Justin and Ally

Hanging out in Allys room Say "CHEESE"
Lounging around on mom and dad's bed
Watching T.V.
Little Red Sox Fans at Grandmas

I just wanted to post some of my favorite pictures of my two little monkeys. They really do love each other so much and are so cute with each other. Justin is always willing to share his toys and food with Ally even though she is not old enough. Ally thinks that he is the coolest thing ever and he loves it. He is the only one that can get her to really laugh hard without tickling her. This week has not been any fun because Justin has been sick and Ally is teething but they are normally pretty good kids. I can't wait for warmer weather so we aren't cooped up in the house all day long.

Glad thats all over with!!!

Last week/weekend was so totally crazy busy and stressful I am very glad to get it over with. Thursday I had a cooking enrichment class at my house which turned out very well. We have one every month at someones house and there are usually between 5-10 people and I had 11 show up to mine but I also had at least 20 of their kids come with them. Woah!! That was chaotic. Justin had a blast having that many friends old and young to play with and they tracked sand from the sandbox all over the house but at least they had fun. I spent almost all day Friday trying to clean up and recover from that because then Saturday I had my sister-in-law Haley's baby shower at my house also. It also turned out very good and she had a great turn out. We had an open house because when I had her bridal shower and there were like 40 people crammed into my tiny basement I stressed out major so it was pretty simple this time but I was pretty proud of the diaper cake that I made so I had to post a picture of it. I think it turned out pretty good for my first one. I also made her a rag quilt that turned out great that I forgot to take a picture of. I tried to make one for my sisters little girl Erin a couple years ago but I had no clue how and it fell apart when I washed it so this time around I did my research. Anyway, I am so glad that I have all that out of the way and don't know anyone that is getting married or having a baby that will need a shower anytime soon. We are very excited for Haley to have a little boy so that Justin is not always totally surrounded by girls.

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

My moms birthday was Saturday and us girls went to Park City for lunch and a day of shopping with no kids. Well, no older kids that run around like animals anyway I did have to bring Ally because of her eating habits but she was a perfect angel. Well, even though it was a few days ago, I just wanted to tell my beautiful mother Happy B-Day and tell you all how much I love her and what a great mom she is. Anyone who knows my mom knows how lucky I am to have her. My mom is the most amazing person I know. After losing my dad to cancer 1 1/2 years ago and then my mom having her own battle with cancer I have learned to not take our parents for granted no matter how young they are or how young they might act in my moms case. You never know what Heavenly Father has in store for us. My mom has been so amazing through this whole crappy situation that she has been placed in. She kept a positive attitude even in the hospital week of hell where they practically tried to kill her, while shaving her head and through chemo which she will be finishing tomorrow. HALLELUJAH!! She has still been working her butt off making sure that the world has their t-shirts and has still been bowling every Thursday after being at the hospital all day hooked up to chemo and she has still been babysitting whenever she has been needed. Somehow she has still had the energy to be the amazing grandma that her grand kids have come to expect and still gets down and chases them around (sometimes with her bald head) but lately Ally has been crying whenever her wig is off. It sucked that this weekend also had to be the first weekend that the Red Sox and Yankees played each other this season. Ryan is the only Red Sox fan among a lot of Yankee fans and he is lucky enough that I am the only one in my family, Aunts, Uncles, cousins, everyone that is not a fan at all. I like baseball but I don't really care either way. I was a little worried going over to my moms on Sunday that Ryan would not behave himself around my family but I think it went okay. Probably only because the Red Sox just happened to win that day. Here are some pics of the cousins in their team apparel. Don't mind the huge scratch on Justins face. I guess thats what happens when you leave your kids home with their dads for a day. J/K!!

Wild and Crazy Kids!!!

Justin had the privilege of having his cousin Erin (my sister Heathers daughter) over for a few hours the other night and even though they play together all the time and see each other at least once a week they were extremely excited to be playing together and were both very energetic. Heather brought Erins jammies for her since she wouldn't be picking her up until bed time and they thought it was so cool to have a pajama party, eat popcorn and watch Alvin and the Chipmunks. Although they didn't watch too much of the movie. Here is a little clip of what my night was like. We are still trying to determine the band name. Erin wanted some Princess name and Justin was set on some Cool Dudes name so I called them the Wild and Crazy Kids Band. Ally was definitely their biggest groupie.

Oops, I did it again!!

Happy April Fools Day everyone!! Okay, I know that I am pathetic but April Fools Day is one of my favorite days of the year because its the day that I get to play tricks on my wonderful mom. Every year for about the last 10 years I have put the rubber band around the nozzle in her kitchen sink and when she turns the sink on she gets wet. The trick is to position it right so that it will squirt her good. I have missed the mark a few years but she usually ends up wet by the end of the night. The last few years have been a little bit harder not living at home but I make it a habit to call and pester my dear brother and sister reminding them to do my dirty work. My mom has got a bit smarter through the years and so its not so easy to get her because she always turns on the news first thing in the morning and as soon as she realizes what day it is she runs down and checks so it usually takes several attempts before she is drenched. This year was no different and I called my sister last night to remind her but she still forgot and my mom checked anyway. I called and bugged people a few times to remember to put it back and she finally called me a few hours ago and told me the good news. Her sweater was hanging up to dry. I know its mean but I love it. The best was about 6 years ago when I was working for DCFS with the foster kids and was constantly being told by caseworkers that I was exposed to lice among other things. I always had my mom check for me and luckily never got lice but that year I decided to trick her and I called her from work and tell her that they were sending me home early because I had lice and they gave me shampoo treatment (we always had some handy in the office) I had my friend Staci sprinkle some salt in my hair where I knew my mom would check and I left work early with my lice shampoo. I got home to find that she had already stripped the sheets off my bed and had them in the washer so I had her search my head and she kept finding the darn little bugs (salt) I decided to tell her the truth before she fumigated the whole house but she did not believe me. She kept saying "no Jen you really do have lice" even after I told her that it was salt she kept insisting that I had it until I finally convinced her that I am a mean daughter and that I really was joking. I Love You Mom!!! p.s. if anyone has any ideas for some new pranks for next year let me know. Thanks!!

Better late then never!!

Well, I feel like I got into this blog thing a little late and I have a lot of really cute pictures that I never got to show you all so below is a little slideshow of some of my favorite pictures from the last couple of months.

Some of my favorite pictures