Thankful for my parents and other forgotten posts

Last week, my mom IM'd me on facebook, and asked if me and the girls wanted to go with them to pick out a Christmas tree. So I bundled the girls up, and out we went. It was 5 degrees outside while picking out a tree. Brrr!! My mom told me and the girls to pick out a tree, since I had forgotten to bring my purse. My parents were so nice to bring it out to us the next day, and even set it up, since Justin was at work. This picture was so cute. Both girls had to help Grandpa set it up. It was so funny to watch.

The day before Daphne's birthday, we went to the Boise Mall, so Daphne could get a new build a bear. That is kind of become Justin's tradition with the girls, to take them on their birthdays. With #3 on the way, I wonder how much longer we can afford this tradition. :-) Daphne picked out the snow leopard, which she calls her kitty.

Abby had had a loose tooth for a little while. She was sure she was going to lose it at school that day. Nonetheless, we picked her up before heading out to Boise, and the tooth was still intact. We stopped by my parents, to see if my mom wanted to go with us to the mall. While on the way to Boise, Abby's tooth got significantly looser. When we got to the mall, Justin yanked it out for her. She was so excited to loose another tooth. That makes #3 for her.

Happy Birthday Daphne!

Daphne had her 2nd birthday today. I can't believe it's been 2 years already. She had so much fun unwrapping her presents. :-)

date set!

We will be having our ultrasound Dec. 15th. It will be nice knowing finally if it's a boy or a girl. At first Abby was insistant it was a boy, because she "already had a sister". But lately she's decided she wants another sister. Justin as well thinks it's probably another girl. I guess we'll see! Feel free to cast your vote on the cheesy poll I just added. :-)

Almost Halloween part 2

Downtown Nampa had their trick or treat festivities today, so we took the girls down, once Abby got out of school. Daphne had previously decided that she was going to wear a carebear costume (since I didn't get a chance to get a red cape down for her as well). When it came time to put the costume on, she FREAKED out. So we pulled out some of the extra costumes I've picked up at quarter sale, to see what she would let us put on her. She refused the doggie costume, she ALMOST let us put on the unicorn one, but then changed her mind. She then saw the black pleather biker outfit and insisted on that. That was it, she wouldn't have anything else. LOL. It just makes me laugh, I'm sure her grandma Johnson would be so thrilled by that. :-)
For Abby's school, they were allowed to bring a costume for a character from a book, or famous person. She decided on Little Red Riding Hood a while ago. So with my mom's help, we whipped up the cape in no time. It looks really cute on her. Once Halloween is over, I'm going to put some fur on the hood, and then she can wear it when she wears her fancy dresses around the Holidays.
We'll see if we can get Daphne to wear the Carebear outfit tomorrow. She's going to need the extra warmth!

Almost Halloween

Our stake had an Adult Halloween dance this last weekend. I really wanted to go, and actually dress up for it. Justin normally isn't into the whole dress up thing. Most Halloweens he wears a shirt that says "this IS my Halloween custume". Very creative, huh. This year, we were at the store and looking at Halloween costumes, and he found a cloak that he thought was really cool. So I set out to try to make him one similar to it. He was SOOO funny to watch wearing that thing. It was just like the girls when they get a new dress up outfit. Twirling it around, making it flow in the breeze. LOL. It does make it worth the time making it, know that he liked it that much. As for me, I had no idea what to do for me. So i settled for making a flappers dress. It would have been more fun, had I had more fringe, but I didn't want to spend any more money on these custumes, and used what I already had at home. Now, I need to make the girls little red capes for this weekend. They both want to be Little Red Riding hood. We'll see how that goes.

ultrasound

I had an ultrasound like 2 weeks ago. I just hadn't gotten around to posting it. It's slowly becoming a little more real...it was neat during the ultrasound to see the little arms and legs...i can't wait for a few more months, to have the next ultrasound.

Look at me Ma!

This weekend, I canned grape jelly all by myself. lol I have helped my parents can for years, but never attempted to do it on my own. I had a friend come over and help with some of it, which definately helped.. Since we have a glasstop stove, I borrowed my dad's campstove and put the canners outside. It worked out really well. I am excited to give this stuff away. (Since I can't have grape stuff anymore anyways.)