Backyard Fun!

We have been having really hot weather lately and my husband talked me into getting out the inflatable pool for the kids last Saturday. They had a blast playing in the water!

The shirt says it all...

...but then I'm probably somewhat biased!

I went to the Carter's store near my house the other day and they had some really cute onesies on clearance!

Another busy week

I think that we are finally over with the big events planned so far for this summer. This past month has been super crazy! Here is what happened last week:

Tuesday -

• drop the kids off at my parents house,
• got my hair colored,
• ate lunch at my parents,
• stopped at REI on the way home,
• M&M had tumbling class,
• Luke had baseball practice,
• DH's parents arrive in town

Wednesday -

• tried to go to some stores & run some errands but realize that I left my wallet in the car that DH takes to work - so no money, credit cards, check book or driver's license,
• do laundry & clean house,
• kids & Grandma play with water balloons in backyard,
• DH, his parents, M&M, Luke & Blondie play miniature golf - Kitty, Baby K and I stay at home

Thursday -

• DH's birthday!
• go to the grocery store,
• bake a birthday cake,
• DH opens his presents,
• go to Carl's Jr for a quick dinner,
• M&M & Luke have their first baseball game,
• eat cake & ice cream at home

Friday -

• bake brownies for family reunion,
• pack camping gear and clothes for family reunion,
• Shane & Vonae & family arrive,
• DH, Shane & their dad go play some golf,
• DH & most of the family leave for the family reunion in Heber Valley,
• M&M, Baby K and I go to M&M's end of the year tumbling recital,
• DH arrives at campsite and sets up the tent & sleeping bags,
• my carload arrives at the campsite just as it's getting dark (around 9 p.m.)

Saturday - FAMILY REUNION all day!! (more details in separate post)

Sunday -

• Church at 9 a.m.!
• DH has EQ Presidency meeting & Bishop's interview after church,
• DH's parents arrive from Heber,
• eat dinner,
• make peach crisp for dessert,
• drive to my parents' to visit, take pictures of the sunset & eat dessert

Monday -

• DH's parents leave in evening to fly back to their home

Look-a-likes??

There has been a lot of discussion at our house lately that Baby K looks a lot like Blondie. Here are a couple of pictures of the two together for anyone who would like to weigh in on the matter. As soon as my husband gets our scanner set up I will scan in some baby pictures of the older kids so everyone can do some more comparing.

New 'do

I lost a "bet" with my husband and had to have my hair dyed blonde. What, you might ask, was the bet that I lost? Well, it goes back to a couple of months ago when we were on our flight back from our trip to Florida. I was pregnant at the time and there were several women seated in the row in front of us that had blonde hair (mostly dyed). My husband made the comment that he wondered what I would look like as a blonde. At the time I was 95% sure that the baby I was pregnant with was a boy so I said, "I'll tell you what. If this baby is a girl, I will dye my hair blonde."

And, as you can tell from my blog, Baby K is in fact a girl!! So, here is my new "blonde" hair. I think my husband was surprised that I decided to go ahead with getting it dyed because I have never colored my hair before. My feeling was that I lost the bet fair and square so I had every intention of following through with it. I told the hairdresser that I wanted some of my original color left as an undertone so I actually don't look much different than I would if I spent the whole summer in the sun. Blondie likes not being the only one with blonde hair right now and I know she is hoping that Baby K will end up with blonde hair.

I took the kids over to my parents' house so they could watch them for me while I went to get my hair done. Amazingly, Baby K stayed asleep almost the whole time I was gone (almost 2 1/2 hours)!

I actually got it cut the week before my sister's wedding but wanted to wait until after the wedding to have it colored. I'm still getting used to the haircut. It is a little more maintenance than I'm used to to get it to look right...

Turning over a new leaf...

I think that Baby K hit her two-month birthday and decided to turn over a new leaf. She has been a much more happy & content baby over this past week and a half, it's been amazing. I can now put her down during the daytime and she will stay asleep for an hour or two, which has been awesome! She also seems to be able to go for longer stretches during the day without eating. She is very alert and responsive off and on throughout the day and smiles a lot (especially in the mornings). I have actually been able to get some things done around the house and have even been able to go to a couple of stores - which is quite a feat with 5 young children, but also necessary since Sunday was Father's Day, DH's parents arrive tomorrow to stay with us for a week, and Thursday is DH's birthday! She still startles very easily and wakes up pretty easily so we are still working on that. :)

Just look at those squishy cheeks - Baby K's, not mine! (Okay, so I'm holding her while she's sleeping, but who can resist a cute, sleeping baby when there are no pressing things to get done??)

Happy Father's Day 2008!

Here is a picture of DH with Luke, Kitty & Blondie. He is wearing his new (pink) tie that the girls picked out for him... He also got a new belt that hopefully doesn't squeak and a left-handed baseball mitt so he can play catch with the kids (M&M and Luke start T-ball tomorrow).

Big sister M&M

I am loving having M&M out of school! She is becoming very responsible (for the most part) and I love having her around to help out with the younger kids. Quite often I will have her look after Baby K or hold her while I try and finish something up and a couple of times she has even gotten her to sleep (as in this picture). :) I can't wait until she is old enough to babysit for us!

Blog backgrounds

If you're looking for a new look for your blog, try out one of the free backgrounds from this website: The Cutest Blog on the Block.
This was one of easiest changes I have done. The hardest part was picking out the background that I liked the most and one that matched the colors in my picture that I use for my blog title.
Thanks for the link RaNell.

Totally spaced it...

I've been running around all morning & afternoon trying to get the house back in order after our busy weekend when I came downstairs and saw M&M looking at the calendar on the fridge. She was about to ask me something when I looked at the clock and realized that we were a half hour late for my son's orthodontist appointment! I've had that appointment on the calendar for several weeks and I can't believe that I totally spaced it - usually I'm really good at remembering things like that! Baby K has been so good today and I've been able to get a lot done around the house and I just completely forgot about the appointment. I yelled downstairs for the kids to get their shoes on and get in the car while I called the orthodontist's office to see if we should still come. After the receptionist talked to the orthodontist she said that they're just too booked today to be able to squeeze him in, but they do have an opening tomorrow morning. So I rescheduled for tomorrow morning. That should work better for me anyways. I like to take care of any errands, including appointments, in the morning if at all possible. Unfortunately this is the second time that we've had to reschedule this consultation. I made an appointment 2 months ahead of time for a couple of weeks ago and when they called to confirm, the time was different than what I had written down on my calendar - right in the middle of the school day during the last week of school. So I called and rescheduled for today. Oh, well. The reason Luke has this appointment is because he has some huge teeth coming in and no room in his mouth for a couple of teeth that he just lost. My prediction is that he will have to go through the whole expander/braces routine that M&M did already.