Colton

LITTLE BOYS

Colton does some of the funniest things. He is just as funny as he is naughty and he can be pretty naughty. The cute little monkey keeps a smile on my face. (Most of the time)

I was going through my pictures getting them all organized and found some that I had forgotten about.

His very first Christmas

One of many fishing trips he has taken with us. He has always loved going to the mountains.

His very first fish. He caught it all by himself at the Green River. It suprised all of us. I remember haveing to grab the pole out of his hands before it launched him into the river. Haaa what a good day. Dad is very proud of this picture.

First broken leg. Hopfully his last.

First burned hand on the stove. Then he decided to suck on a red colored pencil and scare the crap out of me. I though it was blood when he came in the room.

He has always liked to help is daddy do work. He carried that little plastic sheep around with him the whole day. I guess it was helping him do is jobs.

He came out in his cowboy boots to help dad mow and edge the lawn. How cute is that.

First time trying out moms mascara. He wasn't crying because he got cought, he was crying because it got in his eye and was stinging.

First girlfriend at preschool. He had his arm around her during snack time. His teacher thought is was so cute she hurried and got her camera so she could send me a picture.

For all of you who don't know. Colton "IS" Tommy the Red Power Ranger. His school and church papers come home with Tommy written at the top of them. He even told his swim teacher his name was Tommy. I had to go tell the teacher after class what his real name was because they didn't have a Tommy registered on the roll.

The first day of his second set of swim lessons. He was so proud of his new goggles because he didn't have to were the snorkle goggles that covered his nose anymore.

Chalk drawings of some blue monkeys hanging from vines.

A white spider shooting a web

And this is my most recent and favorite picture.

Last Sunday night I was trying to get Colton in bed early because I new the next morning he had to get up and go to swim lessons early. So I got him bathed and in his PJs and in bed by 8:30. It was so nice. Well at about 9:45 I walked down the hall to the kitchen to get a drink of water and noticed from under the crack in his door I could see that the light was on. I got a little upset and was just getting ready to storm in his room and ask why he was still up playing when I heard him talking to himself. I stopped and didn't go in yet. I went and got Tyler and we both listened outside his door to what he was saying. This is what we heard.

"And they walked up the hill to Bethlehem"

Then silence

The sound of pages tuning.

Then more talking that was to low to understand.

Tyler and I both looked at each other and remembered a few weeks ago Colton had asked us if he could have his own set of scriptures. Tyler had gone down stairs and found his old black set of scriptures from when he was in middle school and gave them to Colton. Then we both kinda forgot about it.

We decided it was time to open his door. He was sitting on his bed with his set of scriptures reading to him self.

How do you get mad at that.

Easter

EASTER

We had a fun Easter this year. Nothing really spectacular but it was a beutiful day and we had a great Easter lesson at church. Colton was really fun this year. He was finally old enough to know what was going on and get excited about it. I asked him if he knew why we celebrate Easter and he told me," Because Jesus died for us" What a good little boy. Anyway here are some Easter 2009 pictures.

Colton's Easter egg hunt at preschool. They made bunny ears and he was hopping all over the house when he got home that day.

We colored Easter eggs on Saturday. The bright red one was Colton's favorite.

EASTER MORNING

A little video of Easter morning

GETTING READY TO GO TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA HENDRICKSON'S AFTER CHURCH

He was ready for his Easter egg hunt. He said the glasses were his hunting glasses and they were going to make it so he could find the eggs faster than everyone else.

THE HUNT

The hunt at Grandpa and Grandma Hendrickson's house with all of the cousins. Well except Gracie and Harper. I wish they could have been there.

Here is a little video.

Checking out all of his loot.

Cute little Mary

Grandma

Mom

What a Great Mom I have.

I have one of those moms who can do anything. You name it and she is good at it. I wish I would have taken advantage of that while I was growing up and learned more from her. But better late than never right.

She can cook, clean, garden, can, sew, and is very crafty just to name a few.

Not to mention she is a SUPER MOM.

I decided I wanted to make baby Emma's blessing dress so I went out and found a pattern that I liked. It didn't really register in my brain that the only thing I have ever sewn is a blanket, but no matter SUPER MOM to the rescue. She jumped right in and helped me out.

Im so excited. Its going to be such a pretty little dress.

SUPER MOM to the rescue again.

She must have read my blog about wanting to paint my kitchen before the baby comes. So what does she do. She calls me up and says, "I have Thursday and Friday off, we are painting your kitchen. What a mom.

She was even willing to do some acrobatics. Whatever it takes to get the job done. It was making my legs wobbly just watching her do this.

And the end result. A beutiful bright yellow kitchen. I love it.

Thank you mom for all your help. I wouldn't have finished either one of these projects without you.

LOVE YA MOM

Hair

I Miss My Hair

I got my hair cut a few months ago. I think they cut about 12 inchs off. I had it long for about 9 years and was ready for a change. I got it cut to my sholders in an A Line cut. I just went for my second hair cut since the big chop. I got it cut in a bob so I can start the growing out prosses again. I can't belive how much I miss my long hair. If any of you are thinking about a chop

DON'T DO IT.

Nesting

Crazy Pregnant Lady

Well I think I am nesting or something. Nothing in my house can get clean enough. Everything is always too cluttery and Im haveing thoughts of repainting my kitchen before the baby is born. Insane I know. But in my head it just sounds like a good idea for some reason. I think I finally drove Tyler nuts long enough that he helped me put up some curtains, shelves and a coat rack in the babys room. Now I just need his help to wash all the walls, clean the windows and shampoo the carpets. Then I might be able to relax a little.

Here is Emma's new room so far

I did finally get all the baby clothes organized and put away. That was a big job. I can't believe how many clothes I got. I have not had to buy one single item of girls clothing. Thank you Tara and Melanie. You guys don't even know how much that helped out.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Here are some pictures to prove it.

the whole closet is full (both sides)

I have 5 drawers stuffed full of girl clothes

And all of these are just from 0-3 months to 9 months. The rest they gave me I had to put down stairs because there was no more room.

All I have to say is this baby better come out and really be a girl.