Angry Birds Birthday

I can't believe it! I officially have a TEENAGER!!! Conner turned thirteen on August 1st and we celebrated on the 2nd with an Angry Birds party. Since I have always done something special for Courtney, I thought I had better do it for Conner as well. It was so much fun browsing the internet for ideas to go along with the Angry Birds theme. Instead of a cake I made rainbow cupcakes and decorated them with different treats to make them look like the birds...

And I found these cute patterns that you tape to balloons...

Finally got to use my balloon wreath I made back in March...Grandma & Grandpa gave Conner new coveralls for work.

And Breck & Ryan took the liberty of getting him razors and shave cream, so embarrassed! ;)Being silly ;)

The highlight of the party was when he opened this box to find a girls t-shirt with Justin Beiber on the front of it. LOL. We had to pull his chain a bit since he loves JB soooooo much! NOT!!!

Once he looked under the JB shirt he found a tackle box and a fishing license! It was worth it!And a new fishing pole!!And last but not least.... A NEW LAPTOP OF HIS VERY OWN!He has been saving his money and he put $250 towards it and Clay and I covered the rest! So proud of him!Happy Birthday Con Man! 13 short years ago you were just a pup!! You have grown into such a handsome young man and I'm so happy to be your mom!

Fancy Toes!

I don't exactly have the best looking feet in the world but I had to share this pedicure that I gave myself. I was reading a blog and one of the girls shared a new product from Sally Hansen. So the next time I was at Walmart I found them. Kinda pricy ($8.50) but they have several different designs. Basically they are stickers that you put on your nails, then trim and file away the excess sticker. Pretty easy and you don't have to wait for them to dry. I did put a clear coat on top just to make them last a little longer. Mine are supposed to look like lace, do they? Sure we will say that they do! LOL

Tractor Boy

A couple of weeks ago, I watched Kohler and Hadley while Breck was teaching Zumba. We kept Kohler entertained the ENTIRE time by playing with Conner's tractors. He lined them all up on my kitchen table and was perfectly content! I couldn't resist taking a few pictures! He was definately in tractor heaven. :)

Mr. Beef

This spring Conner decided that he wanted to purchase a calf. He had saved all of his money that he had earned working at the dairy farm and paid for his calf. He lovingly named him Mr. Beef. Once Mr. Beef was old enough he was moved to my dad's pasture which is only about 2 blocks from our house. Conner was on cloud 9! He makes SEVERAL trips each day to check on and feed Mr. Beef. I am so proud of Conner for taking on this huge responsibility. He never forgets about Mr. Beef and has been so good about taking care of him. He doesn't complain and enjoys his new pet!

C-P (Conner Petersen, aka: Mr. Beef)

My Weekend in Review...

Quick disclaimer: I was bored this weekend and that triggered the lame picture taking and the following post. :) And sometimes it's good to post about my accomplishments, no matter how minor.

I have always hated how our ever growing collection of DVD's had been stored in the past (stacked at least 3 deep in the entertainment center, some in our bedroom, some in the kids' bedrooms). Now they are ALL in one place and get this.... Alphabetized! I spent Friday and Saturday night putting together the new shelves and organizing all of the DVD's. I originally bought one bookshelf for BOOKS but that changed to DVD's and a few books.

Saturday was my usual routine, dropped the kids of to their dad at noon :(, Clay was home so he took me to Cafe Sabor for lunch/dinner and then we did some shopping in Logan. Clay is seriously so much fun to shop with, whether it's wandering around Walmart or where ever he is quite entertaining. I love this man!!!

Unfortunately, Clay had to leave Sunday morning so after he was gone I put these products to work and got the house all cleaned and smelling good!!! Now if that's not a HUGE accomplishment I don't know what is! ;)Monday was a little different for me, I have never got the day off for the 24th of July before. I was home and ALONE. No kids, no husband. If I don't stay busy, I go crazy and get really bummed out so I kept busy from the moment my eyes opened in the morning. First thing I went out and took a spin around the house a few times on this....

Then decided that this needed a bath and her insides cleaned up a bit! Love my ride!!

Then got a knock at the door and this fun packaged was delievered! MADE MY DAY!

Put these two machines to work pretty much ALL weeekend long!

Made my way to my favorite place and finished up a scrapbook page! WHAT??? Did I just say a scrapbook page?? It's been a long time, needless to say! But I'm back!
Ahhhh, my sweet baby girl! Did I mention she's EIGHT??? I miss having a baby! (Sometimes)

And last but not least, my mommy stopped by Monday night and thought I should shake the dust off these puppies! LOL I love walks with my mom! Thanks for the motivation! It hurt, but it was good pain! I've missed this!So there you have it! I know I'm weird! Forgive me. It's me.

Courtney's Special Day

On July 2nd, my sweet 8 year old, Courtney, was baptised by her Uncle Bryan (my older brother). It was a wonderful day and I am so proud of her and the choice she made to become a member of the church. I am so grateful to my brother for baptising and confirming her, he did a wonderful job and gave her a wonderful, special blessing. I hope she will always remember this day!! I'm also so thankful for the support of my family who were all there for Courtney.

Courtney & Uncle Bryan

Annual Peonies

Each year the walkway to my front porch is lined with these beautiful peonies. They bloomed a little later than usual due to the late spring we had this year. I look forward these the hot pink beauties so much! And this year they didn't disappoint! I'm not much of a gardener and don't really enjoy doing yard work but I love seeing these peonies come to life. It means summer is just around the corner and warmer temperatures.