March Madness

The month of March is a big one for our family...and this year was no exception.  We have three birthdays to celebrate this month.  Plus the YW fundraiser to prepare and get ready for.

Nola came up with this great idea.  We would make two quilts.  One BYU and the other Utes.  I was honored to sew the BYU quilt.  Then at the fundraiser there was a live auction and we would have them auctioned at the same time to see which would earn the most funds.  Our ward is awesome and we were able to send 4 girls with the money earned just from the two quilts.

Sorry no finished product pics (forgot) but I bound the edge in the gold that is around the Y.  It looked really nice.

Kendell is getting big.  She is four now.  She had a great birthday with the family. 

Brooklyn turned one year old.  Wow!  She even started walking the day before her birthday.

And we can't forget Madison.  She had a very big birthday this year.  12 years old! It was awesome if I don't say so myself.  She had 13 of her friends over for a spa party.  Lots of work but fun in the end!  I am just glad it is over and I can breath./>


April I went to SLC with Madison, Brooklyn, Grandma, Nola, Meagan, and Addie.  We met Gary's two sisters and Katlyn too.  We went to YW Conference and did lots of other fun things in SLC.  Love that place.
 I am not in the pic! Sorry!! 

Later in April Grandma Snyder came to visit and spend Easter with us.  It was so awesome to have her here and for more than 6 days too.  She was here for 21/2 weeks.  She helped me so much with getting things organized.  It always goes by so fast. I am truly blessed with great kids, an awesome hubby and wonderful parents.  Our family Rocks! 

Makeover

Our little Brooky (10 months) looking at our kitchen cabinets in the 90's style for the last time!

Finished the cabinets but have to do all the cupboards and drawers yet!

Waiting for the stain to dry.

Finish product.

We love it!!!!!
We have been planning to refinish our kitchen cabinets since December.  We came across this product called Rustoleum which comes as a kit to refinish your kitchen cabinets.  Its inexpensive and took us 4 to5 days to do from start to finish.

Six Months all in a row

Time doesn't stand still!  It flies by so fast.  The evidence clearly manifests itself through our age and our little Brooklyn has turned Six months already.  Wow, it feels like yesterday that I was giving birth to her and holding this tiny 10 pounder in my arms!  She is such a little cutie pie.  She is very content just watching her brother and sisters play.  She rolls over and sits up with no problem.  She is happily smiling and "ga-ga-gooing" all day long.

 Here is a look of all our little ones ALL IN A ROW at the age of 6 months.  They are all so adorable, cute and chubby :)  It seemed so easy when they were little too.  We are grateful for each of them.  They are a blessing to our family.

Madison

Sydney

Thys

Kendell

Brooklyn

So this is what I have been working on lately.

We have had a few babies born in our ward and I have been able to help out at the showers.  I made the party favor for my friend who had a baby girl.  Little Fabric Rosette's Clips that you can attach to hair, jewlery, clothing or anything.  here is the link

I just used my big scallop punch and stamped "thank you" on it, punch one hole in the middle and slid the rosette through and voila, c'est finis!

This is what I made for her sweet baby girl that she had.  Onsie, with 2 matching bibs and head band.

I got the birdie idea from here.

I got the pattern for the baby bib here.

Then two weeks later I got to make a Diaper Cake for another friends baby shower.  You can find them all over the web.  She is having a boy and there are not a lot of ideas out there but this is what I did for the boy baby diaper cake.

It was a lot of fun to make/build.  I used my big scallop punch again and went crazy with some stickers from Martha Stewart collection.
I had fun doing all this stuff and wish I had more time to do more stuff.  :)

Brookie's on a Roll :)

Our little Brooky's on a roll

Brookie is growing so fast.  She has already started to roll over.  Here is one of the first times that she ever rolled over in August 2011.