Good News!!

Well, I just wanted to make an official announcement on my blog today....some of you already know but some of you don't!! So here it is......drum roll, Pam.......

I'm pregnant! Yay! Baby #3 will be coming supposedly on October 18. We shall see. So far I feel really hungry. The weird metallic taste has almost left my mouth and as long as I eat continuously whatever I'm craving or feel like eating at the time, I feel great. My belly is already getting a little fat. okay it already was!! ha ha!

Well there you go!! Olivia is convinced it's a girl and her name will be Maggie. Ellie wants to name her Lucy. If it's a boy (which it isn't according to Olivia), they will name him Peter. after Peter Pan. Love ya!!

Birthday Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Olivia's birthday party! We did face painting and painted nails and dressed up! The girls and the lone Prince William had a great time. He mostly stayed in the playroom away from all the chaos and princesses. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the cake! woops! Olivia and her friends opened up all her presents in 30 seconds flat. It was amazing.

Lazy Sunday

Well today has been a nice lazy Sunday. I enjoyed Nursery with 10 kids today. We were missing three. They will be splitting it soon which will be great! I love being with the kids and church really flies by. Olivia is so big now. She is in Sunbeams and although she resists going at the first, she always does great. I made some Creme Brulee today and luckily some of our neighbors dropped in. Pedro is from Cuba, Jossie is from Puerto Rico and they have 3 lovely daughters; Natalie 14, Nicole 7, and Natasha 5. We had a nice dinner with Digiournio Pizza, a yummy salad and creme brulee. It worked and we enjoyed the company. We always miss family dinners on Sunday so it is nice to share sometimes. especially when we're talking about a dessert made from cream, egg yolks, vanilla bean and sugar. It was divine. a small moment of glory.....and a lot of exercise i need to do tomorrow! love you all! I'll be posting Olivia's birthday pictures very soon!

New Years Day Crafts

Family Picture! not one turned out that had everyone looking at the camera! oh well!

New Years day we did a lot of fun crafts with Emyrie and Darby and the girls. Kids are so creative and it burned off a lot of energy!

Note the glamorous makeup that Olivia and Ellie have applied. Such beautiful girls!

Snow pictures

Ellie and Daddy on the four-wheeler. Ellie loved it! She played outside for the longest time.

So the picture of Olivia, Jaron and Ellie isn't so great but it shows the layering that was added to the left side of Olivia's hair. A beautician in the making.

Finally a picture of Kari, Olivia's cousin. We didn't have any snow pants for her so we used Jaron's socks as leg warmers. it was awesome.

We're home!

Well we're back and trying to get back in our routines again! We had a great time in Idaho and were happy to see a lot of family and some friends!! Sorry for the ones we didn't catch! I'll do better next time I promise!! Well, while we were there Olivia decided to give herself a little trim. I mean a Mullet. as well as her cousin Kari some bangs. My friend Lindy cleaned it up a bit but it will take a few months before she doesn't look like she Belongs in Alabama. lol.

So the most exciting thing that happened today was that I won my very first cooking contest!!! Jaron's work had a cook-off. I made my Pork Posole that my neighbor Carina taught me how to make. and it took first in the Soup Category!! I won a $150 gift card to Williams-Sonoma and a lot of satisfaction. It just feels good to win sometimes!

Well, Olivia is going to turn 4 next week. I'm really trying to decide what kind of Princess party I should throw. I mean, how crazy do I go. I was looking online and people are spending up to a thousand dollars on little girls parties! well, not me. but I still want to have something fun, cute and nice. so if you have any ideas send them my way!!

Well in one week from today I will be flying into Salt Lake City! I'm super excited and will probably start packing tomorrow! Saturday night I

will stay with my grams and Aunt Jenise and Uncle Bills house. Then I will drop in a see my parents before attending the Burnside-Park Christmas Party and then I will go and see my brother and sister and their families. The craziness and excitement begins already! yay! If anyone wants to get together, call me on my cell! which maybe I shouldn't post here but if you want it just send me your email! hah! I act as if millions of people check my blog daily. silly girl.

En toute facon, I was released as 2nd counselor in YW and put in as Nursery Leader. I must of really been doing poorly. lol. Actually, I am really excited. I love little kids and am looking forward to a new set of challenges. like 12 toddlers. The greatest part is seeing what a terror Ellie is becoming. today she lifted her leg up like a ballerina right in another boys face, pulled Olivia's hair, pinched her, smacked another little girl in the back and took away toys from other kids. gotta love 12:30 pm church, miss the nap, ritalin, lunch and the girl is crazy! Church will start at 9am in a few weeks and that will be great!

Wow, I'm really rambling today. well, love y'all and Merry Christmas! oh and all Ellie wants for Christmas is bubble gum. that's what she keeps on telling Santa anyway!