div>
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This chunky monkey had a bath EVEY DAY because he got so filthy every time he ate food. He didn't mind because he loves his baths so much though.</div>
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Brady got a new sweater from Grandma Judy and he looked so handsome at church. On a side note, he also wore a belt for the first time today and had to show everyone he came in contact with. I think he felt grown up.</div>
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Finally, we finished our week with waffles on Sunday. We have waffles every Sunday after church and today was no different. Who doesn't love waffles?</div>
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<br />Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-36973611498218407232017-01-14T20:12:00.002-08:002017-01-14T20:12:33.010-08:00Photo BlocksI really like making presents for Christmas. Maybe it is the golden rule mentality and because I like getting homemade gifts, I assume others do too? Anyway, one of my favorite projects was making photo block puzzles for all of my siblings and siblings in law.<br />
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Start with four 2"X2" blocks. I got mine in a pack from Hobby Lobby for about $2.50 (I used a 40% off coupon on all of them).<br />
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Print six 3 3/4"X3 3/4" pictures of the people you want to put on your blocks. I just printed mine on the computer. Then, using a ruler draw lines on the back so you can cut the pictures into four perfect squares. </div>
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Sand your cubes lightly to get rid of any little splinters. Then you can paint them or leave them plain. I made a lot of these and one set I decided to leave plain wood and the rest I painted. I did some with white paint and some with black. If I did these again in the future, I would do them all white because I think those sets looked the best.</div>
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Place your pictures on your cubes making sure to have all the pieces lined up so they come together in the middle and have about an 1/8th of an inch around the edge. Put a light layer of Modge Podge on the cubes then place your pictures on them. </div>
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Smooth out the air bubbles (THOSE DARN AIR BUBBLES!!!!!) and then do a light layer of Modge Podge on top of the pictures.<br />
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I don't like the streaky look when you paint Modge Podge on so after I paint it on, I go back and dab with a sponge brush all over so it has more of a canvas look.<br />
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Look closely and you can see the speckled look of the Modge Podge while it is wet.<br />
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Once one side is dry to the touch, randomly rotate all your cubes and then start again! Once all six sides are done you have a cute puzzle that you can rotate around to see a different picture every day (well...for six days, then you have to start over).<br />
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Definitely one of my favorite projects! I think I made 10 of these!Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-48323948325606902732017-01-08T19:16:00.003-08:002017-01-08T19:18:48.781-08:00Theme for 2017<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My mother-in-law has inspired me in many ways in the eight years I have known her. Last year she picked a theme for herself (hope) and it became her focus for the whole year. She has picked a new theme for 2017 (joy) and I decided to follow her lead and pick one for myself as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My theme for 2017 is "Cease to be idle".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Based on the scripture D&C 88:124</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I have been thinking this over since we got back from our Christmas vacation and I feel like all the changes I want to make in my life this year can be boiled down to "ceasing to be idle". I want to be a better mom this year and I feel like the best way I can do this is by not wasting the time I have with the boys on things that aren't important (pinterest...). </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I also really want to become more physically fit this year and I think choosing to take time to exercise each day is going to help me feel better overall.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Despite so many depressing things in the news and the normal challenges of life, I truly think that 2017 is going to be a wonderful year. I can see the amount of time I have left with all my kids as little kids slipping away and I am feeling a strong feeling to not waste this precious time. Don't get me wrong, I am really looking forward to having older kids and teenagers but there is something special about this time when all my kids are little. This is a precious time in their life and mine and I don't want to waste it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Speaking of little kids... guess who turned 8 months on May 2nd?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I just want to freeze time for a little bit. I know that when all my kids are grown and out of the house I am going to look back on the days when I had these little boys and my house was always messy and I sometimes didn't get sleep and I am going to cry because I miss these days so much.</span></span><br />
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<b>#10 The Car Ride</b></div>
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I know, almost fifty hours in a car with three kids doesn't sound like most people's wildest dream but I thought it was awesome. The boys were all great. I actually had time to cross stitch. Ike drove almost the whole way. It was pretty great.</div>
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<b>#2 Grandma Carr's Stockings</b></div>
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<b>#3 Visiting My Grandma McMahon</b></div>
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My Grandma McMahon is in a nursing home in Vermont so on our way to Ohio, we took a little detour to see her. It was wonderful. She held Hudson and it was by far the most excited she was during our visit. </div>
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<b>#4 Meeting the Fiancés</b></div>
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My sister Katherine has been engaged for over a month now but Ike's brother Adam got engaged on Christmas day! I love both of my soon to be family members! And theres nothing I love more than a wedding and this summer I get to go to two!</div>
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<b> #5 Actually Being With My Mom On Her Birthday</b></div>
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I can't remember the last time I was actually with my mom on her birthday. It was awesome! </div>
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<b># 6 New Year's Eve</b></div>
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<b>#7 Date Night with my Lovee!</b><br />
Ike and I took advantage of my parent's good will and snuck out for a date by ourselves! We saw Rogue One and got some dinner alone! It was kind of amazing.<br />
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<b>#8 The Game!</b><br />
Ike, his brothers and his dad got to go to the Patriots game on Christmas Eve. It was an awesome experience for everyone. Ike's dad got to go to a game with a son in his 30s, in his 20s and in his teens. Meanwhile, the ladies at home, spent hours baking cookies and having a good time of our own.<br />
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<b>#9 Visiting Abigail and Jeremy</b><br />
While we were in Ohio, we took a little trip over to Kentucky to visit Ike's sister and her adorable family!<br />
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<b> #10 The Magic at Grandma and Grandpa Carr's</b><br />
The Carr house really is magic at Christmas. It was so wonderful. We all had on our Christmas PJs, we did all the Christmas traditions Ike has been telling me about for the past eight years, and we all even made it through the Moose in the Hoose without falling asleep (it took 60 minutes to read!!!!). I don't know if it was the candy cane juice, the new bathrobes or all the Christmas cookies I ate but this Christmas Eve made me feel like a kid again.<br />
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Look at those handsome men in their robes!<br />
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The ladies don't look too bad either!<br />
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Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-48523603495491106452016-12-13T17:18:00.003-08:002016-12-13T17:22:25.122-08:00Shepards, Spritz and SongsWe had our Church Christmas party on Friday and it was a blast. The Primary kids put on a Nativity and sang some songs. Jackson and Brady were shepherds. They were a little bummed that they didn't each have a staff but I can only do so much and staffs ( staves?) were over my limit. Ike has had to go to almost every home Junior High and High School basketball games so I have been playing single parent for the past week or so. In fact today the house has just been messy all day and Jackson came home from school, walked into the living room and said, "Wow! You've been busy!" I still don't quite know what to make of that.<br />
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Today Brady and I had our yearly Spritz cookie making date. We make the cookies and he helps me crank them out of the tube and then decorate them with sprinkles. We then eat the majority of them together before anyone else gets home.<br />
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Tonight was Jackson's Christmas program and that was really cute. I'm assuming the kids aren't allowed to sing Christmas hymns because every song was about either presents or Santa. I was still a really cute performance though.<br />
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Look at those cute shepherds!<br />
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Hudson wants food for Christmas!<br />
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Jackson wants a Lego Star Wars set...we will see if Santa can afford that.<br />
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Brady wants a Hot Wheels track.<br />
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Brady's traditional Spritz cookie wreaths!<br />
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Brady is SO EXCITED about his elf. He made it in Library story hour.<br />
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Jackson was front and center in the Christmas concert!<br />
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The after-performance glow!<br />
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Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-48689805087769298522016-12-04T18:20:00.002-08:002016-12-04T18:20:56.707-08:00I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause!<br />
Christmas time is really the most wonderful time of the year. People are more giving and kind. There is something magical about a dark room lit up by a Christmas tree in the corner. I even love the cold. We got our fist little tease of snow last night. Just a dusting but it was enough to make Jackson ask to build a snow man and a snow tunnel. It wasn't quite enough snow but he and Brady still had fun dragging their feet in it to make snow tracks. We made chocolate chip cookies and brought them to a few friends in the branch. Then after, the kids and I spent about a half hour driving around Central City looking at Christmas lights. Like I said, this is just the most wonderful time of the year.<br />
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Ike gets to play Santa for the Elementary School Christmas program on Tuesday and tonight we got his suit ready. He needed some extra stuffing in the belly but in the end I think he makes a pretty good Santa! He even let me take a few shots of him in the costume!<br />
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Delivering some early presents?!??<br />
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Lookin' good Santa!<br />
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Still handsome even with the white hair.<br />
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The boys are going to be shepherds in the branch Christmas party this Friday.<br />
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Jackson makes a pretty cute shepherd.<br />
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On a side note, Hudson turned 7 months this week. Look at this cutie:<br />
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<br />Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-59871653005398121592016-11-26T20:20:00.000-08:002016-11-26T20:20:15.806-08:00Countdown to Christmas!Now that Thanksgiving is over (where did November go by the way!?) it is officially time to focus on Christmas! Christmas time really is the most wonderful time of the year. I'm not even trying to be cliche or anything because it really is the best. People are more kind and giving. There is something about the Christmas spirit that just brings out the best in all of us. Ike and I went to the temple today and the visitor's center had their annual Gingerbread house display and it was an awesome way to kick off our Christmas season!<br />
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The boys getting ready to go in!<br />
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Brady is holding the scavenger hunt paper!<br />
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Jackson was excited to find snoopy!<br />
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<br />Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-45863321011940360602016-11-23T22:43:00.002-08:002016-11-23T22:43:43.536-08:00Tooth Fairy Comes to Town!<br />
Jackson has started losing his baby teeth and it has been fun because this is a first time for us. I personally think he looks cuter with a few less teeth.<br />
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Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-59023973355756323962016-10-29T19:43:00.000-07:002016-10-29T19:43:10.899-07:00I love my boys.Remember back in the day when I used to actually blog? Well I am going to try to get back on the wagon. October has been a busy but really great month. Hudson is getting so big. He has to be 20lbs now. He wears a size 12 month and he is all smiles all the time. He will be six months old in a few days and I can't believe it. I finally had some more pictures taken of the boys. We are amazingly lucky to have a good friend who likes to take pictures as a hobby. She is so talented and always does an amazing job.<br />
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So we have had some major computer issues lately :(<br />
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I have not been able to upload ANY pictures from my camera and I have had to try to get thousands of pictures off Ike's work computer and onto internet photo storage sites. It has been a horrible process. Long story short, I haven't posted in a while and there is a lot of stuff that I am not going to get to talk about. Oh well. I am starting fresh. I'm not going to back track and talk about my summer. So pretty much we are going to pick up in the here and now. My parents were in town last weekend and we went to the BYU/NEBRASKA game! It was really awesome. Joanna and Katherine stayed with us for a few days after and that was really awesome too. Today is the first Saturday we have had since early July where we were not on vacation, didn't have visitors and don't have to go anywhere. I am pumped!!! So here are some pics of my parents trip to the good ol' state of Nebraska!<br />
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I've been a craftin' lately. Kind of cross stitched out right now so I
decided to try my hand at some other things. We had pizza the other
night and I decided to make some big letters for our living room. I have
been thinking about doing something like this for a while but I figured
I would just buy the letters. Anyway, here is a (not so great) tutorial
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I started by cutting out my letters from the pizza boxes. You need two identical cardboard letters for each big letter you want to make. <br />
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Then I glued 1" tall (varying widths) pieces of cardboard all the way around one of the pieces from each letter.<br />
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Then I glued the top part to each one. Making a thick letter. <br />
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I then cut several strips of 1" wide fabric and wrapped each letter. I didn't have to use very much hot glue in this step. I pretty much only hot glued when I had to start a new fabric strip. <br />
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Ike went to Youth Conference this week in Kansas City, MO. He had an
AMAZING time!!! He got to see tons of cool church history sights and he
said the best part was that he was able to work in the temple for 8
HOURS!!! He didn't take my camera with him but luckily, the youth in our
Branch were nice and took some great pictures and video of him.</div>
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In case some of you didn't know, Ike is a very good dancer. But his blessing of being a sweet dancer is sometimes a curse, because sometimes, when certain songs come on, he cannot control his dancing urge and he just has to bust a move...</div>
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We had a really nice July 4th this year. Central City had a lot of cool family things to do. <br />We
went to the Teddy Bear Parade in the morning. This is a kid's parade
where kids line up with their teddy bears and march around the block. It
was really cute and at the end all the kids got ice cream and balloons.
When we got there all the kids got cowboy hats too. Jackson wore his
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Ike and Jackson walking in the Teddy Bear parade!</div>
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Me holding Brady because he refused to walk. <br />
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Jackson and THE TEDDY BEAR!<br />
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Enjoying some ice creams compliments of Dairy Queen!<br />
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Brady won a bear that was bigger than him. <br />
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Next we moved on to the petting zoo at the park. By this point Brady was not really into the whole "having to walk around town" and eventually he pooped his pants and Ike took him home.<br />
Jackson enjoyed some quality time with some goats.<br />
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He was really fascinated by the turtles even though they were neither teenage nor mutant jinjas.<br />
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He was very brave and decided he wanted to ride the horse! He went all the way down this little path and back with them. I was really actually surprised he wasn't scared. <br />
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After the petting zoo we went home and had lunch then the boys took a nap and we killed time until the parade.<br />
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After the parade we threw about a thousand off our front steps. Brady (who was in a better mood by this point) was really into them. Then we let our kids stay up until 10pm so they could watch all the fireworks and I have to say, for a small town there were some awesome ones. Overall it was a great 4th of July.Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-28213128393363078982015-06-26T18:51:00.002-07:002015-06-26T18:57:59.417-07:00Workin' hard or hardly workin'?<br />
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Ok first...I have kind of a confession. Not really anything bad, just a little old lady-ish. So here it is: I am a closet cross stitcher. Yes. I cross stitch. I really like it. No, I love it. In fact, I think about it all the time. I look up funny things to cross stitch on Pinterest. Every time I hear an inspiring quote, I think about putting it into a cross stitch. HELP ME!!!!! I can't stop. So anyway. I finally did a cross stitch of Ike and I. I have been wanting to do one forever to put on the mantel and I finally did.<br />
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Aren't we cute?!?!?!? I am really into doing couple and family pictures recently. I am working on a few for Christmas. <br />
This is one I did for my sister and her husband for last Christmas:<br />
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On a side note, this is another project I have been working on. I have had this old dresser in my garage for a while and was even, at one point, thinking about throwing it away. But I had a vision and I decided to go for it!<br />
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It was in pretty bad shape. Especially the top.<br />
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But now it is beautiful!!!! I painted it with some sky blue paint the previous owners left. I also spray painted the hardware a nice shiny black. I absolutely love it. <br />
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Right now it lives at the bottom of the stairs in our entryway but it might movie it to a new spot eventually. I will take some more pictures in the next day or two when I have some good lighting. The entryway has bad lighting most of the day so even in this picture it is kind of grainy. </div>
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Anyway, between insane amounts of yard work (that is another post) and taking care of all my boys (Ike included) I have had a very busy summer so far. <br />
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PS: Pretty sure I am making this at some point. <br />
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Ike and Aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13780636631469324735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290549665673900709.post-4410149226376705312015-06-22T13:15:00.002-07:002015-06-22T13:15:31.552-07:00Father Son TimeIke is a great dad. Like really great. He is a better dad than I am a mom. In fact, Ike is pretty much the most amazing husband and father ever. Here is why is he so awesome. In the summer, when I want to do the yard work and go do things by myself, Ike transfers into mom mode. He makes breakfast for the kids, gets them dressed, helps them do their chores and pretty much does everything around the house for me. I was gone from 6:50am to 5pm on Saturday. I was helping my friend with her yard sale then drove to Fullerton to help a girl sew her own homecoming dress. When I got home Ike was making dinner and had done all the laundry. He is just really amazing at letting me do my own thing and he is completely willing to step up and do (all) the housework for me. He is awesome.<br />
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Anyway, this post is actually about the Father Son Camp-out but I got
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