Baby Shower...

Finally, we are on the count down to just a few weeks for Baby Ryker to get here... Saturday was Nancy's shower.. It was so cute, and I was so happy it turned out so fun.. I hope she enjoyed it as much as my mom and I enjoyed doing it for her... Here are a few pictures... :)

Mommy resting before her shower...

Cupcakes & Cake...

The darling jungle cake...

The gifts..

The new mommy to be...

The guests... Grandma & Aunt Lois

Patti & McKenzie

Teri, Kylee, Shirley & Courtnee

Destiny, Britany, Misty & Aunt Linda

Marci, Megan & Suntanna

Tonya, Teri & Kylee

Whitney & Joni

So happy to have all of these people there..

Making bubble gum babies...

The finished babies..

Nancy opening her many wonderful gifts...

Sadie and her cute baby girl Kadence...:)

My amazing, talented, creative friend (yet another one,) Tisha made these for Nancy... They were so stinkin' cute... She is so sweet to think of my sister.. Totally awesome Tish... :)

These are the darling letters hung up in the nursery.. :)

Photo Shoot, Kinda...

I have been wanting to take the kids out all summer and do some summer pictures... I have a nice camera, and it's free to do, so why not... I wished the kids had wanted to do a photo shoot as bad as I did... We did get some good pictures, but they were just not in a picture taking mood... I will try again soon... Here is a few of what we did get... Still adorable, to me anyways... :)

She is so gorgeous...


Cute one of Jade...


Took several of this pose, and in every one of them, Cole was doing something weird... Little turd...


This is the best one we got of him.. :)He is still a cutie pie...


He does love his "thissy"...


Love this one of Stock...


Still not cooperating...


Yeah, they are not fighting...


Aww, love this girl....


I think he is done...


My favorite...

Lagoon...

Our annual trip to Lagoon... Older kids and dad had a blast, younger boys and mom were done by afternoon.. The little boys just really didn't love riding all of the rides, I am hoping it is just something they will outgrow.. We stayed until about 2pm when me and the little ones had enough.. We came back later that night to pick up Troy and the older two kids... Just a few pictures of the day, before heat, grumpiness, and tiredness set in.. :)






Cooling off...





MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY!!! LOVE THESE!!!

Crafting with Vinyl...

I have been wanting to make something crafty lately... Inspired I guess by all of my crafty friends... I decided to make some vinyl letters for my sister in law's little boy... I borrowed the Sesame Street Cricut font from Levi's sweet Aunt and went to town.. These things were so stinking cute I couldn't even believe it!! I wanted to make them for all my kids (they were not impressed to have their names cut out..) However they did look so darling in Dylan's room... I made them about 9 inches and just did layer after after layer... So happy with them!! Thanks Tammy for asking me to help you make his name... Can't decide what one was my favorite, loved them all...

Ingenious or Amazing??? I say Both...

My friend Kriston is absolutely a crafting goddess... She can do anything!!! She made these darling profiles pics of my kiddos for me to hang on my wall and I am just 100% completely in love with them!!!!! Thanks Kris (Miss Martha would be so jealous of you,) for all your amazing talent that you continue to share with me.. LOVES!! (Wish I had some of her amazing skills, GOSH!!)

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