New Blog!

The only thing better than having one blog I don't keep up with, is having two blogs I don't keep up with!  I have had a bunch of people kindly request for me to archive things on my blog so they could find recipes and ideas. I decided that I wanted to keep my family blog separate from my crazy kitchen and craft ideas.  So I am starting a new blog call Stick It Spray It Whip It. It is a blog dedicated to three of my favorite things (besides Belle, Reeve, and Barnes)...glue guns, spray paint, and butter!
I will try and keep it updated and archived so it will be easy to find things. I will slowly try to move some ideas over from my family blog. So you may see some repeats.
You can continue to find crazy stories about the Quiggle family here on our family blog!
Here are a few things you can find on the new blog

Famous Last Words.....

Kenzie once said

"No, we will never have a dog. I will not have a dog in my house. A dog or cat, never.  If I have to resort to getting a pet, it will be a farm animal. Chickens, rabbits, hmmmm I'll think about it, but a dog....never!" 

I am eating my words.  Meet Lola.

Aaron and the kids wanted a dog so bad. I couldn't convince them that a chicken would be so much fun. So I had a bunch of stipulations on finding a pet, and that is how we ended up with Lola.  We didn't want a puppy, too much work. Lola is almost six years old. She came from a family with kids. They had to move into a smaller place with no yard. So she is trained, she won't be having any puppies, and she was free! Lola is a boxer. She is really pretty. Wish us all luck eh? (Can you feel the excitement in my voice?)

Bud Turns 4!

Our bud turned 4 on May 11th. Oh, what to say about my Bud.  Look at those beautiful blue eyes.  He keeps us on our toes.  This boy is on the go 24/7....I am serious, he even gets up about three times a night. I would love to bottle up some of that energy and use it for myself.  Reeve is curious as could be, no wonder he loves Curious George.  Other things he loves are gum, snacks, cars, trucks, tractors, anything with wheels, animals, balls, playing outside, riding on the lawn mower, riding his bike, talking-he is now giving his sister a run for her money. Reeve is like his brother and sister and is really quick to say please and thank you. Reeve makes us laugh all the time.  He is such a funny, sweet, active boy who likes to show his love. He likes to hold my hand and rub it on his soft little cheeks, then he says "I love you." ..... Bud, "I love you too!"

We had Reeve's first friend party. He wanted a Lightning McQueen party.  He likes to say "Lightning and McQueen."  The party was so fun. I love this last photo. They went on a scavenger hunt.  There were clues all over the house. The car treasure box was in the oven. It was so funny because I thought they would rip it out of the oven and open it up. They just stood there in amazement and didn't know what to do.
Happy 4th Birthday Bud!

Dear Easter Bunny

We started something new this Easter.  I got tired of Easter feeling like it was all about the basket and the bunny.  So this year we had the kids write a letter to the Easter Bunny asking him to come on Saturday so they could think about Jesus and his resurrection on Sunday. It was fantastic!  We will be doing that from now on.

Reeve likes to pick his own pajamas and clothes each day!

We had a nice quiet Easter conference weekend!

Over spring break we headed down to visit my family.  We had a belated Easter egg hunt at my parents house.  Barnes carried this bag around for two days, it was so funny.  One night I had to pry it our of his little fingertips while he was in bed with it.  And we had our annual cash Easter egg hunt for the adults with my cousins family.  We also got to celebrate Aaron's birthday.  We got to go out on a real date and have some yummy food and good times!  It was a busy fun spring break. 

The Big 7

My first baby just turned seven on March 27th..  How cute is this picture of her?  This is when she had just turned three.  Belle has always been such a girly girl. This picture says it all. I  get such a kick out of Belle.  Last night we put her to bed and let her fill is in on all of her days activities. She told us about everyone in her class at school (she loves telling the buisness).  She just talks and talks.  We listened and told her thanks for talking to us. When we went to leave the room she just kept going and going.  She was talking so fast trying to get all she had to say out. Finally I had to say "I love you, goodnight" and shut the door.  Well, she was still talking.  I just started to laugh. Some of you may have talked to her when you call the house. I must say, she is pretty funny on the phone. She loves to be social. We love Belle so much. She is a fantastic big sister who loves to take care of her brothers. She is quick to say thank you, and I love you. We are so lucky to have her.

We had a really fun party with some of her friends. Belle wanted to have a fancy party. So we had the girls wear dresses and we went to a beauty school and had their nails painted.

This was so much fun. I loved listening to the conversations with the party girls and the girls doing their nails. They thought they were so fancy!

Cupcakes and games. Can you put an oreo on your forhead and get it into your mouth using only facial movements??  Can you keep a feather in the air for 1 minute without it touching the ground or your body?

We had a little fashion show. Belle is workin the runway here.  Silly girls.

Love you Pup, Bellbo Baggins, Bumble Baggins, Bellbo, Bellerella, My best girl in the world.

So I used Picasa for the first time today. I am still learning......I couldn't figure it all out.  And the "H" key is hardly working, so I might be missing a few. But I wouldn't know because the spell check has completely disapeared and I can't find it anywhere.  Pictures I couldn't figure out, missing H's, and everything spelled wrong.

Circus Sunday

I won't even go into the noise factor from today. However, I will say that we didn't have to take anyone out of the meeting. That's only because we were too far to the front of the chapel, we were too embarrassed to make the long trek dragging the boys down the isle. So we just let them scream.

Anyway, I thougt for today's entertainment I would post the findings in Belle's scripture bag. I sat down next to her and I noticed it was bursting at the seams. This is what I found.

"Now let's see, I might be shaking hands with a lot of people so I will need to take my lotion. Incase I get teary giving my testimony at the pulpit I better bring some tissues, and I will want to look good up there so I will bring my lip gloss. I am out of Tic Tacs so I will bring my toothpaste and I can dab it and freshen my breath. Oh, I better bring my Leapster, I can bust that out if I have any spare time. And look, there is some room for my Book of Mormon. I will squeeze that in there since they asked us to bring them to Primary. Looks like I am good to go, hope I don't forget anything."

Belle is always so good at church that we got a good laught out of this. Then I confiscated all of it of course.

FTMOB

The other day Belle saw a picture of Jesus on the cross.  She said to me "Mom, look......it's Jesus on the Lacrosse."

Oh, we love our Belle.

5-4-3-2-1...Blast Off!

My friend Holly convinced me to put a cake up for auction for our ward service auction. I did, and she won! I knew she would. She is the kind of gal that get's all the extra credit points at a service auction. I am the kind of gal that get's all the deductions possible at a service auction. (those of you who have been to one know what I mean)  I'm so glad she won! She asked me to do a cake for her 7 year old son Nathan (who we also love). He is really into the solar system. Thus the space shuttle theme cake. He wanted a rainbow chip cake, so I decided to make it tie dye. I baked all day and had everyting ready to go. Then my engineer helped me build the rocket after the kids were in bed. (wings and nose are rice crispies)

They were so excited and grateful. Natan even gave me a cute thank you note, and gift. It made it worth the work. And one day I hope to be able to earn as many points as Holly at a service auction. :)