The Big Party!

The morning of the big party! Our beautiful nerd! :)
Her new gloves and "princess shoes"
Hanging out while all the big kids were playing games
Her amazing cake! To see other cakes that Patrice has made, go HERE!

This year for Lily's birthday, we're basically just joining up with cousins who's birthdays are around the same time. On Saturday, she had a birthday party with my niece Shayla. Shay was turning 10, while Lily is turning two so Shay had a lot of friends there while Lily was pretty much happy to hang out and play outside. We have a ward member who is is starting to make cakes as a business and needed practice, so we definitely volunteered for that! Her cake was PERFECT! Lily loved it! It was a lot of fun! She got a few toys and here in a couple of weeks she's probably going to have a party with her other cousin Robbie when they come to Cedar City. We figure she won't be too upset about that since she's only two and just happy to get new toys! :)

Getting My Craft On!

So a few weeks ago my relief society had a night where they talked about how to save money during the holidays and birthdays! I got SO many cute ideas! This was one of them and as soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to do this! These are coasters that I made out of tiles and scrapbooking paper. It was probably the easiest thing in the world to do! It was my first attempt at modge podge and I feel like it went pretty well! The tiles are seriously 16 cents at the home depot! SERIOUSLY! When all was said and done I probably spent around $8 to make 16 coasters. Super good ideas for family gifts or neighbor gifts! I am in love with them! :)


Directions
ok, so you need 4 X 4 glazed tiles ($ 0.16 @ Home Depot)
*clean the surface of tile
*paper (i used scrap book paper, you could also use pretty/festive napkins which would be CHEAP!)
*cut down to size I did mine about 3.75 inches square
*modge podge the back side of the paper
*place in tile and smooth as good as you can with out tearing it (I used a credit card to smooth out the paper)
*when dry (maybe 30 minutes or so) apply another coat of modge podge on top of your paper
*when that layer dries, I put a layer of polyurethane (water based) on top of that to help seal it
*i found cork board at Staples in the bulletin board section, for the bottom of the tile so it won't scratch the tables. (the directions recommend the thinnest cork board and covering the full bottom, but I didn't want to buy that much cork, so I bought the thicker stuff and improvised :)

27 weeks

This is me at 27 weeks with Lily...
This is me at 27 weeks now...

If you can't tell, he is a LOT lower! Lily loved to play in my ribs and he has barely even touched them. That being said, he completely hugs my bladder and cervix ALL the time! it's almost a constant tick! :) This weekend my mom came down and we made a few burp cloths and receiving blankets, I actually attempted to sew again! Awesome! It's making it a little more real! So exciting!

Beautiful Pictures of Lily!

Ok, so last week, I went down to St. George and Alecia Talbot took some pictures of Lily! She said she needed more pictures of girls and I hope we gave her some good practice :)! They turned out SO SO SO SO SO good! I loved them! She was so good during the picture session and was so expressive and so beautiful! We got some really good ones that show her personality and how fun she is. I love the goofy pictures just as much as the picturesque ones! I thought Alecia did a wonderful job and she was a lot of fun to work with because she had a lot of fun ideas! Thank you again Alecia we were so happy with what we got!

Parker Family Reunion

Lily brushing my teeth while I help her brush hers.
The bounce house!
Peek-a-boo!
The main event! Visiting with cousins!


Lily on the beach near Seaside! She loved the sand!

This past weekend we took a pretty quick trip to California for my mother's side of the family reunion. It was so much fun! I was able to see some cousins that I haven't seen since 1st grade. It was fun catching up and sharing with the family. It was a pretty laid back event but just right! I hope it becomes a yearly tradition! We also stayed with Todd's sister, April, in Salinas where Todd grew up. It was fun hanging out with her and spending so much time with family. The drive was long but it was good! Lily loves California! hehe