Trade Show

My good friend Ali decided to try and do a trade show with her little business. She had been talking about doing it for awhile and I thought it would be lots of fun to help. We had a good time trying to make all the crafts and getting everything ready. I have to say I think her booth was the cutest there. Vinyl is still kind of new out here so there wasn't anything like it at the trade show.

Square Dancing!!!

There is a gentleman in our ward that learned how to call square dances from his father, he has the perfect voice for it and is a very funny, witty guy. Our ward decided to put his talent to good use and set up a square dancing night!

We had a blast learning all the dance steps. It was on this dance, the Virginia Reel, that I took a tumble. See the couple sashaying(spelling ?)down the middle. Chris and I were head couple sashaying down the middle, mind you its a very fast dance and you are practically running sideways, when my heel slipped off my flip flop(big mistake) and then my other foot stepped on my shoe. It could have been just a little stumble except that Chris was holding my hands and was looking forward and did not see me begin to trip so I kind of flew sideways and landed on my butt and got dragged across the smooth court floor as Chris is holding my hands up in the air. The part I am really embarrassed about is that my shirt got pulled up and showed that I didn't have real maternity pants on. I had my regular pants on that were zipped down and strapped together with a rubberband. Yeah, there was a nice uncomfortable silence after that. Fun memories, fun memories. p.s. yes, I know there is a run on sentence and Chris will probably give me a grammar lesson and then have me fix it. thanks Chris. :)

We brought along our kids and let them play in the nursery. Mason came to watch for awhile and we were surprised to see him cuddle up to a "stranger", to him anyways. I think Mason is our most shy child yet, which is funny since he is dragged around everywhere and meets new people all the time.

Here's a group picture of the night!

Oh, this age is bitter sweet!

This is how I discovered Mason, 10 minutes before I was supposed to walk out the door for church. I was doing so good that morning trying to stay on time. I just took a few minutes to finish blow drying my hair and he took full advantage of the opportunity. One of Mason's favorite things to get into, is the toothpaste. We have a stool in the boys room for their closet and he drags that everywhere to get into what he wants to get into.

What a cute little face I just had to get the camera, he was having so much fun. The story continues. I get him all washed and dressed again in clean clothes and went to help Cade find socks and I walked back in my bathroom to find that he had reached up and pulled down my face powder and it had spilled all over the floor and he was on his hands and knees spreading it all over, so yet again I had to change his clothes, actually CJ did. I told him I was about ready to loose it and he offered to change Masons clothes for me, while I got things together to head out the door. My little CJ is so helpful and responsible I am sure grateful for him.

We are having a GIRL!!!

We are soooo excited to be having a girl! The whole family is!

We had asked the children what they were hoping for and surprised to hear that they were all hoping for a sister. We thought the boys would want a brother so we asked them why they said a sister and they both replied so Macey will quit trying to play our "boy games" with us. Poor girl she does need a sister. I know they say girls are so emotional and too much, but I feel it's more important for Macey to learn to SHARE, her stuff, her girly toys, bows, clothles etc. Plus I love my sisters and the relationships I have with them. I also feel it will help her as an adult to have to learn to get along with all these different personalities in the family. Hopefully my children will be able to get along with people, co-workers, friends etc.
I make it sound like I wanted this from the very beginning, but that was not the case. Even though I wanted this for Macey and my family, I just could not get past the thought that I am not a person who can handle five children. I am a scatterbrain and an airhead and I don't delegate well, meaning my house is always a mess, because I haven't trained and made charts with the kids like the good moms do. How am I going to keep a functioning household and stay on top of all the school projects and sports events and stay within a tight budget with this economy. Scary stuff huh. Fortunetly I have a husband who's willing to show a little bit more faith than I am.

A funny "Grandpa" story!

This happened while they were staying with us. Sunday morning was a little crazy and hectic trying to get the kids all showered and out the door by 10:30 and Dad had a headache as well, but we did it and headed off to church. During church Dad (Kelly) starts nodding off to sleep about halfway through sacrament and is really struggling, there was a beautiful musical number that woke him a little, but then he started drifting again. Finally sacrament ends and Chris takes Dad and Mom to Sunday School and Nana came with me to Primary. Chris thought Dad would be really interested in this since he is also the Sunday school teacher. Chris said he was really surprised when Dad just slept through the whole thing. Mom said he started to even snore a couple times and had to elbow him. Church is finally over we all loaded up in the car. As we were driving home Dad mentions how he is really tired and had a hard time staying awake at church and he asked Nana what she had given him for his headache. She replied Tylenol PM. I said "Dad no wonder!" he asked "what's Tylenol PM". And Nana said it's Tylenol you can take at night. I added " Tylenol PM is supposed to knock you out and put you to sleep." Dad replied well no wonder! I couldn't keep my eyes open and I even took a double dose. I am sooooo tired. And here's Vona giving me the elbow and it wasn't my fault."
We laughed the whole way home and poor Dad got to go upstairs and take a good nap.

CJ's special "Baptism" day!!

I forget you have to enter entries in backwards when the're continued so you'll have to scroll down for the first part.
Can you believe how big the Weeks boys are getting. They were all so willing to help, Connor and Tanner had to give prayers and Tyler gave the talk on Baptism. He did a good job, I think it will be memorable for CJ that Tyler spoke at his baptism.

Auntie gave a wonderful talk on the Holy Ghost. Doesn't she look beautiful.

Chris and I were so full of gratitude for being able to have family there from both sides. I know it was hard for Chris and CJ to wait. Chris was so eager to baptize his first son. I sure do appreciate his sacrifice and then to ask Grandpa to see if he would like to confirm CJ knowing it would be special for my dad was just so thoughtful. Love you babe. It was such a great experience.

Dad, CJ and Bishop Black

(Neat Story) After Dad and CJ finished the baptism in the font and were in the dressing room changing... Chris tells the following story. We were getting ready to dry off and CJ was shivering waiting for me to give him his towell. I said, are you freezing son? and he said "yeah but Dad, I'm all wet and shaking freezing cold..... but inside my chest it feels all warm and kinda like on fire". I was able to tell him that what he was feeling was the Holy Ghost. He had the most beautiful happy smile I had ever seen on his face and he looked so angelic. It was a sweet special moment for just Father and Son. I love you CJ! DAD.

CJ's Baptism

What a great weekend! My parents drove in with my Nana Pat on Friday and had a nice dinner together and got to visit. Saturday we all loaded up and went down to the football field for CJ's game. We got a T-shirt for Dad with CJ's whole team and their numbers on the back. CJ had an awesome game and we won! Mom got some great pictures at the football game. Then we got an hour or so to rest and then off to the church for the Baptism. I love CJ's little quirky shy smiles.

I love this picture because of our hands and how CJ is holding onto them. I can't believe I didn't notice those bangs in my eye.

It was so nice having mom and Nana here to help me with the kids and we even squeezed in time to work with the kids and had them do a musical number. They were so cute up there singing.