Bailey Family

I AM going to do the April Spotlight (it's Natalie), but it's on Will's video camera and I don't know how to get it from there to here...so he'll do it for me later. :)  These are just a few of the over 700 pictures I've taken in the last month trying to improve my photography skills! (I'm still having issues with focus when I have a shallow depth of field - for all those photo-savvy people out there who know what that means, so disregard the little blur in some- I'm working on that.) Here are the "just pictures": I didn't actually take this one (Mom did with her phone) - Alee needed to clean her face/hands with a wet wipe, so she "held" her pacifier with her toes in the meantime! (go ahead, throw up)

Finally, Friday! (grocery shopping mostly done and ready for the break...hmm, why is there always a chair pushed up to the counter - HEY, those donuts are for tomorrow! The weekend was General conference - no pictures needed.. Sunday (after General Conference) - April Fool's Day Dinner Dinner - cupcakes with pink icing....wait, What?  (OK, it's really meatloaf with pink tinted mashed potatoes on top) Dessert - grilled cheese....huh? (OK, OK, it's really angel food cake, toasted under the broiler, then sandwiched with tinted whipped cream. They thought it was hilarious - thanks, Family Fun for the idea. :) (Monday, well, I had to do some shopping - not their favorite day of spring break...) Tuesday - Seth and I made 'crystals' (rock candy) - which we finally got to try out today - (Kaitlyn already ate all off her stick) Wednesday - zoo Look at that annoyed face - sisters always getting in HIS picture   The funny face-board we found in the garden the...

Barely made it...I didn't film this on the last day of the month  - that's just when I remembered that I hadn't posted it yet, so here is Seth for the talent spotlight for this month. (Most month's spotlight will be piano b/c that's a big focus for right now...but I'll try to throw in some other talents occasionally.)

Exhibit A The defendant: Uncle Will found the evidence and told what he'd found at dinner..... The first response: The second response: (Don't worry - no stuffed animals were harmed in this case - the monkey has been washed and dried in hot water and is safely back with the other stuffed animals.)

"Addee is two." This is what she will say about 50% of the time when you ask her how old she is. (The other 50% of the time she'll say "blue", which I assume must be her favorite color.) She has grown up so much in the last few months since she has turned 2. She loves to talk on the phone, and most of her speech, although it takes a little translation, is in complete sentences and phrases these days. I can hardly say 'no' to her full-sentence requests.   This afternoon I was cleaning up the mess I neglected to clean this morning (gym, library, the usual), and found her suitcase she'd been hauling around since yesterday afternoon. When I picked it up, I realized it wasn't empty, and opened it to see what toys she probably crammed in there. I was wrong....She's ready to go somewhere! Either she's jealous of her cousin who went to visit Grammy this week - or she's itching to go see Memere (whom she regularly requests to call on the ph...

The snowman ballerina party See January post for invitation explaining the theme. My best ice cream cake ever (noted a few more improvements for next time). The old sewing desk (it worked for a while, and it's good quality, but for most of my projects I needed an additional table - yes, beyond this monstrously sized one) New IKEA combination - more efficient storage and better open working room when I need it - and hot pink chair - love it! (and so does my 7 year old jealous pink-loving daughter) :) The newly organized playroom - the play house area - kitchen, crib, table, art wall Love IKEA - cubbies - 25 of them - for all the various bins and boxes -  and the kids can clean up so much more easily now   (they still have to be told to clean up and threatened with extra chores to get it done)  Finally pulled out all the cd's and found space for that big horse they love and the riding toy that always seem to be in tripping positions when I come through with a ba...