Building Fences

At the first hint of warm weather, Brandon is itching to get out to the yard and start projects. Our goals for this summer are a fence, a sandbox, build-up the garden, and a shed. So, I did our taxes and we're putting our refund to work. Of course, at this point I'm on kid duty. But once the fence is done I can send Ben out to help daddy without Brandon having to stop and chase him down every couple of minutes. And once it stops snowing and warms up a little it will be easier to take Erin out too.


Here is the progress thus far. We have 2/3 of the posts in. We had hoped to get the rest in this week, but that darn spring snow! Oh well, it will be nice to have more play time with Daddy this weekend.

Until it's done, here's where the fence is living....

We also need to build a retaining wall along the back. This is the block we're going to use. Lots of work ahead!

So Cute

Here they are, the new pictures. We couldn't get Erin to smile at all, in fact she was kind of fussy. But they still turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself.

The Many Stylings of Miss Erin

What fun would a baby girl with lots of hair be if I didn't experiment with funny do's? So, here's a few pics for your enjoyment. You can tell from the first picture that it has definitely thinned, but it's still getting longer. Let's just hope it doesn't come to doing comb overs!

Mohawk

Lou Who Pony

Curly

And of course, Piggy Tails!

I figured I'd better post a picture of Ben too, so here's one of him helping his Daddy get dressed this morning. What a cute little monkey!

3 months

Another month already. We took the kids to get pictures taken Saturday, but it will be a couple weeks before I get them back. So in the meantime, here are some 3 month pics from our Sunday afternoon fun.

Erin's Blessing

This Sunday we finally blessed Erin. It was a great day. My mom made the dress and it turned out great! Thanks Nana! Brandon gave her a beautiful blessing. With both of our kids he would say the exact thing I was thinking at some point, and then things I hadn't thought of but was grateful he did. I'm so thankful to have a husband that loves me and the kids so much and works so hard for us.



Here's all the men that were in the blessing circle. Thanks guys!

Four Generations!


The kids with Brandon's parents.


The kids with my parents.

I thought this was a really cute picture of Erin with Brandon's mom.


Our neighbor manages a nearby hotel and was awesome enough to let us use a meeting room for the luncheon afterward. It was so nice to have enough room for everyone, especially the kids.


Little Jen LOVES baby Erin...

So does Melissa :)

The kids were pretty worn out by the time it was all over.

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..."

Chain of Love

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: 1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make for you! 2. What I create will be just for you. 3. It'll be done this year. 4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a card. It may be a scarf or maybe even some creation I haven't yet dreamed up. I may draw. I may bake you something and mail it to you. It may not be big or impressive. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure! But lets be honest here. This is me and I will likely do something amazing. =) So come on, sign up! 5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to post this same blog on their blog and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Let's keep the chain of love going around!!

Bucket Head

Need I say more?

Fun in February

The last couple of weeks have been pretty fun. Erin is getting more "interactive" and Ben is realizing that she might be someone to play with soon.

For Valentine's Day we gave Ben a truck and Erin an outfit. Then we made some yummy smoothies. That night after we put Ben to bed we had a steak and lobster dinner. It was delicious!


Of course Nana & Papa had to get treats for the kids, then Grandma & Grandpa came a few days later with more presents. What lucky kids!


And finally, HaPpY bIrThDaY to ME! Thanks everyone for all the great stuff and birthday notes. I've always wanted an ice cream cake for my birthday, and this year I got one! I only had to drop a few subtle hints...(ie- I'll call and order it myself if I have to!) Thanks honey, it was awesome!

2 Months Old!

Erin had her 2 month checkup today. She now weighs 9 lbs, 10 oz and is 22 inches long. This puts her in about the 20th percentile, which is great considering she started below the 3rd.

As you can see she's healthy and happy! We took these pictures yesterday after church while she was all dressed up.

It's so fun when they start to smile!

We'll be blessing her on March 1st at 9am for any friends and family that can come. If you need more info let me know!

All is Well

Our little construction project is complete. The wall is patched and the cabinet is back up. We thought Ben would be so happy to have it fixed, but no. Now he is mad because he can't see the "new wall" anymore.