Family Night

We had a delicious dinner, and Lucas was in charge of treats this week, so he opted for a less difficult treat. 5 Chip Oaties. We made them and then Bridget passed out and Nathan had the lesson. Here are a few of the pictures...

** Note to self...do not open the chocolate chips till the very end**

YUMMY they turned out great! We made 8 dozen, enough for Nathan to take to work tomorrow! Hehehe :)

Conference Weekend

Normally we hang in our jammies till the morning session is over, get dressed and play outside, nap and then watch second session while Lucas takes a nap. Nathan makes pancakes and we eat leftovers for lunch and then have a fancy dinner with a special dessert.

This Conference is no different, except we deep cleaned the kitchen while we watched. YAHOO! We cleaned out the fridge, drawers, microwave, you name it, the kitchen is deeeeeep cleaned. We also painted some more and rearranged a bit and it all looks fantastic! I can't show pictures till the rest of the house is done, but trust me it looks GRRRREAT! I am so glad Nathan is such a freak like me when it comes to cleaning! I can't stand it when the house is a mess, it makes me feel like my life isn't in order and the OCD in me just goes CRAZY!

Here are some pics of our conference "breaks"

Lucas loves this new velcro toss game! I think we will be bringing it to California!

I know a picture of me! I am growing my bangs out and don't usually like Nathan's photo style, so I am the one who is normally behind the camera! :) I don't know if I like this last picture of Bridget, she has cleavage and well, it looks weird. Hahaha

Impressive!

Bridgey can sit up! She is 5 months next week. I must admit that it is all of the brightly colored toys that fill the playroom that get her to stay up! I get her up and she will sit for a long time. Lucas loves it so much. He tells me "I show it" Meaning that he will show Bridget the toy.

She is just so full of excitement! Cindy my MIL says Bridget smiles like her face is going to explode because she just can't keep it all in!
Where did the balls go?
I love this face, she is saying "Silly Lucas." By the way this is my most favorite toy we have in the house. I put it away in the basement and brought it up and I just love it. For those of you who want to buy an awesome toy, this is it! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Horn for getting it last summer for Lucas...I know it will last through all of our kids...(not just the ones we have right now) :P that was for my Dad hahaha.

**Side note...Lucas didn't sit up till 6 months, so this just

proves that Girls are smarter than boys....Just Kidding!

She's "My Little Girl"...

I don't normally listen to country music, but I watched Flicka today and at the end Tim McGraw sings this song Titled "My Little Girl" and here are the lyrics...

VIDEO

Here is a highlight...

Gotta hold on easy as I let you go. Gonna tell you how much I love you, though you think you already know. I remember I thought you looked like an angel wrapped in pink so soft and warm. You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born.Chorus: Your beautiful baby from the outside in. Chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again. Go on, take on this whole world. But to me you know you'll always be, my little girl.

I think it is such a beautiful song, and I really love Bridget's outfit in these pictures, and I was feeling like there weren't enough pictures of her on the blog, so this was the perfect thing. It's a little sappy but who cares, she is so cute and I couldn't help myself!!

Smocking, The Lost Art

Karen Bainbridge opened my eyes to smocking. I thought it was so beautiful, and I used to wish I had something smocked. Then I married Nathan and found out that Cindy my MIL smocks! I jumped for joy! She made the kids blessing outfits....Aren't they gorgeous?

Noah and Elijah's


Lucas's


Bridget's


I love them and I just wanted to show them off!

Grandchildren

As I type those words it makes me think that some day I will have some (hopefully). I love when the Witte kids get together! Here is all four of them after Elijah's blessing on Sunday...

Obviously four kids under 3 was hard to capture, but I think these turned out pretty cute! I like that you can see their little personalities...
Bridget and Lucas lovin each other, Noah being silly and Elijah chillin...
Bridget pulling off the dress...the boys following direction...
And of course the last one turned out the best! :)

Busy Saturday

1- We went out to Breakfast at Daylight Donuts...we didn't have donuts
2- Came home, painted some more, and then ate a light lunch
3- Went to Lowe's, Nathan and Lucas's FAV store, WM to pick up an DTV Converter
4- Grocery Shopping
5- Came home and cleaned up, ate dinner, baths etc...

I usually give Lucas some big chore to do to keep him busy while Nathan is working on his projects so today was the dishes...he loved it. He likes to unload the dishwasher but this was extra special...




While we were busy with the dishes and dinner, I peek over the ledge and see Bridget trying to crawl! She loves to be on her tummy, and now I know why! (She's trying to crawl!)











...and then it hit me...she is me!

I don't know how old I am in this picture, but isn't that bizarre? This is me in the red tights, one of my dad's favorite pics I think...aah the days of Orange/Brown shag carpet...