Coulsons

MIA

2011-12-30T22:45:00.000-08:00

Hello My long lost Blog Friends~ it's been a LONG time!!!! So much has gone on the past year with my Lil Family!!!! It has been almost a year since I last Blogged! My goal for 2012 to to be on top of it!!!! So Lets hope I can keep up with that goal!!! I am not sure if I should catch you up on the past 10 months or just Start with this Dec..... Ok i will See what I can do (This will be VERY long):

Well My Business Has been doing Great!!!!! That's Partially why I haven been in the Blog world! Between that and Jason's School and us Moving Place to Place and the Holidays and all 4 of our Birthdays being the last four months of the year We have been VERY busy!!!

One of my creations from Divas Mama

Before WE Moved From Idaho Some of My Fav girls Took me for a girls night/ birthday Dinner and Movie!!!! I am going to Miss My Pocky Friends!!!!

We Had award Christmas Party before WE left and The girls got to Meet Santa!!! They Loved it but were a lil nervous... Kinda Reminded me of Despicable me When they Say "I like him. He's nice.But scary.. Kinda like Santa"

The Girls Definitely made the most of Our Crazy house during Packing time:

Halli's Birthday was in Nov~ We had a fun day....

Had LOTs of arts and Crafts

Went to Mc donald's for lunch with friends

We to Story Time and had Ice cream at Kiwi Loco

And had Dinner at Cafe Rio~ Yum!!!

While I was busy with My Sale in my Shop the girls Got into LOTS of Trouble!!!

Got Oranges out and fed themselves

Decided to Pull the garbage apart to find a Spoon to Name a few!!!

And so much more!!!

Halli's Zebra Party for her Birthday!!!

Heather Even got a NEW cute Zebra Dress Courtesy of Gracey Lou Designs HeaDBAND BY ME :)

Halli's Cute outfit!!!

My Sweet Nephew Ryder Was born 11 Weeks Early .... He is Our Miracle Baby~ and is now 6 month sold and a healthy happy lil boy

He Was just over 3lbs when he came ~ notice How small he is next to my Hand

I was So Excited When I got to Hold him

Heather Loved to Come Even though she could only see him thru the Window

But it Was Well Worth the wait!!!

We visited him as Often as we could

When He Came Home My girls Couldnt get enough of him!!!

Ryder's Blessing Day~ the kids All of Nate's Dogs!!!

Halli Wouldnt Leave them

Look at that Strong Healthy boy!!!!

3 Generations

Halli Finally got to see the Doggy's up close!!

We Had a Fun Halloween~ Lots of Parties....

One At Grandmas

Halli Was Lil Red Riding hood and Heather Was a Fairy

Had a Neighborhood Party

We went to a local Pumpkin farm and Corn Maze

I have Enjoyed Watching My Girls Bond and grow closer together

Had Lots of Fun With Friends

The Girls and Jason Making some Bag heads

We had Some Wonderful Family Pictures taken by Elsha Christensen Photography

Ok I will Try to Do More in the next couple days!!!

February 2011

2011-05-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

February I got my Coupon on.... and got my stock pile stocked!!!

I got all this for only $6

Originally $125

Here's some Frugal Fashion for you.... Shoes at Khols for $10, Leggings at Victoria Secret for $1, Skirt at Khols for $5, Shirt yard sale $.50, Black cardigan $1 yard sale (both Charlotte Ruse brand) Necklace made by me!!!

Outfit total $ 17.50

The kids and Jas enjoyed all the snow we had!!!

They made a huge snow man the bottom ball was bigger than Heather!!!

Grandma came to visit and brought some fun balls when she came to visit!

Kept them busy for a LONG time

We have been trying hard to eat Healthy Lately ....

A Yummy Veggie and chicken Pizza on Hole wheat Flat Pizza Bread

I got a package and this is what the girls did right away

Just a Morning with Halli!!! She loves horses!

This is how Halli falls asleep almost every night on the Family room Floor.

I Made a new Facebook page for my Diva's Mama ~ and it has been doing Really good!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Divas-Mama/191096570910755

The girls had an amazing Valentines day! Grandma Smith sent up a box of fun stuff! Including Rapunzel hair

and Money!!!

Spinach Lasagna Roll... SO SO YUMMY~ More eating Light!

Mushroom Pork Chops and Skinny Twice backed Potato with Garlic Broccoli ~ Also yummy

January 2011

2011-05-19T21:04:00.000-07:00

Heather couldn't wait to get home to play with her friends!!!

With her Friend Alyssa

Even the lil one's got in on the fun

What a cute lil princess

Painting each other Nails (dont worry it was Pretend)

One Morning Heather wanted to be like Mommy~ So we put Velcro rollers in her hair!!

She thought it was hilarious!

I was trying to clean my office, So I put my BIG basket of flowers in the hall. I then went down stairs to make some lunch and came back up stairs to this....

It took me 3.5 hours to re organize this!!! at least they had fun!!!

Halli Is obsessed with horses~ she will sit on this horse and watch Black Beauty for the whole movie!

One Sat we decided to go for a family drive...

Isnt this Pretty

Heather couldnt wait to get out of the car....

FREE!!!!

But the girls were so excited to see a moose!!!

Ok so were Jas and I!!!

We finally made it to Jackson Hole!!!

What a fun Month!!!

DEC #3 (FINALLY)

2011-05-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

Christmas morning the girls came down to see what santa had brought for them!

Halli Love her new Tent right away...

Then they checked out the Lil people Santa left on the couch for them.

They couldn't wait to play with their new toys!

Time to open Presents

Heather Loved her new Rapunzel Dress and doll

So did Daddy

Grandpa set the girls new Princess table up for them

Telling Grandma thanks!

Then it was of to the VanDenburghs for Christmas Brunch!

My Aunt Jana and cousins Holly and Denise

ME and my GREAT Aunt B

Heather and her Grandma and Papa

Hanging out

The kids playing

Heather loving on her Papa

In their Christmas outfits

Playing with their new Loot!

Christmas Family portat

Halli and her cousin Kinley

Heather and Bre

Cuz Luv

Christmas Sunday

Got have a game of Christmas chess

Grandma and Papa took us to Mc D's before we went home

Having a Straw fight with Grandma

Then we went to Barns and Noble where Heather told us stories

What a fun Trip!!!

Dec Part #2

2011-03-12T08:42:00.000-08:00

We went to Thanksgiving Point to look at lights and Santa's Reindeer

I love The shops there- Gave me some fun Ideas!!!

Grandpa's lil shadow!!!

Cuddle time

More Advent

My cute cuddlers

Making a gingerbread house

So cute!!!

For a min... then it fell LOL

WE made cookie with some friends

Us girls went to see Tangled!!! LOVE IT!!!

Heathers first Movie at a theater

WE had a Christmas party with some friends!!

We also had some good old Lazy sick days!!

Christmas Eve...

The girls cousin got a new puppy.. they loved it!!

More sleepy time!!

Us girls made some flowers

Time to open the Pj's

The Nativity Story

Movie time

SO Cute!!!

Major Catch up!!!! (Dec part 1)

2011-03-08T11:58:00.000-08:00

Ok I have been so horrible with this , this year!!!

Here's the 1ST part of Dec

Every year my mom dose the 24 days (advent) We were lucky enough to be there for it this year!!! Heather and Halli loved it!

We had a heck of a time keeping Halli from my mom's fireplace...

So cute

We had a lot of fun being with family....

(Preweight loss :( )

We went to the festival of tree's

Love these

Got to have lunch with my Great Aunt B

Heather loves her

We had a big sleepover at my parents with all their grandkids!

GrNDPA MADE THEM A FUN B~FAST

We made cookies

We met Santa!

and ate at Tucanos (yum) for my B~Day!

And made snow men!!!

So much fun!!!!

Diva's Mama Facebook page!!!!

2011-02-19T15:26:00.000-08:00

Hey every one I have started a Page on Facebook for Diva's Mama!

I have put a bunch of my recent work and new stuff up on it...... Its a lot easier and faster to post them on FB than my Etsy shop...

For every person you refer and get something you get $5 Credit for Diva's Mama!!!

Please go and 'Like' Divas Mama.. I am also going to do a giveaway when I hot 100 Fans!!!

Random Nov And Dec Pix

2011-02-16T16:13:00.000-08:00

Me as a brunette

My lil fashionista

Frugal fashion: Headband By me

Tank Yard sale 50 cents

Jackit yard sale $1

Pants Yard sale $1

Shoes Ebay $4

Total $6.50

We went to a Christmas fair with Jason's sister and family

Pretty Lidia!!!

Jason really wants a sleep number bed!!!

WE got silver strand put in our hair, Heather wasnt sure about it at first!

Fun times!!!

Halli's first birthday part Two

2011-02-10T15:56:00.000-08:00

It turned out to be a really fun party even though a lot of people ended up not being able to come!

Halli wasn't so sure of the candle on the cake

Hey grump girl! Can you tell she had blue frosting?

What a bunch of cute kids!!!

Halli LOVED her cake

Can you tell?

This one makes me laugh

We found Heather in the closet with our friends lil boy!

Present time?

Happy birthday Baby girl ! We love you!!!

Halli's first birthday part one

2011-02-09T16:38:00.000-08:00

I cant believe sh is one Already

We took the girls to the mall to play.. they had a blast!

My mom gave them a ride on the carousal

We took them to Costco for samples... on of their fav things to do...

After they where pooped out!!!

That weekend we had a party for her bday...

I made these lil balls for the decor!

Heather snuck some treats

I made a lil outfit for Halli

Who needs toys when you have baloons

I love this girl

sad baby

Halli's Proffesional one year pictures!

2011-01-27T17:30:00.000-08:00

I have this amazing friend Elsha who takes the best pictures.... Ps if your in or around Poky you should use her

What a pretty girl! Cant believe she is one already

This the chair I got at a yard sale for $2 and painted it hot pink!!!!!

I got this frame at a yard sale for 75 cents!!!!!

Ps if you liker any of Halli's cute bows I make um :)

At first she was shy about her cake... then she dug in

Happy birthday baby girl!!!!!

Dancing Queen/ Blessing

2011-01-18T14:46:00.000-08:00

Heather got Barbie and the 12 dancing princess for her birthday.... and she is obsessed

While at my moms she would just watch it and dance....

Halli slept thru the whole thing

We went to our nieces blessing while down in ut

Jason's sister and her family

The girls loved playing with their cousins

Halloween/ Fall

2011-01-12T15:41:00.000-08:00

We had a fun fall season

We went to a local pumpkin patch With some friends. It had a bunch of games and a corn maze

They had a costume contest so we got to dress the girls up!!!

Heather got third, Halli got 2nd and our friends lil girl won!!!!

The corn maze was fun they had Idaho trivia to help you know which way to go.

Then we went and picked a few Small pumpkins... since they were charging like a $1.50 a pound

The girls had a blast

One day I gave Heather a yogurt and asked that she share with her sister.....

This is what I found

On the ground allover her face and in her hair!!! At least she obeyed me!!!

Another day we went Leave playing... One of my favorite's!!!

Halli was trying to walk!!!

racing to the car

We had a fun Halloween Party with our friends... I decided to try making some spooky jars and bottles

I think they turned out pretty good!

My cute lil lady bug

Our friend Andrea and her lil bunny

My pretty butterfly

We went down to Utah for Halloween since Jason was starting his Internship in Utah the next day... We went Trick or treating the day before (sat)

Ready for the weather- it was raining right before we went out!

The good news not a lot of kids (well my guess parents) wanted to brave the cold... so we got tonz- I mean oodles of candy- I think we still have some!!!

My dad was so excited to take the girls trick or treating

Halli fell asleep while we were out!!

The next day (actually Halloween day) My mom had a Party!!!

All the grand kids dressed up

They decorated pumpkins, we had dinner.. mom gave us all lil gifts! Thanks mom for a fun party!

Halli loved this lil witch my mom has that giggles... she would not let it go.

2011-01-11T19:49:00.001-08:00

Major Catching up....

2010-12-31T18:10:00.000-08:00

Ok here we go.... I have 4 months of catching up to do.....

(I will get the rest of September up to right before Halloween)

Halli turned 8 months.....

and 9 months.....

and 10 months old.....

her favorite places to nap?

Her high chair.....

And in the shopping cart.

This is her crib but she had cried to sleep and this is how she looked

We went to the County Fair

Dont ask... she said she was dancing... I know nasty

We went to a local baseball game with some friends

We went the park a lot...

It was so warm up until the week before Halloween so we did a lot of swimming and playing outside!!!

Went to a few birthday parties

Heather found her favorite resting place... I know nasty again... what kind of mother am I?

We had some amazing neighbors move in from Saudi

Heather took good care of her toys...even fed them lunch

Heres some frugal fashion for you:

Me~ Dress $7 at target, cardigan 50 cents yard sale, belt 75 cents and shoes $2 from the DI= $9.25
Halli~dress $1, shes 50 cents bow by me, necklace 50 cents = $2
Heather~ Dress $3 family dollar (who knew) shoes $2 ebay= $5

We got our craft on

You might remember my polka dot pumpkins from the past... my good friend and I revamped them... so cute huh!!!! you cant tell but they are sparkly!

I made a cute dry erase Calendar.

And some hooks for our aprons (these were hot pink and blue sponge bob hooks from the dollar store.)

I made my magnet board match my calendar

We did a lot of dressing up

Had a bunch of BBQ's

Jason had his birthday

And Halli terrorized the house

We made recycled crayons for the girls party favor bags!!!

So fun!!!!!

MIA

2010-11-09T10:01:00.000-08:00

I know I have been missing from blog land...... First off I have been ultra busy.... 2nd My Lil Halli Broke our Lap top..... And I am in Utah!!!! Lastly I still havent found out what to do about not having any more photo space.
Hope you are all doing well!

Help!!!!

2010-10-18T15:39:00.000-07:00

So I didn't know blogger would only let you up load so many photos, I didnt know they saved every photo use uploaded.... Now they are saying I cant upload anymore or I can buy more space.... anyone else run into this problem?

Also Help us win a costume contest by going here and voting for Halli #24! Thanks We could use the money..... Thanks!!

My Princess is 3!!!!

2010-10-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

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We woke Heather up and sang to her, then opened her presents

Heather thanking Halli

Most of Heathers presents were either yard sale find or Super duper deals!

I got Princess barbies in perfect condition for $1 each! They are normally $10-25

Princess dress was from Grandma and Grandpa Coulson's Birthday money!

Enjoying her new loot!

We went to Denny's for her birthday breakfast (Ps if you sign up with them you get free grand slam for your birthday... Plus I had a 20% off coupon. We order one more Grand slam, and had left overs... Costing with tip a toal of $8)

Coloring with Dad

Say Hi

Afterward I took Heather to Kmart (which if you sign up your kid for their bday rewards they get $5 gift card plus a cool lil package)

We then went home to play in the pool for a while

For lunch we went with some friends to Mc D's

Heather loves the play place

Cassidy~ my friends lil girl... isnt she beautiful

Enjoying the smell of her toy

We went and took some professional pictures... Which I will have up latter

Then Heather wanted Pizza for Dinner so she got it!

Cake and Ice cream time

More gifts

After she went to bed it was my turn to get ready for her Princess party That weekend

Halli trying to help us

In she goes

So I had been Blog searching for cute ideas for her party and it seemed the trend is glass's full of treats

So I got creative and found a bunch of glass bowls and candle sticks at yard sales

Glued them together.....

Ta da ... Glass candy dishes

I also got some silver platters at the Dollar store spray painted them Hot pink and glued to Candle sticks!

Ta da Two level platters at a fraction of the price.

My work in progress

My Pretty Princess's

The final look... Table of Treats!

The sweet cake... No I didnt make it... Next time!!!

The treats!

I also made some of the wood block Letters for her room and used them as decor

Heather and her good friend Alyssa

Another display..... Heather #yr pictures (ill post more latter)

The kids make pony bead bracelets

And Princess coloring pages

We had a princess Pinata!

My Parents came up for the weekend.. that's my dad helping... What a gem!

Look at this adorable lil dragon

Heather playing with the boys... of course

My good friend Elsha and I (she the magic Photographer)

The kids played pin the crown on the Princess

Presents

The Cute kids!

I love that I got some kid trying to get a taste

Blowing her candles

My Mommy and Halli

The princess holding her sign that was outside

Happy Birthday Heather We Love you so much and so glad you are a part of our lil family!

Ps here is a fun giveaway
and here is giveaway

OPPS!~ Abba Mania ~ Frugal Fashion

2010-10-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

If you are wondering what all that white fuzz is and...

What this heap of rags is.... then.... you might laugh to find out it is a bunch of onisies I pulled out for Halli that where heather... Some how I put them in storage clean and they came out with yellow stains. I decided to soak them in some bleach water.... Well I forgot about them for a couple days. I threw them in the wash with out examining them and Jason threw them in the dryer with out looking.... Needless to say the bleach had eaten away the material and all the fuzz... or should we say the shirts ended up in the lint filter..... OPPPS!

Here is some more Frugal fashion

Headband $1 Family Dollar

Dress $4 Walmart

T-shirt Shade sale $5

Shoes... $2 At DI, Leggings $3 at TJ MAXX

Fabric Broach my friend Lisa made $2

Total $17 for an entire outfit~! Can I get a woot woot

My good friend and I went to Abba Mania, Which is a Cover band that travels the world performing Abba songs. Being a fan of Mama Mia and the music we were ecstatic.

We decided to dress up...... We knew we would be the only ones...

We just had no idea we'd be the only ones under 50 there.

But we were a hit among the old people. We even got up on stage and danced! Yep go us!!!! I had so much fun~Thanks Elsha, and thanks Jas for letting me go out and have a girls night.

Halli's 9mo Pix

2010-09-29T22:23:00.000-07:00

My good friend Elsha Took Halli's Pictures... Are they great.

I got this shirt at the Dollar Store and added the ruffles down the front.

This is a skirt I made from a shirt I got at a yard sale for 50 cents. I also made her hair bow with it too!!!

Halli was looking for her puppy :)

Throwing a fit

I love this girl

More catching up.... :) Cute Pictures!!!!!

2010-09-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

I am almost caught up to this week!!!

I had to add these pictures of my girls playing at the mall

Also I am not sure if I posted this one... but I came in to the girls room to find them both in Heather's bed together!!!

Heather was reading to them I guess... So cute!!!

So Halli has started to hold ears just like Heather!!!

Doesn't Jas look thrilled!!

This very common to find at our house... Sometimes heather just want to try every apple... or that's what she tell us.

Halli is also become a messy eater!

I got this rocking horse at a yard sale for only $2

I painted it white

This is how Halli crawls on the grass... look at those chuncks!!

We have been trying to eat Healthy lately.. I feel we have been doing pretty good... One of my Favorite is a Boca Burger on Thin Bread with spinach and a side of Potato fries.

Our girls love going to the local Smiths... they have these fun carts... It make couponing a lil easier :)

The girls have matching dress... funny thing is they are different brands.. Halli's is heathers old Easter dress and I found Heathers at a yard sale!!!

This is what my girls where up to while waiting for Jason to Try on clothes at TJ Maxx. (Yes Jason was not me)

Alrighty more to come!!!

Extreme Home is in Poky + Zoo

2010-09-15T18:41:00.000-07:00

Extreme home Makeover was here in our lil town.... It was crazy!!!

No I didnt get to meet Ty, but I did gewt to Meet Paul....

Before to get to thinking this picture looks like I am a stalker, Let me tell you why this picture is of him in his car. We were walking up to see the home and saw a huge group of people... Of course I get excited- "Who is it?" No Not Ty sadly or the girl witht he Pink hard hat! :(

But it is Paul.... And as we approached he is starting to walk away, so I pulled the 'Look at my cute lil girl card'. Yelling "Oh no dont walk away She wants to meet you" (he he he) Of corse he couldnt refuse Heather's angelic face and came over got down on her level, Puts his hand up for a High Fiver and she Rudely says "NO". Um... Yeah I was embarrassed....

So as I am getting my camera out to take a picture with him, Some young college girls ask for an autograph which he grants them. Then his body guard said he really needed to leave. I was totally bummed... One of the body guards seeing me sad grabbed my camera and took a picture of him for me!!!

And the story of the picture!!!

The work site... they wont let you take pictures of the finished home until it is aired on TV (which is supposed to be this fall?)

watching them work

We also went to the Zoo During Jason's Break with our friends.

Feeding the ducks

Brushing the Goats

Heather loved the Lion

The classic Lion Drinking fountain. I was so glad they had one of these. Heather was a lil nervous at first

Its hard to tell but theres a monkey on the other side of the glass putting his hand to Heather's.

After wards we took the kids on a few rides

I love the Zoo!

Giveaway!!!!! Ut PIx Part two!!!!!

2010-09-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

Got a lil Princess? Well here is a giveaway for you :

go here

My Lil Princess!!!! And Friends:)

Utah Part Two

( Warning another huge post with Millions of Pictures!!!)

Jaxon;s Swim Party

Giving Miriah Hugs!!

Halli Once again loved all the attention

Playing on the stairs!!!

Dinner with my Parents~ My Dad Teasing Heather.. Grandma to the rescue!!

Family BBQ And Swim Party

My Daddy!

My Bro

Heathers first time off a Diving board... But not her Last.. She loved it!!!

Ready...

Set...

GOOOO

Halli Loved the Water- she sat there entertaining everyone the whole time (Ignore me :))

TO Bad it didnt lasyt... POOR BABY... Mean Mama for taking a Picture... I just thought it was cute :)

Finally Out!!!

Look at those lips!!!

We also Ran home for our good friend's Baby Blessing

Halli's first time on a swing- she loved it!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE these shoes (25 cents ~Yard sale)

Ok WE did see some friends- only cuz hey needed help moving!!!!

Playing in the water

Heather got so wet that she finaly came inside Striped down, and said "Mom Dont need this Im going swimming"~ Hey that's how her polly pockets swim!!!!

WE even got a concert!!

And lastly Halli kept finding my sister's Radio and somehow learned how to turn it on, and would start dancing!!! Silly and Smart!!!

Utah Trip

2010-09-08T13:18:00.000-07:00

First off I am apologizing right now to everyone for not seeing friends while in Utah...

Jason's family was there so we just spent time with our families....

**Next~ there is a lot of freekin' Pictures sorry**

Halli's favorite spot at my Parents house

Heather and her cousin Holden

They love each other

A Water fight of corse

Jason put Heather in one of his t-shirts to be dry. She went around saying I am a Angel... Look I can fly

My Beautiful Niece Zoey

We went to Our Nephew's Birthday Party.. Halli Loved the Hat cant you tell!!!

Heather and her now Official Aunt Miriah

Our other new Niece Lydia! (We had three born this summer)

Halli loved the balloons~ I think that's all she'll be getting for her birthday!!! :)

While there we went to arctic circle with my mom sister and second mom and second sister!!!

Halli had Spagetti for the first time- think she enjoyed herself?

Needless to say it called for a bath~ In which if you didnt hear already Heather pooped and Halli thought she'd taste it!!! Nasty NASTY NASTY! DID I SAY NASTY?

Our Other Niece Brinley

Some of my favorite times are lazy Sunday evenings spent out in my parents front yard with the family.

Yes there are two lil girls in that blankit

I think Jason had as much fun as the kids

We went to a Bee's game...

You like flock of Seaguls? ... Name that movie!!!!

Heather likes to help out by taking Halli off the stairs.. Which she has been climbing by the way

We went to the childrens museum in SLC with our cousins

Baby zoe

Heather loved the lil house equipted with a lil kitchen

What a lil mother!!!

I so want to buy some of these- they we magnet Paper dolls! The girls went crazy for them.

Orange Power

We had a lot of Parties we went too... Now it was Addy's turn

Halli loved all the attention

This is how she crawls on Pavement

Having a Tea Party- so fun!!!

We also went to IKEA! Love that Store!!! So Did Heather!!!

I cant find the pictures from our Nephews Water party ~ maybe I will post them when I do!!!

Hope you werent to board with my Zillions of Pictures!

What to do.....

2010-09-02T22:03:00.000-07:00

I feel so behind, no joke I have a list of what I have wanted to blog but lo and behold no posts done....

My life has been so busy and crazy... Trips... school for jas... My house to be organized... crafts to be done... friends to see... parties to plan... Update my shop....yard sale~ing... working out... coupon~ing... dishes to do... bills to pay.... food to make...

..... Oh yeah and kids to take care of!

And thats just a few... then you throw in Heather throwing up all night and Halli not taking naps!!!!!

Halii is Sleeping thru the night hallelujah! But what to do about naps? How long do I let her cry?

My heart is breaking

Some catching up... We have had three new nieces be born this summer...

Kinley

Heather and her cousin Bree

More to come!!!!

Crying it out

2010-08-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

So for those who didn't know from my posts on face book we have decide to Let Halli 'cry it out'.

Its been one of the hardest things I have ever done in parenting with Heather and Halli.

... I know it was worth it then and now too! It is just seriously hard to hear you baby crying for you, and you know the best thing for her is to... let her cry.
I cant believe how many people have had to do this- So many people have told me they have had to do it too!

A Sincere thanks to you all for your support...
As for why we waited till she was 9 months old is countless, so many things like trips and earaches have prevented us from doing it till now. We had to do Heather around nine months as well and she has no recollection of it... so it makes me feel better. Heather loves to go to bed too!
Thanks again everyone!

Long time... No blog

2010-08-22T13:15:00.000-07:00

I have been so crazy busy its not funny, well actually some of it has been!!!!

Where do I began?

Maybe with an update on my girls!!!

Heather Angel Coulson has gotten some major attitude!

Trying on grandma's Glass's

I think she has forgotten who's boss!! She is such a lil sponge too! I have learned a lot about what I say and how I say it by what and how she say's things!

She still has a love for books... So much so she cant put a book down to fall asleep, so she falls asleep reading it.

She is still a lil princess and a girly girl! She loves pony's, polly pocket's, Barbies and anything princess or pink!!! Every time we see a temple she says "Oh look I am going to marry Brakin in that temple".

Ignore the messy room... I think it was clean 5 min before the picture was taken :)

Sweet Halli Jeane... I dont know what I did in life to deserve this sweet happy girl but I am glad I got her!!! ( I am glad I got Heather too)

Halli is 9 months old now (pictures to come). She can say "Ma ma", and "Mom". She can say and wave "hi". She loves to clap and sing with us. She is a great crawler and climber.... she can even climb up the stairs.
Halli at 8 months

She loves to play peek~a~Boo, Chase, wrestle and anything with her big sister whom she loves so much!!!

Halli is a great lil eater, shell eat almost everything we put in front of her... She is messy like her sister....
Although I believe its partially our fault, we dont feed it to her we let her feed herself.
Case in point:

Jason is doing great... He had the past few weeks off of school. We went to Utah and did some fun things here as a family (pictures to come soon). He has two years left of PT school. He's Learning frisbee golf which is really popular here, loving basketball ect...
but most of all his time with his family

Me... Well I have been busy with planning The girls upcoming birthdays, crafting, Thrifting, cleaning out our house for our Garage sale we had ~ Made $300! Whoot Whoot! And having fun with my family.
One of my projects I did was make a dress for Heather out of a Women's Shirt I got for 25 cents at a yard sale...

I will have more to come soon~ I hope!!!!

Outdoor fun

2010-07-27T23:58:00.000-07:00

I am so behind... I dont even know where to start... I have millions of photos of my girls outside, so I will start there... Sorry its been a busy week and this is an easy catch up post :)

There is also a lot of pictures.. as always :)

We got a new kiddy pool ($6- at freddy's! great deal!!!)

In case your wondering Heather poured the watering can on Halli's head, Poor Halli she puts up with a lot! Heather just thinks it's funny!

I convinced her to only pour it on her hand

Halli ... well she liked to eat the pool

She was so tuckered out~ she feel asleep this way

Heather and her 'Best friend' Bracken jumping in!!!

Heather is our lil crazy Daredevil Monkey!

Halli watching her crazy sister

I had to add this one (with permission) Of his wet lil bum... so cute. He hates his pants on obviously.

This day they got the wagon in on the fun

Messy face! She loves strawberries!!!

Heather tends to be the bully... and therefore is saying sorry A LOT!

And lots of giving kisses Better

I had to add a pix of my flag toes for my girlfriend!!! Sorry about the chunky fatties!!!! LOL

Gotta love the Ruffle Bum

Heather helping Halli..... Halli was grunting and growling in frustration

finally no sister to 'Help'

And lastly our pet Butterfly....

the kids where so excited when 'Terrance' Came out of his cocoon.

Jason caught him as a caterpillar and soon he made his cocoon

week and half latter my friend went to use the rest room and was surprised by a butterfly in our bathroom!!!

Hope you have had a fun summer too!!!

Halli 7 mo pix

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Halli at 7 months old....

Heather wanted in on the action... Her showing the Carebears in her belly button...

Dont ask!

Frugal Fashion....... Sillly Girls.... Watch bands.....

2010-07-13T08:51:00.000-07:00

Mouth full...... I am still playing catch up!

My Blogging friend over at For the Love of Always posts her frugal fashion... I loved the idea so I told her I was stealing it, So here ya go:

Remember my lace necklace from here, well it started out a piece of lace ....

And with some spray paint and a Chain (yard sale find) it became this for less than a dollar.

Earrings50 cents (yard sale)

Top Down east sale $5

Dress Down east sale $7

Shoes Burlington sale $5

Total Less than $19

On another note When we get the car (meaning I take Jas to school~ one car sucks) We like to go play:

We go to the 'Green store' (Dollar store)

To the Park

McDonalds

And the Mall~ gotta love those Mall playpens!

Heather loves to play on the quarter ride thingy's ( Dont know what they are actually called)

With out Quarters :)

By the way speaking of Frugal fashion Heathers outfit shoes up to bows cost less than $10

Halli hanging out- Just happy to be out of the house- Dont blame her

Trying on Daddy's hat

And Lastly some of my newest creations:

Proud to be an American...

2010-07-07T16:02:00.000-07:00

Were at least I know I am Free......

I love Independence day....

Jas and I were trying to decide what we liked more Christmas or July 4th!!! Tuff one. There is just something about getting dressed up in patriotic colors, spending the day with your friends and family and enjoying the outdoors.... Plus to think how Lucky we our to live in this great Nation.

I want to thank all those who have and continue to fight for this country and their families!!!

Thank you!!!

We had a fun weekend

First off My Sweet husband Watched the girls so I could go see Eclipse With my girlfriend..

A much needed break.

Then we stretched our luck by going shopping afterwards to My fav stores : Ross and

TJ Maxx

Saturday

We got to sleep in then got ready

My cute girls

Then we went to ID Falls to hang out with some good friends of ours. We had fun playing outside...

So much so that it pooped out my lil family:

Then it was off to the Park to hang out until it was time to watch one of the best Firework shows in the US. (seriously click here scroll down and see #2 :) )

Heather gave Halli some Licorice ~ Lucky girl!

We DId some Pop's Gotta love um'

And gotta love the random kids we didn't know coming up and asking for some- Weird- Where were there parents.

The Fam

Then sparklers~ Heathers first... She wasn't sure what to think of it- so threw hers to me and I got burned pretty good on my finger!

Sunday~ Which was Actually the fourth.. We BBQ'd Steaks- yum!!! Then hung out outside as a family- gotta love the warm summer evenings. Then we went to our church up on a hill to watch the fireworks in town... Perfect seats...

Heather loved all the fireworks.. thats all she has talked about the past few days.. and asking "Mom We watch more fir works tonight?"

Sadly no :(, Sorry Baby girl!

Monday we hung out as a family and cleaned up the house... Dejunking

Gotta love four day weekends!

Momma said there'd be days like this....

2010-07-01T12:31:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had... no wait if you have kids then of coarse you have had days like these...

Where your house is a disaster, your kids are screaming, your screaming...... ect ect ect

Here's a few pictures that say it all:

She finger painted her face with her prunes

So while my mom was here we got my paints out for some projects... well Mommy wasn't smart and left them in toddler view ....

Well you guessed it My sweet 'Angel' (some days I ask my self why on earth I would give her that middle name) found the paints and decided my Boppi was a great Canvas (luckily it didnt have its cover on)

Her Body was ... well lets just say a work of art....

(sometimes I dont know weather to laugh or cry)

Heather left the animal crackers out and sweet Halli found them... Left the room for a minute and came back to this...

She had knocked the bag over and pulled them all out and started stuffing her lil face...

At one point she had two hanging in her mouth and a bunch in each hand.

Not pictured:

The second time that day Heather found more paint and painted the front entry.

The rooms that have pathways thru the clothes and toys to get to the beds...

The sink full of nasty dishes...

There's So much more...

AND my hair laying all over the ground (i.e. I , or my baby pulled it out)

Halli's Prof Six Month Pix!!!!

2010-06-28T10:49:00.000-07:00

***WARNI'NG***

THERE IS A LOT OF PICTURES~ I COULDN'T JUST DO A FEW, I LIKED TO MANY! :)

THIS IS ONLY HALF- FEEL FREE TO STOP LOOKING~ BUT SEE IF YOU CAN RESIST THOSE CHUNKS!!!!

OK THAT'S THE LAST OF THEM! IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF MY FRIENDS PHOTOGRAPHY GO HERE.

Randomnous!

2010-06-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from when my mom was here ( I know I am once again behind)

Pictures of us at Five Guys! Yum!

The table liner didnt stay on long~ Plus I think she's chompin on a Fry Heather gave her...

Heather showing off her Tatoo

Heather trying on my shoes~ what a QT

My pretty girl

Heather has been playing with her barbies a lot lately... she'll have them dance while she sings

(ignore the messy hair)

Halli fell asleep in her jumper

I luv these socks!

Look at her muscles!

Showing off for Grandma

And my sleeping beauty
~ she'll sleep anywhere

Baby Boy project & My Parents Weekend

2010-06-16T13:05:00.000-07:00

My good friend Elsha just had a new baby BOY! Since i have girls I was excited to played with boy fabric.

So I made her a Matchy burp clothe, bib and onesie.

(PS remember I am new to sewing)

My first time doing my own Iron on

Tied with a bow- Perfect gift!

(Keep checking back to see what else I have made)

So my Mommy was here for two weeks... and since My Dad cant stand two things #1 that my mom gets to see the girls without him & #2 having her gone for so long~ so he came up for a Fun weekend.

On Friday we went and met Jas in Soda (Where Jas is doing his Clinical Hours)where he showed us another soda spring

Halli wanted some I guess! LOL

(I know we are horrible Parents)

The park near it was so Pretty we went for a walk around it

I love How Halli is bending to see my Dad.

Then we went for Thia food- Yum!

Saturday I Dragged my parents around yard sale~ing! I think they liked it just as much!

Then we went home and got Jason and the girls to go to a local Fair

My dad soaking up his fav girls

The Fair was FREE!!! And FUN!!! What else do you want FREE FAMILY FUN!

They had fun crafts for the kids

Give Halli a Balloon and Grandma and she is set

Heather loved going from booth to booth with her Grandpa

Heather would gety her face painted even after we stood in line for 30 mins... so I had the lady paint on my hand then I stamped it on Heather's Face- looks pretty good dont you think?

Then it was home to to go get some Five Guys and play in the yard

Heather loved her Bowling set from Grandma

Halli What a cutie!!!

I love when My parents come!
Here is a great Fabric Giveaway ~ So check it out!!! Hope I win!!!

Some projects

2010-06-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

A Lace necklace!!! Cant wait to wear this one.

I spray painted the Lace to match the chain:

Lace 35 Cents

Chain (yard sale) 50 cents

Total 85 Cents

My friend Lisa made the rosettes for me and I decorated them, Put the feathers and that together... its for Halli's 6 month pictures.

I didnt make the skirt~ I wish but I did the flower and Spray painted the beads... Also for Halli's Pictures!

I made this for her pictures too!

I made the black flower with lace~ SO CUTE!!!!

Stay tuned for more projects and her pictures!!!!!

Ps Here's a fun Giveaway~ Its for the new Stephanie Myer book
Click here

Our Memorial Day!

2010-06-08T13:37:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic Memorial weekend. First off my mom came to visit us the Thursday before!! (Wahoo... Also why I haven't posted)

We got to go to a local High school to the Field of Heroes, which is a memorial set up for all the Soldiers who have been lost or MIA or POW in Iraq and Afghanistan. There was a Cross for every life lost. Words cant even describe the feeling that overcomes you as you are staring out over all those crosses. You feel so privileged to live in a free country, and grateful to all the men and women who have sacrificed and continue to sacrifice for the good of the nation and the world.

GOOSEBUMPS!!!!

Just a few pictures of the memorial:

Phewww... still gets me!!!!

On Monday we went to a town called Chesterfield. It is a town that was settled by Mormon Pioneers. The People who now live in the town and descendants of the Pioneers have restored some of the town. Its is now open to the public. (If you would like to know more go here)

Being in this town made me proud to Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

They have lots of old farming equipment, homes, a church ect....

Since it was opening day they had several activities for kids (and big kids) to do.

Like making cream to butter... (Heather wasnt in a good mood.. but whats new)

But Halli was

Heather enjoyed eating the butter on bread though..

And visiting the sites

some of the building:

In one of the homes there was a spinning wheel- We thought~ Key word 'thought'~ Heather would like to see it.... um no she was scared of it cuz its what hurt 'I know you Princess' (Sleeping Beauty)

Everyone got a complimentary Rootbeer at the old General store.

We also found out that Jason's ancestor Anson Call had lived there... Very cool!!!

Idaho has so much history, its been fun to learn about it...

The Oregon Trail went through Chesterfield too!!!

Afterwords we went over to Soda Springs ~ Where Jason is doing one of His clinical's. Its called 'Soda Springs' because it has a few springs with Soda water.

We filled up a water bottle, and tried it....
Heather wasn't a fan (nor I)

Soda also has a geyser in the town... its a controlled one that goes off on the hour...
Again Heather was scared... "it hurts my nose" ~ translate to the sullfer was stinky

She would only go to Grandma

We finished the day off by going to a park..

We had some races

Heather won everytime
Over all we had a great, uplifting Holiday

Random tidbits!!

2010-05-26T11:04:00.000-07:00

Halli's first Icecream cone.... Jason thought it would be funny so instead of getting mad I got the camera

Lets just say she went to town on the thing

And wasn't to happy when I took it away... I know mean Mommy huh!

Some friend of ours have a lil girl exactly one week older than Halli.... We had them over for dinner, and the girls loved each other.

Halli is like twice the thickness of her!

My first Coupon run was good- not great but I was proud of myself.... I got like half off my purchase... Not to bad for a Coupon Virgin!!!!

This was $58 before coupons and $29 after! I did get a few items for FREE and For Cents!!!

I have since gone on a second trip to Walgreens and did good... Got Like a 3rd off my total purchase if you include the RR's.

For FHE this week we made Rice Crispy Treats

The girls had a blast with them- even Halli tried to take them from Heathers hand. (And Yes I know My kids are on my counter a lot!!!)

Last but not Least For our Anniversary we to a Place called Bear World... We had a blast!

You get to Drive around and the Bears come right up to your car

They also have a petting zoo

Heather was a lil nervous

They had Lil rides too~ JHeather had never been on a ride before (deprived I know) So she wasnt sure of it... Plus it started to snow on us.

But It ended good- We got some Fudge and a lil Stuff Bear for each girl.

Freebie!!!! (the shoe that won)

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Hey all I just thought you would all like a Free Neti Pot. Go here. Also If you live in sandy you can go here to get free bowling for your kids. I love site, its where I find some great freebies and deals!!!

Ps Thanks to those who helped me figure out what shoes I should get for my Mother's day gift from Jason. I got them this week and wore them to church~ Luv them!!! They are surprisingly very comfy!!!!

Six Years!!!!!

2010-05-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Jason and I have been married for 6 awesome years! 2 kids, 3 states, 6 years of school, 6 moves latter we are still madley in love with each other!

Thanks Sweetie for being a super sweet awesome husband! I love you!!!!

Halli is 6 months old !!!!

2010-05-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

Man she is growing to fast!! I cant believe how times seems to fly.

Half a year- seems crazy to think of it that way!!!

My mom gave her this cute lil outfit for Easter- I love polka dots!!!

Its still a lil big...

Boo- yah

She has defiantly developed a lil personality! She's not as crazy as Heather but sure is a lot of fun.

Poor thing has had a few earaches, some bad ones too. My Doctor couldnt believe she wasnt screaming with pain... not my lil Halli.... she is so laid back... at least when she wants to be.

(the earache medicine wasn't her favorite)

But loves to eat... we started her on some veggies ... she cant get enough of them...

she is our lil nudist...

Gota love the messy toast!!!

She takes a lot of mauling from from her big sister... She loves every minute of it.

Is easily entertained! Love the eyes huh!

Once again heather uses her has her personal doll...

I love this girl!!!!!

Summer Luvin'

2010-05-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

Well not quite yet! But a few weeks ago the sun was up it was 80 degrees so a friend and I had a water day for our kidos. Then all we have had since has been yucky weather! But today... oh today is a nother beautiful day! I actually got my flower pots planted, got some things spray painted for some projects I am working on. I got to go for a walk with my girls in our new double stroller (which is so freekin awesome!)..... So I am getting the summer itch!!!! Its nice to have a few nice days! Specially when I have been couped up in my house with a new baby and a crazy 2 yr old!

Here's a sneak peak at my projects.....
I spray painted them those colors!

Also a few pictures from a few weeks ago....

my flower pots ad veggie wagon (which I picked up on the side of the road- FREEEEEE!!!!)

My happy helper

*** Also***

so you know the blog giveaways I post on here are sweet... Here is oe of two things I have won already:

The toddler legs- aret they cute .... Here's a giveaway going on right now!
And another giveaway!!!!

Lastly here is a car we saw in the trailer park by our house... Thought it was funny!

(it says 'Mom's Taxi')

I am still laughing!!!!