kids will be kids

Nicole wanted her nails done a little while ago. I made them extra long and she enjoyed them for the day, but the next morning she pulled them off.

My sister Jordyn with Nathan! She is very photogeninc and likes to take pictures!

Nathan likes to play with Nicole and her friends, but they always like to play dress-up and he just wants to join them! Poor boy....

Finally...some cousins!

On March 3rd, we had 2 little cuties born into our family!

Steve's brother Levi and his wife, Lori, had twin boys.

Grant Levi and Luke Brent were born weighing in at 6 pounds

(one a little more).

There are SO SO SO ADOREABLE as you can see! Nicole and Nathan holding Baby Grant

Nicole is the oldest cousin, but she is loving it! She was so good playing with Xander and making him laugh!

Picture with all the cousins together for the first time

Xander came up (with Jarom and Nina) to visit last weekend from Utah.

Proud Grandparents

Back to...NORMAL...whatever that is

So Steve had 5 days away from us and spent it with friends up 8 hours North fishing. Fun for him, and we are happy that he caught his biggest fish ever! 39 inches long, 18 inches around. He brought home 5 Steehead and that was the biggest one! It's bigger than Nathan, and almost as big as Nicole! Good thing we have a big freezer.

now that he's home and back to his normal work schedule, we are home doing the same ol' things...cleaning house and doing laundry...woo hoo!

Funny story from this weekend:
We stayed with Steve's parents since Jarom and Nina and Xander were up visiting. Nicole was exhausted from lack of sleep and was in desperate need of a nap on Sunday. I was laying with her trying to get her to relax, and she was stubbornly trying to get out of taking a nap. She'd come up with all the excuses to get up. (go potty, give grandma a hug, she was hungry, needed a drink...etc...) One time she wanted to see grandma and I said, "No, she is busy."
"What is she doing?" Nicole asked.
"She's helping Fabiola (this is their exchange student from Venezuela) crochet." I responded.
And Nicole, being the smartie pants she is, said, "Crochet? What's that? Spanish homework?"
I don't know where this came from, but it was so funny. I tried not to laugh and quickly explained it to her.

The things they come up with.....

Birthday week

The beginning of Nicole's first slumber party!

Watching Homeward Bound in the basement on the big screen The second Party of the week was with friends!

Nicole and her first Barbie cake! That was fun to make...

The first Birthday Party was with family (and a few friends)

The big crowd at our house

What a fun week! Nicole had her first slumber party, as well as another party with family! It was fun to have so many people over. Sorry to anyone who felt a little cramped in our house!

My baby girl is 5 years old!

Mom: "Nicole, how does it feel to be 5?"

Nicole: "Um... Pretty normal..."

brrrrr!!!

This week we have spent INDOORS! With record low temperatures for this time of the season (-29 degrees on Tues.), it has been MIGHTY cold outside! We did leave the house yesterday to go shopping, and I took the kids out to lunch. It felt nice to be out and about! I appreciate them being pretty well-behaved.

We all laughed earlier this week when we were watching the news and the weather man had the week's forcast chart up. The temperatures were in the teens and twenties. But on the weekend it reached above the thirties and there was the word WARMER across those days.... Who in the heck thinks that 30 degress is WARMER??? Anybody? Anybody? I bet if people from the south could see that, they'd be laughing, too. Steve talked to his brother Jarom last weekend, and he's in Arizona temporarily...he said it was in the 80's...? WHY DO I LIVE IN IDAHO???

BRRRRR!!!!

Well, my mom is headed out tomorrow on her 7-day cruise...While she's gone, I will be staying at her house with my little bros and sis. I really hope she brings back some warmer weather with her! Til then...I will be wearing socks and sweaters and slippers!

hot dog cake...?

My day yesterday...So it was my little brother's 8th birthday! I ussually make his cake and last year I made him a hamburger cake as he wanted.

This year his request was "A HOT DOG CAKE".

Odd as it sounds, I thought, hey, this may be possible. After contemplating it for some time, I knew how I was going to put it together, but I was still weary of how I was going to make a hot dog color with frosting. I got up and got the cake out of the freezer and cut it into thirds lengthwise. I turned each side and the middle upward and then squiched them together. Not hard AT all! Then was the fun part of frosting it... I made the hot dog color frosting with lots of red, some yellow, a drop of blue and a drop of green. Weird as it may seem, it worked. And I was quite excited with the finished product. So excited that I took a picture and will happily post it for everyone to see!

Jack with his cake

They love aunt Jordyn!

momma's boy

yep, he is! and that's okay.

Sometimes I do have to share him with Dad, but that's okay, too

many faces of Nicole

Here's a page I put together yesterday! YAY it's so much fun!

digital scrapping

I started digital scrapbooking today, and it is very exciting to finally put it on display for others to enjoy. I am just a beginner and have enjoyed exploring my new found software that let me create these fun pages.

Here's a sample of my first one...

merry christmas, indeed

Nicole was very happy with her Christmas presents! She wanted "FURR REAL PUPPY AND KITTY." These are her requests, and as you can see she loves them! She is a lover of animals. Too bad we don't have room for any. Not to mention that Nathan is allergic to dogs and cats and horses and who knows what else...

Nathan got just what he wanted for Christmas...

anytime, we'd ask him what he wanted,

the answer was always the same...

"HULK HANDS" Now you know

Her wish came true

Nicole loves wishbones, so she can share them with someone. Then when she wins, she knows she gets to make a wish. Lately, she has been making wishes for more snow. Both her and her brother love to bundle up and go play in the backyard. As soon as she saw this wet snow outside and heard that it was great snowman-making snow, she was ready! Turned out, it was EXTRA wet and not so easy to make a snowman with, but we did it anyway! And they each had to have their own snowman.

Nicole by her snowman.

Nathan by his snowman

family pictures

The Saurey Family
2008

Time flies!!

I love that my kids are growing and learning every day, but I don't like that it happens in the blink of an eye! Another year has flown by and we have been having so much fun together! I keep thinking it's almost time for another addition! But Steve doesn't like that idea...

These are a few pictures from a few months ago. I haven't posted for a while...