Vacation, Part 1

This month we have been on 2 vacations...yes, and it's only the 20th! The kids and I went to Omaha, NE to visit my family for 10 days (August 1-10). Then, the whole family went to Zion's National Park for 3 days for Jeremy's company retreat. We had a fantastic time both places. Now for the pictures!

While Mr. S has been on many plane trips, this is the first one he remembers...he had fun! As we were waiting on the runway, he kept asking me, "Are we flying yet Mom?" It was so cute! Really, both kids did fantastic on the airplane, in the airports (layover in Denver) and really, on the whole trip!




























































We flew in on Wednesday night and Thursday went to Lincoln, NE to see my Grama. Many of my memories in life took place in this pool, in that house. We moved 3 times in my growing up years, my Grama's house was always that one constant. It is a house that I have memories in every corner. While the brown shag carpet has been replaced, and the wallpaper a bit different from when I was little, it still smells like Grama's, feels like Grama's, and is one of my favorite places to be. She still had toys in the same drawer that I played in as a child...my kids had a blast! Sadly, I was a bit flaky and didn't get any pictures with Grama :(














































After a fun filled day, we went back to my folk's house to relax.
































































On Thursday evening, Jeremy's sister, Melissa, her husband James and Mom, Marge, came to visit. It was SO fun to see them!!! I was very excited to rub "Sissa"s belly...she's having a baby girl sometime in November!































Grandma Marge doing what she does....take pictures!

My Brother and his family recently moved to Iowa. So, on Saturday night, my niece, K.C., stayed the night and played with Seth. Their 3 girls are SO sweet (always have been) and Seth really had a good time with KC and Emarrie (Michelle, 14, was too busy checking her email to play! heehee!)













































My Mom quilts. Here she is putting the binding on my newest quilt. Jeremy's Grandma made the top, my Mom quilted it, and we all love to cuddle up in it!

While we were in Omaha, some friends of ours came up to visit. Sarah and I worked together as interpreters and we now have boys that are 3 days apart in age, and girls that are 6 months apart in age! We really had fun with them. We went to the Omaha Children's Museum...boy has it changed since I was a kid! It was so much fun! They had a special traveling Bob the Builder exhibit that the kids loved!




















































































































































Seth, Noah and BOB!

Sarah is a photographer, so she did pictures of the kids for me. She sent me a couple of "teasers" in email last week...I can't wait to get the rest!


































These last few pictures were taken the day before we left. We had such a great time. It was fun to see so many family and friends and just get away for awhile :)

So LONG!

Wow, has it ccbbcbbb g vgcgxggvvg (typing by Amelia) really been so long since I last blogged?? Sorry! We have been traveling the world...ok, not the world, but to Nebraska and to Southern Utah.

I will be back later with lots of pictures and fun stuff for you...but for now I have a ringing phone and a baby that wants to nurse and a boy that is destroying toys ;) Ah, the life of a Mom....

Life is a Beach

On Saturday, we went up to Bear Lake. A bunch of people from Jeremy's work all met up there and we had a fantastic time. I wasn't sure if we were going to get to go, Amelia had been sick all night, but she was doing MUCH better, so we headed up. Boy are we glad we did! :) Check out the photos!

To see more pictures of our fun weekend, head on over to my flickr site!

Open for Business!

I have decided to open an Etsy shop to sell my handmade goods! So, to see what I have to offer right now, click on the link to the left. Let me know what you think too! :)

Just some pictures

Ok and a story! Yesterday we had the Missionaries for our Church over for dinner. Seth was very curious why we would be having these people over to eat. I told him that they were boys that lived far away from their Mom's and it was nice to feed them. So, he was really excited for them to come over. He had some smarties that he really wanted to share with them and went with Jeremy to pick them up. Well, when they got home, he was very red eyed and so sad. I asked him what was wrong and he said, "I don't want them, I want the little missionaries!" Apparently he thought that the missionaries were kids his same age! Poor baby. But by the time they left, he was liking them and ready to share his candy :)

Here are some pictures from this month....



















































































This is Amelia's newest silly face. We call it her scared face. It cracks us up every time!

















Yummy pasta with white beans, fresh tomatoes and basil and Parmesan cheese. YUM!

















And for dessert...fresh strawberries with real whipped cream and chocolate mint (from our herb garden) on top. Delicious!

















Yum! Cherries!






























Check out the size of my zucchini plants!





















This is my henna tattoo. Don't worry Dad, it's not permanent! Notice the ladybugs??? They all have 8 spots, for my girl who lived 8 months and 8 days.



























































And one more. This is the background on my desktop. This picture was taken almost exactly 4 years ago...man I miss that girl.