Zumba in an hour... prepare or blog? BLOG!

We have been very Busy the past several weeks. This weekend we went to the Beaver Bash, none of us skied which is rare but we had a lot of fun. while Irie was sleeping in the car and the boys were watching the box car derby (which they are swearing up and down they are going to participate in next year) I snapped a few pictures of my Lil Eskimo Gracie Girl. I though she looked sweet.

News FLASH!! (inserts news music here) Irie is finally getting more teeth. Here she is 18 months and only had 4 front teeth..... What teeth are coming in now...???? HER MOLARS?!? What? Why would your teeth come in that way silly girl. So she has been a grump, but this was one of those moments that I had to catch. She climbed up on the couch and decided that the socks in the laundry basket were the perfect nap time spot. So sweet.

I have been on a little bit of a fitness kick the past couple of weeks trying to get that stellar Bear Lake bod... and not have my butt and thighs hanging out of my solo dance costume. So with me lifting my Lil 5 lbers at home Gracie wanted to work out too. This was a trick my dad used to do for me and my brother when he was doing major step aerobics, He gave us cans. Lift those cans Gracie, your grandpa John would be proud!

Being the big sister Gracie felt the need to sit in the doll stroller and have her sister push her around..... They both seem cheerful so why not?We have a new addition to our house that does not need any introductions. Lil Penny is now my 3rd baby girl and I am loving ever minute of having her. The girls love her so much, giving her treats and making her dance is Gracie's favorite and Irie loves feeding her table scraps. (I do not) All the same we are so excited to have her and I love doing her hair ;)Irie loves stealing her doggie bed too.My sweet princess. So I bought this Lil charlie brown Christmas tree from Tai pan in march. It was so sad and needed a home. I figured what better way then to give me and the girls a craft project to do together. Here is our Easter tree. More has been added since we took the picture but how much fun is that? 3 feet is all we need for a reminder that we love to decorate trees no matter what holiday it is.

I also found these gems at Michael's for $1. Seriously how cute they are perched up in my window seal above my coffee maker. I love these decorating touches. They make me feel all warm inside. SHOUTOUT- Anyone interested in decorating my dads Festival of trees Tree for this year we are going with the theme Disco Santa. I suggest hitting the DI to try to find records and other Disco-ish things we can put on the tree. I am starting to look for stuff now. The colors theme will be red, green, and disco ball silver. Should be fun and I really hope everyone is planning on being involved.

P.s. the fun of building the girls princess dresses for the tulip festival begins tomorrow..... Should be a fun disaster. ;)

Tulip Festival and Fabric Scrap Slippers

In April, every year, Thanksgiving Point holds there annual Tulip Festival and this year I was so excited to see the they are holding there first annual Tulip Princess Pageant. Believe me I am not a mom who wants to have anything to do with spray tanning my child or sticking fake teeth in there mouths (which is just weird anyway) However, this pageant seemed a lot more low key, kinda like our raspberry princess pageant up here for raspberry days.

Every year my Aunt Pam always tries to get everyone to go to the tulip festival because it is a good family fun and a great reason to get us all together. I see it the same way. Putting my girls in the pageant would be a great way for everyone to have a fun reason to go down and to be part of the wholesome family fun of the tulip festival. (Aunt Pam is besides herself and I'm glad we can go down and have some fun)

Here is the link if you are interested in the tulip festival or getting your Lil ones in the pageant as well should be a ton of fun! http://www.thanksgivingpoint.com/calendar/events/tulipfestival/index.html

Gracie has been playing princess 24-7 for the past month. I guess it's good practice for the pageant and she will have so much fun with all of the other kids. So me and Grandma Great had a shopping day and went and bought fabric for there costumes, they are going to be shiny and poofy and everything a princess should be. Princess dress construction should begin tomorrow.... Wish me luck.

I figured I would post a couple of pics for grandma great and aunt Pam of the D.I. gems they found for the girls. Love you both and thank you for the fun dresses.

I also made these slippers for Gracie out of some fabric scraps, they turned out so cute! When I make Irie's I will post a tutorial so if you folks would like to make some for your Lil one you can as well!

Happy Crafting!

Guess whose back?

Hello ALL,

I finally have had a minute to sit back down and type to my hearts content..... Today, I will chat ya up about Vegas, and post some pics of some new twirly skirts and aprons..... Turned out soooo Cute!

Me and Burt went to Vegas for our 3rd anniversary and had a lot of fun. We left on the March 1st and dropped the girls off with Grandma. Grandma and Grandma great are amazing and watched the girls for the 4 days that we were gone. We got to the airport and believe me security in SL International is insane.... SOOO SLOW! We made it through and got on our plane. Played some scrabble during our flight and landed in a 70 degree paradise.... believe me the weather was enough to make me have a heat stroke after our freezing weather, constant snow storms, and 4 feet of snow on my back porch.

We went and checked into the Luxor into a nice room and went down to the casino and lost $20 bucks right off the bat..... Those darn slots! We wandered around the Luxor and Mandalay bay and enjoyed our sense of adult time and some freedom from the kidlets. (to be honest I was missing them from the time I dropped em off But me and Burt were definitely over due for some serious "US" time) We played around in the casinos and 3 free (very bad) tequila shots later, I was ready to go and get ready for our first night on the town. Wearing my cute red heels (featured in a previous post) We made our way over to the coyote ugly bar.

Now I'm not generally a drinker anymore, to be honest I rarely find the time now that I am a dedicated mommy and feel that bedtime should be around 8:30 every evening for myself. I was already enjoying myself, We got there and it was happy hour.... Being a girl on a budget, I love happy hour. Before you know it I was a sloppy Andrea dancing on a Bar in a pair of red heels.... Loving the attention I slipped and fell, realizing at this point how sloppy I was I made my way to the stair to get off the bar and no longer be the center of attention. Slipping again down the stairs, Burt saw the look on my face and new it was time to go and eat and try to unsloppify his wifey.

My very sloppy self is walking down the strip in the hot red heels, that are killing my feet even though the rest of my body is completely numb, looking for somewhere to eat. Finding The hard rock we went in ate and Burt had to carry me home via piggyback. Whoo, what a first night that was.

The second day consisted of the SPA, Ahhh I loved every minute, especially the massaging of my lil pigglets that I had traumatized the night before. We hung out enjoyed each other. Went to the nightclub and realized that everything in Vegas is beyond over priced, Girl on a budget never likes over priced! And Burt was Grumpy because he doesn't like overpriced either. we hung out a ton at the Arcades because it was cheaper than gambling in the Casinos and we got tickets to get the girls little trinkets. They love the kazoos, My and Burt on the other hand DO NOT! One of our frequents to the arcades I happened to loose my drivers Licence..... Great right. At last I had my expired military ID to get me through the rest of the weekend (No harm- no foul)

The third day was the day of the Jabawokeez and me and Burt were so excited! We hung out by the pool all day which was amazing and everything that I had hoped it would be. I miss sun and am hoping to get a killer tan this summer. The red head is going to be bronze, count my words! That evening we ventured down the strip the the Monte Carlo, Being a smarty pants this time, The heels went in my purse and I walked down the strip in my flip flops.

We went to dinner at the sporting house and sat right up front on our chairs in front of the Jazz game while we ate dinner (quite possibly Burts favorite part) We then went over to the show and got blown away. It was funny and smart and the dancing was amazing. I loved every minute of it. After that me and Burt just happened to wander into a sports bar where we watched a beer pong tournament and enjoyed some cheap brewskis and really enjoyed the end of our trip.

All in all besides the price of everything..... We had a great time. Makes me excited to go back with Candy this June for my tech school reunion in June. Were going to have a blast and I definitely have some great ideas on how to save for my budget!

I Recently made these cute Aprons for the girls for when we are cooking, baking or when they are playing kitchen in the toy room. I made them a little big so they have room to grow and they were pretty easy to make. Irie is not into photos and was getting over a cold bug and already didn't want to pose.... well Lesson learned, But I can't help but post these cause even though she is so sad.... I can't help but think she looks so cute!

I Made both Girls this sweet twirly skirt that was actually pretty simple. Just lots and lots of gathering for the ruffles. This little project also made me wish that I had a serger! Maybe for my Birthday (hint hint BURT) All the same so adorable and is making me wish for spring more and more. Common SUN melt all this snow so my girls and cruise around in these!

Hoping everyone is having a happy Friday, I know I am!