First Day of Spring = Sunshine = Yard Work!!

You can now see our picnic table from space!! I may have gotten a little out of control. But I got to use my new palm sander- very cool! We got a lot done today and there is still WAY more to do, but that's why I love Spring. Brett got a good start on the retaining wall on the side of the house, and the boys cleaned out the windo wells (how does garbage still get in there with the covers on?). Our garbage cans are full, we're sunburned and achy; those are the signs of a successful Saturday.

Visiting Great Grandma Rasband

We went to St. George for a quick trip this weekend to see Brett's Grandma Rasband. It was stormy but the kids have fun doing anything different. (Thank heavens for an in car dvd player!) Grandma seemed to be doing well; she chased the kids around playing 'superspy' and tickling them. I was so afraid they would wear her out. I mean I was tired just watching. Luka threw all of the little cermaic animals Grandma has in her backyard into her pond, and the boys made 'carpet angels'. Hopefully she still enjoyed our visit. And of course Luka eyed up Grandma's impressive doll collection. Don't touch! :)

An Un-willing Model

My latest attempt at creating turned out pretty good I thought. I had some cute fabric that I wanted to make a dress or something for Luka with. I ended up making a pettiskirt and the used the fabric to make a kind of apron/wrap skirt to go over it. A super cute DI find shirt finished the outfit. Laying on the bed it looked pretty good. When Brett came home I wanted Luka to try it on for us. First of all it was too big. ( :( ) And she did NOT want to show it to us. As you can see, she just wanted to take it off. So much for a pretty princess dress she'll love. :) All well.

Our ' Boy Girl'

Grandma Lu tells the story of my aunt Holly (a girl finally after 4 boys) who when someone said, "What a cute girl!" She replied, "I'm not a girl, I'm a boy girl!" Luka reminds me of that story all the time. Having big brother's she has developed a definite tom-boy attitiude; but at the same time, she LOVES girly things too. We are glad that we decided to have another baby. Luka you're my princess! ("No mama, BABY princess!" she would say)