New Cute Boots & The Guilty Jacket

I like Kmart, yes Kmart. I usually have great success in finding cute, and fairly sturdy shoes for the girls. And, they usually have their size, which can make it break it. Here are some boots I recently got for the girls. I wish I could squeeze into them. Vernal winters are long and cold, so boots are a must.

I recently had an interesting experience at Kmart. I bought myself a cute brown hoodie with Sherpa lining, nice and warm. The checker commented on it and said she'd wanted to buy one for herself but she already has too many hoodies so she was refraining from buying one. So, by the time I got out to the van, I was thinking, "Do I really need this hoodie, it is a warm one, but do I really need it???" When I got into the drivers seat I took the receipt out to see how much it cost (it was on sale for 25 or 30 percent off). I looked up and down the receipt, but no jacket to be found on it. I got the jacket for free. Well...... I decided to bring it back. I knew every time I looked at it I would feel guilty. So, I brought it back this morning. The checker asked if I wanted to buy it, and I said, "No". She looked surprised that I'd brought it back, but I just had to, ya know.

Last Minute Fun!

Here are some pictures of fun odds n' ends we did during the past couple of weeks.

Jeff took the girls to Boondocks for the first time. Madison was a very focused motorcyclist. They had a fun time there, while I stayed at my parents house and visited with my mom.

Here's our new fridge, oven/stove and dishwasher. These work so much better than the old ones that came with the house. I love having a dishwasher and not having to hand wash dishes. Don't ya love Bailee's infamous "Smile" face.

This is the result of me teaching Bailee how to use the camera, without having her fingers over the lens. Above, is a beautiful photo of me blowing my nose, which unfortunately my family gets to see a lot of since I have allergies. Below, is a picture of my handsome husband chewing some food. Bailee doesn't give you much time to prepare a pose. Oops, I accidentally deleted Jeff's picture, you'll have to use your imagination.

Madison, Bailee and their cousins Hunter and Mason at the Dinosaur Museum in Vernal. You have no idea how hard it was to get all four of these kids to take their eyes off the water behind them and turn around to face the camera. I realized later I should have had their other cousin Marley, who lives in California and we don't get to see very often, stand in the picture too. She was standing by me. She's in the 6th grade and taller than me, so I sometimes forget she's a kid too.

Spider-Jeff

This park has some of the best toys I've seen. The things in this photo are tilted about and spin with the momentum of your body. They're fun. I scared everyone because I was the first one to try them while they were off playing nearby. They looked over to see pregnant mommy spinning round and round and came running over. Mom needs to have some fun!

The most comfortable swing I've ever sat in. It could easily rock me to sleep. Rock-a-bye mommy on swing set......zzzzzz

Here we are picnicking at Red Cloud Loop again. These guys are walking along the riverbed. I just sat and watched since I didn't bring good shoes and my belly is throwing me off balance.

Cuties!

Bailee the hairstylist, styling Madison's hair. I enjoy when she styles my hair, it relaxes me, except for the time she got a nearly empty can of hairspray and repeatedly sprayed the same spot on the back of my head. Crunch! I let her do it, since I still needed to take a shower.

Bailee's 3rd Birthday

Bailee's birthday was on July 26th. We went to the splash park that day with my friend Brandi and her two kids. They all had a good time, too bad Bailee wouldn't set foot in the water, she doesn't like getting splashed. Thankfully Jeff was in town, so when he got home we went to Don Pedro's for dinner. Jeff complimented me a couple of time on putting together a nice birthday celebration for Bailee. My pleasure :)

Madison & Bailee are thoroughly enjoying themselves, Jeff, not so much. He was so tired from working a ton and he wasn't feeling the best.

Here are the girls playing in the flowerbed with one of Bailee's new presents. She got a shovel and pal set, a matchbox car set (which I got on clearance for $2.99, it came with 10 cars, Jeff was quite impressed with me), a big doll head-so Bailee can style her hair (she's following in aunt Jill's footsteps with being a hair stylist), a couple of outfits and I think that's it.

Here's the yummy flip-flop cake Bailee picked out. She loved it. Chocolate, how can you go wrong.

Enjoying the food at Don Pedro's. Yum! I love my sweet girls (and my little boy in my belly)!!

Baby Redford's first pictures

These are the pictures from my ultrasound. I had it done last Thursday the 28th. The first picture is one of the baby's face. I'll admit, it looks a little scary to me, I know it's because of what shows up on the sonogram. I asked the tech if she could get a profile shot, but she wasn't able to. The second picture is one of the top of the head and the hand next to it. The third pic is showing us it's probably a little boy. The tech wasn't convinced, about 70% so, but I think it looks like a boy. With my other two ultrasounds I've never seen the little pee pee between the legs. We're excited to have a boy join our family. It'll be awesome. I can't wait to see him and hold him, well actually I can wait, I want him to arrive when he's supposed too.

Picnic @ Red Cloud Loop

Our family went on a picnic on July 25th up at Red Cloud Loop. The spot we ended up picnicking at was dry and it was pretty warm, especially next to the campfire. Normally the picnic spots up there are in lush, shady areas, but with it being the 24th of July weekend, it was more crowded than normal. There were big bees and flies and red ants. I told Jeff I probably wouldn't survive long if I had to make it on my own in the wilderness.

I like to take pictures of wildflowers.

Just hiking around.

Bailee chose these dress shoes to wear. It didn't bother me.

Jeff and the girls. Mom stayed off the rocks.




Madison

Bailee's infamous smile. When we ask her to smile, this is what she does. It makes us laugh. Our picnic was pretty good. We roasted marshmallows, had s'mores and hot dogs. Too bad I forgot to bring the ketchup and mustard, plus the BBQ sauce for me.

Christmas Morning at Our House

I wasn't feeling the best during Christmas, so I took it easy. I still had fun though.

Close up of Jeff sitting by me.

Bailee dancing.

Jill looking stylish as usual.

Grandma and Grandpa

Madison and her Madame Alexander doll, Natalie.

Christmas Pajamas

Jill sporting her cute new pj's.

Here are my new exotic pj's and Jeff's pretty blue pajama pants. He's looking a little rugged because he just got in on Christmas Eve from work.

Cute Christmas PJ's from Grandma Susie & Grandpa Bobby.

Gingerbread

Gingerbread Houses

Mine and Jeff's

Susie's and Jill's house of splendor

Jeff working busily on the house. He's so handsome!

Is that a look of trouble or what? I think Jeff put her up there, she's not too happy about it.

Sassy, fun times.

I'm putting red sprinkles on the roof. It turned out pretty nicely. Madison was a good helper.

Jeff, Madison and Bailee riding the Choo Choo Train at The Provo Town Centre. Bailee wouldn't get on the train, so Jeff ended up riding to get her on.

My little girl is...growing a stache?

This is what happens when Bailee eats Lindor truffles. I think she looks like a cute little Frenchman with a moustache and goatee. She and I are both fans of those chocolates.

Thanksgiving Thursday & Black Friday

For Thanksgiving we went to Jeff's parents house. Here are some of us at the table getting ready to dig in. I was thrilled to be able to eat Thanksgiving dinner this year, last year I was home throwing up while Jeff and the girls went to my parents.

Here are the kiddos at the children's table. Cute kids!

Here we are at my parents house, the day after Thanksgiving aka Black Friday. Doesn't Madison look pretty with the makeup she put on all by herself. She likes to get into my mom's makeup.

Here we are Black Friday morning in the University Mall parking lot waiting for Santa to fly in on the channel 5 news helicopter. Jeff was quite excited because he spoke to Kevin Eubanks (the weather guy) and Kevin touched his arm. Try not to be jealous. The weather was really nice, we had lots of fun.

Bailee is overjoyed to see Santa, can you tell?